

Birthdays
My childhood birthdays were pretty typical: classmates going to my parent’s house, material gifts, party favors, etc. I stopped celebrating my birthday like that way sooner than most kids do. By my tenth birthday my childhood resentment really started building noticeably. My adolescence birthdays were only a single material gift from my parents, which I had to pay half the price of. My 20s were birthdays when I just wanted to isolate. My whole life I feel like I haven’t been

Elections
Many people have said they won’t vote in 2016 due to the lack of favorability of both major-party candidates. I personally agree with those who say not voting at all is the same as voting for Donald Trump. If Donald Trump becomes president-elect, we, the United States of America, will have sent a message to the whole world that anyone with enough billions of dollars can buy the American Presidency. Not voting increases the likelihood of sending that message that we MUST AVOID