Today, I had a Socratic Seminar regarding an article that talks about everything revolving the issue of allowing 16 year olds to vote in political elections/ referendums. During the seminar, I played the part of secondary (unofficial) moderator. I really tried to get people involved with the conversation. I also asked questions regarding what people were saying. However, people did monopolize on the conversation a lot. I found it very hard to squeeze myself in to the conversation. As a result, I tended to interrupt many times, so that is what I need improve.
Overall, I agreed with the points made by the author that supports sixteen year old’s right to vote, that if we treat sixteen year olds like adults, they can make adults choices. The idea that there should be a special test for an early voting permit should also be implemented.
There were many worries that young voters would make uneducated votes. So, I asked these people to define what an educated vote is. What most people said was referring to biased votes. This should not be a problem because there are so many biased votes. It managed to get people talking, so I think it was the most interesting thing I said in the seminar.
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