Politics Hmmm. What can be said about them? Well some may have something nice to say others may not. Politics it is like an industry that takes million of dollars to fund campaigns. It is sort of like a who knows who what are you going to bring to the game kind of deal. Some of these political people try to gain the pull of celebrities to help get some votes. Especially if it is some talk show queen or super action star. I have known some about politics at a young age.
I remember way back when in the nineties... Lol. I was watching Nicolodeon when all of the sudden this man came on the television with some announcement. Well his name was Bill Clinton and he was saying something about supporting kids and something else which had no effect on me. I remember George Bush was in office it was mentioned in my second yearbook I had ever received. It had him standing by a podium with the American flag behind him. Which sort of brought it into perspective. I don't feel whatever they did really had an effect on me. But, I do remember my parents discussing politics some.
It wasn't until my fourth grade year I remember my teacher Mrs.Spring talking about an election. We discussing what presidents were running. She also told us we would get to vote ourselves. Many of us wondered how we knew we weren't old enough. We all were allowed to vote in the mock election. I voted for George w Bush. So did many others in our election once the votes were tallied we found out George w Bush had won. It was very interesting.
I remember being in soccer practice and hearing my dad talk about gas prices. Also saying that the president was trying to lower them. Maybe it wasn't till later on that I remember more. I remember hearing in the eighth grade about President Obama. That he would be the first black president if he won. I remember this was the first time I recall my friends discussing politics. I also recall the votes being tallied he was the president of the united states. Many discussed his election. There was like this little chant I remember too.
My eighth grade year I went to Washington dc with my family. It is a busy city with many buildings that are based around government. I also saw the white house where the president lives his house is in the center of everything. It was a fun trip I also learned some very important info. There is a lot going on there .
My Sophomore year we stayed down in charelston for a geocache event. Which is where you take a gps and go on a scavenger hunt. We got to go on a hunt around the capital building and it's grounds. Which is where the governor lives. It is very nice there lots of museums to go to and learn more about the political history of Wv.
I must say my famly is not involved in politics directly. Although we do discuss them no one has ever really ran for something. Sometimes they bad talk politics and decisions the president makes but, it really doesnt go anywhere. I myself have ran in politics. I ran for class vice president just last year. It is a very competitive high stakes game. People try to outdo each other. You try to get people to vote for you by swaying their votes we used tootsie pops. In the long run we didnt win but, it was a fun experience.
Overall I find politics interesting in some ways. I like scandals those are the best to learn about. I think this class will be a good one and I hope to learn a lot.
