Democracy
January 1, 2010
[…]Democracy was unreal to me. That word was never in my vocabulary until I took this class, […] My belief in democracy was that "of the people" didn t exist. Democracy to me was full of lying politicians who are hungry for power, money, and fame […] Of the people, it says, until this course I believed that my vote didn t count. My classmates opened my eyes […] Honestly, I didn t understand half of what I was asked to read. Although, I did find them challenging and fun to try learn. But it was my community, my peers, that opened my eyes to see that without a democratic society I would not be free. Free to express myself, free to vote and free to take the Clemente course. I would have a lot taken from me without our democracy.
KH
Affiliation: Clemente Course Graduate 2007
KH
Affiliation: Clemente Course Graduate 2007
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