Final Blog* Brit

When we first started talking about politics and the election, I wasn't too fond of them. But after spending so much time researching and learning so many things about them, I am a little more interested than I was before.

Throughout the past few weeks I have learned a lot about the two candidates running in the 2008 election, John McCain and Barack Obama. After researching information about the election, I have changed my views about the candidates. Before I researched anything about this topic, I supported Barack Obama because of his positive outlook on Iraq. I was not aware of all of the other things Obama supported. He also supports in reforming the No Child Left Behind, he believes in investing in childhood education, and he too wants to make college affordable to all Americans unlike John McCain wants to do. John McCain believes the parents should push their children to to their best in school. He also does not believe in No Child Left Behind, and thinks we should no longer accept low- standards from some students and should only accept high-standards from the other students. I do not agree with John McCain on this issue. I found out that I support Obama on this issue along with many other issues such as, the economy, health care, and civil rights.


After I heard Barack Obama won the election, I was very pleased. I am glad I did more research on him because now I know exactly what he wants to do with our country, and what issues he supports.


When we had the mock election, my job was an exit pole person. I thought it was neat being able to participate in the mock election because I learned how a real election worked.The mock election helped me learn more about the candidates in the 2008 election. For this mock election, I researched the two candidates running in the national election, Barack Obama,John McCain, and our state senator, Ed Rendell. I chose to research the issue, employment and I retrieved facts about how each Representative wanted to improve or change employment in America. I learned that John McCain would like to create more good American Jobs, Barack Obama would like to raise minimum wage to help workers maintain a living, and provide for their families. And I also found out that Ed Rendell would like to increase funding for state job training programs. After finding out this information, I learned a lot more than I ever knew about the Representatives. It helped me make a decision in the mock election.

I thought this unit was very interesting because I got to learn about so many new things I didn't know before, and I am now more educated on politics. Also with learning about these things, it made me change my behavior on the way I look at politics. I used to look at them as boring and pointless people, but now I view them differently. I now understand that politics are important and each and every issue is important to our country no matter what that issue is.

-Brittany