Justice and Honor comic strip

http://www.pixton.com/comic/731t1xow  justice

http://www.pixton.com/comic/5qz8bsyv  honor

Class Recap, 9/26, 9/27

Today in class, we did EdCafe for the first time. It was extremely interesting and also benefited the entire class as a whole. The idea of EdCafe is to research a topic a bit and figure out a way to hold a conversation about it for 8 minutes with up to 4 other kids from the class. Each student has a different topic, but we all have to bounce ideas off each other and make everyone else think. My topic was the freedom to peaceably assemble. I had an easy time thinking of things I wanted to talk about during my discussion, but when it got to my turn, I failed at interesting my group and our conversation could have gone a lot better. Assembly is a hard thing to discuss in the first place. Overall, I was part of some really engaged groups. Our conversation on the freedom of religion was great, it seriously got me thinking about how strange religion is, and I think that was the point of EdCafe. I definitely look forward to doing it again.

Class Recap 9/24

Today in class, we talked a lot about the Bill of Rights and how it sets guidelines and helps the citizens of America lead the best lives possible. The Bill of Rights protects us in many ways, and we looked at a situation in which many of the amendments were violated. We read about Madonna and a party on a farm. As a class, we had to figure out which amendment applied to each group involved in the scenario. It was interesting to apply the Bill of Rights to an actual situation and see how they relate to each other. I liked thinking about how lucky America is to have such freedoms, even if we committed a crime. America is a place where anyone has rights that they can apply to their lives and benefit from them. I like learning about the Bill of Rights in class.

Timeline 9/25

Class Recap 9/20

As we walked into the classroom, Mr. Boyle handed each of us a paper labeled either "Federalist" or "Anti-Federalist" and told us to partner up with someone who had the same paper. In our partnerships, we read over the paper and tried to analyze the arguments involved in creating a Bill of Rights to the Constitution and then write down each of the points that various people who were directly involved in the making of the Constitution. After we took down the necessary points, we were later assigned a different partner who had the other paper and we exchanged notes and discussed what each person meant in their quotes. It was interesting to see the different opinions of the men involved, and it is also interesting to know the outcome even though the men did not know at the time. After we exchanged notes on Federalists and Anti-Federalists, each partnership was assigned to make a tabloid cover on the Constitution and include several articles that would be inside. I wish we had a little more time to finish, because we had to rush to finish and our paper could have looked much better. It was a productive class, in my opinion.

Letter to Elizabeth Warren

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfGp7NZE451vhIaIeLECRBb9WhPFYUDOgmGKizx6cWc/edit

Class Recap 9/17, 9/18

Yesterday in class, we looked at the different opinions of men who had to decide whether America should be governed with one sole president or three. Two out of the three men that we looked at wanted one president, while one man wanted more than on president. I think more than one president would have its perks, but also could cause a lot of trouble. Three presidents would be good to bounce ideas off of, it would be beneficial to work as a whole team instead of putting all of the decisions on one person. I think that it would also cause problems in power possession. There would be some imbalance in power, and if that happens then things could get pretty messy.
       Today, our class attempted to create infographs on various devices. I did not want to bring my laptop into Triton because I didn't want anything to happen to it. Our group was having a terrible time trying to make an info'graph on Rachel's iPad, so we ended up just drawing one describing the three different branches on a piece of printer paper. I think it was just as beneficial as making one on the computer. I still learned from it equally.