Just a few thoughts.

I don't understand people who don't want to travel. It seems for as long as I can remember I have wanted to be in a different place. The mere idea of having the same job but in a different place excites me. I want to explore the world, experience different cultures and live.

Here in the UK, it is like we are wrapped up in cotton wool. We are protected from so much of the modern world, so as soon as we leave the safety of education, we are thrust into a world we know little about. I understand that our familys' want to do what is best for us, but surely it would be better to not hide the truth?

As a society we are selfish, and we take it upon ourselves to educate those living in the poorer part of our world, into the ways of a westernised capitalist society. As a society we seem to think we are superior to them, but we are just as bad. In a way it could be said that we are almost corrupting them. As a society we want to teach them how to conform to our way of living. However, I think before we do this, we should start addressing our own problems; problem that our government doesn't like to address, because that would mean admitting that we are also in the wrong.

We need to let other cultures know that the western culture is far from perfect. As people we are greedy and have want for everything. The world is a very wrong place and it does need to be fixed. But we all need to think carefully about the consequences of the actions we take, before our world becomes a dystopian nightmare, and we all find ourselves fighting for survival in the Games.