There is no room for naïve voting, according to a teacher via a report in EdWeek this week. "I don't let my kids take anything a politician says at face value," she said.
Universities and high schools in America have great contribution in molding wise voters this year. Some wanted to eliminate "uncivilized" attitude in the campaign and some also propose not to tolerate "lies" and "secrets" that are observed from the presidentiables. Teachers like those in Valley View Middle School in Edina, Minnesota try to give a few hours of discussion with students about the current situation of campaigns. Some of them even integrate in their lessons about the presidentiables to have intelligent brainstorming, which can lead to wise voting in November.
Not all teachers have much concern about the election, though. An educational project called "Teaching Tolerance," conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center, suggested that 40 percent of 2,000 teachers who participated were not very concerned of teaching about the campaign at all. Some teachers just want to remain neutral and not in a position of influencing the young voters about their decisions.
All the presidential candidates have their own strengths and weaknesses and the teachers do facilitate the students to yield to better opinions before they give their votes. The teachers are encouraged not necessarily to invoke biased concerns but just encourage students to choose the right candidate wisely.
The youth has a different voice to be heard this election. Young minds have fresh opinions that should resonate in all corners of America. Back in 2014 election, the young voters mostly chose the Democratic Congressional candidates over Republicans, based on the Civic Youth Statistics. Most of them also backed Democratic candidates in most Senate races back then. It is really interesting where whom will the young voters will give their favor to this year's election.
