On my political ideology quiz, my results ended up with the Next
Generation Left category. The Next Generation Left groups would be
characterized as young, financially comfortable individuals with liberal
beliefs but would not strongly consider themselves apart of the Democratic
party, the Next Generation Left individual would be an individual with more of
a mixed belief system. I can agree with this result, as I support gay marital
rights, abortion issues, immigration laws and what not. I have a strong belief
system in viewing people as human beings, instead of classifying those through
their sexual preference, skin tone, personal choices and what not. I find it
odd that a majority of the people making these changes for gay people or
abortion rights are men, emphasis on men… It relates back to religious points
of view, which can be more harm than good because religion can implement so
much judgment on a group of people. I feel, allow personal choices to be
personal, laws pertaining to immigration are understandable as terrorism and
people coming to the U.S territory without going through a formal process, can
be harmful to our society as a whole. I truly understand a family migrating
from lets say, Mexico to the U.S for better financial stability, safety, health
care and so forth, is admirable as they are simply trying to do good as humans
for their own. I also understand how it can damage our system with not having
people legally documented in the U.S.
I do not have any strong
influences as I did not grow up in a heavy political environment at home,
social group or school. I find in my age group, politics are heavily discussed
when we agree or disagree on a political candidate, flaws in the system and or
law. It can actually be quiet frustrating to have a conversation with people my
age because I feel they lack, like myself, the intelligence and most
importantly facts as to what they believe they are even defending. I feel
people my age do want to live in a world of peace and equality and have
experienced people my age be more accepting of gay, different skin tone, language
barring people rather than a baby boomer. I believe a majority of them have
good intentions, but the wrong tone, delivery and intelligence to protest and
have a conversation with.
I do respect and admire Bernie Sanders 2017 political campaign
and his involvement towards helping the less fortunate. I agreed with a lot of
his views on changes we should make as a country, I felt he had true intentions
of peace, equality and progression. I do not hate or love any political current
figure in my life time, I believe they are a regular person I might agree or
disagree with on many topics of discussion, so it is hard for me to want to
cast my vote on someone whole heartedly. I simply would like laws to stray from
more personal option orientated areas and more around environmental, health and
educational issues that can be extremely damaging if left alone to work on for
long. Hopefully as I gain more insight in this class, I will elect new
political influences.
I do not have any experience in campaigning, parading, marching
or protesting involving the political world. I do agree for many protests I
have seen on national television as I feel people are making their voices heard
as a whole, but I do not like to participate as I know such events can be
violent and even the people protesting for what they believe is right, can be
disrespectful and shun other groups that differ with them. I encourage those to
stand up for what they believe in and want to change, but with class and
respect of surrounding stores, homes, nature, people with differing views and
what not. Many people my age get upset with me when I share this with them
because they believe if I am being silent, I am allowing the bad to happen, but
yet they write a paragraph about their issue and don’t volunteer, help the
youth, march, write congress or simply open up a book. I have voted, when
allowed, but I do not usually like to discuss or involve myself in political
events as I have first hand witnessed, it can drive people apart and cause
heavy tension. I would rather listen to those speak about politics to see how
they react, and usually it is not civil, respectful and ends in people blocking
each other on facebook. I have just had a bad taste in my mouth left with
politics and can admit I have become quiet insecure and nervous to speak about
it.
I am taking this course in order to gain a higher insight into
my political world, which is currently very small…I do feel some guilt when I
am not caught up, know terms, laws, people, important dates, etc.. I find it is
my duty as a young American women, to make sure I am aware of what is going in
not only the world, but the country I am living in. I do find it is extremely
important that our teachers, parents, friends and family all not only know a
good amount of political information, but that we enlighten each other with
factual, informative information, rather than scare tactic filled twitter
retweets… I am extremely honored to be able to take a course like so because I
know many do not have the opportunity to do so in other countries.
What I hope to get out of this course is political intelligence
on present and past events, if possible. I hope to leave the classroom
confidently knowing I am awareness and knowledge on what is actually going on
in America rather than what I heard or read on some millennial filled blog
about Trump. I would like to learn about important events that changed American
history, important political figures, terminologies, significant dates, and why
and how we got to where we are with politics as of today.
On the Civic Literacy quiz, I was categorized as a, Plebeian,
also known as the, ‘average Joe”, in ancient Rome. This means I have average or
little knowledge as the rest of the population surrounding me when it comes to politics,
which I agree with. I do wish being this old (21) I would have a little more
knowledge than I currently do, but I know that this is what this course is
intended for…
On the Current Event quiz, I scored 4 out 10 (31% better than
the public, below 56% of the public, and 13% the same as the public). So I basically
failed, or scored very low on current event questions revolving politics, again
not a surprise. The questions actually were quiet hard for me to even
interpret, like did this actually happen? I would like to at least retake the
quiz towards the end of the semester and pass with 8/10 or higher, improving my
skills in this field. In conclusion, I look forward to opening my mind to my
teacher, peers, articles, and other forms of information.
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