My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and economic problems my country and I would be facing in the future.
The time and place as to when I decided that politics was ‘my thing’, is unknown to me. I feel like I have always been involved somehow, when in reality I haven’t.
When I started seeing things on TV about how Scottish public were going have to vote in a referendum concerning its future within the UK, I was immediately intrigued. I started off by seeing how the people around me were going to vote and then finally how I wanted my future to look and …show more content…
If I were to ask any of them about the refugee crisis I bet only a handful of people would actually know what I am talking about. These are the same people that make fun of me for actually being aware of what is going on around me, they act as if it makes me unintelligent to know things that most people my age wouldn’t care about! Which in my opinion makes me intelligent in a way. I personally believe that teenagers should become involved in politics as it is their future and when you are 16 you get to vote anyway, so why don’t they put their vote to good use to make their future more brighter and their country better for themselves and their families? But then again, voting certainly is not like going out and underage drinking is it? I guess politics is my version of having a good
The time and place as to when I decided that politics was ‘my thing’, is unknown to me. I feel like I have always been involved somehow, when in reality I haven’t.
When I started seeing things on TV about how Scottish public were going have to vote in a referendum concerning its future within the UK, I was immediately intrigued. I started off by seeing how the people around me were going to vote and then finally how I wanted my future to look and …show more content…
If I were to ask any of them about the refugee crisis I bet only a handful of people would actually know what I am talking about. These are the same people that make fun of me for actually being aware of what is going on around me, they act as if it makes me unintelligent to know things that most people my age wouldn’t care about! Which in my opinion makes me intelligent in a way. I personally believe that teenagers should become involved in politics as it is their future and when you are 16 you get to vote anyway, so why don’t they put their vote to good use to make their future more brighter and their country better for themselves and their families? But then again, voting certainly is not like going out and underage drinking is it? I guess politics is my version of having a good