I think it's a good idea in theory, bad in practice. It should not be mandatory. It should be definitely offered as some type of extracurricular club or something, but the school only teaches it if they WANT to. Even if it's supposed to be non-partisan, unbaised politics, it could turn bad if the schools are mandated to do it. My school does it, but they aren't required to, so it helps maintain its neutrality. If it's mandated, the government could also mandate what be taught , and the politics that are taught would roughly correspond with the political stance of the government at that time.

It's easy to say "politics" should be taught, but what is meant by this term in this context? Are we talking about teaching students how voting works and how laws are made and governments elected? Because that's already taught.

Or are we talking about teaching them how society works, what's needed for a country to be successful, and what is and isn't politically sensible. Because that isn't taught, but it's basically impossible to teach it in a politically neutral way.

Teens are our future Politics should be taught in high school. If your old enough to drive and to vote, you should be able to handle politics. I don't know why society looks down on politics!!

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