A while ago I interviewed at a certain professional school on the banks of Lake Michigan in Chicago. There was another person who interviewed on the same day as me- Ken from California. He went first and I could hear his interview answers through the door. When asked about leadership experiences he went on to describe a number of clubs he was involved in in college. Would I trust Ken if we went to the same school? Absolutely not. What were his real motives for being involved in those clubs? Do you know how many people are involved in such activities primarily to advance their career goals (resume/grad school app padding) or because their friends are also involved or because of the experience or the chance to travel? For a lot of people the humanitarian aspect of those clubs is not the paramount reason for their involvement. Maybe it was for Ken, but, there is no way to know for sure. For this reason, you should trust no one and do what can be done on your part for the causes you believe in. Money is only important insofar as, if you have enough of it, you can see to it personally that your money goes toward mitigating the effects of hunger and homelessness in third-world countries or toward promising scientific research or toward a public works project in a poor urban area. A little fundraiser (usually sponsored by some company because there have to be ulterior capitalistic motives at work since a genuinely humanitarian event is too good to be true) or a community service activity that youre only doing because of the resume padding or because of your friends concurrent involvement is not going to have any significant effect on the cause that the activity purports to advance. Money is hardly a long-term solution for the institutionalized problems of the world.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:23:49 +0000
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