From reading Soxy's joke in the other thread it got me thinking. Most kids I know in late grammer school or high school are against Bush. Why do you think this is?

 

I know my brother-in-law, always says things like Bush is an idiot. Bush will screw it up....blah blah blah. Bush lies about everything.

 

He is 18 years old and just started college. He never ever watches the news, reads the paper or looks at anything on the internet other than sports. So how did he get this attitude? My in laws aren't really into politics, so it's not like they sit around discussing things at the table.

 

I'm guessing he gets it from his teachers and I'm guessing for him to have such animosity they weren't just teaching and letting the kids decide, they were imposing their opinions. Right? Wrong?

 

Does anyone know any teenagers that embrace conservatism without conservative parents?

Just a general thing most educators don't like Bush because of No Child Left Behind.

I'm guessing he gets it from his teachers and I'm guessing for him to have such animosity they weren't just teaching and letting the kids decide, they were imposing their opinions.  Right? Wrong?

 

 

 

 

No, you're right. I remember my little brother was saying that kind of nonsense he got from his teachers in highschool, I set him straight. Now older and wiser he thinks for himself, as do most people.

Heh

It is not probably from teachers. History tells us that liberals are younger and conservatives are older.

 

Liberals want change

Conservatives want things to stay the same

 

Hence, younger vs. older

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Could it also just be youthful rebellion? You know, just plain old: government sucks.

 

When I was young and angsty I was pretty much against everything.

Most teachers have better things to do than push their political beliefs on kids.

Could it also just be youthful rebellion? You know, just plain old: government sucks.

 

When I was young and angsty I was pretty much against everything.

 

 

Even your garden noam?

It is not probably from teachers. History tells us that liberals are younger and conservatives are older. 

 

Hence, younger vs. older

 

 

Probably for most people. I've gotten more liberal the older I get.

Even your garden noam?

I was not enlightened enough to know about Noam-y until I took my first linguistics course at the tender age of 20. . .

Most teachers have better things to do than push their political beliefs on kids.

 

 

They have better things to do, but it doesn't mean that they do them.

They have better things to do, but it doesn't mean that they do them.

And that, obviously, goes to both sides of the debate.

They have better things to do, but it doesn't mean that they do them.

 

:headshake

:headshake

 

 

And that, obviously, goes to both sides of the debate.

 

 

totally

 

like teachers down south trying to teach creationism in science class.

totally

 

like teachers down south trying to teach creationism in science class.

Well, I wouldn't say Kansas is in the South. . .

 

But I've definitely had teachers preach both a liberal and conservative standpoint (granted, in high school it was mostly conservative--of course I'm also from J. Dennis Hastert's home town. . .).

So many HS age kids are against Bush because they watch MTV all the damn time and their anti anything republican propaganda gets in their head.

 

(And sadly, I'm not kidding).

Well, I wouldn't say Kansas is in the South. . .

 

 

 

mississippi is

Could it also just be youthful rebellion? You know, just plain old: government sucks.

 

When I was young and angsty I was pretty much against everything.

At what age did you cease to be young?

So many HS age kids are against Bush because they watch MTV all the damn time and their anti anything republican propaganda gets in their head.

 

(And sadly, I'm not kidding).

 

What about the kids who watch CMT?

mississippi is

But it isn't just the south was my point. It's an unfair stereotype--ascientific people exist everywhere in this great land.

Dammit, I knew it was that damned MTV. More proof that the Real World is destroying America.

What about the kids who watch CMT?

 

The majority of them live in the South, go to a school that wants to ban evolution, and are locked into republican beliefs for life anyways. That isn't necesarily a good thing either, but I really don't think the number of kids that watch CMT is in the same area code as those that watch MTV.

At what age did you cease to be young? 

Oh, I'm still young--I've just lost the angst.

The majority of them live in the South, go to a school that wants to ban evolution, and are locked into republican beliefs for life anyways.  That isn't necesarily a good thing either, but I really don't think the number of kids that watch CMT is in the same area code as those that watch MTV.

 

They are in mine.