Change the world.

Seems impossible. Even these eleven-year-olds see the impossibility of the task. Now that we’re older and cynicism has firmly embedded itself into the core of our brains, we know the world cannot be changed. We wake up, we do our job, spend time with our families if we like them, and then go to bed, only to repeat the process again tomorrow.

But what if the only reason we can’t change the world is because we don’t? Think about that for a few minutes: what if changing the world was really possible — and not just the stuff of movies?

With that in mind, his assignment is your assignment: Think of an idea to change our world — and put it into action.

Published Monday, June 22, 2009