Lisa Eady’s Weblog

As I sat in my dorm room last night there was a spiral of emotions. This was my first year in college and my first time to vote in an election that went down in history. We have made a big step forward just by electing a black president. It’s crazy how much America has changed in the past 30 to 40 years. We went from the civil rights movement to this. I simply think this alone is going to change the worlds view on America. I believe this is going to make us simply look like a nation who has came together and accomplished something no one had ever thought possible.

I voted for Obama and not just because he was black. I voted for him because he has values that I agree with. He is a man who has so much care for community service, world involvement, and the environment. He is leading us out of tradition and into something new. I thought about all this last night as the TV was showing the electoral votes. My emotions were hard to understand I was so happy yet numb. I think I was numb to the pure fact something amazing is going to happen. We as Americans are going to make a difference.

 I felt more in one with this election, not only because I was older but because of what I want to do with the rest of my life. I’m studying to be a social worker and Obama has knowledge in this area. He wants to make it so students have to do 50 hours a year of community service in high school and middle school. This to me is amazing; community service was my way of life. This is what I loved to do and I couldn’t imagine what I would have done without it.