A classroom should be a neutral zone for students and teachers to openly discuss political topics.

When talking politics in classrooms, it is often best for everyone in the room to tread lightly regarding political talk. Bringing up these topics often gets people going and when there are opposing views in the same room, things can get ugly. Speaking from personal experience about this past election, I learned a lot about how to handle the situation.

First, the problem I had with it is that I did not agree with the teacher nor did I agree with other fellow classmates. The biggest issue about talking politics in this particular classroom is how it was one-sided. Plus, the topic I wished to talk about was never brought up.

All I kept thinking to myself was, "stand up, say something," but I couldn't face not having the support of my teacher or other students, so I remained silent.

I attended class every day only to hear the same topic of discussion brought up every day. However, when you don't agree with the discussion and are too nervous to say something, it's hard.

This is America. All voices deserve to be heard, but I couldn't speak up because I didn't agree with my teacher's views and I didn't want it to affect my grade.The college campus should not be a place where a professor can foist their political views on students.

Being in a classroom setting should remain unbiased and teachers should remain a neutral party if the topic is discussed. Having to experience an uncomfortable classroom environment day after day is something no student should ever have to go through. If we are all "adults" in college, I will never understand why people openly chose to act like children.

After the election period ended, I realized something: regardless of who won and who lost, the sun will still rise the next day and the day after that.