Trump Wins

Chatterbox: Down to Earth

Trump Wins

Trump Wins

. . . I don't know what to say. 

. . . my mind is like these dots.

. . . spaced out and scattered and irrelevant.

. . . join me if you, too, are speechless at America.

. . . good job, Americans of 2016.

. . . just awesome.

. . . Cayke.

 

submitted by CaykeTheCook, age horrified, in the tunnel to Canada
(November 9, 2016 - 12:27 pm)

Yeah. This was kind of a shock to me. I still haven't wrapped my head around it yet. It still feels like a bad dream, or like I was somehow warped into a different universe. Wake me when this crazy awful dream is over.

submitted by Cockleburr
(November 9, 2016 - 9:04 pm)

 

thank you america.........

...so proud to be a citizen..........

Cry

submitted by a sad unhelpful, bibliophile
(November 10, 2016 - 4:00 pm)

*Burst into hysterical and very insane sounding laughter* 

I don't even know. Cause, I kinda sorta maybe like the President elect better than the runner up. I still really don't like it, but then again, I didn't have like any faith in the system long before it came down to the two it came down to, so whatevs man, whatevs. I'm numb to it at this point.

submitted by Mirax T. , age 12, The Errant Venture
(November 9, 2016 - 9:45 pm)

Why thank you for that, Cayke. l didn't not know that, and l certainly wasn't slapped with it in the face like five minutes after l woke up today. l also did not get to hear everyone else predicting doom and gloom.

:) 

 

(oh dear........l made a joke. l'm so sorry. Go back to chanting about doomsday. *slinks off into a corner*) 

submitted by Shadow Dragon
(November 9, 2016 - 10:04 pm)

*bangs head repeatedly on desk*

Well, there you have it, folks. Donald Johnathan Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America. Whether you like it or not, it's true.

Personally I am not pleased with the results.

Like, at all.

I didn't cry, though a lot of my friends did. It was just kind of numb, you know? Kind of spacey and unfeeling. It was all anyone could talk about today, and by this point I'm so, so, so done. 

And yes, it is true that the Canadian immigration website crashed, which is funny in a not-really sort of way.  

submitted by Abigail S., age 12, Nose in a Book
(November 9, 2016 - 11:30 pm)

Well said, Abi.

submitted by Ronan
(November 10, 2016 - 11:26 am)

Completely. 

I shed a tear, after hearing about the election one too many times and my friends all being really depressed.

Oh, look, I did it again. 

(yeah, but I was pretty much numb and unfeeling yesturday and today too.)

 

submitted by a sad and unhelpful, Bibliophile
(November 10, 2016 - 4:09 pm)

Huh, well personally I dn't really care? I'm staying out of this until I have to vote, thank you. 

I am ridiculously indecisive so yeah.  

submitted by Novelist, The Secret Forest
(November 9, 2016 - 11:49 pm)

I don't know, I can be really over-the-top passionate with these things and then be all cynical about our country, or just run off somewhere away from this horrifying mess and read a book (stay alive until this horror show has passed-Lin, that's 4 years!), but I really do think we should all care a little bit about the systems that shape our country. I don't mean to offend.

Queeen L says phyr,

Bibliophile

p.s. I almost wrote my own name there.

submitted by Bibliophile
(November 10, 2016 - 4:22 pm)

Maybe it won't be sooooooooo bad. 

Maybe he'll learn a little humility; maybe Congress won't cooperate with him; maybe he'll deflate his ego a bit; maybe he'll have some life-changing vision that makes him realize he can be a good person?!?

Ok, that last one probably won't happen. But still, it might not be so bad, right? 

...

...

I guess it's all we can hope for at this point.  

submitted by Jarvis, age ???
(November 10, 2016 - 7:41 am)

I agree.

submitted by Bibliophile
(November 10, 2016 - 4:23 pm)

Hey, I personally think that he's better than the alternative.

 

submitted by Cho Chang
(November 10, 2016 - 2:31 pm)

Me too.

submitted by Bluebird, Sigh...
(November 11, 2016 - 7:17 am)

It's times like these that you know book sales are just going to boom.

I'm so glad for books, although I think dystopian sales might decrease.

A depressing day in the life of a  13 year old girl- A true story

by a bibliophile 

My mom woke me up yesturday saying "I have some bad news".

I made a 'this isn't happening 2016' button, and was almost late for school.

Then my dad drove me to school, talking about how Clinton didn't show enough respect to blue states like Wisconsin where she was sure she would win. 

I studied for a chem exam that is worth like half of my grade.

In 1st period, I listened to my friend and her depressed rants about how her family was actually leaving the country, while my teacher analysed the polls with her polorizing and patronizing voice- "In a couple years you'll realize what an interesting election this was, polling wise. It was so close, and very different from other elections. Stop thinking about the candidates, and look at the numbers!"

Then I had my chem exam, which I mostly likely bombed. 

I pounded my head against the (padded!) wall in gym when someone asked "Are you glad Trump is president?"

I went to lunch, where my friends filtered in with various hues and shades of 'I'm so freakin' done' painted on their faces. 

this (unfortunetly) true story is sponsered by the corporation for melodramatic liberal teens and spawned by the election of 2016. 

 

submitted by Bibliophile, age 13, Chicago
(November 10, 2016 - 5:01 pm)
submitted by The Riddler, I'm still with her
(November 10, 2016 - 6:35 pm)