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COMM 3030 - Communication and Social Responsibility
Taking Personal Responsibility
Posted posted by HeidiH @ 4:34 PM
Personal responsibility means that I own the actions I take in my life. I own my actions and am accountable for the effect those actions have on others. Through this class I've learned that it is ordinary people standing for justice and good can have large impacts. But though individuals create good in this world there are also those who create misery and oppression for others.My feature article for this class looked at the progression of women's rights in Afghanistan. It took only a small group of people, following a strong set of beliefs, with guns to back them to strip 11,000,000 women of basic rights to movement, medical care, and education. There are countless examples around the world.
Being personally responsible means recognizing the truth when it is easier to lie. It means listening to the news and being aware of what is happening to fellow human beings. It means doing what can be done, not complaining about what can't. It means taking action, however small, not hiding laziness with exuses such as ignorance or weakness. This class has shown again and again how few or one impacts many. Personal responsibility means recognizing our place, our connectedness. No one can look to another without first looking to themselves.
