WA#4: First Draft

Dear President Barack Obama,

I am a high school student from Charlottesville, Virginia and am finally proud to live in America. I would like to congratulate you on being elected as the first African American president our country has seen. I support your policies and views on many issues our country currently faces, and would like to give you a little input on where I believe you should center your energies during your first year in the white house.

One large issue I believe should be made of extreme value in our country is the current state of the environment. Bush has kept much of the increasingly detrimental behaviors of Americans in the shadows over the past eight years, and I believe you can bring awareness to these concerns. I hate knowing that our country is the main reason for worldwide environmental distress. To change this, I would like to see you make alternative fuel options more readily available and more widely used. Also, I think small changes in the lifestyles of every American should gradually be brought about, with these changes being encouraged or enforced by your government. I fully support your aggressive climate and energy plan to reduce emissions levels greatly, and I think it should be put into full effect within your first year. Our world can’t wait much longer for our country to continue behaving as it currently is, and I hope you know that your admired position in this country is a key place to begin making changes to a more environmentally friendly country.

In your first year of presidency, I believe you should also make fixing the economy of utmost importance. I understand that the terrible state the economy is currently in may take more than a year to improve, but changing Bush’s old, unfavorable policies is a good place to start. I have never been able to understand why Bush would make tax policies that ultimately made the rich richer and the poor poorer, but taxing the rich more than the poor would be a positive change I think you should bring about. Rewarding the working class with tax cuts would be a great route to take in your first year of presidency. Also, as a student in high school beginning to look into college, tuition and other fees are of great concern for me. With the cost of college having risen 35% in the past five years, any changes brought about to reduce that cost would be a gateway for students across the nation seeking further education and a foundation for a successful life.

I hope you will take into account my hopes for your presidency, and I would like to thank you for your time and consideration. You are the change this country has been looking for and needing for the past eight years and I am confident you will live up to it. I am looking forward to the next four years as a citizen of the United States of America.


Sincerely,
Ellie von Storch