There are a lot of children in the world who don't have a say in what they want from life. If you were to ask a child growing up in Canada what they would like to do/accomplish in the future you would probably get answers like; become a doctor, fire-fighter, singer, etc. If you were to ask a child in Kenya and tons of other parts of the world their answer might just be as simple as wanting to attend school. They don't have a choice on whether or not they are able to attend school, and yes we don't really either .... but they're lives are getting ruined because most of them can't go to school and then eventually get a job to pay for food, homes and medical care.
 We are silent today to see how it feels to not be able to express what we think is right and what we believe in like other people around the world. Our job is to stay quiet for 24 hours (8 for some) This is a pretty effective campaign because we find that its actually really difficult to stay quiet for a really long time and most of us sort of get some understanding of how the other people feel. This campaign is interesting for me because I talk a lot and its actually nice to shut up sometimes, its interesting to see that I actually can be quiet for a long period of time.