Is helping solve the problems of society everyone's job, or no one's job. What role would you
hope to play, based on your interests and developing skills, in the solution of one or more
specific problems?
Society's Problems and my role in helping it
As the problems in society arise, it is the duty of every individual to ease the burden by helping to
solve these problems. Too often, individuals pass off that responsibility with the hope that others will
pick up the slack. The problem is that too many shrug their responsibility leaving an insurmountable
degree of perils.
It is everyone's obligation to help solve the problems because everyone has a stake in society. Not
enough people see the whole picture when it comes to society's problems. If something hurts the
society, it hurts the individual. For example, the problem of homelessness is not just the problem of
those who are without residence.
English: A homeless man in Paris Français : Un sa...
English: A homeless man in New York with the Ameri...
English: Homeless man sleeping at the bus stop in ...Their plight effects us all. Homelessness hurts the local
businessman whose customers are frightened away by the homeless man living on the corner. It hurts
those who have to commute to work via public transportation and must deal with the panhandlers. It
hurts those whose homes are burglarized by the homeless man looking for money to feed his family.
There is no isolated problem in society and each problem has a ripple effect that eventually hurts
everyone. Even if only for selfish reasons, every individual should help to solve the problems of
society. A parallel that I can draw to further illustrate my point is the team play of former NBA star
Earvin 'Magic' Johnson. When asked why he is such a team player, he responded that he was a
very selfish man. He wanted to win so much that he was willing to do whatever...