David Wang
HHSE2: Period 5
Mrs. Young
1/8/14
Bill Gates: A Hero of Our Age
A young boy the city of Seattle, Washington, destined to become a globally recognized leader. The growing adult left college to pursue his dreams of founding a company along with his friend, Paul Allen, and became one of the most well-known men in the world. Born on October 28, 1995, Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and has dedicated his time to the benefit of all. Along with his wife, he travels the world and allocates his time to the support of people in need. Gates is generous, a well-known leader of new technology, and his dedication to the causes he supports which result in Gates to be an inspirational idol for many.
The generosity of Bill Gates has allowed millions of lives to be saved through the collaboration of Gates and several other groups, all dedicated to their causes. Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill helps create solutions to the diseases plaguing our world, such as HIV: “More than US$2.5 billion in HIV grants to organizations around the world." (Bill & Melinda). The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was founded by Bill Gates, dedicating the majority of their time to help civilians in need and fighting of diseases. Gates devotes an extensive portion of his fortune other funds to research and develop cures to the viruses constantly hindering the development of children and adults. For several years, Gates has continued to spend his time to sponsor the fight against HIV. Eventually, through his generosity, considerable impacts improving the lives of suffering individuals in need are made. These thirty-three million people infected with the dreadful HIV, now have new hope that eventually the virus could be eradicated. However, Gates is not limited with finding cures for diseases, but he also provides help for teachers to help sharpen their skills: "Well, to find out, our foundation has been working with 3,000 teachers in districts across the country on a project called Measures of Effective Teaching" (Gates Bill). Bill Gates offers programs to increase their ability to teach effectively and provide the chance for teachers to improve their weaknesses. He gives the opportunity to create a room of education available to help elevate the ability of children and develop their abilities to a higher potential. With this, teachers across America could change to understand how they could communicate with children effectively to receive outstanding results. Furthermore, as more research and commitment is located into this program, America as a whole could improve their academic standings compared to the world. Gates funded this program to help teachers have new visions to teaching and spends the wealth that he has in order for this program to flourish. Education is a part of life that Gates strongly supports and is constantly attempting new methods to improve education in every possible aspect. The generosity of Gates is spent globally and is used for the progress of humans.
Not only is Gates a well-known donor to several causes around the world, but he is most known for as the man who made Microsoft, a leader in technological advances in both software and medicine. He has created software no other company can match and with the advice of those around him, ranging from customers to fellow workers, he and Microsoft are able to develop one of the most used software known to mankind: "Microsoft's Excel program claiming 73 percent of the $756 million Windows spreadsheet market by the late 1990s." (Bill Gates Newsmakers) Microsoft has created software people use on a daily basis regularly. However the reason making Microsoft most used is due to Gates constantly improving his software to the benefit of the people. He dedicates his time to listen to his customers and learn from his mistakes, and from his mistakes he is able to improve his creation and release it to the benefit of others. Bill Gates is not only focused on his