Gettin' to know me a bit, check out these bad marks.

Since we'll all be traveling on this adventure together, with me as your guide, how about you get to know me a bit.

According to the Typology test at People Press I fall into the category of a Liberal, though just as the website proclaims, that doesn't necessarily mean I follow all of their beliefs.

Having absolutely no political experience, hell, I wasn't really even sure what typological group I belong in, I don't necessarily follow what everyone believes, but I follow what I believe to be right and just.

I am only taking Government 2305 because the state of Texas mandates that I have 6 credit hours of either Texas or United States Government, but since I'm enrolled in the class, why not learn what I can about not only our government, but what I feel about it, as well as what I'd like to do to improve it.

Coming in with really no goals in the class, other than a nice passing grade, I would say that now I would like to learn about myself, what exactly it is that I believe in/stand for and what role I serve here in our country as an individual.

I correctly answered 23 out of 33 questions on the civics quiz I took at American Civil Literacy
Unfortunately this only scored me at 69.70%, when the average score was 73.5%. Also, incredibly I correctly answered only 2 of the 12 questions on the Pew Research current events quiz at Pew Research.

So you can tell that I definitely could some improving in the Government department.

In that case I will see you all next time.
-Derek Rider

I don't even know who I am, but I'm willing to get to know me.

Being now a young man in our country, it is definitely time that I start to form up my political views, instead of staying undecided about everything.

Yesterday I registered to vote for our state election here in Texas, I have very little knowledge about my own government here at home, but with this new responsibility that I have, it is my duty to learn all that I can about the candidates so that I will be able to make the decision that is best for me. About another month or so and my paperwork should be arriving in the mail.

This will be a rather dramatic change for me, since I've never really followed politics in our current generation, which is ironic because it's the one that matters most in my life. In the past few years, going over the history of the United States in my classes, I've become more and more interested about our government, but when it actually came to a government class in high school, I couldn't have cared less about the actual content, I was just in it for the passing grade.

Now in Professor Chris Seago's US Government 2305, I'll have to make the best of this time frame, in order to learn what I can about our Government, and see where I actually stand.

As much as I used to feel that one voters opinion didn't matter, within the past 4 to 5 years, now that I have matured more, I have really seen what a difference one vote can make.

Until next time, Derek Rider.