Politics in schools

I found the focus on politics and government fascinating.  When I think back on my high school social studies classes I don’t really remember much discussion on politics.  It was more like a history class than social studies.  We learned about policies and different types of government, but we never discussed current issues that were important on a political or governmental level.  Honestly I have never been interested in politics neither in school nor out.  The closest that my school came to a political intrigue, or at least school political intrigue, was when the vice president of the student council convinced the entire school not to cheer at a pep rally. Needless to say he was kicked off of student council, but a lot of people put up a fight to get him back on the council.  In the end he was forced off, but he ran again next year and won the position of student council president

I liked how different the school systems were with regards to politics, and how these differences were a reflection of what type of government the subjects had. I would have liked to talk to the students that were involved in the study and ask them if they were consciously aware of how politics affected their school and curriculum or if they, like me, had no real idea that politics played such a large part in their education.