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WHO wants to be president?!

The first full week of school was definitely eventful, filled with many humorous moments and- of course- homework. One of those humorous moments was in one of the activities we did in  AP French. The class was asked a question on what they wanted to do in the future and one of my classmates said he wanted to be the president. The class erupted in laughter because he was known for making jokes like this (and because we all know he's going into med). But he kept a straight face and continued with his response. I thought about whether he may have actually been serious and we just laughed at his dream... Throughout our lives, we may have experienced, or witnessed, having a crazy dream that we wanted to achieve. But fears may have always held us back: "What if it doesn't work out?", "What will others say if I fail?", "Will my parents even let me do this?". We end up creating barriers for ourselves by planting these seeds of doubt in our heads because we...