German Elections

After doing the mock German Election simulation, I feel as though I got a little taste of what it means to be a politician. The first thing that I realized, is that it is not easy making decisions for your country. You are pressured so much by the desires of the people. You want to stay in power and by satisfying the people’s desires, you can achieve a long life in a position of power. At the same time, the people don’t always want what is best for them, so you want to make decisions that will benefit them in the long run even if they don’t agree with you. There are pros and cons in this political warfare and there are sacrifices that you must make; you’re constantly facing tough decisions that won’t go away until you make a choice. Nothing goes completely the way you want it to. People may sometimes view you as a bad political party or individual for standing up for what you believe is right. There are surprises everyday and like a point guard, you have to make split-second decisions that hold the weight of changing the game forever. I definitely have a new respect for government officials and politicians. I know our government isn’t perfect; we expect them to be perfect and that is too much weight to put on anybody. We don’t live in a perfect world and human beings aren’t perfect, so why do we expect our government to be?