Sunday, October 24, 2010
Social Change Wheel
Sorry, sorry, sorry this is late! So I was looking at the social change wheel, and I kept thinking to myself about how lame it is that I fall into the easiest area of the wheel. Socially responsible daily behavior and direct servitude were the areas I thought I fell between. While looking at the examples for each of these, you can see that they require the least amount of change on a personal level and don't require too much effort to do. The problem is a lot of the other areas require some perform of political motivation, and frankly while I have my own personal politics, it isn't the most important thing in my life. And I don't really feel strongly enough about it for it to really movitvate me. There are some other areas though, like the community ones. The problem with those is that I've left my community that I've spent most of my life in, and I know there are ways to get involved with Waverly and Wartburg but it's a lot more difficult because I don't know the city as well. To me service is important and it's an aspect of my life that I would like to be more prevalent. Part of that desire stems from my faith and part of it is my desire to help others. That desire is what made me want to be a doctor, which in my mind is a profession in which you serve others. I think that it's time to start getting involved though now, and that is going to be one of my goals for the rest of my time in college. I really believe that one person can make a difference, and I won't to start getting more involved in changing the world!
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That's okay -- I'm almost 40 and I probably still fall into what is personally responsible rather than trying to change the world.
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