Introduction to Politics

Politics is a very difficult to define as a general term. As the range of population applied to the definition grows, the meaning of politics expands as well.

To a high school student, politics may be the complicated series of emotions felt and actions performed between peers in order to find acceptance and ‘fit in.’ As a knowledge base is built and a young adult becomes more interested in the culture of America and how we interact within our world, the meaning of politics may evolve. This evolution will begin to encompass a collection of decisions that the young adult will need to make about his or her actions. They will also begin to understand how their actions affect others, and how, collectively, we all must be cognizant of our behavior and its impact on the general public. This is the beginning of a mindful awareness that can effectively develop an opinion on how our country should be structured.

I believe that politics has nothing to do with which party a person is affiliated with or what decisions he or she makes concerning social or financial issues. Politics is the delicate relationship that each member of the human population shares with one another. Although this relationship, at times, may be extremely volatile when juggling vast and strong opinions, we find a balance and recognize that as a unit our views must be set aside to progress the nation as a whole. We do not have to generalize politics to a strict right-winged- left-winged description.

Politics, to me, is the complicated process in which our nation of over 300 million people can reach a compromise for the common goal to maintain our strength as a single entity.