Dear Bloggers / Readers,
Where should i begin for this Rant. Okay watching lasts nights episode of mock of the week got me thinking. I have been getting letters in the post about this years upcoming election and it is bugging me. I mean i have no fricking clue about what is going on in this election and if i'm quite frank i don't care. Most of the aims for the people running are based around the older generation (no offence) and not many of their goals help young people.
I would quite happily vote if i knew what was going on, In my old school no one spoke of the upcoming election and the candidates running and their goal. I feel that they should be encouraging young people to get involved by keeping them updated and informing them of what they need to know. Every time i ask about the election i am given bias views on the three running parties and being told that "vote for labor" or "vote for the conservative party". i don't want to hear that, what i want to know is what their policies are and i want them explained to me and how they will benifit me and the rest of the country. why am i going to place a vote with a party i have no understanding of.
Yes i do blame myself as i could probably try harder but i'm 18 and yeah that makes me an adult in the eyes of the law but i am still a child in a sense and have some learning to do. is it so hard for teachers to explain how the election process works. and true my parents could help me but yet again they are bias and i don't want to influenced by what they have to say because c'mon when your parents tell you something they expect you to believe them.
anyway if any of you have any comments on this i wouldn't mind hearing about them. if i'm honest i would appreciate it. many teenagers my age feel the same. All the grown ups are talking about and we are here thinking what the hell should we do. all we want is a bit of guidence and information is that so hard ?
okay rant over. thank you for reading Bloggers
Ashleii xo
educate yourself.
ReplyDeleteand when you say something - don't remove its power by giving the caveat of "no offense"
if you offend someone - good. them being offended is their problem not yours.
unless you educate yourself on current issues and policy matters, you will never know how to vote or be confident in you voting.
stay active.
be vocal.
This is true, i think its a force of habit to say no offence but your right its not my problem if they get offended.
DeleteMy issue is though where to start i mean i have what 9 days till the election where to i even begin ?
I'm not exactly sure what it's like over there in the UK, but are you legally required to vote?
ReplyDeleteI'm here in the United States, 29 years old and haven't voted once since I turned 18 as I typically don't like politics due to all the bs involved.
No in the UK we don't have to and that is true there is alot of bullsh*t involved with politics and i kinda wanna stay away from it but i would at least like to know what the hell is going on and not be walking around cluelesss.
Deleteoh and thank you for the other comment :) did you watch the video *hiding behind hands*