I am curious about where everyone got their political views from. So here are some questions:
1) How did you family raise you politically? Did they care or were they apathetic?
2) What political side did your family take?
3) Describe the politics of your formal education, from kindergarten through high school. Did anyone take sides? Did anyone, regardless of political views, openly preach their politics?
4) Now, what about college? Did you have any of the stereotypical radical left-wing professors? If not, did you have something different?
5) What has your political education left you?
6) What do you get out of FYM? Do you see it as a continuation of your education?
I'll start:
1) Obsessed, lol. My family is not the type to gossip about the neighbors or talk about TV shows. My family discusses politics, and have been for as long as I can remember. Every night is a discussion of what is happening in America, mostly with what they find bad...which leads to question 2.
2) As you might have guessed from some of my posts recently, my family is very conservative. Glenn Beck is the man, Rush is cool, and Obama is a Communist who is looking to destroy America. Yep, I am not kidding. It's kind of scary what some members of my family thinks.
3) It wasn't until high school that some teachers began to voice their politics. My psychology teacher in senior year was pretty vocal with his liberal views. Since I had been surrounded by conservatism all my life, I was taken aback by what he was saying. At the time, I was vehemently against it, but I never said anything.
4) In college, I did have some of those stereotypical, left-wing radical professors. One preached communism (she openly called herself one) and her literal hate for America. This, during the semester 9/11 happened, so it was fun having her as a history professor. None of us weren't allowed to challenge her, or else we'd get a failing grade. So, we all just sat back, listened to her rants, and answered whatever she wanted to hear just to pass the class. That professor left me flabbergasted, especially since 9/11 left me feeling very patriotic.
5) As I grew older, I began to see my family's conservative views were at times absolutely nuts. But there are few things I do agree with. But I also agree with some things liberals believe in, particularly social issues. I am currently trying to balance the two sides I have been brought up on, because I do believe both sides have something worthy to say.
6) FYM is a bit of a refuge for me away from my conservative family. I've learned a lot here, and it has helped me form opinions on such things as health care.
So, that's it for me. How about you? I guess this a good chance to see where a person is coming from.
1) How did you family raise you politically? Did they care or were they apathetic?
2) What political side did your family take?
3) Describe the politics of your formal education, from kindergarten through high school. Did anyone take sides? Did anyone, regardless of political views, openly preach their politics?
4) Now, what about college? Did you have any of the stereotypical radical left-wing professors? If not, did you have something different?
5) What has your political education left you?
6) What do you get out of FYM? Do you see it as a continuation of your education?
I'll start:
1) Obsessed, lol. My family is not the type to gossip about the neighbors or talk about TV shows. My family discusses politics, and have been for as long as I can remember. Every night is a discussion of what is happening in America, mostly with what they find bad...which leads to question 2.
2) As you might have guessed from some of my posts recently, my family is very conservative. Glenn Beck is the man, Rush is cool, and Obama is a Communist who is looking to destroy America. Yep, I am not kidding. It's kind of scary what some members of my family thinks.
3) It wasn't until high school that some teachers began to voice their politics. My psychology teacher in senior year was pretty vocal with his liberal views. Since I had been surrounded by conservatism all my life, I was taken aback by what he was saying. At the time, I was vehemently against it, but I never said anything.
4) In college, I did have some of those stereotypical, left-wing radical professors. One preached communism (she openly called herself one) and her literal hate for America. This, during the semester 9/11 happened, so it was fun having her as a history professor. None of us weren't allowed to challenge her, or else we'd get a failing grade. So, we all just sat back, listened to her rants, and answered whatever she wanted to hear just to pass the class. That professor left me flabbergasted, especially since 9/11 left me feeling very patriotic.
5) As I grew older, I began to see my family's conservative views were at times absolutely nuts. But there are few things I do agree with. But I also agree with some things liberals believe in, particularly social issues. I am currently trying to balance the two sides I have been brought up on, because I do believe both sides have something worthy to say.
6) FYM is a bit of a refuge for me away from my conservative family. I've learned a lot here, and it has helped me form opinions on such things as health care.
So, that's it for me. How about you? I guess this a good chance to see where a person is coming from.