I was watching an episode on CNN last night about Rock the Vote. I am so thankful that young people of America are starting to have a voice. I feel like this election is going to be extremely vital to our future, due to some of the issues currently taking place (gas prices, global warming, etc.) I strongly agree with Christina Aguilera when she made the statement that young people probably feel like they aren’t important, and their opinions do not matter. I can relate to this situation.

I started attending my town council meetings several months ago, hoping to make a change. I would post signs around the town, trying to influence people to go to these meetings. Our town has no recreational activities, which causes our children to grow up in a not-so-good environment. We have so many teens on drugs, it’s ridiculous. When I ride my bus home from high school, there are elementary school kids talking with horrible language. When you go to the parks, there is grafitti all over the swings, slides, etc. I’m not talking about ordinary graffiti – I’m talking the “F” word written every where, pictures of body parts, etc.

A lawyer that attended these council meetings shook my hand after one meeting. He said that he was proud that I was so young and had the guts to speak in front of so many people. After attending several meetings, I eventually stopped going due to no one taking my opinions seriously. However, Christina Aguilera has inspired me to start going back. Thank you, Christina!