Eli Tillemann

By day: a high schooler at TJHSST. By night: a crime fighting platypus. Also trying to fight polarization and misinformation but it's much harder than it looks.

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Can this high school student fix American politics? Probably not but we're going to try.
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Learning to listen can help America go beyond polarization.

I spoke on @PewTrusts' "After the Fact" podcast about my experiences encouraging classmates to navigate our political climate.

Listen to learn, available wherever you stream: https://t.co/kIHIh5TVYL

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Grateful for the chance to work with the @washingtonpost and @PostOpinions to share the story of our work at TJ to overcome polarization through constructive disagreement.

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"Some people can't imagine anything constructive coming out of [politics]. And I'm trying to change that."

Meet @Eli_Tillemann, president of the Young Democrats club and the Teenage Republicans club at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.

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Obviously, there are huge differences between both political parties but being part of the "better" party will only get the country so far. American politics will stay stuck unless we can relearn how to adapt policy to legitimate criticism.

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My school devolved into polarization. It didn’t work, @Eli_Tillemann writes in a guest opinion. https://t.co/whsfNDDhOm

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When we treat civic debate like a win/lose sport everyone loses. https://t.co/Xh3h2KJdRz