Direct Democracy Essay

I think that I am one of the luckiest people in the world, not because I have a million dollars in the bank and not because I am Hollywood handsome (handsome yes, but Hollywood handsome, no). I am one of the luckiest people in the world because of a choice my parents made for me at birth. I enjoy dual citizenship, meaning I am an American as well as a Swiss citizen. All of my extended family on my mother’s side still resides in Thusis and Scharans. Because of this we go to visit at least once every other year for a month. My summers have been spent hiking the Alps, bathing in the ice cold streams,and breathing in the invigorating clean air. Meals are made memorable because of the Spätzli, a sort of dumpling like pasta, Laugenbrötli, a pretzel bread which melts in your mouth, Längjaeger, deer meat …show more content…
I have come to believe that the American Government would be improved with aspects of direct democracy because it would give American citizens a sense that they have some power in political decision making. The dismal numbers of those who vote in America points to the fact that few people believe that their vote will matter. Swiss high school students are politically savvy and like to discuss politics, while my high school peers give little thought to political affairs. Because I am in the American school system, in high school I am introduced to a variety of subjects, whereas Swiss students, at the high school level, are focused on their particular areas of interest. This demands more maturity and could possibly not make room for changing interests. Through the American high school system I am given more time to consider the field I want to study. This is a good thing as I always thought I wanted to study engineering until I took an engineering class freshman year. While it was a very fun and educational class, I realized that this was not the future for