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Mainly, I realized that I do not know very much about politics. This excerpt was good, but I kept finding myself lost in the context. There are several things that I have not learned and do not know or maybe am not aware of. This is a flaw that I would really like to change. To start, I have been watching the news much more often and reading the newspaper. Even doing this though, does not help me to understand the past which I do not know. I have never had a good history teacher. When I was a senor I did have a fairly good government teacher and he actually helped me to LIKE learning about history/government. Being older may have also had an influence. It seems as if when you are younger, history is the last thing you want to learn. As I got older it became more interesting and I wanted to know more about it. Especially since it seemed I knew nothing. This excerpt definitely helped me realize that I still am not up to date on the latest news or yesterdays history. I feel that this greatly  reduces a persons perspective and creates an ignorant aura about the person. I am glad we had to read this because it helped me to realize that I need to push myself more. Although I did not get all of the information, it did help me.