Reflective essay

When I first watched this video, I thought that this old guy was one of nostalgia people in America, which really annoyed me. It is one of my pet peeves if people keep looking back into the past. And besides, I thought that he didn't have any right to say that America isn't the best country in the world, since lots of people have their own opinion on that. But the more time I gave to thinking about it, I realized that this guy was right. I realized that America wasn't all that great to some people. America might have been this great nation a few decades ago, but now, even its citizens frown upon it. Even though I love America because of my friends and Chipotle, this speech really affected me because he was telling the truth, the hidden truth that most of us can't see- no, refuse to see- just like the title of this three minute video.

The first reason of why this video stands true is of music. A lot of people in the U.S. are growing up with extremely bad taste in music, because the producers and mostly the singers are like freaks. Especially the rappers. I won't judge them since I cannot rap or sing better than them yet, but they are ruining the reputation of America and staining the mark of music. I'm not being a nostalgia-obsessed person, but I have to admit, music before was better. There are still the shining stars among the black holes, but it isn't what it used to be.

The second reason is the children of America. The children of America think that they don't have enough, enough fun and games. They have iPhones and all kinds of things that we didn't have when we were little children. We had Pokemon cards and action figures, for the sake of humanity. They use bad words that I won't post here. They say that in kindergarten! I thought stupid was a bad word, in fact, the worst word in the history of existence in second grade. They are just messed up these days.

The final reason is that about love. I personally know a lot of people who change their boyfriends and girlfriends every few weeks. "All they want are touches,"- a real quote from my friend, and I know it's inappropriate, but it's true. Most of the un-devoted people do.  We live in a world where we throw away things when they break. When our hearts break, when they shatter into million pieces. We don't try to fix it. We think that we can't fix it. That's why the world's so full of hate and detest. Many people forgot how to forgive. How to fix your heart. Our hearts are not what it used to be. It is a heart of stone; unopened to the possibilities that lie just beyond the horizon.