First off, I would like you welcome the newbies to Ms. Linden's class. For those of who did not have Ms. Linden for 1st semester, I greatly feel bad for you. You all have a lot to make up, so I suggest you enjoy every last minute in her class, and if you don't want to, you will probably end up having a blast anyways, because, she is just that sweet.
Since it is the first blog of the year, there honestly isn't much to talk about except for what's on my mind and the minds of Americans...across America. The basic laws and rights of us citizens is always floating around in our heads and being Americans, we always want more, and we always want it fair and right! Some topics floating around today can be the age limits for drinking, driving, but hopefully not together; or the age to vote or the age for the army.
Are these ages really fair? Did the person who made this law think of all those thirsty party hard teens that need something to drink? Did that person think of those knowledge-thirsty teens who want to become more powerful in the world and vote? I guess not, because the age limits now-a-days are pretty high. Even getting into a decent movie these days in impossible, because you would have to take your mom, and then it's not funny, or pretty.
What I'm here to talk about to you today; briefly, is these ages, and disguise maybe an alternate age, and I ask if I think this is reasonable. Feel free to flood the comments, because I know you all will =).
Driving age - 16 years
Voting age - 18 years
Drinking age - 21 years
My first argument, which is going out of order, is the voting age. Hopefully when you are at the age of 18, you will be an upper class man in high school or almost graduating. THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!! As you can see, I am learning about the Presidents and government NOW, and I have a bit before high school! Not when I'm slacking off in 11th/12th grade! I think that the voting age should be way down, to maybe 16 or 17. Us young students are in our prime now, and when we want to learn about our country and what rights we have to control it, that's when we have the most knowledge of it and when we want to vote.
The second issue which has come to my attention is drinking. I promise to all of you, I have drunk a cup of beer total in my lifetime career. I don't drink, and I will put that out there, so why should I mind the age? I promise to all of you I won't become some heavy drinker at the age of 21, so I have no reason to argue this. I was once listening on the radio though, and they were letting people call in and give their opinion on whether the age should be risen or lowered, and one person called in, saying: "The drinking age should be lowered to 16 because then the teen (or new driver) knows how it feels to be intoxicated or under the influence and hopefully when they get behind the wheel, they will remember that and not drink and drive. I thought that this was a good comment, and I'll let it up to you to decide what you think of this.
My last argument, driving age, will not be argued. I believe that this is a good, ripe age. It's the time when the mind and body is hungry for freedom from carpooling or having your embarrassing mother drive you to school everyday. The teen's mind is always open to learning new things, especially driving, because fort once in your life you get to do something on your own! Sheesh! This age is perfect, but some may think it's on the young side. Before I took driver's training, I thought I was going to be too young, seeing my sister driving around...oy vey... But after I took it, I realized driving is a breeze and the time to drive is now!
Haha, I sound like a campaigning president with that last sentence.
I am Eitan Mendelson, and I approve this blog, (and I hope I get your vote...) I realized that that part is new to the end of those commercials, correct me if I'm wrong.
2 comments:
Wow Eitan! yours was very funny! First of all, your introduction was fantastic (Cough suck up cough). Second of all, your feelings on the ages for different systems in our country are very interesting. Although they are good points, I do not agree with some of them. Of course I would love to be able to vote, but I have to wait until I am 18; and I think that is a good thing. I need to feel like an adult to be able to vote like one. I need to be able to feel part of a taxpaying society to be able to make choices. The ages are an important aspect of our society to show a certain turning point in one's life. All in all, it was a humorous blog, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
i do agree with you on age for driving, but i think that the age limit for voting should stay at 18, since i know there are many teens,ages 16-17, who know very little about the presidential elections, and even how the governement works today. even though there are many students who know about the law and really want to make an impact on the society, it might actually make it worse by there being students voting for whomever their friend are voting for, without any thought about who they really think should be president.
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