We The People....

In History class we are taking part in a mock congressional hearing.  The class divided into groups.  The group that I was in consisted of me, Mariah F., Montell A. (aka Telmon), Grace M., and Jordan C.  Now where is Taylor you may ask?  Well she had to transfer schools :( so we divided this way instead.  First the group had to create an essay for a certain question.  Ours was What Shaped The Founding Father's Thoughts About Government?  If you want my opinion our essay was superb!  Even if a little long.  Evidently that showed since (drum roll please) WE WON!!!! Now the group gets to move on to the city wide round!  There we will do as we did in the school wide round where we first read our essay and then answered some questions.  Our judge's name was Mr. Justin who gave us 94/100!  We will of course cut down the time, but it is pretty exciting!

We the People!

On Monday we had our mock hearings for our We the People essays. Our team wrote an awesome essay on what had shaped the founding fathers' ideas on government. To prepare for the hearings, our teacher told us to dress to impress. (I personally think our team looked really classy.) We were judged by a nice guy, Mr. Justin. We introduced ourselves, read our essay, and were asked some questions. The teams that would go on to citywide would be decided the next day. Our team waited with baited breath and much anticipation for the winners to be announced. When they made the announcements, we were all so excited! We are the people and we are going to citywide!