Our Future is Not Doom and Gloom

Chicago, Illinois - the democratic city where current president of the United States, Barack Obama, was put onto the map of America’s future. Earlier this month, while I was walking through the busy streets of downtown Chicago, I heard multiple remarks about our president being spoken. Some negative, but mostly positive. Some citizens believe that Obama is ruining our nation’s future, but in all honesty, there is no other nation that is ready to take over America’s superpower. Personally, I do not have a negative outlook for the future of America, my belief is just the opposite. Throughout history, there have always been naysayers. My question is why people are always looking at the negatives when there are so many positive situations occurring?
Take the rise of education for example. There has been a general increase in the amount of students continuing on to higher education. The numbers will show that not only are there more students going for two-year degrees, but the numbers of students enrolling in four-year programs are increasing as well. There are many new and exciting degrees evolving. The choices range from technology majors all the way through various degrees in medical studies. There is a debate as to the Asian and European countries surpassing the U.S. in both math and sciences, but that is not going to affect the outcome of increasing our overall technology. America has always been the world’s melting pot. Immigrants have been coming to America to better their way of life, and with that they bring their strengths. Just because a C.E.O. of a major corporation is not a math major does not mean he cannot advance his business position. If he needs strength in math and science, they will advertise those openings in the ...

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...now lives in a state that either has the freedom to marry or honors out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples. Sixteen states allow freedom of same-sex couples to marry, thirty-four to go.
To look at the bright side of life, Americans are smarter, healthier, and living longer. Oh sure, there are some people that say America is becoming obese, but the country is aware of that. The population is cutting back on “super sizing” and starting to become healthier. The numbers are in, that enrollment is up at colleges and universities. People are jumping over fences to come to America; not only for the equality, advancements in job opportunities and medical accessibility, but also for the comfort that advancing technologies allow. America has been through a lot as a country, but we are still here, still improving, still being competitive, and still keeping our place on top.