https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7 en-us 2018-12-26 16:31:00 UTC 2025-04-10 14:51:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316691292 I need to rethink my life choices. (edit: not anymore)                                   12/26/18]]> 2018-12-26 16:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316691292 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316693313 I've come to the realization that I don't hold enough knowledge on the Gov't to develop a well rounded opinion for my political views.
12/26/18]]> 2018-12-26 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316693313 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316699363 1. I, John Locke, disagree with the king having ownership of their people. The government should depend on the people's will, thus not becoming tyrannical, nor oppressive. By providing protection, in exchange of ownership of the people, the king is then acting as a tyrant, and as such can oppress the people with ease. The people would have no say in the kings decisions, policies, or laws. the king would be violating all the natural rights of the people by owing them.
2. I, Baron de Montesquieu, wholeheartedly disagree with the king holding power to make laws. Such an act would be allowing the king to be tyrannical, and thus oppressive to the people. In order to prevent such an atrocity, the government should be divided in separate parts, with each one carrying out a specific role in the gov't. Even if the king discussed his decision with his favorite court advisers, he'd still be a tyrant for getting help in making a law does not equate giving his helpers the power to enforce or pass the law themselves.
3. I, Thomas Hobbes, disagree with a gov't reflecting the role of the people. People, by nature, are wild and thus should have no say in government. The Government would then control the people to keep them in check, and preventing them from acting upon their nature. A gov't that allows the people's will to be free would most certainly lead to insane amounts of crime.
4. I, Rousseau, agree the definition freedom is not being subject to the will of others. People, by nature, are equal and free, and thus aren't forced to submit to others, but become corrupt in civilization. In order, to maintain complete order certain rights must be given up to be a part of society and exchange are protected by the government. If the people break this contract of sorts the gov't in turn should punish them, and if the gov't breaks the contract the people have the right to rebel and start their own gov't.

]]> 2018-12-26 19:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316699363 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316703286 It really refreshed knowledge from middle and elementary school. I would like to know what was going on in the south at the time, since the video covered the north
12/26/18]]> 2018-12-26 21:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316703286 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316754640  The class as a whole today wasn't at all bad. In the team building exercise I slightly panicked since i didn't want to interrupt people talking to each other. In the DOI analysis the teamwork did not at all feel bad, we discussed the information and all took part in sharing the information to the class. The liberty kids video was interesting, and left me wondering if Ben Franklin was actually carried into the convention (or what they call it). One of the TED videos said that Rhode Island didn't attend the convention at all so I wonder if it agreed with the decisions made in the convention. I feel like it really cleared up some things in the US constitution for me.
12/27/18]]> 2018-12-27 18:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316754640 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316799226 Really refreshed the vocab I learned in 8th grade, so I feel more confident in defining them and understanding their purpose.
12/28/18]]> 2018-12-28 16:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316799226 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316800796 The video did very well in covering how the constitution was made and covered a few of the ideas that were planned for the gov't such as the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan. Overall I liked that the speaker didn't take sides in the soda debate, but rather briefly explained both sided so that the viewer can make their own choice.
12/28/18]]> 2018-12-28 16:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316800796 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316839545 Summary:
     Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey finds Trump's visit to the combat zone as embarrassing and was just a way to trigger political rallies in his favor.
Reflection:
     I feel that there should be more information to as of why it was embarrassing. I get that Trump's boasting and politicizing the event is indeed embarrassing, but the event is only briefly described so I'm left with McCaffrey's opinion, but not the  complete background to why that is so.
12/29/18]]> 2018-12-29 15:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316839545 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316844866 I'd make a splendid politician.
12/29/18]]> 2018-12-29 17:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/316844866 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317326708 I felt like I better comprehend how things go down in the executive branch, and who's in charge of what as well. I liked the pet thing b/c I did't know JFK had a horse, and I like the fact that he had one.]]> 2019-01-03 20:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317326708 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317328774   All together the sections define how one comes into office in the executive Branch, how long they serve, their duties, and what can get you out of office. I appreciate knowing exactly what members of the executive are and aren't allowed to do, especially with the current head of the Executive Branch]]> 2019-01-03 20:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317328774 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317333408 I didn't like how they tried to make Andrew Jackson look like a good guy when he did terrible things WHILE in office, but not bad I feel like the information is really sticking with me now after hearing it a couple times. I can't stop thinking about how the guy grabbed a book in Madison's house and just moved it elsewhere like he did nothing special, it is a minimal action that meant a lot to me.]]> 2019-01-03 20:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317333408 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539420 2019-01-04 21:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539420 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539499 2019-01-04 21:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539499 s1661594 https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539639 I feel like i didn't really know much about the judicial Branch before today, because I knew a lot of the basic but not many people actually talk about the specific roles of the US supreme justices. I like how I could choose either side in the Icivics game regardless of what the evidence might suggest i the right choice, its like dungeons and dragons except i'm a supreme court clerk in the modern world and can choose to repress my own age groups because of a t-shirt.]]> 2019-01-04 21:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s1661594/s0lsvdfa2r7/wish/317539639