Video: High schoolers share the stage with Bernie Sanders

Published on Feb 10, 2018
Sen. Bernie Sanders hosts discussion with high school students to talk about issues facing the U.S.


---
Excerpt:

MONTPELEIR, Vt. —
On a snowy Saturday morning at the Vermont Statehouse, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D–Vermont) hosted a group of high-achieving high school students.

It was a part of the 2018 State of the Union Essay Contest, where Vermont high schoolers could write short essays about an issue they would focus on as President of the United States. They formed a panel, discussing each of the final essays. The students wrote about issues like LGBTQ rights, marijuana legalization and affordable college.

“They’re thinking about all of the most important issues,” Sanders said. “I mean we could have gone on hour after hour after hour.”

“It was such a privilege to be able to talk to the Senator and discuss the issues that mean the most to me and to discuss issues that mean a lot to my peers as well,” Petraro said.

Sanders also challenged the students to find counter-arguments.

“Having your own opinion, you need to know what the other side is thinking,” Ella Whitman, Champlain Valley Union High School senior, said. “We all have different views because we have different needs.

http://www.mynbc5.com/article/bernie-sanders-gives-high-school-students-the-microphone/17008479