If I become the Mayor of the City of Cupertino, I will improve the education system to include more life skills necessary for people to have a critical mind, a good judgement, and an enjoyable live when they grow up. Although our current education system is great, there is yet improvements that can be made that will make better.
Education is the foundation of our society. If a person receives poor education or even no education, their minds are easily meddled with, and will result in poor judgements. One example is the supporters of Donald Trump. When Mr. Trump called for a wall, his supporters agree immediately without thinking about the how it is going to be build or the consequences in doing that. First, why should we waste time building a wall when we can be using the money fund other much more important projects? Why are we separating ourselves physically from our trading partner, Mexico? In history, only foreign affairs had ever solve issues. For example, the Louisiana Purchase worked because of negotiation. The Mexican-American War gave the US land, but resulted in a bad relationship with Mexico that never …show more content…
Smoking kills half of its long-term users. It’s bad for anyone’s lung, and it kills 6 million people every year. Although there are not a lot of smokers in Cupertino, banning it will both stop people dying from a preventable cause and stop young people from being influenced by it and potentially end up the same way. This also relates to how our education system need to be reformed to educate young people not just academics, but also life skills. For example, during Stalin’s reign in Russia, he especially focused on educating children about “his excellence” and effectively make those children believe that everything he does is good. In fact, he killed about 3 million Russians during his “reign of terror”. This shows how education can dramatically change a person’s