If you were to enter my bedroom, navigate your way through the
assorted jumble of clothes, books, bowls, and ''I-d-rather-not-know''s, and
finally make your way to the space of floor next to my bed where I keep my
books, you should be proud of yourself. Not many people have made it that far
alive. If you managed to get over the shock of crossing the abyss, you may
notice the three books that have taken up residence next to me bed:
British
Politics for Dummies,
The Communist Manifesto, and
Rights of man,
common sense, and other Political Writings. Now I won't lie to you and tell
you that I have sat down and read each one cover-to-cover in a matter of
minutes, and I won’t even pretend to have finished them. If I’m honest, some of
them are a little too hard-going for my frazzled brain cells. Even the
'Dummies' book. But that's not quite the point. The point is that they're
there,
and are dipped in-and-out of every evening before bed, before I settle down
to my serious reading:
A History of Modern Britain. And, as a result of
this dipping, I have actually begun to pick little things up. Not facts and
things like that (blame the brain), but more ideas and funny ways of wording
things. And what i've found is, I
like all this politics malarkey. The
books, really, were brought on a whim using money given to me by my fantastic
grandparents, basically with a view to making myself just a tiny bit more
intelligent, and i've found that I enjoy them. Lets just put this into
perspective. I'm a teenager. Perhaps not your average teenager, but a teenager
all the same. The whole point of me is to hate everything and have a
perpetually negative outlook on the world, approaching each new task with a
long-suffering sigh. And up until now, I played the whole 'teenager' part
pretty well, if I do say so myself! So for something new to spark my enthusiasm
is a miracle likened to England ever winning the world cup again. What i'm
trying to say is ; There's always things that you’re knowledge is lacking in,
so why not just try and learn a little about it? Pick up a book, watch a
programme, listen to the radio. It doesn't necessarily have to be politics, but
just anything! I think it's so easy to stop being amazed by things, and to
become complacent. After all, once you've left school, why bother learning
anything else? But life can become so much more interesting if you try and
learn something new. I did, and I’ve found that I’ve loved it.
Now, I am by no means professing to be an expert. In fact, my
knowledge on pretty much everything is embarrassingly sparse, and I’m pretty
sure that the majority of my teachers are close to giving up on actually
getting me to learn anything. But it doesn't mean I cant enjoy it. So go on,
give politics a go if you haven't already! I dare you...
E.C
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