Voluntourism: An Opportunity Too Good to be True

A Speech to the Student Body of Evergreen High

[1] Picture this: It's Spring Break, and you fly off to some country where there's lush rainforests and beautiful, blue coastlines to explore. There's also people in need, so you decide to blend your vacation with volunteering. Volunteering as a tourist, or voluntourism, seems like a great way to explore new regions and help people at the same time. However, this "volunteer plus travel" experience can actually harm local communities. While many teens might view traveling and volunteering abroad as a worthwhile adventure, there are more genuine and effective ways to make a difference.

[2] Most would agree that volunteering in general is a worthy use of time. However, what if you found out the children you are "helping" are actually being kept in poor conditions so voluntourists will spend money to come to the local area? Dale Rolfe, a supporter of ethical voluntourism, explains the shocking reality that "Animal sanctuaries and orphanages are often manufactured for the voluntourist...encouraging a cycle of exploiting the very animals and children the volunteers are trying to help."

[3] Proponents of the "volunteer plus travel" experience also argue that traveling to new places builds character and is a valuable way to learn about different cultures. With voluntourism, however, participants often pursue experiences that are all about them. For example, they sign up to build a school for a gold star on their resume, but they have no real building skills and take jobs away from local construction workers (Schulten). Or, they arrive to teach English but instead take selfies with the locals. One world traveler and ethical voluntourist believes voluntourism "can perpetuate small minded views of the world by taking insulated, fake, and structured experiences and selling them as unabridged and eye opening" (Carlos). The voluntour experience is a mirage. The voluntourist's eyes are not opened to real life at the destination, and lasting change is not achieved.

[4] If you want a genuine experience where you can see a lasting impact, there are better options than voluntourism. You can volunteer in your local community. Give an hour every week to your town's animal rescue. Serve monthly dinners to the homeless. Be a reliable, positive influence on a child who needs a mentor. Studies show that volunteering and forming lasting relationships with those you help has a positive impact on your physical and emotional health. In fact, blood pressure is reduced, memory is improved, and rates of depression are reduced (Michaels).

[5] There is another reason to look into alternatives to voluntourism. Did you know the average "voluntour" travel package costs $3,400 (Rolfe)? Could that travel money be better spent? If the world's citizens are your passion, it could go to an international organization. If you care about education, your funds can be used to buy books for students in faraway lands. If you want villagers to have clean water, contribute funds to local efforts to dig wells. If you want to experience a different culture, travel to the country as a guest, and learn from the locals how you can best help them after you've returned home. But do not voluntour.

[6] In reality, there are better ways to make a difference. Voluntourism might appear to be an adventure that blends travel and helping others, but it does little except provide a costly, superficial experience that might actually do more harm than good. So, volunteer where you are most needed...at home, where you can stay to see the job through and form genuine, lasting relationships. Choose a beautiful coastline closer to home and send the travel money you saved to an international organization that will put it to good use. Whatever you do, don't turn someone else's hardship into your vacation.

What is the counterclaim of this argument?

A voluntour experience is a necessary addition to an individual's college resume.
The cost of voluntouring is minor in light of what one gets out of the experience.
There are better ways to make a difference than mixing tourism with volunteering.
Voluntourism is a worthwhile way to make a difference and travel the world.

The best answer to the question: How does the speaker´s metaphor of a gold star in paragraph 3 support the purpose of the speech, would be: It emphasizes the selfish and superficial motivation behind voluntour opportunities.

Explanation:

In this Speech to the Student Body of Evergreen High, on Voluntourism: An Opportunity Too Good to be True, it seems that the author is completely against the idea of voluntourism, equating it to more of an economical, and totally selfish activity, rather than an opportunity to both do something for someone else, and a learning experience. Among the many arguments used against voluntourism, the author states that people who go in these adventures are mostly looking for good points on their resumes, as a way to show experience on a field, and show social interests that will look good. Thus, he insists that much of the motivation behind voluntourism vs volunteering, is actually selfish and superficial, and this idea is supported by people seeking the "gold star" to be placed on their resume.

Define personification

1to collect things or people from different places into one area
2 a grouping of things organized by type
Which one is category and which one is gather I’m confused

3 Complete the text with the correct past tense of the verbs in the box.

arrive ring leave put answer walk drive buy

Last Friday, I went to the supermarket to buy a cake for a friend's party. It was really busy as people 1______food for the weekend. 2_____the cake on the roof of my car and 5____the phone. After the call, 6____to the party, but I didn’t realize that I 7____the cake on my car! Luckily, it was still there when I 8____!

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Why did Michael other not like being called big mike

___ is an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature that is the author's 'truth' about life that makes no judgements about proper conduct only possibilities
Drama
Moral
Theme
Challenges

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What does Friar Lawrence have to stop Romeo from doing in Act III of Romeo
and Juliet?
O A. Killing himself
O B. Going to see Juliet
OC. Attacking the Prince
O D. Giving up on his marriage

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a) Lennie hiding in the brush if he gets into trouble
b) the differences between them and other ranch hands
o the rabbits Lennie will own someday
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EXERCISE 1. Put the verbs in the correct form.
1. Their friends (meet) ______________ Mary at the party last night.
2. My father (go) ______________ to England next week.
3. Nam (not / come) ______________ to English class last night.
4. His father (cook) ______________ a meal tomorrow evening.
5. Would you mind if I (open) ______________ the front door? – Please do.
6. Many tickets (sell) ______________ by Mr. Leo tomorrow.
7. Do you mind if I (play) ______________ your guitar? - Sure. Go ahead.
8. Do you mind (tell) ______________ me how to write a book report?
9. Her father goes to Hanoi so as (take) ______________ part in an important event.
10. Would you mind (finish) ______________ the work yourself? - No problem.
11. The doorbell rang while Tom (watch) ______________ television.
12. Anna and Susan were cooking dinner when Martin (arrive) ______________ home.
13. The light (go) ______________ out while we were having dinner.
14. The students (take) ________________ the final test at 3 o’clock last Tuesday.
15. It was too late, so they decided (stay) ________________ at a hotel.
16. I suggest (buy) ________________ some books for the poor children.
17. I will finish (paint) ________________ the house by the end of the week.
18. Jane hopes (become) ________________ a lawyer in the future.
19. Black Panther (not, find) ________________ a new job yet.
20. The girls (finish) ________________ all the homework already.
21. Mr. Minh goes to school in order (meet) ______________ his son’s teacher.

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

but Cyclops went on filling up his belly
with manflesh and great gulps of whey,
then lay down like a mast among his sheep.

What two unlike elements are being compared in this simile?

the Cyclops and the mast of a ship
the Cyclops’ belly and his sheep
manflesh and gulps of whey
a mast and a flock of sheep

Question 6 of 10
How is the phrase "all men are created equal" interpreted differently by
modern U.S. society?
A. Originally it referred only to white men, but today it includes all
people.
B. Originally it referred to educated people, but today it includes
everyone.
C. Originally it referred only to men, but today it includes women as
well.
D. Originally it referred only to the British, but today it also includes
Americans

Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of a day in the future when he hoped that his children would be judged not by their skin color but instead by their character. Write a narrative essay about a moment in your life when you were judged by something other than the content of your character. Use narrative techniques to develop experiences, events, and characters.
Please don't copy someone else's work, I need an original story. And please do it fast, but don't rush.
Thanks!
25points

CAN YOU JUST CHECK IF THIS PARAGRAPH IS MISSING ANYTHING FOR EXAMPLE I COULD CHANGE SOME WORDS OR AT PUCTATION? plssss

Hey, my name is Muhammed. I have a family of 8, I also have 5 sisters and they are all older than me. Most of us were born in Saudi Arabia but my other sisters were born in Turkey. One of the reasons I am not going to do online school is because I really enjoy playing volleyball and I hope that I would be on a volleyball team in Taft. The languages I speak are English, Turkish, and Arabic. We mostly speak Turkish because that's our main language. When I am around my 20’s I will be a lawyer and when I have enough money to buy apartments, houses, complexes I will work on real estate since I am going to take lawyer classes and real estate classes in university.

Which words and phrases in the sonnet indicate that the tone is satirical? Select two options.

“My mistress”
“black wires”
“damask’d”
“reeks”
“false compare”

Exercise 2. Conditional type 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1. If I were you, I (look) ________________ for a new place to live.
2. If Lan wasn’t ill, she (join) ________________ out tree planting activity.
3. If there were fewer cars on the road, there (be) ________________ less pollution.
4. If people really cared about the environment, they (not dump) ________________ waste into the lake.
5. If there was no fresh water in the world, what (happen) ________________?
6. If you (be) ________________ the president, what would you do to help the environment ?
7. They get sick so often. If they exercised more, they (be) ________________ heathier.
8. If I (have) ________________ one million US dollars , I would build more parks in our city.
9. Quan’s mother is unhappy. If Quan tided his room every day, his mother (not be) __________so upset.
10. There isn’t a garden at house . If there were, we (grow) ________________ vegetables

Many Shoppers took at the coupon they have brought with them__________what to buy.

Which word is put it

1. use/ scissors/ tool are/ for/ sharp/ very young children
_________________________________________________
2. wrong/ consider/ they/ smoke/ it/ in public places
_________________________________________________
3. let/ I/ stay/ think/ them/ should/ the weekend/ until/ we
_________________________________________________
4. climb/ the first/ oxygen/ who/ Everest/ without/ person/ was?
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5. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ away/ she/ home
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6. made/ the film/ laugh/ right from/ them/ the first few
minutes.
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7. I'll/ look at/ the plumber/ have/ the central heating boiler
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8. the answer/ you/ it/ work out/ clever/ of/ was
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9. the tourists/ back/ when/ be/ the guide/ didn't/ tell/ at the
coach
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10. hear/ enough/ the guide/ clearly/ everyone/ didn't/ loudly/ for/
speak _________________________________________________

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-universal values
-personal values
-group-specific values
-world values
is it C?
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