Change for America

Change for America

By, McCall Taylor

Over the years, there have been significant changes all over in the U.S. from the latest fashion up to the government officials. With Barack Obama as our new President, his motto of “Change” will be greatly tested during his term in office. Will he be able to help solve the world’s most tumultuous problems or only create more? Will he give America a new “hope” or make us hope for a better election result?

This week I gave 60+ students at Snow a poll on what they thought of the results so far. The following questions in the poll were: Are you happy with the election results? What kinds of changes do you think Obama will make on the country? Do you believe they will be good or bad changes? What kind of effect has the election had on you?

The results I had from the poll were surprising. There were 25 people who were happy with the results, 28 who were unsatisfied, and 8 who were neutral or undecided. 26 people thought Obama’s upcoming changes will be good, 20 who think they will be bad, and 10 who are neutral or undecided. In other words, the school is divided evenly on how the students feel about the election results.

One student said, “I believe he will restore our world image and restore the values that our constitution holds which have been forgotten these last 8 years. They will be great changes.”

Another student disagrees, “I think he is going to try and change things that don’t need to be changed and screw up the good change that could be made.”

Despite these strong opinions there are still some students who are undecided. One student states, “At first I was very negative in my opinion of Obama, but now it’s turned to curiosity to see what he will try to do.”

Change is occurring everywhere, especially in the U.S. Over the last 8 years there have been many adjustments that the people of our country had to get used to. During this time change has been affecting all people of various races and cultures. A decade ago I do not believe that America would’ve even dreamed that we’d be in the situations we are now. It’s been said that Obama’s inauguration will be the greatest event in the history of America!