I read that quote: “If I could change the world, I would start with myself and the small world around me. Maybe everybody should just do that, because then at least we would know we have some power.” And I would like to respond. I definitely believe in what this person has said... The only way you can do anything is to look at yourself in the mirror and change what you feel isn't right. I'm not saying physically, but how you react with other people and how you treat the world as a whole. If you don't fix what you dislike about the world in yourself first, then all you are going to do is come across as a hypocrite. And if you come across as a hypocrite then no one will even try to take you seriously.
And this doesn't have an age limit. If you are a teenager, or an adult, we can all change something in the world-- whether it be by lobbying our politicians or by picking up garbage. Or even by making one persons day. You could talk to some homeless people and bring them a nice clean pair of socks. If we can make one persons day we can in fact change the world.
Sara, age 15, USA
American kids have so many opportunities, but everyone seems to be going around thinking they always have to be doing more and more all the time. Some of the Americans I’ve met are just showing off, but some of them really think they are failures if they don’t invent a cure for cancer before they’re 21. Why are you all so insecure and stressed? Is it that you just value over-achieving? Or what?
P.S. I like the idea of this website. I’ll write again. I have some things I’d like to tell my father.
Jan, age 17. Heerenveen, The Netherlands
