Response to President Obama’s Inaugural Response
The hard choices our country has to make… There are many hard choices our country has to make, as a nation and as individuals to keep our nation strong, successful, and flourishing. With our economy in a financial crisis we have to decide what is the best way to help all of those in need. Without the availability of jobs and many people losing the jobs they once held, being able to see a brighter future is difficult. If people lose hope of a brighter future then how will we be able to get back to the thriving nation we once were. I cannot say what President Obama and our nation’s leaders should do to help people without jobs and without the finances to pay their bills. Going from a consumer nation to a saving nation could be a healthy step forward. For the time being I know one thing I can do is support my leaders. If we can join together and work as one instead of having selfish, greedy desires then we can grow stronger together. It has always been common knowledge, to me, that when I see someone in need I should do my best to help them in any way I can. If everyone will take the time to seek after those in need and help their neighbors then those who have lost their jobs will hopefully be able to make it through and maybe the number of families losing their homes will stop rising.
I don’t think our schools are failing us I believe you get out of school what you put into it. If you go into school wanting to learn everything there is to learn and earnestly strive to do that then you can succeed in doing so. Yes with the cost of school these days it might be more difficult to get the opportunity to go to school, but if you set your mind to it then you can succeed. I hope that one day school can be more attainable for everyone seeking to further their education. School is a very costly thing and when you don’t have the financial help available to you that there used to be then school more than likely will be put on the back burner for a while. I would hope that our teachers are teaching because that is their passion and that they are doing the best that they can with the resources available to them. Since “greatness is never given it is earned”, then we must earn our greatness, and earning greatness takes a long time and a lot of hard work.
Yes I believe everyone wants to have leisure time in their lives but, no, not everyone prefers leisure, only, over all work. Working hard to accomplish your goals is very rewarding and being able to see the joy you can give to others through your hard work is also very rewarding. Using our individual gifts and talents to help and support others will make our nation a stronger one.
I can’t say exactly what he was referring to when he said, “that those who question the scale of our ambitions have forgotten what this country has already done” because well I can’t read minds but our country has done many great things since we became a nation. We have become the one of the most powerful nations in the world. We have gotten to this place by the hard work of every individual. I feel as though our nation does favor the prosperous much more than those who are a part of the middle of lower classes. To grow as one we must all work together and be treated as equals. Every individual plays an important role in our country, and for us to become a better country we all have to become better individuals. No one is entitled to something more because of the amount of money they make or the career they have. We are all Americans and deserve a fair chance. We all need to receive equal punishment also.
We must grow as a together as a country and strive to become better individuals which will then make our nation as a whole stronger. President Obama said, “To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist,” I hope that all will read these words and unclench their fists; those of different nations and fellow Americans. If we have the will to work together and use the resources that are right out our front doors then we can grow stronger as a nation and then be able to help the needy in other countries.