The State of the Union Address

            Watching the State of the Union Address was quite difficult for me. First of all, my father was commenting on every other word that came out of President Obama’s mouth. Second, as a sixteen year old, it was very hard for me to understand some of the issues brought up such as business and taxes and foreign exports, seeing as how I have never had to deal with any of these. But, I tried to relate to whatever I could and form opinions.

           President Obama mentioned wanting to stop student loan rates from doubling. He also mentioned requiring colleges to cut costs instead of raising tuition. This would directly affect me in the next coming years and I fully agree. College is ridiculously expensive as it is and having to pay more money would only make things harder. 

          To improve the school system and education, Obama proposed a no- dropout policy. This policy says that each and every student must either graduate or stay in school until they are at least 18. I personally, do not agree with this. Not all students are meant to stay in school. The students that don’t want to, or don’t need to, be there often disrupt the classroom and keep other students from continuing their education. 

         While I did not understand everything that President Obama brought up, these few things stood out to me. I’m sure that the older I get, the more relevant the other issues will be to me. I look forward to one day being able to form opinions on all of the country’s issues.