My Experience
I learn a lot from doing politico hours for my community services. I learn that there are a lot of teenagers who does not care about who wins during the 2010 mid term elections. Teenagers will complain about school, labor hours and taxes, yet they cannot even attend the politico panel to speak with a part candidate. During the time when we were handing out flyers to advertise for our panel, many people disregarded the flyers which is really depressing because it shows that people in the community does not care. I remember when our class was to poll a hundred students and ask about political related topics. Many students voted for more money in education, for gay people to have rights and the bill of marijuana. Not many students came to the panel. It was also disappointing that the Republican Party had no one to answer questions. They had one person show up just to talk for five minute and leave. I expected a lot more from the Republican Party because Arizona is a republican state, but statistically though. The Republican Party seems to think that our panel was not important, but it is. We gather a lot of people in the community that wants to make a difference in the community. These people are the voters who vote for the candidate. What about all those republican voters at our panel? They probably feel like the Republican Party does not care about the community. Good thing for the Democratic Party, they had two people show up. Though they could have gotten more intelligent members as most of their answers resolve to ask another person in the party. I remember one woman ask a question about her water bill, the party could not answer it. I kept looking over at her, but it looks like she was really rattled. It was also really surprising that the party had no one talk about the marijuana bill before hand. It seemed like the bill is non existence in Arizona.
Adults on the other hand, came to the panel. They were spirited and ask questions to give the political candidate an outlook on what the community is asking for. Our type of service hours is important today because it is what keeps the bond between the people and the government together. I felt really good helping out the politico panel because I know that I helped organize a panel where people who do care about the community can come and talk to the a politico candidate. It feels great to work with students and teachers who want to help out the community. It shows that our community has people who want to help out the community and make it a safer place and nicer place. We can see the difference between those who wants to see a difference and those who is not concern about the community. If more people came and ask questions about topics toward the candidates, more candidates will come to Anthem and answer every question our community will have. At the Home Owner Association meeting, everyone was into it as many questions were asked about the future of Anthem. Some wanted a new community center, but others thought it was the same Anthem and wanted to build a shopping center in Anthem. There were many discussion made and students, such as ourselves, can help the community by commenting on what to approve.
Politico participants are helping the society in many ways. We are very helpful in the community because we help people be able to speak with someone who have the politico power in government. Not only can the community get to voice out their battle cries toward the political candidates, but the candidates can understand what the community is going through. It is a win-win situation. Candidates can receive information in the community can help the community grow and expand, which also help their politico campaign. It is really common sense, yet so many people fail to see it. Though most answers the candidate gave were not very effective in anything if they are trying to win. They tend to tell people that they are not responsible for a certain topic or they are uninformed by the topic. They did say our questions were very challenging and intelligent. According to the people at the Home Owner Association meeting, we were told that we are the future of Anthem. We are very informing of anything that is going on within the government and I am proud to be part of it.
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