Melanie's views

Melanie Higham
Ms. Feole
English 10/H
5 November 2008
Politics
Honestly, politics do not mean much to me. In general, they hold no interest to me at all. This may be because I am only a kid, and because many high school students arenʼt entertained by what is going on in the government. But for whatever reason, it is practically impossible for me to keep up what is going on in US politics. In school, I try to participate in discussions about what it going on in society today, but that does not always work. I see a bunch of kids in my classes that kept up with the whole election that just took place, where every one of them knew if they were for Obama or McCain, and I could never make that decision. I could not keep up with what each person running believed in, and what they stood for. And I really did not even want too. In my opinion, there is not much reason for someone my age to be so involved in the election, because we can not vote or really take part in it. I really think that if I were able to vote, I may be more interested in what was going on, but that fact that I have absolutely no say in who was elected draws me away from the whole election completely. Another reason I do not really like politics is because I do not understand it. I have no idea what the differences are between the Democrats and the Republicans. I know that the Democrats are more for equality, but that is about it. Just last year, I considered myself a supporter of the Democratic Party because I liked the idea of equality. But once the recent election began, I became completely undecided because I donʼt think one can really be for one party and against another because they know one idea of that party. So in general, I donʼt like politics, at all. This may be because I am arrogant to the topic as a whole, but for whatever reason, I could not care any less about them.