late night thoughts - series 1

As a young adult, you are in a compromised position of not yet being an adult but letting go of being a teenager. Being in my last year of full time education doing my A Levels has made me worry more about what type of person is going to become of me in the future, than what type of person I am going to wake up as tomorrow. I am striving to become a successful, independent woman. But I am questioning what is it to be successful? I look at my mother, who is a single mum and raised myself and my younger sister and I see her to be a success. She has strength within her which I admire. Although she may not have the highest paying job in the world, she certainly has the most loving soul. Is success about getting good A Levels, finding a perfect house, a well paid job and driving round in a nice car? Or is it about having good morals and a loving heart, no matter what happens? I think it is finding the mean, becoming both.

What I am trying to say is: I am yet to find myself and my mean.

History can be made.

I think people forget the importance of voting. People feel undecided, so therefore, they don't vote. Some people today, are not educated enough to make an informative decision on who to vote for. People assume that because we are living in a first world country that everybody is educated. Everybody has the right to an education. Yes in de jure this is true, but in de facto it is false. There are people out there today that might attend a school, but it is significantly at a lesser standard to that of another. This needs to change. And how can America do this? By voting for Hillary Clinton.

There is a highly educated business tycoon running for President. Mr Donald Trump. Does this mean that he is fit for president? No; not in the slightest. Trump has bragged about sexually assaulting women. He talks about how he would have sexual relations with Ivanka if she wasn't his daughter. He diminished a Miss Universe contestant on their weight, and how they looked. He said that women becoming pregnant in the workplace was an inconvenience for the business. He defends the vulgar words that he called women by calling it "locker room banter". Is this somebody who is fit enough to be President? Is this someone who the younger generations of American can look up to? Certainly not. Young girls should not have to look up to somebody like Donald Trump and think they're just a sexual object. Nobody should feel objectified. The minorities in America should not fear that the better life they have built in the US is going to be taken away from them in an instance. Children should not be crying worrying whether their parents are going to be deported at any given moment. Although I am not an American citizen, I am living in the United Kingdom, this election affects me. It affects us, it affects everyone. The United States of America is arguably the most powerful country in the world. The children of America, especially the young girls should be able to look up to somebody such as Hillary Clinton. Who could become the first female president of the US. Young girls should be able to see that they can achieve anything they set their mind to. They should see that if people vote for Clinton that they can achieve what a man can; be paid equally to a man for doing the exactly same job as him. Clinton sends a powerful message of "stronger together", because as a country, they are stronger together. Clinton will make history, unlike Trump who will reverse it. I hope for the sake of the rest of the world, and the younger generations that people vote for Hillary Clinton. Because even though I am not from the US, I'm with Her.