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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 the schools or help to provide any of the other benefits that we have

come to enjoy? And yet expecting that the government—rather than

individuals—should always come up with the solutions to society's ills may have

made us less self-reliant, undermining our independence and

self-sufficiency.

Assignment:

Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their

communities or the nation in general? Plan and write an essay in which you

develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning

and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.

Sample Essay - Score of 6

Though America has suffered through times of massive economic distress where

government intervention was necessary in maintaining the people’s spirit,

America was founded by individuals at town meetings, behind their ploughs, or in

peaceful petition. In today’s relatively stable society, people should feel

empowered to make changes and solve problems because countless reforms began at

the grassroots level. If people need inspiration or proof, they need only to

look to the progressives or the Steimetz twins, who rid the beaches of cigarette

butts with their activism.

In the early 1900’s, American government had been congealed into a state of

corruption and inaction by the powerful lobbyists of the industries. In this

Gilded Age, the disparity between rich and poor were astonishing—while

Vanderbilt became a millionaire, millions of factory workers—mostly

immigrants—lived in squalor and ate insalubrious food. At this same time, the

progressive movement sought to rectify these injustices. Jane Addams, for

example, started a settlement house for women workers, where she not only

provided child care and financial support, but also campaigned for the abolition

of child labor and the creation of laws to protect workers’ safety. The actions

of hundreds of others like her eventually led to reforms in city government—the

referendum, the city council ran by experts, not lobbyists, etc. All these

reforms originated at the movement of the individual.

However, movement by individuals does not have to spread nationwide to be

effective. In the state of Connecticut, two teenagers who passionately cared for

the environment effected state laws to make littering of cigarette butts illegal

on beaches. The teens began with simple cleanup campaigns with friends and

family but realized that more action could—and should—be taken. Thence, they

began to make trips to state legislature in addition to trips to the

beach—instead of collecting butts, they rallied support. Eventually, a law was

passed to make their sentiments permanent—however, the impetus started in the

minds of two teenagers.

Government is powerful and well-intentioned, but the sordid mechanics of

politics often obstruct problem solving. Individuals, however, are not so

hampered. In a country where rights not enumerated (explicitly given to the

federal gov’t) are for the people, people should see individual action as a

right AND responsibility.