Politics in School.

[John McPain]

Originally Posted by Ground_Breaker

"Correct" for whom?

I'm sorry if this wasn't clear, but I think the answer was in the part you quoted me on.
(from the child's perspective)

Originally Posted by Ground_Breaker

I'm sure there isn't a specific age group where children suddenly realize they have an opinion about things. Most likely it varies from person to person.

I agree 100%

Originally Posted by Ground_Breaker

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but if you have an opinion about issue, wouldn't that imply that you feel one side is right and the other is wrong?

You have a very true point, but I'm looking at this from the child's perspective. I belive that if an authority figure says somthing or does somthing then a child will assume that that is the correct behaviour.

I graduated last year. In my last 2 years of highschool I had countless one on one debates with teachers. Every one had solid points and in each discussion we gave a little and saw an issue from a different perspective.
This was in my last years of highschool though. I had already made my own personal choices and knew the issues very very well. I was mature enough to understand that just because the authority figure had a different opinion than I did did not mean that I was wrong (or that they were wrong for that matter). There is a maturity level that you just accept that people come from different backgrounds and will have different ideas.

I belive that debates are very good at helping people see things from a different point of view and that is somthing that most children can not contribute to. I belive that insted of putting up good cases for their beliefs they will adopt the stand of the other person 99% of the time..

**edit**
I dont think I answered that last one completely.
Okay hypotheticly speaking lets say that I oppose (to stay away from hot topics that I don't want flying around this thread) a 4 mill tax levy for the school. Just because I'm not for this does not mean that I think that anyone for said levy is wrong, nor do I think that I am right. I'm just trying to look out for my best intrests.