Do We Fail Ourselves or Does Society Fail Us?

I believe yes society can fail people, but it is really up to you if you fail yourself or not. You are fully responsible for what you do with your life and what you make of yourself. Where you grow up and the community you are surrounded by may have some effects on your life yes, but you are fully capable of turning that around. It is not anybody else’s fault if I fail a test for example or burn my mac and cheese, it is me failing myself. Sure society has let me and other people down plenty of times, and will let me down many more times. In the article about Mike Tyson he did grow up in a terrible community and didn’t have a great childhood, this was partially society’s fault. He didn’t have much choice on where he got to grow up, but it was his own decision to do the things that he did therefore failing himself. He did manage to get himself out of a bad community and make something of himself; he showed people what he is worth and what he could do. In Gray’s case his mother partially failed him by doing drugs when she was pregnant with him. But being born premature is no excuse for him being involved in drugs and having trouble with the law multiple times. He let himself down when he kept doing these things that got him in trouble, in the end it cost him his life. I am sure he was let down by society his fair share of times, like in the school system. He attended a poor school where he was not given a whole lot of opportunities; there is not much you can do when you are stuck in a poor community. I believe Gray is still being let down by society in how the convictions of the officers are going. He probably did deserve a better life and just needed some help to achieve the things he was capable of. I feel just because you grew up in a bad community doesn’t mean you can’t escape that and be successful. It is not society’s fault and it isn’t responsible for the actions that you make. In the end if you are disappointed with yourself or your life then you failed yourself, society didn’t fail you.