Dominika Piwnicka

Turnout in elections is growing which is a good sign but it is still very small. Over fifty percent is not a good result because it means that almost half of Poles did not vote. I can not understand why such a large number of people did not participate in the elections, it looks as if they were not interested in what is happening in the country where they live. Each of us, through choices, to a lesser or greater extent decides and influences what is happening in our country, if we have such a privilege, why we can not take advantage of it.

A few weeks ago, I was waiting for the train when suddenly an elderly lady fell on the escalator. At the train station in the city center of the rush hour there were a lot of people who saw this accident and only three people ran up to this lady: me, my friend and man. This lady was in shock, she had a lot of bags with her, we could not get her out of the stairs, and all people just looked at it but nobody moved to help us. Unfortunately, more and more often I meet with the fact that the other person is invisible to some people. When someone needs help, everyone just looks instead of doing something useful. I read the article recently and I have the same opinion that we are in a sense programmed to help others that helping others is rooted in us, so why do not we pay attention to others, and when we see something, why we do not help? Most people feel anonymous and think that someone else will help. Others think that they can do something wrong in helping others, that they will be disc...