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Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, North Macedonia and spent her life working in Calcutta, India. Mother Teresa worked for 20 years teaching in Calcutta at St Mary's high school while taking trains to participate in spiritual exercises. In 1948 pope Pious XII granted Mother Teresa to leaving her teaching position to begin her work with the poor and hungry of Calcutta. Mother Teresa is a truly radical changed agent because of her kind nature, open-mindedness, her willingness to provide for others and have others join and help her. Now, Mother Teresa has a large following of people who follow in her footsteps of being kind and helping those less fortunate than themselves. For this to happen, it is apparent that Mother Teresa would have to be a truly radical change agent because otherwise, she wouldn't want others to help her change the view on poor people. [1]

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How has their work encouraged a more open-minded view on situations rather than a close-minded and controlled view?

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How has their work encouraged a more open-minded view on situations rather than a close-minded and controlled view?

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Throughout her work in Calcutta Mother Teresa encouraged many people to follow in her teachings. Many view her as openminded and giving. Her outlook on life was to help others, it was to help the hungry and the poor. This encouraged an open-minded approach to situations rather than a closed minded one for others because it showed people that a little kindness and open mindedness to the world can go a long way.

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How did they challenge the ‘status quo’, rather than holding onto power through violence?

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How did they challenge the ‘status quo’, rather than holding onto power through violence?

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Mother Teresa had challenged the status quo by showing her never ending amounts of compassion and kindness to people in need. As said in the book ‘Ambassadors of Light: World Health World Hunger Project; “Mother Teresa challenged the status quo with her seemingly effortless supply of kindness and compassion.” [2]

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How did they take risks for the wellbeing of others rather than risking others’ wellbeing?

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How did they take risks for the wellbeing of others rather than risking others’ wellbeing?

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Mother Teresa would take risks for others in many big ways despite her petite size. Throughout her life, she put others above herself and focused on the sick and unwell; she helped and cared for them. She carried the wounded and the weak to get them help and would take care of children who were not yet mature enough to take care of themselves. Mother Teresa never wished to put others wellbeing at risk. [3]

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How have they worked for transformation of a situation rather than controlling and demanding conformity?

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How have they worked for transformation of a situation rather than controlling and demanding conformity?

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Mother Teresa worked for transforming a situation rather than the controlling of it through her work in general. She was able to work with the transformation of a situation rather than controlling it. Her work wasn't controlling in any way. Her work is like that of a paramedic or doctor in the sense that each day will be different, she wouldn't live the same day twice. But the main goal being to help those in need.

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Who might they have offended along the way? How might this have cost them?

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Who might they have offended along the way? How might this have cost them?

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In an interview in 1989 with Time Magazine time magazine in 1989, the Time Magazine interviewer mention when she spoke at Harvard University and said that abortion was great evil and people booed. Mother Teresa replied, ‘I offered it to our Lord. It's all for Him, no? I let Him say what he wants.’ The Interviewer then said, ‘But these people who booed you would say that they also only want the best for women?’ Mother Teresa answered, ‘That may be. But we must tell the truth.’ ‘We have no right to kill. Thou shalt not kill, a commandment of God. And still should we kill the helpless one, the little one? You see we get so excited because people are throwing bombs and so many are being killed. For the grown ups, there is so much excitement in the world. But that little one in the womb, not even a sound? He cannot even escape. That child is the poorest of the poor.” [4]

This interview shows, though she was a saint, there are still people who disagreed with her and her values and beliefs about Christianity. This could have cost her some of her followers, however she was a carer for all and the affect was no substantial.

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What have you found most inspiring about the person you have studied and how have they challenged your own worldview?

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What have you found most inspiring about the person you have studied and how have they challenged your own worldview?

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Mother Teresa is a very inspiring person. What was most inspiring was her effortless kind nature and willingness to do good, help the word as well as others. In times are such hardship, she kept to true to herself and didn’t show the effect the harsh world had on her, which is truly inspiring since many people (including me) crack under pressure quite easily. Mother Teresa showed me that no matter what, it is possible to stay true to a faith or to a belief no matter what anyone else says. Her work is continued today through the Missionaries of charity. This shocked me, even though she has passed, her work still prevails, and her beliefs and lifestyle continue to stay in the modern world. Now adays, many of those born in wealthy families discriminate against the less fortunate. They see themselves above everyone and despite Mother Teresa being born into a wealthy family, she didn’t let that distract her from the fact that the world and many people needed help; she provided that. Therefore, I believe and see Mother Teresa as a truly radical person and through her ways of life and teaching, I believe many can learn from this and do good of their own.

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In what way may your person been less than perfect? What evidence is there of this?

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In what way may your person been less than perfect? What evidence is there of this?

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In her lifetime, Mother Teresa was criticized for begging for money from the corrupt of the world, raving against abortion and contraception, for caring for Calcutta's lower class, but not fighting to lighten the causes of poverty. Her practices and those of Charity's Missionaries, the order she founded, were subjected to a number of controversies. These include objections to the quality of medical care provided by her, suggestions that some deathbed baptisms constituted forced conversion, as well as alleged links to colonialism and racism. [5] Not everyone is perfect, and Mother Teresa shows this, and despite many controversies, she was doing many things right. However, she may not have been as open-minded as everyone had believed.

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[1] Mother Teresa, Author unknown, http://www.marypages.com/Theresa.htm, published in 2001, accessed on 24th of February 2021

[2] Jasmuheen. “Chapter 32.” Ambassadors of Light: World Health World Hunger Project. Place of Publication not identified.

[3] Mother Teresa, Libby Laux, https://www.learningtogive.org, Published date unknown, accessed on 24th of February 2021

[4] Mother Teresa interview with Time magazine, Edward W. Desmond, http://www.servelec.net/mothertheresa.htm, published 1989, accessed 26th of February 2021

[5] Criticism of Mother Teresa, Author unknown, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa#:~:text=Her%20practices%2C%20and%20those%20of,links%20to%20colonialism%20and%20racism, published in 2021, accessed on 2nd of March 2021