K.+SAT+Essay


 * SOL Pretest Writing Prompt **

//Many people believe that our government should do more to solve our problems. After all, how can one individual create more jobs or make roads safer or improve our schools or help to provide any of the other benefits that we have come to enjoy? And yet expecting that the government – rather an individual – should always come up with the solutions to society’s ills may have made us less self-reliant, undermining our independence and self-sufficiency.// **//Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general, or should the responsibility remain in the control of the government?//** Communities love to blame the government for their local problems. This mostly stems from the people not wanting to take responsibility for their local issues. Job cuts, poor schools, elderly benefits and uneven roadways these are neighboring issues that society choose to ignore. Mainly because blaming the government is easier than taking responsibility for it. Neither the general nation nor the government should be held completely accountable for the community issues when there are sources that have not been taken advantage of. Communities need to learn how to be more independent, realize that there is more going on in the world, and since it’s the people community and they live there they are most likely to know what is going on to make difference. People in today’s society would rather fault someone else for the problems in their life instead of taking the responsibility for them. It’s the same for large and small communities. There are some communities that are very co-dependent on others to help with their issues. Like having the governors solve every problem that comes about. However that is not a positive trait to have. If people living in the community want to have a strong sense of independence it starts with one speaking out about it. Society should not have to complain to the governor nor the government about local issues. It only takes one individual to set forward and begin the process of independence. During this process the public will stop taking from the government and instead become a benefit for something better. This act alone will show that communities are stepping forward in the right direction of helping our nation become an independent country itself. Natives fail to understand is that there is a lot more going on in the would than what they think. The government not only has to deal with our issues in the United States, but also the ones overseas, like Afghanistan and Israel. Do we honestly want our government to stop and listen to our complains about poor roadways, and job cuts. They have bigger things to worry about, example the anti- terrorists training that will help prevent terrorist from coming onto the United States to retaliate on the killing of Osama Bin Ladin. The government can only handle so much at once, and yes some are more important than others, but does society want to risk another attack on U.S soil because we were be selfish? If one disagrees with that, then that is a self-centered individual. The government its self has not been to every community in the United States. They have not driven down our streets, been to the local schools or know of the neighboring businesses we have. So with that, why do we have the mind- set that our government will tend to our needs? The nation doesn’t know the name of our streets, that some schools have pest problems, or even the fact that some family own businesses that have been open for year are not shutting down, due to the economy. No one will know of these issues unless he or she lives in the area, where these particular issues are relevant. If there is an issue that needs immediate attention, then society should come together and make things happen. If one cannot agree with one out of the three reasons stated above, then maybe that individual need to rethink something’s. Evidently the people should take more responsibility for the issues in their communities. For the basic principle that they live there, it will help with the community’s independence and help them to see that our government has bigger problems to solve. It will also give people a better sense of acceptance.