What Can I Say?

I really don't know what to say or how to say it. How does one feel heard in this media connected world where there is so much noise? How does anyone make a difference? I could list off the things that I am not such as a celebrity or a person who has money to spare to get my voice heard but I won't. I can read and write and speak and walk. Even at this hour at night/in the morning I wrote to both political party sites to express my concern with the complete separation there seems to be between what the government officials do and what the people want. I also added that the parties have become way too big. As an entity, they have too much power. The power belongs with the people and we decide who we want in office and how we want to be governed without feeling the majority gets to make all the decisions. Hence political parties. Political parties aren't a part of the being fabric of our country and government. The founding fathers did talk about parties in the system as a way of preventing ruling factions. Ruling factions were a big problem even after the constitution was ratified by the states. Anyways, beyond the history there is the present and the future. 

I am more thoughts about how to at least feel like I am trying to make a difference for good. It is completely overwhelming and self defeating to keep reminding myself of how my efforts probably won't matter or get through to top people. Or how there are too many causes/problems to be able to fix them all! (yes I feel the need to have things in control) So it calms me down to know that I can make a difference on a smaller level. Town meetings can be very informative and it is a place you will be heard in. People are more liable to listen and stay listening when I have sought out and became informed about the issues. I am still working on that. But that is a post for another day at a random time like this one. Starting a petition and going door to door works surprisingly well. Odds are people don't know what bills have been passed or what is going on! For instance, Common Core is program of sorts that most states are passing...One I don't remember voting. Two, why are we trying to mainstream information we teach kids in schools. I want to be a teacher and I want to be able to teach and have a point to my future job. This defeats the purpose of seeking learning and innovation, creativity, enhancement and everything else for students and schools. Yes there is some good intentions behind this federal government implementation. Yes the federal government that has no constitution power for education. Basically, if it isn't specifically said to be a federal government responsibility it is automatically a state's. 

Well, what can I say? It is a tough world out there to stand out and be heard and respected for them. It is okay to be respectful to those who disagree and to be respectful when disagreeing. It is easy to tell whether or not a person really wants something to work but how they respond to opposition. Not as easy as it sounds!!!! Hint is to wait before really deciding on the responses given. I hope to have some sort of response to share from my first attempts at getting my concerns out there.