Inauguration...

I hadn’t realized that inauguration was such a big deal until I saw the live coverage. I guess that was because I had never really seen a president being inaugurated before. I had never really taken any interest in politics until now. All of my classes got canceled because of the snow, so I was in my room watching the inauguration. I was eagerly waiting for speech, but my roommate and I decided to go take pictures outside in the snow and later on went to lunch. So, by the time I got back, I had missed the inaugural speech. Now that I think about it, it was so busy at Lenoir at the time of the inaugural address, which must mean that those people were not watching the inauguration either.

However, I watched the speech online when I got back to my room. I thought that it was a great speech. His eye contact with the audience was what kept me glued to the screen. “Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.” The confidence and responsibility with which he said this was implausible. It was amazing to see how 2 million were gathered there to support him and watch his speech in person.