It’s October, warmer than your typical autumn weather, but that’s most likely from the years of carbon emitted into our atmosphere. It’s normal, we even make jokes about how nobody cares our environment is changing, even though it will cause the next great extinction. This is normal life for me. Every day I wake up and get to witness humans hate humans because their skins are a different color, I get to see humans treat money more valuable then thousands of other humans, and i also get to see and deal with the repercussions of my governments greed for oil.
“It’s voter season son,” said my dad
“Yeah I know, what does that have to do with anything?” I said.
“You better get your voter license so you can vote for the least terrible politician …show more content…
He seemed to have all the same thoughts I do, but with no effort to change anything about it. I have to be different. Not doing anything is going to change nothing. So that was just the goal I had in mind. To break through to the people that we need to unify and make our voices heard in this democracy. But how can I do this? I have to overcome the hate in America, so as a whole we can change our government, which could lead to better social conditions and practices and better environmental conditions and practices. Who would know how to change any of this? The last time the people unified for a belief was the 60’s and 70’s, so I would have to talk to someone who lived in those times. Boom, my grandparents. My grandma Rhonda went through her teen years from the late 60’s and 70’s and she was very active in the protests has a hippie at the time. I better head over to her house, so I grab my shoes keys and wallet and head …show more content…
“Its about making your name worth something kid. You must go to college and educate yourself to the best of your ability so you can head into life and people will follow you because you know what you are talking about. It’s important that you know everything from biology to psychology, to sociology, and even philosophy. These courses all go together because its how our humans thinking affects a society which effects our environment and everything in it.” Explained my grandma.
“Okay so I need to go to college and invest in myself so I can then make a time investment in the people?” I asked.
“Yes, and you will find more people like you in college, so you can spread a message through others that open to thinking how you do, and you can get something done. Actually in my day, a lot of colleges protested the war because it was so easy to spread information when everyone is open minded to what you are saying when they are in the presence of peers,” said my grandma.
“Thanks grandma! I have to get going though. Love you!” I yelled.
“I need to make my name worth something so I can change the world.” I
“It’s voter season son,” said my dad
“Yeah I know, what does that have to do with anything?” I said.
“You better get your voter license so you can vote for the least terrible politician …show more content…
He seemed to have all the same thoughts I do, but with no effort to change anything about it. I have to be different. Not doing anything is going to change nothing. So that was just the goal I had in mind. To break through to the people that we need to unify and make our voices heard in this democracy. But how can I do this? I have to overcome the hate in America, so as a whole we can change our government, which could lead to better social conditions and practices and better environmental conditions and practices. Who would know how to change any of this? The last time the people unified for a belief was the 60’s and 70’s, so I would have to talk to someone who lived in those times. Boom, my grandparents. My grandma Rhonda went through her teen years from the late 60’s and 70’s and she was very active in the protests has a hippie at the time. I better head over to her house, so I grab my shoes keys and wallet and head …show more content…
“Its about making your name worth something kid. You must go to college and educate yourself to the best of your ability so you can head into life and people will follow you because you know what you are talking about. It’s important that you know everything from biology to psychology, to sociology, and even philosophy. These courses all go together because its how our humans thinking affects a society which effects our environment and everything in it.” Explained my grandma.
“Okay so I need to go to college and invest in myself so I can then make a time investment in the people?” I asked.
“Yes, and you will find more people like you in college, so you can spread a message through others that open to thinking how you do, and you can get something done. Actually in my day, a lot of colleges protested the war because it was so easy to spread information when everyone is open minded to what you are saying when they are in the presence of peers,” said my grandma.
“Thanks grandma! I have to get going though. Love you!” I yelled.
“I need to make my name worth something so I can change the world.” I