Comments on: Four Easy Reasons to Ignore World Poverty http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The Art of Meaningful Productivity Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:09:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Interesting Links: Blog Action Day 2008 - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Interesting Links: Blog Action Day 2008 - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:27:19 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=678#comment-1415 [...] Four Easy Reasons To Ignore World Poverty [...] [...] Four Easy Reasons To Ignore World Poverty [...]

]]> By: JUdy Dunn http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 JUdy Dunn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:31:15 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=678#comment-1332 A thoughtful post and good discussion here. It is truly a failure to see the individuals, the kids, the moms, I mean, really see their faces - that makes us push this issue aside. I love the English poet John Donnes famous line: "Any man's death diminishes me..." I think the answer is in educating people about poverty, but it needs to start early. College is too late. High school is too late. Middle school is too late. I developed a global education curriculum that was used in California and Nevada private schools in the early 1990s. Yes, private schools. There wasn't a single public school district that would go near it. Children have a way of seeing the world the way it should be seen. As a former teacher and school principal, I ask, how can we get this stuff into our schools? My Blog Action Day post is the story of Abadou, a one-year-old boy wjsoe life was saved by World Vision doctors in the desert of Mali. Another child. Another face. Thanks again for making me think. <abbr><em>JUdy Dunns last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketingYourSmallBizBlog/~3/421583489/blog-action-day.html" rel="nofollow">Blog Action Day 2008: Abadou's Birthday</a></abbr></em> A thoughtful post and good discussion here.

It is truly a failure to see the individuals, the kids, the moms, I mean, really see their faces – that makes us push this issue aside.

I love the English poet John Donnes famous line:

“Any man’s death diminishes me…”

I think the answer is in educating people about poverty, but it needs to start early. College is too late. High school is too late. Middle school is too late.

I developed a global education curriculum that was used in California and Nevada private schools in the early 1990s. Yes, private schools. There wasn’t a single public school district that would go near it.

Children have a way of seeing the world the way it should be seen. As a former teacher and school principal, I ask, how can we get this stuff into our schools?

My Blog Action Day post is the story of Abadou, a one-year-old boy wjsoe life was saved by World Vision doctors in the desert of Mali. Another child. Another face.

Thanks again for making me think.

JUdy Dunns last blog post..Blog Action Day 2008: Abadou’s Birthday

]]> By: PJ_Normz http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 PJ_Normz Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:54:53 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=678#comment-1311 @Seamus Anthony I could not agree more. Great post, and I feel the same as many other bloggers today....my eyes are opened...what can we do to help? <abbr><em>PJ_Normzs last blog post..<a href="http://yinvsyang.com/how-to-properly-plan-for-success-today/318/" rel="nofollow">How to Properly Plan For Success Today</a></abbr></em> @Seamus Anthony
I could not agree more. Great post, and I feel the same as many other bloggers today….my eyes are opened…what can we do to help?

PJ_Normzs last blog post..How to Properly Plan For Success Today

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 Seamus Anthony Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:58:08 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=678#comment-1310 Great post. I hope this blog action day does actually move people to act. me included. <abbr><em>Seamus Anthonys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RebelZen/~3/412542683/" rel="nofollow">5 Great Reasons to Stop Working and Just Read Stuff Instead</a></abbr></em> Great post. I hope this blog action day does actually move people to act. me included.

Seamus Anthonys last blog post..5 Great Reasons to Stop Working and Just Read Stuff Instead

]]> By: How to Get Delightfully Rich (and Still Keep Your Soul) | Remarkable Communication http://www.productiveflourishing.com/four-easy-reasons-to-ignore-world-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 How to Get Delightfully Rich (and Still Keep Your Soul) | Remarkable Communication Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=678#comment-1308 [...] Four Easy Reasons to Ignore World Poverty Charlie Gilkin addresses a pet bug of mine–the nagging voices that tell us “this can’t be fixed, it’s too hard, let’s not think about it too much.” I particularly loved this quote: “Imagine if we saw the starving children as a personal problem that we need to do something about rather than an issue.” [...] [...] Four Easy Reasons to Ignore World Poverty Charlie Gilkin addresses a pet bug of mine–the nagging voices that tell us “this can’t be fixed, it’s too hard, let’s not think about it too much.” I particularly loved this quote: “Imagine if we saw the starving children as a personal problem that we need to do something about rather than an issue.” [...]

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