Being raised as a middle class child I took some things for granted. Always thinking I would have a roof over my head and food on my plate distorted my image of the rest of the world. I never really took the time to realize how our complex society works. Many factors have been said to affect our social standings, such as race, religion, class, and gender. But I believe that its not these things that affect us, at least not to their full extent. In fact religion, and gender don't play a major role in our society anymore. We have evolved, and learned that we can become more united if we all strive for the same goal, success.

The key though to achieving this goal, this high rank in the social structure is wealth. Our society is based on how much money you have and how many people you control with that money. But the average citizen still has some power. We elect our senators and congressmen hoping that these influential people will make decisi

The only thing that can hinder my ability to achieve my goals is a lack of education. With an education you can take yourself anywhere. I plan to be a child psychologist, and without the proper education I would get nowhere. The only other factor could be wealth, but to get where I want to be in life requires discipline, strength and above all, knowledge. With knowledge comes power and with power comes wealth, which means that in time I will become a successful and influential person.

The tragedy that struck on September 11th will forever live in our minds. But we can't let this affect our hopes, dreams and futures. We must look to the future see what lies ahead of us and do the best we can to deal with what is happening around us. My answers have not been affected by the terrorist attacks because I feel that they were cowardly and America stands for hope and freedom, which means terrorists can't break our unity. And regardless of what happened I feel that our nations leaders, will take care of this in the appropriate way so that we may return to our regular lives once again.

Power comes in so many forms. Our nations leaders may have more power then we as common people do, but that doesn't me our voices

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