Blog #1 (p.84)

I believe that my family has affected my approach to politics immensely because they have in no way pushed their political views on me or held certain expectations for my opinions. Rather, they have always given me freedom to think what i want and believe in what i want. That said, they have always encouraged me to find reason for such thoughts and beliefs as well as be mindful of differing views. That has probably been the most encouraging thing they have done for me because that is what has caused me to be constantly mindful of differing views and open to expanding my own.

One issue that particularly interests me is the environment. Right now it is known that is declining, but i wonder sometimes if we are doing enough to make it evident. I just feel as if we , as a country, could do so much to help it and take care of but a lot of us continue to neglect it for very plain and simple reasons such as laziness. In order to resolve an issue, we must care enough for it. So for now, we should be conscious of our actions towards the earth because of the detrimental damage we can do and also, we need to do our best to care and bring about more awareness and alternatives.

Voting Age

After a lot of consideration, i have come to the conclusion that maybe it wouldn't be that terrible if voting age were to be lowered. While i think we must be mindful of how young is too young, i think if it were to drop by one or two years that would be acceptable. If you think about it, most teenagers around the age of 16 or 17 can legally drive, be charged for a crime, go to work and even get married with parental consent in some cases. I think that lowering the voting age has a greater potential of helping our country rather than hurting it if we take into consideration the falling voting rates of people between the ages of 18 to 25 that have occurred recently. Maybe by starting earlier, people will find voting to become more of a habit and on top of that be more encouraged to seek out their political opinions.