If you’re waiting for a grown-up to fix what’s clearly wrong, check the mirror. Sometimes the grown-up is you.

Waiting for someone official to handle an obvious problem can go on a long time, because in most rooms nobody was actually assigned. Adults are mostly people who decided to act while unsure, and there is no ceremony where that gets handed to you. None of which makes every broken thing yours to carry.

Look for one problem small enough for you to move: a group project nobody has started, a friend being frozen out, a mess everyone steps around. Do that one. Leave the rest to people with more room than you have right now.