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How To Help Karen Fanning Analysis

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Have you ever wanted to be a Teen Activist? To be a teen activist, it takes sacrifice. Examples of these are courage, and time. In the article “How To Help,” By Karen Fanning. The article talks about one of the most despicable things in the world. Child labor. In some areas of the world kids are being sold as child laborers. But more than that it talks about Iqbal, who has had a personal experience with being a child laborer. Teen Activists have to have courage. An example of this is, Iqbal who was once a child laborer, speaks about his time in slavery. In the article, “How To Help”, Karen Fanning states, “His parents had sold him to pay off a $12 debt.” I don’t know about you readers, but quite frankly this makes me sick. Iqbal was just a 4 year old little boy when his parents had sold him. “For six years, the small boy spent most of his days crouched over a small …show more content…

He had visited schools about this situation, and would talk about solutions to stop it. Soon after he had started getting people’s attention about child labor, Iqbal was murdered. “Many believe because of his campaign against child labor.” It took Iqbal great courage to stand up for his cause against child labor. Another example of courage is “Life After bully”, by “Hannah Rand”. Alex Libby, a victim of bullying and abuse from his classmates. “Alex Libby was one of the 13 million victims of bullying in the U.S”. Every year, month, day parents are losing their kids to suicide. Alex Libby took a stand and stood up to his bullies, he is a role model for the millions of people around the world getting bullied. This is just one of of the many ways Alex Libby represents courage. Another teen activist who represents courage is Malala Yousafzai. Malala stands up for women’s rights for an education. This brought

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