Sorry for not posting lately, but I've been very busy with schoolwork. I have posts in mind and in the agenda, just waiting for the right time to be uploaded. But today, I want to deviate from what I would usually write about to share one of the best experiences I've had in my entire life and the story of how it came to be.
Not many people know this, but I am not North American, I came to the U.S.A in pursuit of my dreams, and so, this election is very important to me, because my future, and everything I've worked so hard to achieve might crumble to the ground if the wrong person gets elected president. Anyways, I've always admired President Barack Obama, because not only is he in the history books for being the first African-American President of the United States, but also because he is the Noble Peace Prize winner.
That's what really got me wishing to meet him, because I dream of working for the United Nations, and not everyone gets a Nobel for proposing global nuclear disarmament, starting in America. And after all, his getting elected as president changed world history forever.
Today, I finally got my wish realized (although not completely), because Mr. President came to my city and thanks to my History teacher I could go see him.
I woke up at 2:30 AM and stood in line for five hours. There, I met five college students and one teacher that certainly opened my eyes to the big picture of this election season. They are people with the same hopes and dreams I have, and they are not willing to give those dreams up, because those are their American Dreams, and according to legend, everyone deserves that.
When the time came for the president to speak, everyone cheered, and while he spoke, many people around me cried. That made my heart soften and reach out to those people that were filled with admiration for the president, but that at the same time are desperately seeking out for someone who will really represent them; the middle class.
For my part, I only wish I could have spoken with him or seen him up closer, but, hey, it's better that seeing him through a TV screen, and I know someday I will meet with him one on one. And I still got the experience of being in a political rally.
As long as he is president, my dreams will remain a certain future.
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