I believe in being able to change my mind. 

Just 2 months ago, as part of the public speaking minimester, we were told to produce a debate for 3 different topics. The one I was most looking forward to; second to my own, was the debate named “healthcare should be free”. I was excited to see the negative side completely destroy the affirmative side, But they did not. In fact, I perceived it that their argument was less compelling, that they had wasted this perfect opportunity.

7 weeks later, We were learning about the EU's health care system in French class. I was heavily against universal healthcare, but my French teacher did bring up a few good points. Like how Europeans go to the doctor more often, have a higher life expectancy, and a better pharmacy system. During this class, I openly stated that I disliked the idea of universal healthcare and how I did not want my taxpayer money going to people who could have avoided getting injured or hurt. However, later that day, my French teacher came upstairs to my advisory and told me more benefits of free healthcare and why it is not so black and white. I then returned back to advisory to tell my classmates about what happened, my advisor heard me and provided even more points on why universal healthcare is better for us and our country.

I was still not convinced, so I headed home to do some additional research; I wanted to prove them all wrong. Prove that the cons of universal healthcare vastly outweigh the benefits. But what I found said otherwise. After simply 5 minutes of research, I learned about how beneficial free healthcare is for a country and its peoples.

Now I am a strong believer in universal healthcare. This short story is one of the many ways I can prove that I could change my mind and my beliefs easily. Here is another example to prove this point, this is my 14th attempt at this assignment. Yes, that’s right, I had 14 different topics that I tried writing about. They were all good, but not just right. What I am trying to say is to always have an open mind; to never shut out information because you believe it is not important. The single hardest part of changing your mind is actually admitting you are and were wrong. Just because you were wrong the first time, does not mean that you are always going to be wrong.