Let me first start out by saying I'm worried. I'm worried about the future of America and what seems to be the lack of attention that is paid to important issues. I'm worried people seem to have a tendency to not seek information due to what they would find out; that a lot of things are just plain messed up in our society. I wanted to try and address important topics and create a blog that addresses these issues by trying to get people to think about the how, why, and the 'what could be' with certain social issues.
I'm passionate about a lot of common social issues, and some not so common, but I'll start off by discussing a pattern I've noticed that does not sit well with me; ignorance. People tend to ignore things that are uncomfortable, that are inconvenient, that are different, and that don't apply to themselves. Now, I'm not trying to play the blame game, as I myself am guilty of doing this. I know it's hard to think about issues that may not impact me directly, but as a social worker, I have found that the majority of important issues will impact most people either directly or indirectly without people recognizing this.
This habit of not paying attention is not doing any good. I guarantee that if everyone paid more attention and educated themselves on a variety of issues that our society would be a lot different. We'd probably have different government officials, a different food production system, different energy consumption, and different views of what people should receive as basic rights.
Thus, I will dedicate the rest of the blogs to expounding upon key issues that I view more people should pay more attention to. I hope to use my personal and professional experience to provide a view people may not have thought of and allow people to think about what could potentially happen if only certain things happened. That being said, this blog may annoy people, it may make people cringe, it may cause unwell feelings toward me, but hopefully, this is a blog that will make you think. Cheers!
I'm passionate about a lot of common social issues, and some not so common, but I'll start off by discussing a pattern I've noticed that does not sit well with me; ignorance. People tend to ignore things that are uncomfortable, that are inconvenient, that are different, and that don't apply to themselves. Now, I'm not trying to play the blame game, as I myself am guilty of doing this. I know it's hard to think about issues that may not impact me directly, but as a social worker, I have found that the majority of important issues will impact most people either directly or indirectly without people recognizing this.
This habit of not paying attention is not doing any good. I guarantee that if everyone paid more attention and educated themselves on a variety of issues that our society would be a lot different. We'd probably have different government officials, a different food production system, different energy consumption, and different views of what people should receive as basic rights.
Thus, I will dedicate the rest of the blogs to expounding upon key issues that I view more people should pay more attention to. I hope to use my personal and professional experience to provide a view people may not have thought of and allow people to think about what could potentially happen if only certain things happened. That being said, this blog may annoy people, it may make people cringe, it may cause unwell feelings toward me, but hopefully, this is a blog that will make you think. Cheers!
I was leaving for our trip to Houston when I got this, and just got to read it today. Learning and thinking are always good. There is so much conflicting information available today that sometimes I find it hard to sift through. I'm not sure which sources I can trust. It's frustrating.
ReplyDeleteI was leaving for our trip to Houston when I got this, and just got to read it today. Learning and thinking are always good. There is so much conflicting information available today that sometimes I find it hard to sift through. I'm not sure which sources I can trust. It's frustrating.
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