PIC: A Girl Left This Incredibly Powerful Message On Her School Yearbook

Sometimes trying to be prolific is hard. Whether it’s writing a speech for a special occasion, or simply imparting some words of wisdom. When one set of students were asked to leave a quote on their yearbook, little did they know that one classmate was about to have her words (and yearbook photo) go viral. Caitlyn Cannon, who is openly gay, said she wanted to say something that would matter. Something that was different to the usual slew of quotes, lyrics and famous one-liners. So instead, she chose an issue close to her heart:

this is all I honestly care about right now pic.twitter.com/5J0YauhezN

— lil snowball (@casualnosebleed) May 26, 2015

The 17-year old, who just graduated from Oak Hills High School in California, told the Huffington Post why she chose to highlight the gender pay gap: "I was tired of seeing the same old quotes from popular books and movies and authors, and I wanted to call attention to a problem that women face. “I've never really been ashamed to say that I am gay, so the LGBT aspect was simply who I am." The original tweet has now been retweeted more than 10,000 times, with 15,000 'favourites'. If this girl doesn’t end up running for office, we’ll be very surprised!