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Organization Name: Goal for Goal Do you remember the last time China competed in the World Cup? Can you name a famous Chinese soccer star? With population of 1.4 billion, China's economic ascent has been incredible over the years, but China has never made a name for itself in soccer. Although soccer is a universal sport, numerous Chinese children cannot receive a basic training due to a lack of infrastructure. However, Xi Jin Ping, the current Chinese president, declared long-term plans to make China "a confident power" in soccer. The plans include making soccer one of the options in the high-school entrance examination's sports test in 2016. Also, three campus school training centers and 200 schools, with an emphasis in soccer training, will be set up in Beijing by next year. This is where Goal for Goal comes in play. With Xi's seemingly unlimited national support, China has all the necessary ingredients for a strong team, including a nationwide love for...

As time passes by, my perspective of the world has changed drastically at least more than 20 times. Sometimes, my hope for a better world stems from personal problems I go through. Other times, it's poverty or environmental issues that get sourced through media. What I want to see in the next few generations of our society is an equal access to opportunities. We complain when we don't have enough balance in our bank account to go to a rave or when we have four essays to write in two weeks. This is commonly called, "first-world problems." I believe that these complaints can be justified because our perspectives are defined and restricted by the content of our life experiences. But, I want to live in an environment where every individual has at least similar amount of access to opportunities to "be great." For example, we witness at least one or two great prodigies who are accepted to great Ivy League schools despite their unfortunate personal backgrounds....

Last week, as I was subconsciously scrolling down my Facebook feed like just any other day, I came across my friend's post. It was a video in which college students argue against a social figure on a variety of topics regarding social system that favors the wealthy, value of education after graduation and quality of life. The video grabbed my attention until the end because this topic is more relevant to me as I am approaching my college years. The most interesting part of the video was when the social figure tells students to stop blaming the social system that has existed for years for their failures, but instead advises them to start developing skills that not many people have. Initially, this sounds ironic because we live in society which forces us to become the resume-perfect individual to beat the competition. But, after watching the video twice, I realized that being the vice president of a finance club or having the perfect GPA may put you ahead, there are certain character...