i need help with my college essay!!?

Question

ok so the question is.. Should it be mandatory to vote in the United States as it is in Australia, with serious penalties imposed for those who do not vote, such as fines or loss of driver's license? Why or why not?

the 2nd question isThe percentage of men on America's college campuses is steadily declining. Research suggests that college women may soon outnumber college men by a ratio of 3:2. What do you believe to be the causes of this trend? Is this a problem for our colleges and universities? For our nation?

i need help with the thesis.. and some ideas?? help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

May help
May help to look at the Greeks and voting. They also had strict voting laws with punishments for not voting.

2nd ?
The fact that a college degree no longer insures you a job. Yes, this trend shows either the more advanced jobs are overseas etc. or the quality of our colleges are so low that it no longer matters if you go.

Answer 2

One of the greatest privileges of our citizenry is the right to vote. This is a right though, and not an obligation. There is no reasonable way to legislate knowledge of the issues and candidates, and there is no way to eliminate apathy. Those who don't know or simply don't care should not have to be part of the process. I wish they'd find out and get educated about the candidates and issues, but voting blindly just because the law says you must would be silly.

As women become more accepted as equals in the schoolyears leading to college, they will enter college in greater numbers. The days of girls being afraid to raise their hands in high school to answer a question because they don't want to offend or challenge the boys in the class are gone. Once they reach equality (and there are still some shy girls), women will outnumber men in college. Underlying this inevitability is the availability of good paying jobs typically occupied by men, particularly in the harder working construction trades, in which size and strength makes a difference, and no college is necessary. If you can go to work and make $40/hour in construction, college may seem like a waste of time, so more men flock to these jobs.

My university already has more women than men, and the quality of education has not suffered at all for it.

Answer 3

To impose a penalty for not voting violates the basis of the constitution. Free of speach and expression.... includes the right not to vote. I know many people say why bother...they are all the same.... in theory, perhaps, in realty not always the case. People need to look at history to see how to vote now.... voting today is too often the result of voting with your heart over one issue as we saw in the last election (the Iraq war). But what people should have done is looked at all the facts on all the subjects... and then vote.

As for the trend in colleges question... It's not so much that fewer men are going to college, the trend is that more women are going then ever before. less emphasis is put on women becoming housewives and more emphasis is being put on having a career.... so more women go...to school. As a result, more women are also getting the better jobs.... Is that bad? Only for the guys that complain about it.... and until guys realize that they have to perform better or lose the better jobs...it won't change... Women have risen to the challenge and get exactly what they worked for.

Answer 4

#1- No it should not be manditory to vote, but should be greatly incouraged. We are a country of freedom and to force the public to vote, because our government says to, or else, is unconstitutional. We have the freedom to vote, but if we don't then we have no right to complain about the outcome.
#2- I really don't have any ideas on why the male population on the college campuses is dropping, but it will be a problem if the numbers, weather male or female drop too much. We won't have the manpower to keep up the job force that we need to run the country properly. Oh, we will still have the military, but that is only our fighting power. We need these people to run the factories and office buildings, etc. We need to keep out young people in the school systems and learning. Also, if the numbers continue to decline, the universities will close from lack of funding. I hope this helped to give you some ideas.

Answer 5

No,one of our countries greatest strengths is the freedom of choice. the greatest strength of our constitution is the ability to be able to chose our govt leaders thru free elections. So to force our citizens to vote is a violation of both. Currently, we have the freedom to choose whether we vote or not, and if we choose to vote then for the candidate of our choosing.If forced to vote then we start losing our rights to a government control taht may stop at nothing. There would be no telling what would happen to our election system. Besides people would probably rebel and still not vote if forced to. The ratio of more women than men in colleges may be due to men realizing that todays society s leaning toward females taking a more active role in allm aspects of business today. Women realize that they need the education to survive in a mans world and are getting exactly what they need to succeed and survive. Men realize that they are losing to a female force and are giving way to a newer role; Mr Mom and know college would be and is a waste. The colleges dont really care who attends, just as long as they can keep their enrollments up to keep the schools open. With women taking over the work force, this takes a toll on familys as there is a definite roll reversal from when most of us grew up with mom at home and dad working. Its way to early to tell what damage this is actually causing our family infrastructure especially with the majority of women actually knowing that they are getting better and higher paying jobs than their male counterparts and women are getting a bigger part in our work group and there may come a day when women can bypass a man all together. This is not one of my better works but hope it helps a little, sorry. Good luck and Merry Christmas

Answer 6

I think a mandatory vote would piss off a huge number of people! They wouldn't care about the issues and would make the elections a turkey shoot! When in doubt "c" it out would run ramp-id and the good leaders could be lost!

I believe that there are so many women's support groups dating back to the 1890's and going stronger than ever. Where as there are really not to many for men in general (can you name any)?
The greatest problem would be (and this is a general rule) Men, tend to lean towards the logical side of life and women lean towards the emotional side!

Answer 7

No. Mandatory voting would not be a good thing. INFORMED voters are the only ones who should be allowed at the polls.

With the need for a two income household, more women are attending college. In addition, men feel more pressure to find a trade QUICKLY, so they usually don't think they have time to pursue a degree.

Answer 8

1st: High turnout.... BUT apparently many who vote have no idea for whom nor for what they are voting. They are just voting anything to avoid punishment.

2nd: Colleges/universities do not train for work. Undergrad degrees are now just a stepping stone for further study. Young people needing money (who doesn't??) prefer to jump into jobs or technical training...

Just some thoughts!!! Hope its a help!

Answer 9

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