if you can resolve any inequities within your community, what would you change and why?

Answer 1

Inequity in and of itself isn't a bad thing; it's a demonstration of potential, like social voltage. Why work harder to earn more pay (and thereby contribute more to society) if you knew that your money were just going to be redistributed to those who worked less dedicatedly?

That said, I think the playing field needs to be level insofar as ability to access or create opportunities. This isn't to condemn advantages of birth (ideally, parents hope their kids will have a better life), but rather to say that everybody should have the same basic tools to be successful and acquire further skills.

So there's the why; here's the what: I feel we as a society are not obligated to ensure everybody gets into *favorite Ivy Leage school here*, but we're definitely responsible to ensure the best possible basic education for all. This must include continued emphasis on performance and achievements, supported by dispassionate and frequent evaluations. In a sentence: I'd overhaul the mess we have of a public school system.

As a corollary, are we doing our best to support those who simply aren't capable of keeping up? People aren't on the streets because they're *so* lazy that they can't find their way to a meaningful existence. They're there because they lack some basic faculty. (Mentally retarded, substance-dependent, disabled, etc.) It would be the definition of cruel to refuse help to those who most need it.

Answer 2

Make sure that the police don't have their hands tied by unreasonable laws and support them.

Answer 3

have the schools take out the students that do not want to learn and put them in special school, then let the students who want learn.