Alot of Teens in my school want to express their opinions to the president, but feel like their opinions will get rejected.Many adults think that kids and teens don't know much. which is the reason why the president might reject us. My friends and I whould like to send a letter to president Bush speaking about our opinions about the government.But we are afraid that our letter will be ignored. Do you think that my letter and other teens letters will be ignored. Do you think that teens should write to the president to express your opinions?I whould like to her your answer so nosiemail me or post a response.

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But we are afraid that our letter will be ignored.

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It may be ignored no matter WHAT age you are. They always say they'll review it, but I sometimes doubt that they actually do.

My suggestion: Start local, work your way national. That way, you have less chance of being ignored if you get local attention first.

This is a good point. It's a shame when teens get so cynical that they think their opinion will be automatically ignored simply because they are teens. Even more of a shame is the likelihood of their fears being accurate.

Yet, it shouldn't stop us. My advice for teens writing a letter to a politician (or the President, if you will) is to keep it direct and to the point, have many people look it over for spelling and grammatical errors, and most importantly, to not announce you're a teen. My theory is that if your good idea settles in their mind before they find out you're a teen, they'll at least feel a lot worse about automatically discrediting you.