Why Students Need to Care about the Election

The most questions of people ask in election and political field is Why do we need to care about the election?" It shows how care people including students are with the political and election issue. Most of them become apathetic and some others become scoffers. This is not the mainly politic goal. Politics is the method and process of taking decisions for the community, group, or country which the word politics integrates all the domestic and international policies. It is in order to get kindness in society.

Students, as the agent of change and iron stock, have a duty to change their country to be better in future. The election is one of the most effective for a country to start better condition in leadership and government. Choose a good leader or group of government with some criteria such as anti corruption, nepotism, has responsibility, etc. The most criteria of leader.

Student is an intellectual figure between societies as a prototype of future view. The society will see what the students do, and then they will follow what they do. That's why students have important duty among society. The iron stock of future leadership comes from students in college degree. They are the youth who will change the future. If the young man is good, then the country has more choice to repair its condition to give prosperity for citizen or people in nation.

Students should speak loud about using the election right of each person. Don't be apathetic. It will only make our vote become to no purpose, no change, and no action, while we always talk and speak about dilapidation in government environment. We only show that we have no action but talk only. So if we want people to care about the prosperity, student should tell it to people with all ways, media, demonstration, written, or other peace actions.

From this moment, students can give more advantages for people around the country. Be a good student is better than a bad one. That's why the parents let them go to college or school in order to have better life in future. If not, why are they not staying at home only? With their group and their unknown activities, perhaps they will fall in drugs or free sex activities. But it's not the goal of education.

By caring about the election, student can be manhood with cutting wisdom teeth and attitude in political opinion and country's betterment. Politics is mainly the method and process of taking decisions for the group. The word politics integrates all the domestic and international policies. These are mainly the activities of government on state level or national level political affairs. Since these are mainly the activities of government this does not mean that only government is responsible for carrying out all politics or government alone is involved in all political matters or politics is always carried out in national or state level affairs including student and society.

Iron stock and agent of change, the function of student in college that will bring the country to be better using a good and fair election.

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