| 200904082 PARK Jin-Kyung
Should be the Right not Duty
Voter turnout is getting lower and it was 62.9% in 2007 for the latest presidential election in Korea; it is even lower in the local elections. There are about 20 countries where voting is mandatory such as Australia, Belgium, Brazil, etc. and there are some people insisting that voting should be compulsory in Korea as well. However, I think it doesn't meet the purpose of the election and actually it can have an inappropriate effect on elections.
Voting system is a means of electing a right person for the country and choosing the suitable one is the purpose. But, it is obvious that it's very hard for almost every citizen to carefully consider the candidates and examine all the election pledges of so many candidates. That is, these comparing and weighing up the policies of the candidates would be too much of a hassle to people leading a busy life.
In addition, if people who never pay attention to the politics participate in the election just to be faithful to his or her duties, his or her thoughtless choice never help elect a qualified candidate, which is the basic purpose of the voting, and it might even cause a negative effect on choosing the right one. It might be better for the citizens who are ordinarily indifferent to the politics to give up their rights.
The problem is on the people that don't exercise their rights just because they are too lazy. This attitude harms the basic meaning of the election, but I think if they really care about matters of state and have clear political opinion naturally do voting as they have strong view about the political issues. When these people's opinions gather, we can get the result reflecting the public opinion.
Joining the election shouldn't be said to be "must do" like rules and regulations in the sense that the fundamental aim for voting is electing a right person for our country. If voting becomes mandatory, people who don't care about the politics will rush their decisions and this can not only leads wrong decisions. Maybe, we need to promote awareness of taking more interest in the matters of our country first. |
Monday, May 9, 2011
PARK JIN-KYUNG / Five paragraph argumentative essay
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201181021 Huiyeong Kim
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is very well-organized. Also, this essay has abundant vocabulary.
2. The main point seems that voting should not be mandatory.
3. "Voter turnout is getting lower and it was 62.9% in 2007 for the latest presidential election in Korea; it is even lower in the local elections."
I like this part in the introduction because it presents exact evidence.
4. In the title, the words "be" and "not" should capitalize, I think.
5. I think if you use comma appropriately, your essay will be better.
200904082 PARK Jin-Kyung
ReplyDeleteShould be the Right not the Duty / second draft
Voter turnout is getting lower and lower. It was 62.9% in 2007 for the latest presidential election in Korea and it was even lower in the local elections. There are about 20 countries where voting is mandatory such as Australia, Belgium, Brazil, etc. and there are some people insisting that voting should be compulsory in Korea as well. However, I don't think it is a good idea because it doesn't meet the purpose of the election and it can have an inappropriate effect on elections.
Voting system is a means of electing a right person for the country and voting itself cannot be the actual purpose. To choose the suitable one, people should at least be well informed of the candidates . But, it is obvious that it's very hard for almost every citizen to carefully consider the candidates and examine all the election pledges of so many candidates. That is, these comparing and weighing up the policies of the candidates would be too much of a hassle to people leading a busy life.
In addition, if people who never pay attention to the politics participate in the election just to be faithful to his or her duties, their thoughtless choice never help elect a qualified candidate. And it might even cause a negative effect on reflecting people's opinion. Therefore, it might be better for the citizens who are ordinarily indifferent to the politics to give up their rights.
Meanwhile, the problem is on the people that don't exercise their rights just because they are too lazy. This attitude harms the basic meaning of the election, but I think if they really care about matters of state and have clear political opinion, they naturally do voting as they have strong view about the political issues. When these people's opinions gather, we can get the result reflecting the public opinion.
Joining the election shouldn't be "must do" like rules and regulations in the sense that the fundamental aim for voting is electing a right person for our country. If voting becomes mandatory, people who don't care about the politics will rush their decisions and this can lead only wrong decisions. Maybe, before we think about whether voting should be mandatory or not, we need to promote awareness of taking more interest in politics of our country first.