Animas High School Model Senate
For this project, we simulated the US Senate, and its decision making process. I cracked several jokes, which was okay, but ultimately unwarranted. We wrote legislation, and then passed (or didn't) it the way the actual Senate would've. I played Senator Al Franken, which allowed my natural voice to shine through, with a bit of tweaking. I wrote one of the two pieces of legislation on the floor, and am very proud of it.
Reflection
This is a written reflection, as my speech sounds unplanned and stumbles, so if I'm gonna write something to make it sound good, might as well put it here for those who don't want to listen to me.
Anyways, as I mentioned, I played Al Franken, which basically meant that I sat around, voted, and made snide comments. This wasn't too bad, and the only real hard part was writing legislation. Morality, man. The senate itself was a blast, mainly due to senatorial hi-jinks. Monkey suit means monkeying around, apparently. I could have given my speech with more focus, as I did stutter some, but beyond that, it was a good time, and due to my emotional connection, I was all there. Speaking as a Democrat in the exercise, my bill was a slam dunk for our party. I would say that the process by which it passed was realistic, too, which was heartening. Congress isn't as broken as I like to joke, they're just working with some wonky constraints. Now, our senatorial hi-jinks may or may not have exacerbated that, which would be an interesting subject for further study. It was a nice, fun project that fit well with my interests, and in conclusion, if I could do it all over, I would. Get dunked on. |
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College Essay
We wrote our college essays in class. To the right is what I learned in that process. The actual essay can be found by clicking the button below
Humanities 12 Street Law Mini-Project
The purpose of this mini-project was to explore the balance between safety and liberty. I explored the 4th Amendment, and its guarantees, as well as the balance of safety and security. Finally, I created a project that communicated what I had learned, and possibly an opinion, had I formed one. I didn't form an opinion, but I still created a very nice project, visible to the right.
I originally intended to write a song for this project, regarding the difference between probable cause and reasonable suspicion, but that was far too ambitious to be quality work, so I downgraded to a parody song. Despite my best efforts, I just couldn't connect to the music, and ended up using the format of xkcd's "What If" section. This resulted in the final product, which could be smoother, but I'm satisfied with my results. |
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