Recently on a thread at the DREAM Act Portal, a fellow DREAMer asked about the estimated percentage of DREAM passing this year. It has not been the first time users sign up to answer this question. After other DAP users answer it, they usually stop posting instead of contributing in some way for the cause.

Do they just go back to sleep, to their normal lives? If so, then we are in trouble. It is said that about 65,000 of us graduate each year from US public high schools without much hope for further education. I know that if I had not been granted the opportunity to attend college, I would have probably joined many in the shadows, working under the table and forgetting about college for a while. Now, as a graduating senior, I realize the importance to continue one's education immediately after high school. Within these past four years, I developed my social, academic, and spiritual life in college. I would not have had the opportunity to do so if I I had worked for a while until I was in my late twenties. I wouldn't get the chance to live in a dorm, be part of clubs, and socialize with my peers because I'd just be seen as an older adult. In other words, the experience isn't the same once you grow old and then continue where you left off after high school.

But I digress. I would just like to see more relevant questions asked about the DREAM Act other than just the chances that it might pass this year. I'll be realistic and state that due to the focus on the presidential elections, there is a very slim chance for the DREAM Act to even reach the senate floor. Unless we have thousands of supporters actively pushing this legislation, we won't be seeing much this year.

However, that does not give us the excuse to stop our efforts. This is the purpose of this blog--to keep the memory of DREAM alive so that other students and supporters can be informed of what is going on and how one can help. This is what we can do, for now.