CHICAGO (CBS) — The students whom CBS News Chicago met at a civics class at Chicago’s Amundsen High School are too young to vote—but they still have a lot on their minds.
The students talk about the issues and the candidates in class, and they have a lot to say.
Kyle Learn has been teaching civics and history at Amundsen High School, at 5110 N. Damen Ave. in the North Side’s Ravenswood neighborhood, for several years. When CBS News Chicago visited his class, he was challenging juniors, and some seniors, with questions, such as how they might impact an election without voting.
The future voters had strong positions as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump campaign against each other.
“I feel like neither side is doing very well,” said junior Silas Palm. “Both have not been showing as much information as I feel like they could have been.”
“I feel like right now, it’s like kind of immature,” said junior Michael Berkich.