Community+Service+Learning



Representative Democracy - the people of a nation elects a person to represent their thoughts. People vote for a law, and the representative would decide whether they want to vote on a law or not. Single party state - a state where a person makes all the decisions Theocracy - where a leader is appointed to speak on behalf of God. Direct democracy - every person can bring up a law or not. Everyone has to vote on everything. **Which form of government is most effective? Least effective? Explain why. 11/4/10** Everything depends on the size of the society. If there were a lot of people, then representative democracy would be best because it is the most organized government and it allows everyone to have a say. The least effective with a large group of people would be a direct democracy. With so many people and so many opinions, a direct democracy would not be effective, or else nothing would be decided. As I said, it all depends on the size of the society and their situation. There are times where one government would be better than the other. **Think of an issue that you can make an impact on this afternoon. 11/15/10** One issue that I can impact on this afternoon would be the trash on the streets. I would not need permission from anyone to do this. I could just pick up the trash off the streets and throw it away in trashcans. This is a fast way and easy way of helping my community, even if it isn't really effective. What is a lobbyist? A person who influences others in the government **What are some of the issues that you think we should consider trying to work on? Why? 12/15/10** Recycling - is not a difficult task and we could do this within our school environment. Equality - balance of respect among the people in the community. __**Lobbying against bullying**__ You should lobby against bullying because it is a major problem in our society. According to experts, 30% of U.S. students are bullied. Many are traumatized and some even considered suiciding because of being bullied. Bullying has caused many problems in our learning environment. Many students have been traumatized and even attempted suicide because of bullying. This is a real problem. For students to have a good and education, we should work on our school's bullying system, for the benefit of the students and the school. **__CCQ's on Recycling__** -What would keep people dedicated to recycling? **__Reflection on lobbying__** During this exercise, we had arguments about two different issues that we could tackle as a class. We listened to eachother's argument on the top, trying to persuade eachother which issue is more important. From the other side, I heard many good reasons for why we should recycle but I believe that bullying is much more serious, which can end up taking someone's life. I am not saying that recycling isn't important, but there is an issue that can risk someone's life, I believe that that issue would be better.