Why Do I Want To Change The World?

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I often hear people say “I want to change the world!” but they are not always quite sure about how they will accomplish it. When looking at myself; I can’t deny the fact that I have also used the sentence mentioned above at some point in my life. We tend to see all the social problems that are occurring across the world like; war, terrorism, poverty, starvation and diseases. But sometimes you cannot help the macro level of people; you cannot help everyone that is suffering on our planet. But what you can do is that you can simply help people on a micro level; you can help individuals that surround you on an everyday basis. People tend to think that the society should solve all the problems; that the authorities should take …show more content…

Caring too much might not sound like a bad quality, but I think that I am going to find it hard to separate work from personal life; I would think about my clients and their problems after office hours, and I would want to adopt every child that needs a family. I would probably also feel disappointed and heartbroken if I could not help a child that faced big issues. Furthermore, I would find it hard to put my values to the side at all times. Today Sweden has a lot of war refugees escaping from the conflict that is going on in Syria. When I go back to Sweden to work as a social worker, I am going to have to deal with this population of immigrants. I will be very understanding and have empathy for these individuals regarding their situation, but I am not sure that I will always agree with their values. Most of these immigrants practice another religion and they have different values regarding the family and how you treat women. I am not sure that I would be able to accept the ways that some of the men are treating their women. Although, the Syrian women seem to accept it and in that case there is not a lot that I can do about

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