Open Discussion

In recent years many different groups encouraged young people in the United States to go out and vote, one of the more noticeable being MTV’s Rock the Vote campaign. I feel that there is a more direct method that can be implied here and that is by allowing college professors to have free and open conversations about politics in class.
College is place where young people go to learn, expand their minds, and experience new things. College is also a place to hear new ideas and think about things in a new light. In the atmosphere of a classroom it is easy to talk about subjects like politics because you are with your peers and the professor can very easily play referee or even devil’s advocate.
These in class discussions would also help to inform students on the serious issues of the day and thereby create more informed voters, which is the only way that a democracy can be successful.
It is the duty of college professors to expand the minds of young people around the world and politics should be one of the subjects that are discussed in the classroom anytime it applies to topic at hand. Open discussion is one of the most powerful tools that a democracy has and it should be a part of the college experience no matter the topic of conversation or the people involved.