The world we live in today is far from being perfect. I don't think it will ever be perfect. Because if it were, we wouldn't have to be researching on world problems-because a perfect world is free of problems. We also wouldn't have to be writing about what our "perfect world" would be like, because it would be a reality and we would be living in one.

In my perfect world, there wouldn't be any war, and terrorism wouldn't be an issue that people had to face and live with. Growing up in fear is a familiar experience that some children have to go through everyday of their lives, but in my perfect world that wouldn't happen.

In my perfect world, every child would have a chance to go to school and learn, instead of having to work and help support their family. It's obvious that children are too young to take on such a huge responsibility, and it isn't fair that some have to. Just thinking about that makes me realize how lucky I am.

In my perfect world a little girl's abilities wouldn't be underestimated and neither would a woman's. Everyone would have a fair chance at everything and prejudice wouldn't exist.

I read the paper and I learn about such awful things that happen, people being killed by violence, and i think, this world is full of war, hate, anger, and sadness. Maybe if people cared more about others, this would all stop. But most are too busy worrying about their own problems.

It seems each day the world gets worse, but things weren't all that good before either. On almost every page in every book of history, people have died or sadness had occurred. In school, I learned about World War II, and I thought, who was Hitler to decide who should live, and who should die?

In reality, true happiness is a strange feeling, one that doesn't come too often. Some people continue to hope and pray for a perfect world, but after everything that's happened, I think that is impossible. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe one day there will be a perfect world, where there would be peace, and love, and happiness, but as much as I wish to believe that, there's a part of me that seriously thinks it will never happen.