In a late political move, hoping to sway the voters who haven’t yet made it to the polls, my class of middle school girls have resoundingly endorsed the Senator from Illinois. Upon entering the classroom, the girls exclaimed, “Teacher… U.S. president who? Obama?” I pulled up the real-time election map on the screen, upon which the girls let out a squeal when they saw Obama had 175 electoral votes to McCain’s 61. They followed the squeals with energetic chants of “O-BA-MA!” However their fiery endorsements soon turned into suspicion. “Teacher… you like Obama?” their 14-year-old eyes glared. When I confirmed that I too liked Obama, they relaxed and went back to cheering.

The world is counting on you, America. Don’t screw it up.