~:[CH6 - Day 31]:~ Speaking Out

~:[CH6 - Day 31]:~ Speaking Out

It's a difficult time to be alive. The daily stress of politics entering your stream can get overwhelming and annoying and as much as you want to reply, often, it's better not to. Of course, you also do not want to stay silent in times like these, so you make your points by timing them right. It's hard to bite your tongue when the person appointed head of the Department of Education knows very little about over 90% of the population she is going to oversee and the lack of experience and knowledge of many these appointments. Regardless, the approval goes along party lines and thus, are confirmed without any thought to the impact these people will have going forward. Part of the political process is to have people who go against your views, but to place someone in a position that they have no business being is ridiculous. If the people who represent this country cannot speak up to depend the people of this country, then who will? Tonight, I got my answer. As I sat with my freshman trying to break them out of their shells, at night, I sat with my MIT-bound seniors who showed me who can speak up. Even with a small group of seniors attending the conference, a solid amount of solid speeches were given at the grill and despite the relaxed environment, I still left fairly impressed on where we are at this point. I didn't put much pressure on them to prepare and yet, they came prepared and ready to go. I saw in them, students that were once shy and timid, breaking free and showing off their confident, their knowledge and giving me hope that the future can be much brighter than the grim days we face today. Who knows were our education system will be head, but wherever it goes, today reminded me that no policy changes can alter the growth of many of the students I have been lucky enough to work with who continuously show me what young adults are capable of. With errands and practice and more and exhausted as I was when I arrived home, I couldn't help but smile, because with all the challenges we face today, I saw hope in this new generation of MUN students who are smart, confident, and ready to take on the world.