Making A Difference In America

If a person had the option to change the world for the better, would they? If they would, then why is it when a person gets minor inconvenienced by a small problem like not having enough chips for the bean dip, they just accept the problem and they do not do anything about it. William F. Buckley Jr. Wrote an essay called, "Why Don't We Complain". Buckley is giving the readers his experience on both the lack of care within the political system and also the apathy people give when it comes to life's minor roadblocks. Society needs to learn that fixing minor problems when given the chance is better than letting a problem grow so much that it starts affecting other people. The audience that this essay is directed to will learn the message of why people should complain, and the purpose the author has to complain.

We want to transform our society so that each each person can be their own agent of change around what they feel important, and shift away from the idea that somehow a voting box every four years will solve our problems

As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change toward him… We need not to see what others do.” (Mahtma Ghandi) A quote that I found online from the New York Times, which states that it is up to the individual to make a difference in our own world view. So it is up to us to help save what our ancestors and elders have protected since the time of

Make a change. ”(Wong) People should not just complain instead they should start to act and do what is right for the sake of our country. People should work together to change our future, to make it better for them to live at

On a lighter note, it is possible to make change through peaceful means. An example of this is when Elvis rocked America. It all started with Ed Sullivan who hosted a show called The Toast of the Town at 8 P.M. every Sunday night. He lacked the natural good looks of other T.V. stars and had issues seeing the script. “Sullivan had one cardinal rule: the acts had to appropriate for the ‘family hour’.” (202). The middle class at this time was growing rapidly. GNP increased over 200%. The middle class family income rose by 50%. Real wages were increasing. “By 1960, 96 percent of the nation’s families owned refrigerators, 87 percent their own TV set, and 75 percent their own washing machine.” (203). With this increase in wealth, many markets grew.

Here are many ways we can make a difference in Dubuque. if everybody helped out we could make Dubuque a clean place with no trash on the ground. If people stopped throwing cans and empty bottles on the ground and empty packs of gum Dubuque would look alot nicer than it does now with all the trash. Dubuque has the 9th most drunk people in Iowa and that's bad and unsafe for people who like to walk and if people don't drink on the weekdays people will be a lot safer. If people don't drink at all then people will be more safe all week and weekends. I know that dubuque is not safe with all the pollution in the river and streets it makes the river look dirty and you might run over a can’s that might scratch your boat or you might run over a plastic

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. Indeed, it 's the only thing that ever has."2 History has shown us through the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. who went against the greater power of their time to fight for injustice. These few respectable men made that difference that the world needed at that time and upheld the very principle of democracy to its roots. It goes without saying that citizen participation to make a country’s democracy as legitimate and true is of paramount

Excellent points about research data. It is a great tool to help with gaining a wealth of understanding how things can change and make a difference as to the way standards of care that rendered. It can also make a difference as to the way services are being provided and how they directly or indirectly affects the level of care being provided in the community. An accomplish way for data collection methods to make a difference in the healthcare

Have you ever participated in any collective efforts to make progressive change? If so, what were they? If not, why do you think you have not participated in an effort to create change?

Whoever is the one that wants something to be changed needs to think about what the best way to change what they believe in. Whether it be a petition, a protest, civil disobedience, or some other way special to their cause. Civil disobedience is a good option, though it may not be the right one in every case. I believe that civil disobedience lends itself well to a free society, even if it is just there as an option for people to pick from. It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have

We are blessed to live in a country where our voices can be heard. “Words have power, words are power” Qahtani Mohammed. Let’s all use our power to redefine reality

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something” (Edward Everett Hale Quote). Everybody has the opportunity to make a positive change in the world, yet so often people do not take advantage of the opportunity they are given. In many cases, it is because people are too concerned with how much of a difference they can really make. If what they do will not change much anyway then why try at all? For example, if I donate fifty dollars to my charity then I have done something good, but it is nothing compared to a sponsor who can donate ten thousand dollars with one check. I walk away feeling like I could not make a difference like the sponsor can, so why should I even put in the effort…??? Trapped in the same kind of

It is valuable to have political experience, but experience in other fields can be just as important.For example; experience being a political activist can be beneficial.

Everybody at some point in their life has wanted to make a change, hopefully for the better. For most, it can take some serious self discipline to actually put these changes into full force. Here’s a proposition: take the time out of the day to sit down and actually think about the outcomes of the problem, and then decide if it’s worth going through the motions to make that change. Because everyone on this earth has a given amount of time everyday, no one can use the excuse that they don’t have the time of day; that’s bullshit. Yes, some may have a busy schedule but you have breaks throughout the day. May it be the required break they get from work, the commute from school to home, or when they’re alone with their thoughts at night;

Life is all about awareness. Society is forever changing and we must be aware and open minded to be able to change with it. Some aspects of modern life are over exaggerated and seem to be exploited through our vast network that social media platforms use to easily influence the population. From false FDA warnings and the legality of marijuana to the abuse of American funds and resources on foreign aid, when we have poverty ridden parts of America worse off than some of the places were helping. There are so many organizations and movements now that focus on some of the smaller problems, rather than the more serious problems we face in our society. Willingness and awareness go hand and hand; how can we make a change if were aware of a problem, but are not willing to do something about it? This is the question I have been asking myself and my peers as time has past and I have become more aware and willing. One of the largest social issues that ties together our society as a whole is the blind selfishness of the overwhelming majority. David Foster Wallace explained his own selfishness perfectly when he stated “…my natural default-setting is the certainty that situations like this are really all about me…” (4). We are all our brother’s keeper, although we want to obtain the best life for ourselves how can we truly live knowing we allowed harm to come to others.