Year three in Zugzwang, what a year. It was filled with many twists and turns, as well as the never unexpected back stabbing. Campaigning came first and it was certainly hard, speeches, questions and answers and a somewhat unfair grilling by the "supreme being" A strenuous process that put a lot of pressure on those involved and most showed their true colors. Even after the grilling the National Unity Party, under the leadership of Nathan Christopher, still came out on top. 4 members of the NU Party were elected to the House of Commons: Laurel, Connor, Nate, and Jake and 3 members of the Chewbacca Party were elected into seats: Allan, Nasir, and Ethan. At the first House of Commons, there were only modifications and additions to previous bills along with a new bill. The new bill consisted of the communist ideals that were going to be instated in Zugzwang. The new bill was knocked down by one of the NU party members due to a lack of coverage of the bill. That was year 3 in Zugzwang.   

In class today we watched a short documentary about the job crisis affecting youth in Canada today. It's scary to think that youth, like myself, in Canada are planning ahead and preparing our futures just to be told " Sorry, that job isn't available anymore." I am scared that in 2 years down the road I am going to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that says "Congratulations, your an idiot for paying for me." Because that's what this problem stems from, it stems from the youth of today thinking that if they had the right credentials and a thirty-thousand dollar education behind them they'll get the 'dream job.' The problem also does not just lie with the students, it lies with the parents, the teachers, and the universities and colleges. Everyday we're told to go out and learn something new, to go to college get a degree and than go work 9-5 and come home to a house with a white picket fence. Well those jobs are gone, but nobody tells us that they are, mostly because they, themselves don't know. The boomers and the children of boomers (mostly our parents) hold all the jobs that need a degree and they still think, because most likely they still have that job, that as soon as you receive a degree that you are automatically eligible for a job.

The biggest problem with the job crisis in Canada, is that the baby-boomers stick around and "double dip" in the job pool, or they just stick around and don't retire. The youth of today are only left with the scraps of what jobs are left, people who are qualified and have a University/College degree are stuck working in places like McDonald's, Burger King, Canadian Tire and etc. 

Other problems include people like teachers and parents telling us that we can be whatever we want, but we can't do that because we don't have the grades. Kids go into grade school uneducated and "dumb" and come out intelligent than the come to high school intelligent and leave dumb, its an endless cycle of intelligence and idiocy. And it's all about money. Universities are reliant on schools educating children to an extent than "dumbing" them down to another level and pick the best of the bunch. Teachers need to stop conforming to the needs of the "regular" school system and stop listening to the government and start listening to themselves and what they know is right. That is why our generation is jobless...  

Some really great ideas and opinions as well as some raw emotion were expressed today. In our class today we expressed our spoken word poetry, by performing in front of the class. At first I was nervous, but as the time to perform came closer, the nerves wore off. I performed a poem that expressed an encounter between a bully and a victim, and the story ends up in the victim killing himself. I felt that the audience stayed tuned because I feel that I delivered the poem in a time efficient manor,  and talked to myself (Which some people thought was funny) Anyways, the poem to me felt like a great way for all of us in the class to express ideas and hidden emotions. I feel like that if more people took the time and effort to write a really good poem than we would have a class of truly poetic people.