Students are more interested in politics today than they were in the past

Recently an interesting question has aroused attention among the society: in modorn times, are students more interested in politics than before? Answers vary from one person to another. Some people claim that due to the access of political imformation through media, students have a lot more enthusiasm about politics while others do not think that students are really concerned about it. The way I see it, students show little interest in political affairs. My reasons and examples are given below.

Firstly, the progress of modern media contributes enormously to students’ freedom of information selection, which just distracts students’ attentions from politics. Certainly, modern people, especially the youngsters are buried in the sea of information. Every day various information on entertainment keeps popping out, catching students’ eyes. By comparison, political information is more likely to be dull and tedious, which can hardly be attractive to students. For example, compared with the celebrity gossip or the information about some famous stars’ concert, not many students would like to pay close attention to the Sino-Japanese relations.

Secondly, students now are too busy with their academic study to show solicitude for politics. A sad fact is that the cut-throat social competition has spread to students in a much more intense way. Confronted with the white-hot competition from all walks of life, students can only spend more time on their study, hoping good academic performance can earn them a future. On account of this, students are left in no mood for politics with the heavy burden and mental pressure. A good case in point is my nephew. He is facing the pressure of college entrance examination, so every evening he would spend two to three hours on his review and homework, hardly having any time for the evening news.

Admittedly, not all the students are not interested on politics. For instance, there are some students who like posting comments about political events on the internet. However, this kind of students are aways a minority in the population as a whole.

In conclusion, students today are not as interested in politics as before. Owing to the limitation of room, I am unable to give more examples but I believe that the two causes mentioned above have already proven the validity of my viewpoint.

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