Catherine Vogt, 14, seems like your typical 8th grader attending Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, located in the suburbs of Oak Park, Illinois. That is until you read about the experiment she conducted just prior to the election.
Since a majority of Ms. Vogt’s classmates was supporting Obama, Ms. Vogt wanted to experience firsthand the political tolerance and diversity that she believed existed at her school:
Ms. Vogt witnessed for herself the effects of mob influence. Ironically, what Ms. Vogt learned was, to Liberals, tolerance is generally reserved for people that agree with you. Ms. Vogt experiment demonstrated that not only do most kids lack the maturity to actively participate in politics, but also their parents lack the discipline to implant a healthy, non-partisan civic equilibrium.
It is important that we instill a sense of civic responsibility in our children, which requires teachers and parents to present a balance, political picture. Most kids are too easily influenced by the media and environmentally influences (teachers, parents, combine with wanting to fit in) to be taken seriously, which is a shame. In the end, America will be the worst for wear if we allow our children to be indoctrinated solely through the prism of liberal piety.
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