Today, in Africa.

Today, I would like to talk about Africa,

Today, in my African politics class (where we study Africa, and it's politics,) I decided to take notes, but during that time I also discovered a serious problem in Africa which would commonly be defined as "AIDS" and also "Children Soldiers". I am joining the fight against Child Soldiers.

Now, don't get me wrong. When I was a child (I'm now 19 which means I am a teenager and not a tween okay!?) I always wanted to be a soldier like GI Joe or something so you would think that being a "Children Soldier" would be kids just living theyre dream right? Turns out the answer is "no way jose" because often times these kids are too young to fight against the serious issues that often make Africa a bad place like "AIDS" and other stuff like that.

When I thought about it more, it all sort of started to make sense. My Dad is a soldier, which means he is what would be commonly defined as a "Adult Soldier" which means he is at least 20 years old (which is the year after being a teenager, which is not an adult) and fights in the army, which consists of soldiers from all different backrounds, but all share one thing in common that is theyre not child soldiers. This binds them together to fight against problems that would face theyre Country, and though our Country doesnt have to fight against "AIDS" like Africa does sometimes we have to fight against a lot more evil things like terorists which is really serious issue that some people would say plauge our Country. Anyways let me get back to "Child Soldeirs".

"Children Soldiers" sometimes are used to fight against problems that plague the country, but when you think about it, there to small to fight! I mean think about a kid fighting in a war! Its silly seriously guys come on! So basically its a problem because they arent going to win fights especially against epidemics like "The AIDS" and somtimes itjust makes me really sad that countrys don't see things like I do or else they would stop using "Children Soldiers" and just start using "Adult Soldiers" like we do in our Country. Then maybe they could fight against aids in Africa better because theyre army would be old enough to fight. As fun as it might seem to be GI Joe when you are a kid sometimes you are just not ready for it and should leave things to adults and someone needs to tell Africa that. Join the fight against child soldiers like I did and also if you want you can help the fight against and eliminate child soldiers at:

www.killandeliminateallchildsoldierssotherewontbeanymorechildsoldierproblems.org

So, that was the end of my notes for African politics. Pretty good right? I thought it was a fun way of learning, and I think that I could do a great deal of good for Africa if I could just go over there and talk to the kids. Sometimes I feel bad for Africa, until I remember the fun times listening to their lectures can inspire and sometimes I think that people should work on telling kids in Africa that they all cant be GI Joe. I wrote a letter and Ive turned it into the LEB (Lion Entertainment Board) to be turned into a musical all students at Penn State can enjoy and hopefully everyone around the world someday and inspire them to learn about Africa.

Some day, I would like to go to Kenya.

-BL-