I read an intersting pln called Rock the Web National Youth Presidential Forum by Karl Fisch. It talks about a program called Rock the Web.This program was put together by the EWN Foundation and the Lou Frey Institution of Politics and government at the University of Central Florida, the Presidential Classroom and the United States of Former members of Congress. They have set up a three hour National Youth Presidential Forum (NYPF) is going to webcast to about 25 million students, who will be the first time voters.
What matters: The canidates for this election are going to feild questions to the moderater and students representing the presidential classroom. Then after the webcast of questions then the student will do an on-line vote for the canidate they want for 2008. The students comments will be collected and given to the canidates after the event. This a great way for students to get involved so that when they are old enough to actually vote they will have experience and make a wise desicion on picking a canidate.
How it matters to me: I am always talking about how i want schools to start advancing into the future. Well this made me very happy. Schools are thinking about students and politics. They should be very concerned with the way students feel about poltics and if we even care about it because we are the future and the amount of young adults that can vote is decreaseing. I know that if they start getting us involved now, then we will actually know what is going on in the world.
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