Reading Response

Reading Response

Summary- "Responsibility" is all about making people realize that they are the only ones that can solve their problems. The first step to solving any problem is realizing you have a problem. This short story gave a couple of typical examples of people that know they have a problem but don't seem to do anything about it but blame it on something else.

Personal Response- I very well agree with this short story. After I finished reading it, I realized that that not accepting and taking control of problems is the reason people keep having problems; which most times cause bigger problems. I don't think people want to keep having problems and not do anything about them. I just think avoiding them is just easier than solving them for most people.

Vocabulary- Idiotically- senselessly foolish or stupid

Seemingly- apparent

Circumstances- a condition

Extent- the space or degree to which a thing extends

Assuming- to take on

Barracks- a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers

Regretfully-sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done

Psychologically- pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology