Why do kids try to think they know about politics?
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Allow me to say congrats on behave of learning to think for yourself at a younger age!\n\nNow just know that it is normal fo kids to start off believeing everything the parents say, then they get into the world and opinions may change and they may not.  You seem to "not care" but you are also informed, so once again congrats!
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Darn good question!\nThere are plenty of people who knew then what they know now, and deliberately chose to ignore it.\nRashness, contempt, and even sometimes blithe ignorance are, unfortunately, the hallmarks of youth.\nRemember the wise words of Oscar Wilde: "Youth is wasted on the young."
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I think that a lot of people think that they know something, but don't. GI Joe cartoon: Knowing is half the battle.\nThey stupid ones admit they don't know usually. The ones that don't know usually know just enough to be dangerous.
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Maybe because they listen to the spew of the media without knowing truly about what really happens. Maybe because they would rather follow an agenda than use some common sense. Maybe because they are so willing to buy into anything that supports their uninformed opinion based on little real life experience.\n\nWho knows why the liberals are like they are.
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Because politics are negative.
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Younger people aren't as educated.
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Yes, especially as HS Seniors as they get ready to vote! This has become less common, I've been told by teachers, because the last 2 years of HS is saved for pre-college classes. So Civics is taught in Middle school instead?   I had American Government as  a Senior many years ago and believe that was more valuable than any other class...
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They aren't viewed as being matured enough.  Although there probably are a few that would be able to make better choices, it's just that the majority wouldn't seem to know, or care about the political topics.
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Youre Absolutely Correct\n\nYoung People Today ARE VERY IGNORANT In Respect To Politics\n(Among Other Things)\n\nScarey Thought-Makes Me FEAR For The FUTURE Of Our Country
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Not enough political education or wisdom.
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Because children lack the knowledge, insight, and maturity to know how to handle world affairs.
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1. young people are less wise, perhaps, because they lack experience. This isn't the same as intelligence. A lot of older people bypass wisdom and just get jaded instead.\n\n2. Political beliefs are based on any number of things, and, as you've noticed, listening to political debates of late, wisdom isn't always a feature. There are stupid liberals and stupid conservatives. There are also some very clever liberals.\n\n3. That's not what allegorical means.
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No, because it's not right for teachers to influence students to believe what they believe.  Also, if a teacher was, say, Buddhist, and a student was say, Christian, or if the teacher was, say Democratic, and she talked about how she felt about the President, it might upset the student that the teacher is so different and that might be what they focus on instead of learning from the teacher.  We tend to look down on people who's religions are different, and if a student looks down at a teacher, how's he or she going to learn anything?  If the student is mad at what the teacher said to attack the President, wouldn't that take away from the concentration on the lesson?\n\nMy social studies teacher said that his goal was to not let anyone find out what he believes, if anything, or his political party, if he has one.That way, we will only judge him as an intelligent teacher instead of what he believes.
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They do understand the word, but they need to know the reason behind it.  They learn by doing and by asking the most irritating question:  "why?"  \n\nSometimes they choose to test your limits by ignoring your answer.  Will you follow through on your discipline methods?  What happens when I'm told no but do it anyway?  These are all learning times for children.  They are learning that there are consequences for their actions.  \n\nMany times children are not misbehaving, but are using the situation to learn.
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That's what social studies and generally studying people that are outside of their general thinking is intended to do.  Schools do try, but I think it needs to be taught throughout life and is probably a natural part of being a kid and learning about life..at first you're a little self-centered.  Actually, that self-centeredness to a certain age is proven in psychology.
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Because they are government schools.  The aim is to mold the children into good servents of their government and the prevailing social order, not free thinking individualists with tremendous intellectual curiosity and mental acuity.
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In some countries (not the US), they just teach things and sometimes don't teach the kids how to think about the subject (asking questions and writing reactions). In the US, they sometimes focus more on using your knowledge to make questions and reactions. Also the US also sometimes focuses on self-esteem.