As children, we deluded ourselves with the thought of becoming president, princesses, and kings; proclaiming the throne to ourselves and promising joy and candy to all of the land. When we reached middle school, we ran for student council and our promises of change across the school for when we get the position just decreased, instead of joy and candy we substituted it with better toilet paper, because the school was out of money and we knew no better. As adults we’ve learned the biggest lessons, the ones that were never taught by our teacher but instead we’ve had to learn ourselves. The lessons and the childhoods that helped shape us onto what makes us, us; so if I were a mayor of my own town, I would apply changes that start earlier in to a child’s life.

‘The children are the future’ they said, so why is it that they break down the 10 year old who previously wanted to be a rocket scientist, and shape them into 16 year old girls that no longer believes in their worth? Making me mayor would help shape a town that help raises the younger generations’ chances of a promising future. On this thought, I would create a program that’s mandatory in all school systems, the CHAMPS. CHAMPS is a program that invites college students, ambassadors, and people who can help inspire younger kids with their jobs. It will take place every Friday for half the school hours, this program will have speakers from all ages, talking about their experiences from college to what it’s like having their jobs. We will help build the young children's’ mindsets on to what they can and cannot do, because there will always be a way if you wanted to achieve something. We will tell young girls that the only bars there really is from their dreams is their mind, you cannot be a prisoner of your mind, achieve your goals. So by doing this, we will turn these girls into powerful and motivated women.

Why? Why is it that I choose to tackle this issue instead of homelessness? You can build as much homeless shelters as possible, but it will never be enough, there will always be more. It is always better to prevent a problem than stop one, which is exactly what I’m doing. By breaking these children’s glass ceilings which is the only thing that’s stopping them from reaching their goals, we’ve helped them and us prevent themselves onto adding on to another batch of homeless people. Not only that, but these children will be our doctors, teachers, and the scientists to find a cure for cancer. These should be our biggest investments, because they are going to be what’s left, and what’s new. So then we can trust that these young adults will help out a younger generation the way our program did, which will create a wave and pattern, before you know it, the world will be a better place. It only takes one person to make a change, so if I were the mayor of my own town...