Day 4

The other day we had the Ed Cafe discousions about the 1st amendment.In that class we went into further dept aout each peice of the first amendment, my part was the right to assembly, which gave people the right to be in a group and do what ever they want with no goverment interfeirence as long as nothing illegal was involved. Another right that i was very fasinated to hear more about was the freedom of press, one point brought up into discousion was how in the library they would have band books that you wouldn't be allowed to read or bring into class in elementry schools. With this situation we discoused about how the componies had the right to publish the books but how the school had the right to deny the books from entering in the school but we discoused that why should the compony be allowed to publish the book and a student not be allowed to bring it into school to read one day, it came down to the matter that the compony has the right to freedom of press and can write what ever they want, but shouldn't the student have the freedom of speech to say that they wanted to read that book in and indepentant reading. What you couldn't decide on weather the school was wrong or right to band these books because it may be a bit inapropreate for their age but if a parent doesn't mid them reading it then why restrict them to not letting them read it. you have to ask yourself, do i want to have more control of what my students can and can't read or should they have the right to read what they want in school.

post for Day 2

In class we were given the option to play our icivics game or to work on out edcafe discousion. I choose to play the Icivics game. I figured out that when i began to play the game i would pick up on certain amendments that i started to remember like the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bare arms, trial by jury, speedy trial, and no cruel and unusual pub=nishments. When i began to look at the peoples problems that i was losing cases on i relized that some of the amendments had loop hoes that i didn't think aout for example for the punishment it had to be cruel AND unusual so if it was just a cruel punishment you couldn't do much about it but let it slide. I found out that their are more thing in real life that if they ever happened to anyone i would know what to do in there situation and relize that i do have a right weather it be to bare arms or to have a speedy trial, no one can violate my rights and go with out being unpunished if you go consult with a layer.

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day 4 post

You can't have a country without a leader. That leader in our case is our President but our president doesnt do it all alone, he is in fact one of three branches. The president is part of the executive branch, the president has the power to veto all of the legislative branches or "congresses" laws or bills but if congress has enough votes they can still pass the bills or laws. The Legislative branch is the only branch that can make laws or bills. The Judicial branch can say what ever they want about congresses laws or bills but they have no say if they get passed or not. Once apointed a judge for life the judges no longer need to use the presidents influence. The president had many jobs that he can do he is the only one who can decide if we go to war, he can make treaties, he can appoint ambassadors, judges, and advisors. The prenident makes all and any armed forces desisions. He also makes speeches to congress and tries to promote his ideas or desisions. As you can see there are multiple things that need to happen before something is passed and made final and that everyone has some sort of power over one another.

class summery for day 2

On last thursday we started off class with a quiz on the preamble. The Preamble was a good way to make all of the people aware of what this countries expectations and promises were made to the community. We also learned about different ways power was distributed though people and branches of the goverment. One thing we learned about was Unimeral and bicameral, the Unimerial was when congress had all the power which i don't think would be such a good idea because with too much power in one branch could result in a take over or the peoples rights not being heard. With the Bicameral the two houses could check up on one another allowing each to have a say and they can control what the people want not just what they want. Withhaving people be involved by voting is essential to any democracy allowing people to vote lets them pick the issues they want to be resolved and how they want to go about it. giving all the power to the states in the long run upsets the people because they have no clue what is going on and if it is fair. I beleive that each country should count the same amount too because if every country has a different amount of power then the smaller countries with get run down by the bigger ones alowing the smaller ones to have no say what so ever.Over all this information all conected and looks like our modern day goverment.

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things that describe me

One item that i would use to describe me would be my cell phone. Now i know what your thinking, "a cell phone really that’s all she can come up with" but i let you know that i didn't choose my phone because it is my most prized possession because it is not but my phone allows me to contact those who don't live near me. My cell phone lets me talk to my cousins in Texas Connecticut, Georgia and Kentucky who i only see maybe once a year. Now I’m not going to say the only people i talk to on my phone is my family but it makes it a lot easier to check up on all of my family members that live far away. Another reason i would choose this item to describe me is because i love to talk. It doesn't even matter who I am talking to i love to meet new people or talk to people who I’m not that friendly with. When i was younger my family would call me chatterbox because i was always talking about something.

　

Another item I would use to describe me and what I am about would be a camera. I would choose a camera because I like to capture special moments and I have a good memory of my past. I love pictures, I feel that they let you capture special moment, and that even twenty years later you can see that picture and say “hey I remember that”. Pictures can also show a time line of events in you life, you can see yourself when you were a baby as well as you can see how you grew and changed over the years. I like pictures that show people having fun not just a group photo to show everyone where you went on vacation. The more pictures you take in you life the more times you can reflect on and the more people you remember that may or may not still be in you life.

Another possession that I would say describes me is a jersey. I have been playing sports since I was in kindergarten. I have always like being on a team and being a team player and not having to just relay on my self. I have played soccer for almost eleven years now and I absolutely love it, I have been playing basketball for about five years. I am more of a defensive player but I usually play up. I have always enjoyed to watch other sports’ games as well, so I said a jersey because I have grown up watching and playing sports so it is a part of who I am and will hold a special place in my heart. When I’m not doing sports I am very active and try to always be doing something or am going somewhere.