Essay 2 Final Draft

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Katherine Mendoza
English 90
Prof. Nicole Brown
March 11, 2015
Essay 2 (Draft 1) Help Your Neighbor My Aunt Jessie has left an abundant amount of money to better my life and the community.
After my grieving of my aunt passing, I decided to make a plan to put together an organization to help the kids in our town to stretch their mind in education and the arts
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With the program “Help
Your Neighbor” I hope to grow our kids to become future thinkers for this community
. This paper will incorporate Mo Tzu’s essay “Against Music;” which is on the thoughts of art and its affect on basic needs
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Mohandas K
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Gandhi’s essay “Economic and Moral Progress;” talks about Gandhi’s life and how everyone has a right to live and make a living
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The “New
Testament, Luke Chapter 16;” preaches on wealth and poverty
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Hitha Prabhakar’s article “6
MustFollow Money Tips For College Students;” informs new college students how manage their money
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Gandhi expresses inner assurance when he points out, “‘You are on the right track, move neither to your left nor right, but keep to the straight and narrow way’” (333)
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With money people often feel they are on the wrong track and are going to mess up and end up in debt
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I feel so honored that my aunt trusted me with her wealth to secure my future and the community’s well being
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Before I can start up my organization I first need to learn how to manage the financing aspect
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I want it to be a place where kids do not have to pay
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Know that I can financially depend on investors and donors for the time put into the kids
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Second, decide how to set up interviews for an afternoon crew
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I then need to make a reasonable and manageable pay for the staff I will have . Then to asking myself some questions on how I want “Help Your Neighbor” to be portrayed, how to successfully educate the kids and how they can achieve their self set goals
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Mo Tz informs us that we as humans, are very selfish and lazy when he writes, “What benefits men he will carry out; what does not benefit men he will leave alone” if something does not benefit us we will leave it behind (309)
. If kids do not have a reason or motivation to work at something, then they will drop it and move on to something else that will take motivation
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I want kids to be motivated when they walk in the door
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I want them to believe that they can pass this math test that is coming up, or learn how to play the guitar or any instrument that a kid is desiring to master
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Gandhi paints a picture of how being rich can ruin a man when he compares, “‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God’” money is a necessity in this dysfunctional world, but it causes people to turn into monsters (336)
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With the money my aunt left me I knew that I had a great deal of responsibility poured on to me
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I get to decide what I want to do with the money
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I could completely disregard what my aunt’s will requests of me, or take my aunts advice and use it to help my future
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Gandhi claims “If I were not afraid of treading on dangerous ground, I would even come nearer home and show you

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that possession of riches has been a hindrance to real growth” this portrays to me that money is a dangerous responsibility (335)
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If not handled with patience and caution I or anyone else could find themselves in some serious trouble and not to mention debt
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I would use the money to pay off my mortgage on my house so I would not need to worry about it
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Then pay off student loans to get myself out of debt
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With what is left over I will put it in a savings account to save for emergencies, vacations, and unnecessary expenses that I love
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Sethi explains that you can splurge on things that you love instead of random

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