A Bottle of Turtles

In Thomas Friedman's 30 Little Turtles he tells of how he read a paragraph to 20 year old Indians and got a standing ovation. It was not meant to have him praised for reading it, its to show these young men and women how to properly speak english by softening "their t's and rolling their r's" (Friedman 176).

The purpose of Friedman's article is to get the attention of younger and older people to show that you can change lives of people, by teaching them new skills and by taking the time out of our lives to help others learn new and useful skills.

This is a good article that Friedman wrote, it opens up jobs for those who would be making bare minimum in other jobs. Now the young Indian men and women are able to start making $200-$300 a month which to us is not alot but to them its so much more. Of course they don't keep all the money they share it with their families so that they can all benefit from these jobs in the call centers.

Its amazing how teaching people to speak proper english can change someone's life. It gives people self-confidence and leads them away from becoming "suicide bombers in waiting" (Friedman 177).

This article made me feel pleased that with teaching someone something so small he was able to change peoples lives in such a way drastic way. I hope that some day I could change someones life like Friedman did.

Work cited:

Friedman, Thomas. “30 Little Turtles.” Perspectives on Contemporary Issues. Ed. Katherine Ackley, Kim Blank, and Stephen Hume. Toronto: Nelson, 2008. 176 – 177. Print.