In
the article “The Real Public services”, Tomas Sowell says that the right way to
help people in this country is not being an employee in public services
departments or being politicians. The right way is to know what the human being
needs and to do the right things for these needs. He mentions many examples to
help people without going to public services, if someone wants people to live
in better housed, he should be the person who make these better houses. If
someone wants people to buy things that they don’t have the amount of money for
this things or product, he should create new efficient ways to make this
product affordable for those people. The huge change from the beginning of 20th century and the end of
the twentieth century in people lifestyle is because the great people like
Tomas Addison and Wright brother who created a new ways to develop peoples
life, not because the politicians,
bureaucrats, or others in "public service". He asserts that people
who have helped poor people are not those people who give speech to ask people
the compassion for people, but are those who make the industries more
productive and the distribution more effective, those who make products and
services affordable, so the poor people can use it to live decent life. Moreover,
Tomas says that the real places to go to do public services are as shelters.
There, student can do the real test for the reality, not to do researches in
the great beautiful campus in their university. Student during their studying
years are isolated of the real life out of their college walls. They listen
what their professors said. He does not
deny the good and helpful skills that colleges provide for students, but he
also believes that college could nourish the students many unsafe illusions. At
the end, he device students that if they want to service others, they should
let those people to choose a service that they could spend their money, which
they have worked hard to get, on it.
In
my view, Tomas Sowell discusses an important problem in his article. After graduation,
many students want to work in public services as politicians or other kind of
jobs in the public services. They think that public services are the way to
help improving the society and to increase the rate of poor people. Indeed, the
public services helping are a superficial development. The real help for the
society is innovation. If we deeply notice the positive changing on the society
over the years, we will recognize that what made the positive change is the
innovation. Creating new thing in the world or changing old things to be more efficient
or cost less is the real service that can help poor people to reach what they
need on an easy way.
I
think what Tomas wrote about universities and professors and how they effect on
student is doubtful. We can deny that many university help students to think effectively.
There are many famous universities help students how to think uniquely. I think
teaching students the uniqueness in thinking is the key to help them innovate
new ways and new changes to help the development in their society. Finally, to
make the innovation and the positive change are the mission
of universities, it could create a hopeful generation for the country.
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