Letter: Young people need to participate in politics and learn how government works

I write to you on the issue of the astoundingly small amount of teen and young adult involvement in politics today.

In my generation people do not feel the need to be involved in politics and even those few who are involved have little to no knowledge of how the political world works. This lack of knowledge is not due to the lack of resources, because politics are everywhere. No, this lack of knowledge is due to laziness and pure disregard to the world around them.

Young people need to understand that one day we will have the responsibility to run this government. So it would be smart to grasp the concept of politics now so we know what to do when it does come our time to take it on.

This story was originally published December 2, 2015 at 4:44 PM with the headline "Letter: Young people need to participate in politics and learn how government works."