Scariest survey I've read in a long time.

scaeagles · 01-31-2005, 12:05 PM

I fail to see the relevance of Sac's post. How many HSers do you think pay attention to politics? Not enough to make any difference whatsoever. Rather, form their opinions on what they are exposed to on a daily basis. What are they exposed to on a daily basis? That is the question that needs to be answered. I don't think I know.

When I was in HS during the Reagan years, I was completely uninterested in politics until I went to a reelection rally in Sacramento in 1984 for Reagan. I did not have friends who really knew anything or ware concerned about political happenings. Perhaps I am the exception.

So....what are HSers exposed to daily? School. MTV and the like. Video games. The mall. Sports or band practice. You think they're watching CNN or the Fox news channel? The cause is not information on current political happenings. It is a lack of historical knowledge.

Claire · 01-31-2005, 12:14 PM

Hhhmmm, I have an idea. Let's up the voting age to 32. Because no one pays attention to politics til they're 32.

I agree that high schoolers aren't taught enough about U.S. History, world/current events or politics, but it doesn't mean that across the board that they are not interested. It's just assumed that they aren't, and then they're not exposed to it.

SacTown Chronic · 01-31-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

So....what are HSers exposed to daily? School. MTV and the like. Video games. The mall. Sports or band practice. You think they're watching CNN or the Fox news channel? The cause is not information on current political happenings. It is a lack of historical knowledge.

But they are exposed to more politics than we ever were. CNN, Fox News, The Daily Show, MSNBC, web blogs, the internet itself, etc...this stuff is everywhere now. Combine the readily available political information with such earth-shattering events like 9/11 and the war in Iraq and you have the most politically aware teenage generation in forever. Maybe the highschoolers during the Vietnam War era were more politically active, but they didn't have the multimedia access to information that kids today enjoy.

Motorboat Cruiser · 01-31-2005, 01:57 PM

And as long as we are talking about the Constitution, it seems as a good a time as any to bring up homosexuality.

It's pretty easy to see that there is much more acceptance of gay students than there ever was when I was that age. Many high schools now even have gay/straight alliance clubs. My boyfriend was the president of the club at his high school and he tells me that being gay wasn't that big of a deal to anyone. That doesn't sound like the high school I went to.

Anyway, my point is that I'm sure that there were many students that took notice when George Bush proclaimed that there was an immediate need to change the Constitution to ensure that gay people may never have a state recognized marraige or civil union. It is the first time, to my knowledge, that a change to the Constitution has been proposed to exclude a group of people.

I would say that this is one example of how our youth see a disregard for this document from the leader of our nation.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I fail to see the relevance of Sac's post. How many HSers do you think pay attention to politics? Not enough to make any difference whatsoever. Rather, form their opinions on what they are exposed to on a daily basis. What are they exposed to on a daily basis? That is the question that needs to be answered. I don't think I know. When I was in HS during the Reagan years, I was completely uninterested in politics until I went to a reelection rally in Sacramento in 1984 for Reagan. I did not have friends who really knew anything or ware concerned about political happenings. Perhaps I am the exception. So....what are HSers exposed to daily? School. MTV and the like. Video games. The mall. Sports or band practice. You think they're watching CNN or the Fox news channel? The cause is not information on current political happenings. It is a lack of historical knowledge.
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Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	Hhhmmm, I have an idea. Let's up the voting age to 32. Because no one pays attention to politics til they're 32. I agree that high schoolers aren't taught enough about U.S. History, world/current events or politics, but it doesn't mean that across the board that they are not interested. It's just assumed that they aren't, and then they're not exposed to it. __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	And as long as we are talking about the Constitution, it seems as a good a time as any to bring up homosexuality. It's pretty easy to see that there is much more acceptance of gay students than there ever was when I was that age. Many high schools now even have gay/straight alliance clubs. My boyfriend was the president of the club at his high school and he tells me that being gay wasn't that big of a deal to anyone. That doesn't sound like the high school I went to. Anyway, my point is that I'm sure that there were many students that took notice when George Bush proclaimed that there was an immediate need to change the Constitution to ensure that gay people may never have a state recognized marraige or civil union. It is the first time, to my knowledge, that a change to the Constitution has been proposed to exclude a group of people. I would say that this is one example of how our youth see a disregard for this document from the leader of our nation.
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