EDITOR,
Freedom: One of the most wanted things in the world other than world peace. Everyone suspects the future to be full of these two things, but no. The only important thing in the world right now seems to be money. No one else cares about love or families. A lot of people nowadays seem to ruin these things. I should know a lot about this because I see it happen every day and so do you. Everything on the news people dying and the government spending more of our tax dollars and raising them, saying they will help us. And they never do. All they do is spend it on themselves and it rarely helps us. They get you to donate money to people in the world who are struggling, when if you look around, people we know and love are struggling too. It's pretty bad when I, a 13-year-old girl, can notice this but not a lot of other people can. Some people think it will change by brushing it away and thinking it will get better, when it only gets worse. Another bad thing is bullying. People want to change it, yet look around -it happens every day. People do this and some take their lives over it. The bad thing is everyone does this -bosses, police, parents, governments and even kids. How are kids going to know what's right and be able to take care of the Earth and everyone in it if these people are setting this kind of example for them. The way we're going, the world is going to hell and right back if some people don't change. I know this, because I've already been there and back. I've been bullied all my life. I'm not asking for anything but all I want is for you to think about what I just said any time you're being pushed around. Don't let anyone change you and never, ever let them think you're worthless because you're not. This may not mean anything to you, but this sure means a lot to me. All I'm doing is trying to get the message out and let people see things my way. If you choose to help me, go for it and help me; get the message out. If not, you might as well throw this message away, and my dreams with it.
Cristina Martins
Squamish Valley
