The Role of the Youth in America's Democracy
Faculty Sponsor
Dana Elder, Eastern Washington University
Research Project Abstract
There are many young people in America who feel they don't fit into the concept of democracy. Many feel their voices won;t be heard. As Aristotle says in the Rhetoric, And for the most part [the young] live in hope; for hope is of the future and rememberance of the past, and for the young the future is long and the past short. Here Aristotle shows the contrast between the young and the old and how life plays differently in each ones experience. Not recognizing the youth as wise based on a lack of life-expereince because they are the ones mentioned in connection with a nation's future. I am going to propose a discussion on how the youth's knowhow can contribute to a democratic society.
Session Number
SS8A
Location
Weyerhaeuser 304
Abstract Number
SS8A-a
The Role of the Youth in America's Democracy
Weyerhaeuser 304
There are many young people in America who feel they don't fit into the concept of democracy. Many feel their voices won;t be heard. As Aristotle says in the Rhetoric, And for the most part [the young] live in hope; for hope is of the future and rememberance of the past, and for the young the future is long and the past short. Here Aristotle shows the contrast between the young and the old and how life plays differently in each ones experience. Not recognizing the youth as wise based on a lack of life-expereince because they are the ones mentioned in connection with a nation's future. I am going to propose a discussion on how the youth's knowhow can contribute to a democratic society.
