Step D

When I first moved to St. Edward’s, I was excited to learn about Austin and Wicked Problems is where I learned the most. But more than that, I learned how important it is to be a contributing citizen. This project showed me and my group that urban areas, let alone the whole world, have a lot more problems than they let on. Of course it is easy to identify problems without giving any ways to fix them. We learned that although these problems are connected to each other and cause a cycle for the many people they affect, they are not permanent. There are plenty of resolutions but what’s hard about making them concrete is getting the people of the city on the same page to act on these steps in the best order. We learned that it there are more than enough of capable citizens with knowledge of the problems and education is the key to this step in making a better Austin. So many people don’t know the extent of these issues and that is the main reason that these issues still have trouble going away.

Week 4 Reflection

Our group plans to create a presentation on all five of the wicked problems using the recurring, underlying theme of poverty. I will use my citizenship class as a main source of education on the subject and it’s relation to the city of Austin. I will get specific information about the sources of these problems and what the people of, and the city of Austin are doing about them. Whether they are working to solve them or cause different ones by sidestepping around more pressing problems. It is up to people like us students to shape the best possible future out of our present.