With the increasing diversity of the population, what personal troubles and public issues do you think are most important for the U.S. society to think about?
What will be an ideal response?
The following are suggested areas for students to address in their essays: Define the terms, sociological imagination, personal troubles, and public issues. Identify several possible personal troubles (individual experiences).
Discuss how an individual could effectively cope/alleviate personal troubles. Identify several possible public issues (societal experiences).
Discuss how society could effectively cope/alleviate public issues.
Encourage students to include any personal experiences (personal troubles/public issues) in their responses.
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