A United Front

Last week, I kept engaging in numerous conversations with different students on how their teachers weren’t listening to students concerning their education. It seems as if it’s OK or acceptable to we as students to complain amongst ourselves, or as my mom likes to say “rump meetings” about the changes that we want.
It seems as if when we complain we tend to have on or two people who go and confront the teacher. Change does not come that way. If we want change we have to unite and come together, one person can not fight and win a battle on their own.
In November of 1972, Students United wanted to meet with the President to discuss issues concerning the student population. They rallied peacefully, but the outcome was the loss of two of our very own. So almost 30 years later we can complain about the change that we want but we want to put no action into it. Now, I’m not saying to have a walkout, but the proper way to do it is to organize ourselves in an effort so that we have more of a voice in our education.
We can use the “Disarmament of Iraq.” The United States along with Great Britain and some smaller allies want to bring down the Hussein regime. But, if there is a United Front with the most politically and economically free thinking countries of the world, Saddam would have no problem with disarmament.
Whatever the cause is we should, we have to unite. When united, that is when change happens. Whatever cause that we want to tackle and take on we have to make sure that it’s worth fighting for all the way to the end, and that we have enough allies on our side. Five fingers can’t fight a battle alone but when they’re all balled up they can make a mighty punch. Maybe the U.S. and we as students should ball up its fist and make a mighty blow.