My senior year of high school: a time of excessive caffeine consumption, naps, and discovery. I had signed up for AP U.S Government and was excited to discuss American politics and government with my classmates. Little did I know a small, bespectacled boy who sat in the corner of the classroom was going to change my thought process on values and views entirely. For privacy’s sake we will call him Hector. Hector is the type of person I was bound to clash with at some point. He is a very conservative Donald Trump supporter, who holds many views that I do not share, especially where the legality of capital punishment is concerned. As a firm believer in eliminating capital punishment in America, I found it difficult to work with someone who thought
