During the Presidential elections, everyone was looking for that person to better our country. Barack Obama’s campaign emphasized the “change” that everyone was looking for and he became the answer to our prayers.

Now that he is in office, everyone wants to know exactly where that change went. They want to know why haven’t things got any better and why our troops are still overseas.

What upsets me is that people think change happens over night. Everything Obama has promised and talked about cannot happen in two years.  

America visions Obama as a Superhero that flew in to save our country from all evil and problems that we were going through. They expected him to fix everything within the first month in office. We need to realize that Obama is not a superhero.

He is human just like the rest of us and fixes things at human time. He has not made the best choices and he has not made the worst, but at the end of the day, he is still our President and we need to support him.

I know that one of the reasons why Obama was elected was because people wanted speedy results, but we should see that fixing everything takes time and we cannot rush the process. Instead of criticizing him, we should focus on the good things that he has done so far.

First, he has put a primary focus on education. He wants to make colleges and universities more affordable and strengthen HBCU’s. He started by signing the White House Initiative on HBCU’s that proposed $98 million in new money for the 2011 fiscal year.

Second, he closed the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay and lastly, he saved Wall Street and the automotive industry from collapsing. This is just a small portion of what Obama has done since he has been in office.

These changes and emphasis he’s made are things that we should praise him for. Regarding the war, I want our troops to come home too, but I do not want any more terrorist attacks. Obama has put the focus back on reducing terrorism.

That is why our troops are still over there and I support that. A lot of people would not agree with our troops still being away, but we need to put the focus on what is best and safe for our country and not for ourselves.

Another thing that people criticize him for is the economy. Everyone expected the recession to be over by the end of his first day in office. That is certainly not the case.

If you compare the recovery from the Great Depression to the recovery from this recession, Obama has helped tremendously. Two things he has done to help the economy was implementing at $789 billion economic stimulus program and creating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that has created 1.0 million to 2.1 million jobs.

Even though economy is not fully okay, he has slowed the recession down and things are getting back on track.

Looking back, everything President Obama has done was in the best interest of this country. Everyone had such high hopes for him and expected things to go back to normal immediately. Everything takes time and precaution, especially making decisions regarding this country.

Obama needs our support more than ever. He is still trying to change a lot of things and we need to be patient. Republicans have gained control of the House of Representatives and the best thing we need to do right now is to stand by our President. We need to show the same support like we did when we voted him in office.

So when you are deciding on whether to re-elect President Obama into office, think about everything he has done, and ask yourself, could you fix everything in two years?

• Nicole Jackson