ESOL Completion Scholarship

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Ligia Acosta Fall 2012 ESOL Completion Scholarship What is a change you would like to see in the world? Why? A Better World Is there any chance that one day we could live in the world we have always dreamed of? A world where all people are treated with respect, a world with less racial hatred, a world of freedom of expression and religion, a world less indolent and indifferent are the characteristics of a world that exists only in our dreams. Through history, intolerance has been the cause of the greatest atrocities in the world. It has been the cause of wars, tortures, and even deaths. A marked increase of active tolerance which means an active approach for the recognition of universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of others is a change that I would like to see in the world.…show more content…
Tolerance is what allows us to live in harmony in a country with people of different religions, who support other political tendencies, which have a different sexual condition, etc. In addition to the quote, "live and let live”, the tolerance that should be promoted is one that is active and leads to solidarity. The active tolerance should be seen as the interest in understanding others, and help them pursue their life projects without receiving anything in return. In order to live in a better world, our mission is to help promote tolerance in ourselves, in our families, in schools, in the workplace, and in the
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