I had used to think that when you wanted to change things in the world you had to wait until you’re an adult. Since most adults don’t take children seriously and believe they are too young to understand the world around them. I used to believe this since there are many things, I wanted to change but I believed that I didn’t have the power or the tools at my deposal. When I was 17 years old, I realized that I was being a coward and I could change the world around me.

When I was in middle school and throughout high school, I saw on the news about school and mass shooting in public events. I always though that the events were tragic and sad, but I thought the event will eventually fade away in my mind. In my junior year in high school, I saw and read about the Stoneman Douglass High School Shooting. I saw the videos that the students posted online and the interview of the student who told their narrative of the events. When the student saw the how the government would do nothing to help, the students decide to stand up for themselves. This amazed me because usually when I see protest about gun shooting it would be adults talking or politicians avoiding the topic of gun control. I saw how students who were close or around my age talk about a nation-wide protest and saw them acted on it.

The student of Stoneman Douglass High School made a nation-wide protest all by themselves and tried their hardest to get the gun control law passed especially ban the weapon that killed their classmates. I saw that despite their young age and criticism from adults they pushed through to complete their goals. I saw how there are many young adolescents who can change the world, and they didn’t wait until they were older or richer to change the world. This event inspired me to take charge of my life and how I don’t need to be wealthy or old to accomplish my objective.

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