Musings of a Perfectionist

So I'm watching this program on BBC iPlayer called Generation, which is a documentary by George Lamb, and it's all about youth and politics and lack of opportunities for youth and the need for social change. One guy said that his ambitions are to own a house and have a decent job. And that will make him happy. That shouldn't be the expectation for kids these days. The fact that housing costs so much that actually owning a house seems to be a pipe dream is stupid, and just wanting a job that means the bills can be paid is ridiculous. I do realise that I come from a family where we are expected to go to university and that I live in a pretty wealthy area, but I feel that I can comment on these things. Buying a house seems impossible, owning a car/paying for insurance is not going to happen, and I'll be paying off university loans for the rest of my life. I do have dreams, ambitions. I am (most likely) going to university and get a job that I love (beca...

March for Our Lives. Maybe it's something that you've heard of, maybe it's not. But it is something that you should have heard of, and it is definitely  something that you should think about. Most of you will have seen the news on February 14th, when there was a school shooting at Marjory   Stoneman  Douglas High School in Parkland , Florida. I know that I did, and I probably thought, oh no, not another one . Because this is our reality now. We are growing up in a world full of terrorist attacks, like the Manchester Bombings, and full of school shootings. My parents grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and nuclear destruction, as do we, but now we live under an even greater shadow of death and destruction. March for Our Lives was organised after the latest school shooting, when students decided that enough is enough. Twenty of the survivors formed Never Again, an advocacy  campaign calling for gun control. Just like #MeToo is causing change regarding sexual...