Separating Fact from Opinion

Which of the following statements from the reading do you think are facts and which ones are opinions? Why? Write F in front of the facts and O in front of the opinions.

1		These new types of tourism have their own problems and can negatively affect destination communities.
2		The Peace Corps was started in 1961 by President Kennedy and has sent 165,000 American volunteers overseas to over 135 countries since then.
3		Like ecotourism and cultural tourism, which are criticized for not always benefiting the destination communities, service learning has its own problems.
4		Since graduating from college I have been working in the field of affordable housing and founded a grassroots nonprofit organization devoted to fair housing in urban areas.
5		We worked on our own—not with any Czech farmers or field hands.
6		I left feeling that not only had I contributed very little to the community in Slavicín, but that I had gained very little myself.
7		Each one of us was matched with a participant in the community, so we worked side by side, directed by community leaders.
8		From the community's point of view there was a tradeoff.
9		In that village in Guatemala, life has a different pace―you experience the moment― you're not hurrying from one thing to the next.
10		Marya has volunteered her business skills to local nonprofits, and Andrew has continued to work in urban community development.