Here’s something relatable to everyone under 18: how do you feel about elections? Let’s say you are in high school, like many people reading this may be. Before you entered your final stages of secondary school, politics were a distant factor within your life. Elections were spoken about at home, but you never really entered the conversation. In elementary and middle school, no one had the interest to talk about it. However, welcome to high school; now it’s a hot topic. Take the presidential race, for instance. People are now posting their opinions, views, and even the stats on social media of who’s in the lead every other second. This shows how we have now reached the age where we care about not only ourselves but also the life we plan to live for the next four years.
From sophomores to seniors under 18, four years from now we do get a say on who leads us and our thriving generation. When we were little children, it didn’t matter who won, so why would we care if we got a say or not? However, now that some of us follow politics, we have more of a passion leaning one way or another. Although, for good reason, we still do not get a vote. This may be a controversial point, but before our brains are fully developed, we can too easily be persuaded by what other people say to step back and look at the bigger picture. Even though we have our opinion, we may still be best just listening and learning instead of contributing to the outcome of the next four years.
Despite this, we won’t stop sitting down with our friends at lunch and sharing our opinions. As I have walked through the halls of East, sat in my classrooms, and even eaten my lunch with my friends, I have heard whispers to shouts of everyone’s views and how passionate we are. So, even though we don’t get a say just yet, we get an opportunity to know how we feel.
