VOICES TO VOTES

Q: What’s the biggest "real-world" challenge you’re facing that you feel unprepared for? Liam: Honestly, taxes and credit scores. It feels like this huge, scary secret adults know that they won't tell you. I got my first official paycheck from the Market Basket in my town, where I work, and after the hours of hard work, I saw this chunk of money disappear from federal and state taxes. I asked my boss, and he just shrugged and said, "That's how it is." I mean I spent 12 years

Q: You mentioned your family went through a difficult time with divorce and custody. What was the hardest part? Sofia: The hardest part was feeling completely invisible. My parents were arguing over where I would live, what school I’d go to, and who got what holidays. The lawyers and the judge kept repeating that everything was being done "in my best interest," but I lowkey never got the chance to express my actual interests. I was 14 at the time, and old enough to have opini

Recently we sat down with high school sophomore Kashvi Shah to talk about her own experiences and views of the legal system. We started off talking about civic education. Shah shared with us the extent of the civic education in school she experienced. She stated that the only civic education she received in school was a middle school class that was “broad and focused on just teaching us the branches of government”.  Shah spoke about a general lack of civic education for teens