Although I initially decided to volunteer my services strictly for extra credit, I actually enjoyed the experience of polling voters. Our designated precinct was at a residence located in a pretty wealthy neighborhood, south of Ventura Blvd., in Encino. BMW's and Benz's pulled up one after the other during the four hours of our morning shift (7am-11am). The precinct inspector was very accommodating, even offering us lunch after we were done. She told us that this was the first time in her 29 years of polling that her precinct was being used for exit polling. Most of the voters that we approached were affable even when it was obvious that they were rushing to work. Some voters even took the initiative to approach us to ask what we were all about. Most of them wer
College tuition rates are constantly rising and the average student is $20,000 in debt by the time he/she graduates. The problems of college students are far down on the lists of politicians because the volume of our votes is insignificant in determining their success in elections. If students ever decided to collectively take the initiative and vote, politicians would be forced to tend to our problems and needs.
Some of my close friends have gone to hell and back in dealing with the INS in hopes of gaining legal residence in this country. After witnessing my friends wading through all that red tape, I've realized that a lot of us have taken our American citizenship and the privileges that come along with it for granted. There are people who have gone through unthinkable hardships to get to thi
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