Today in my APUSH class were assigned to read excerpts from documents discussing political machines and corruption in the mid to late 1800s. then later in the day we read a satire mocking the government's choices regarding poverty in Great Britain in the mid 1700s. While I didn't know that "a Modest Proposal" was a satire was originally a satire aimed at the government when I first read it, it began to make a little bit more sense once Ms. Damlos explained it. Either way it seemed that the topic of politics kept coming up all day; with our upcoming mayoral election how could it not? Then when I got into my father's car after school he began talking about Rahm Emanuel and his chances in the election. I came home thinking about percentages and the chances of a mayoral run-off since that what my dad had been talking about when realized that politics, has been and still is a huge part of our everyday lives. I mean we do live in "the windy city" and Chicago is notorious for its political machines. However, we hardly ever see just how much the politics that go on in our city affect us as teenagers, but they really do. The mayor elected in a few weeks could completely change the way our school system works and sets the precedent for future mayors: the mayors that'll be in office when we can vote and we will vote because we're upset about our property taxes. So whether its the 18th or 19th century or even today politics is everywhere and it always will be.