Now for some photos of south house's Secret Santa.
It was really awesome to see all of south house come together the way we did. Mrs.Pittman couldn't spend that time with us, but that didn't stop us from wishing the best for her.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monthly Blog Post-December
For this month's post, I think a good idea would be to talk about the mentor-ship I completed the beginning of this month, and the last day of school for us this month. Now for my mentor-ship, I assisted my mentor Jack by being his "cashier" during the first week of December. The mentor-ship consisted of Jack and I going to a dance studio named "The Dance Gallery" in Alta Loma. The pictures that Jack was taking was for portraits shots of all the dancers that were going to dance in the Gallery's next upcoming recital. Unfortunately since I had to be in the other room, I couldn't take any blog worthy photos. (Parents were understandably coming up to me to pay for their children's photos, and I wasn't allowed to walk into the dancers' dressing room, the only room that connected me to where Jack was taking photos.) Other than that fact, it was a pretty cool experience considering I have never handled someone else's money in that manner before. It was kinda fun being a cashier.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Exit Interview
1) Something positive you observed someone else do.
During party platform, Regina O. was picking out really specific things in the bill summaries. Actually for my bill especially she was able to create a very strong case for objection to consideration.
2) How best can a legislator pass a bill to promote their constituents' interests?
I feel the best way a legislator can pass a bill to promote their constituents' interests is by having the ability to suede people, and always having specific data to back up what your saying. For example, for Day 4 of the model assembly, the first group that had the bill involving social media, they didn't bring enough real facts and figures that would convince the assembly to vote for their bill to pass. Whenever an assembly member asked a question about their bill that needed to be answered with data, that group would always work their way around the question.
How were you voting on bills? Politico, Partisan, Trustee, or Delegate and why?
I was voting as a politico for the bills because I feel when a legislator begins to think in a more specific field such as Partisan, Trustee, or Delegate; it begins to really slow down proceedings. For example, Jeremy's bill which talked about allowing grants to disadvantaged communities with contaminated water. When you think about the specifics such as, "What is considered contaminated water?" or, "Why does this bill pertain more to health rather than Economy?" it tends to misguide people from the real goal of that bill. That bill would create a need to find citizens who are willing to work, with then will create a workforce, that workforce will in turn try to find a way to make the water safer for their communities, and when there is clean water, there is a safer community. The big picture was to create a safer standard of living for it's citizens. And for that reason, it should've been slightly easier for the assembly to try to make a decision at an earlier time.
3) What worked best for you
I have to say that "Component 3: The Rules" was a great help because it involved basically what the basic rules are when participating in Model Assembly. Without the knowledge of the rules, there is absolutely no way for you as a student, can be proficient in the Model Assembly. The second component I feel that worked for best for me was "Component 5: ESA" not because I was good at it, because frankly trying to write out statistic can be kind of confusing. The reason why it worked for me was because it showed me that whenever someone tries to give information that involves data, you always need to go back and challenge where they got that data, and how reliable the source is to where they obtained that data from.
4) What didn't work for you
I feel the first component that didn't for me was "Component 1: Discovering your Constituents" because during the simulation, there were some bills that seemed to have no connection to their constituents. I'd like to use group one as an example, their bill pertained too public employers not being allowed to forcibly requiring their employees to provide them with the email and password of their social media accounts. However, the city they were representing was Claremont, "The city of Trees and PhDs." I'm sure the people of their city don't have a need to worry about losing their jobs through social media. The second component that didn't work for me was "Component 6: Speech" because I just felt it was uncool to not get a chance to convince the assembly that my bill should've been passed.
5) Finding Value
What have you done in Model Assembly which shows that the iPoly mission is being taught?
Throughout the Model Assembly, I have taken the time to really focus on the key points of what it really means to try to do something democratically. Whenever someone had a question about my bill, it was required of me to make sure I have all the research and knowledge that I need to answer that said question. And with that, Mrs. Pittman's lessons in properly and correctly identifying key research really helped me to create a strong foundation for my bill. The other side was the whole working with my committee and party. I have to say that trying to work with a political party is one of the toughest things to do. From that I learned that having a biased opinion about something or someone will do nothing but slow you down to complete the overall goal in any situation.
What did you learn during this project that can be applied to your senior project?
Definitely the ESA research component. The ability to discover accurate statistics and data will no doubt always be a positive for when I am creating my complete answers for my EQ.
During party platform, Regina O. was picking out really specific things in the bill summaries. Actually for my bill especially she was able to create a very strong case for objection to consideration.
2) How best can a legislator pass a bill to promote their constituents' interests?
I feel the best way a legislator can pass a bill to promote their constituents' interests is by having the ability to suede people, and always having specific data to back up what your saying. For example, for Day 4 of the model assembly, the first group that had the bill involving social media, they didn't bring enough real facts and figures that would convince the assembly to vote for their bill to pass. Whenever an assembly member asked a question about their bill that needed to be answered with data, that group would always work their way around the question.
How were you voting on bills? Politico, Partisan, Trustee, or Delegate and why?
I was voting as a politico for the bills because I feel when a legislator begins to think in a more specific field such as Partisan, Trustee, or Delegate; it begins to really slow down proceedings. For example, Jeremy's bill which talked about allowing grants to disadvantaged communities with contaminated water. When you think about the specifics such as, "What is considered contaminated water?" or, "Why does this bill pertain more to health rather than Economy?" it tends to misguide people from the real goal of that bill. That bill would create a need to find citizens who are willing to work, with then will create a workforce, that workforce will in turn try to find a way to make the water safer for their communities, and when there is clean water, there is a safer community. The big picture was to create a safer standard of living for it's citizens. And for that reason, it should've been slightly easier for the assembly to try to make a decision at an earlier time.
3) What worked best for you
I have to say that "Component 3: The Rules" was a great help because it involved basically what the basic rules are when participating in Model Assembly. Without the knowledge of the rules, there is absolutely no way for you as a student, can be proficient in the Model Assembly. The second component I feel that worked for best for me was "Component 5: ESA" not because I was good at it, because frankly trying to write out statistic can be kind of confusing. The reason why it worked for me was because it showed me that whenever someone tries to give information that involves data, you always need to go back and challenge where they got that data, and how reliable the source is to where they obtained that data from.
4) What didn't work for you
I feel the first component that didn't for me was "Component 1: Discovering your Constituents" because during the simulation, there were some bills that seemed to have no connection to their constituents. I'd like to use group one as an example, their bill pertained too public employers not being allowed to forcibly requiring their employees to provide them with the email and password of their social media accounts. However, the city they were representing was Claremont, "The city of Trees and PhDs." I'm sure the people of their city don't have a need to worry about losing their jobs through social media. The second component that didn't work for me was "Component 6: Speech" because I just felt it was uncool to not get a chance to convince the assembly that my bill should've been passed.
5) Finding Value
What have you done in Model Assembly which shows that the iPoly mission is being taught?
Throughout the Model Assembly, I have taken the time to really focus on the key points of what it really means to try to do something democratically. Whenever someone had a question about my bill, it was required of me to make sure I have all the research and knowledge that I need to answer that said question. And with that, Mrs. Pittman's lessons in properly and correctly identifying key research really helped me to create a strong foundation for my bill. The other side was the whole working with my committee and party. I have to say that trying to work with a political party is one of the toughest things to do. From that I learned that having a biased opinion about something or someone will do nothing but slow you down to complete the overall goal in any situation.
What did you learn during this project that can be applied to your senior project?
Definitely the ESA research component. The ability to discover accurate statistics and data will no doubt always be a positive for when I am creating my complete answers for my EQ.
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