Seniors
Speak Out
THIS IS IT.
This is what they have all been waiting for. Eighteen long years of waiting to make a choice on something that really matters to them. At eighteen years old, they can cast a ballot, change their futures, and do exactly what their eight grade civics teacher told them they could do:
VOTE.
And perhaps this, more than anything else, defines what it means to be grown up. As the youngest demographic who can legally vote, seniors can step forward as mouthpieces for what issues the newer generation is concerned with. The question is, what problems do we want to fix? To answer this question, seniors not only have to consider what problems matter most to them, but also the problems that will affect this generation many years down the road.
WHAT IS STUDENT CAM? In an effort to make seniors think about what issues they want to focus on during the election, and what they are looking for in presidential candidates, some AP Government classes have a StudentCam project, sponsored by C-SPAN, where students create a video about their vision for 2020 and what specific issue they want presidential candidates to address. Among the wide range of topics, there were some overarching themes that were especially important to Jefferson’s current seniors. Students participating in the CAM project created a video between five and six minutes in length exploring their topic of choice. The video must include clips from C-SPAN videos. Students are asked to propose specific solutions that they want to see implemented by the candidates in 2020.
