I wrote to about 8 or 9 college student newspapers from North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio. It's possible I might write a few more letters to students in Virginia.
Anyway, people ages 18-21, college age students have been counted out and taken for granted for many years in politics. The view is that since they are the age group with the lowest proportion of voting, that it doesn't matter if they are opposed to a certain issue or not.
But this election was different. College age students turned out to vote (mostly for President - Elect Obama) in record numbers. They made an impact in the very close elections in places like the states listed above. It made me proud of this age group. So I wrote a letter of congratulations to them and praised them for participating. Maybe it should have been expected all along, but I don't agree with that. It's actions by these young people for the better, and that deserves praise!
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It's WONDERFUL to know that the young generation cares...The problem in Indonesia is that sometimes the young generation feels that "they know it all", so they start to demonstrate about this and that...I KNOW that it's for a good cause, but sometimes I just wish that they think further ahead before doing those things he he...but anyway, it's still better than apathy, eh? ;-D
it's much much better than apathy!!That is the way my generation was when we were in our 20s. At least if you are angry, protesting and wrong, you will learn quicker from your mistakes than if you sit on your ass and complain!
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