Critiquing an Article

The United States Aid on Poor Nations

The article by Singer addresses the issue of what the United States has done to help the poverty stricken nations. In the articles, he states that the United States has done relatively little in helping the third world countries. He supports his claims using data collected from surveys. From the article, it is clear that the United State is in the bottom position of the ranking on the aid that the developed nations have offered to the less developed countries (Singer, P., 2009). The education curriculum is depicted to have played a small role in influencing the citizens of the United States to help the poor.

Once someone read the article, several impressions are clear. First, the curriculum of The United States poorly addresses the problems facing the less developed countries. The other impression is that United States offers little assistance to the poor countries. The other impression is that the citizen cares less to the poor nations. From the article, it is shown that life expectancy in developed countries is far much higher than the one in the less developed nations. Again, the daily expenditure in the third world countries is far much less as compared to the developed countries. The last impression from the article is that The United States can increase its aid to the less developed countries.

The system of education in the United States does not cover the issues regarding the poverty in the world. Being a global problem, the curriculum is expected to address the issue of helping the poor nations from school. Students should be aware of the responsibility that the country ha on helping the poor countries (Singer, P., 2009). Educators seem to have done hardly anything to aid in decreasing the number of persons surviving in great poverty across the world. It has been a moral challenge. This impression is value based. There is no data showing that but the evaluation of the education system reveals that it does not address the problem.

According to research, the United States has been ranked at the bottom on how it assists the weak nation. This impression is a fact since there is a data to support the claim. Compared to the other developed countries, America has done relatively little to help the third world countries. The data shows that it offers less than 1 percent as the aid to the poor nation (Lancaster, C & Ann, D., 2005). The assistance gives to the nations when faced with tragedies is also small. For example, it gave far less aid to the countries that were affected by the Tsunami when compared to what was given to the Hurricane Katrina victims in the United States.

The life expectancy in developed countries is higher than that in the developing countries. The impression is fact based. There is data from research. The expectancy in developed countries is 78 years. In contrast to the young people are always in danger of dying from curable and decreases that can be prevented (Singer, P., 2009). For example, the mortality of children under five years is high in the developing countries. The daily expenditure of the citizens in developing countries is very low. For example, according to the survey, many people in the developing nations spend less than 1 dollar in a day.

The citizens of the United States showed negativity in helping the poor. Ignorance has led to the problem. Americans have shown ignorance on the role of the nation to aid the poorest world. Many American believe that the United States contributes much to helping the less developed countries, which is not the case. For example, the majority says that the government gave four times more than the other country. But according to research, it offers less than 1 percent.

The United States can increase its aid to the poor countries. The citizens should be shown the need to save the lives of the poor citizens. The education system should be changed to address the issue of the poverty in the world. The impression is value based. The economic level of the United States is enough to help the poor (Lancaster, C & Ann, D., 2005).

References

Lancaster, C & Ann, D. (2005). Organizing U.S. Foreign Aid: Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century. Brookings Institution Press. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu

•Singer, P. (2009). America’s shame. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(27), B6–B10. (EBSCO AN 37137370) http://search.proquest.com