Week 2: How to Change the World

I read three more chapters of "How to Change the World." These three chapters were mainly about two people, one who wanted to change the environmental policy in the US and one who wanted to change the way kids can communicate their problems in India. The first person, Bill Drayton  had this very extensive list of achievements and so many credentials that can get him any job he desired but he chose to change the way the U.S. can deal with environment issues. I was impressed with this man, he gave up so many potential careers. He graduated from Harvard and Oxford and then went to Yale for Law School. He had jobs to be professor at Stanford, and Harvard. He had so many ways different ways and different opportunities to change the people of society that very few people could ever get. He chose to work at the EPA to change environmental policies with his idea of the bubble. Even though his initial attempt to change the policies at the time, he kept on working and gaining support. It is unrealistic for me to think that I will be in the same exact position as Drayton and to be as qualified as him would also be impossible for me. Even though I am discourage by the amount of things he was able to achieve with his qualification, I am still eager to see what I can do with changing societies perceptions and social constructs.
The second person Jeroo Billimoria, created Childline, a 24 hour helping and emergency response system for children in distress. This social entrepreneur is a little different from the other ones that I have been reading about. She created something would directly solve each kids individual problem while others usually create something that tries to solve the problem with a system that can affect everyone as a group. I see the benefits of helping every single individual and the benefits of helping everyone as a group. I see helping everyone individually is the solving the short term problem but the goal should be solving the long term problem so I think that people who are trying the whole entire problem are the best plans to make change.