As young adults in college, we still see ourselves as children most of the time.

It is in these points in life where we know we’re too old to live under our parents roof, but also think we’re too young to take part in decisions of the place we live. This is completely untrue.

Recently, the Primaries of the Presidential Candidacy have been sparking debates and arguments all over the country. Overall, we can say that many college communities have stayed silent aside from those few aspiring campus politicians, who seem to shove their opinions down our throats.

The legal age has been set at eighteen and we are simply setting aside our rights just because we think we don’t know how to ‘adult’. Simply by taking into account the number of students who are staying silent but still have opinions on how they want their country to be lead, adds up to a number that could have an actual effect on politics itself.

We are, in essence, that exact age that makes this next Presidential Election count.

We will be the ones going out into the world and searching for jobs when this new President will be taking office and making our big decisions. We will be the ones trying to make a living and giving our careers a footing in a country that we made no decisions for.

We have the opportunity to shape the way we want the United States to be for years to come and we’re simply setting aside our chance to make decisions for our own futures by standing silently during in the 2016 election.

We must begin to be confident in our rights and take initiative in shaping our own futures because electing such a representative for such a long time is something that will impact us greatly for the years ahead of us.