Seminar Reflection

Today in class we had our most relevant seminar yet. We viewed a significant article for what we have been discussing in class over the past few weeks. The article was "You're 16, You're Beautiful and You're a Voter." The New York Times article as well as our discussion related to the argument to lower the voting age to 16. The discussion was fruitful because the of the preparation that went into the seminar made by the students involved. With everyone having the article read and annotated there were many strong and compelling arguments that swayed the group back and forth until we came to the final agreement that the nation was not ready to lower the voting age and it was fine as it is now. When I entered the classroom I believed the change would be significantly rewarding and it should be changed as soon as possible. As people brought up points in the argument and their own beliefs I started to think: were my peers as a whole mature enough to have a major say in our government? I as i argued with my class and with myself, not sure what I was supporting I came to almost a tie in my mind, broken only by the fact that a change is harder to obtain than just keeping the system the same. "In all precedent ideals already in place have need to be overturned and any sort of disagreement goes to the predecessor" I believe Isidro stated. Therefore until a argument comes forward that overrides all fear of 16 year old voters the change should not occur.