Today in class I participated in a socratic seminar that focused on and article entitled "You're 16, You're Beautiful, and You're a Voter", where the author gave her opinion oh why she though the voting age should be lowered from eighteen to sixteen.
After our seminar today, I felt rather accomplished. I felt as though I made my voice heard, voiced my opinion, and put several topics down on the table. I found that by the end of the seminar, I agreed with the author that the voting age should be lowered to sixteen. I believe that the teens that would actually take the time to do such a thing like voting, are the ones who are really concerned about what's going on in our country, and that their opinion is as important as anyone else. At the end of class I was surprised to see that barely half the class agreed with me that the voting age should be lowered. I really thought that more people would be in support of this act.
The one part of the article/seminar that I was particularly passionate about was the fact that the article stated something about lowering the legal alcohol consumption age to sixteen. Several people brought up the point of having a "voucher" that allowed only certain teens to purchase alcohol and only a certain amount, but no one could change my mind on how much I disagreed with this.
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