Last week, I took part in a class called TeenPact. It is a class that teaches home-school high-school students about government, mostly state government. I was the first time I had ever done the class and was not sure what to expect. But I was told to throw my expectations out the window on the first day because they said that our expectations would mold our actions and our actions would determine how much we got out of the week! Makes sense to me! Well, they went up and beyond what I was expecting and i had and awesome time. the staff was great! what was really cool is that they were only in their teens! You wouldn't have thought it, though! They were very mature and professional! In fact, the young man that was in charge of my group was less than a year older than me!
Anyways, of the very few pictures I got, only a few of them came out clear.
Here is a picture of my committee! In the first class, we were split up into committee's to analyze and talk about bills before they were voted on by the entire group. Oh, I forgot to mention that we had to write a bill for this class, too. I did mine on Class 3 firearms. And the cool thing was that it stayed in my committee to be discussed. Our committee was the Military Advancements for Defense and Security, also called MADS. We were by far the best! :P
Also, I ran for senator and won, which was really cool! We had elections and a debate type event where we got to talk about different thing and promote ourselves! At our graduation on Thursday, the three senators and the governor had to give speeches. And that included me.
Also, a friend of mine that used to be in scouts with me did the class, too. He is an amateur film maker and he made two videos of the week. They are pretty good! I'm in there a couple times, too!
Anyways, I am hoping to attend it again next year and their Survival Training week in the fall!
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| Group picture at the governor's office. |
Anyways, of the very few pictures I got, only a few of them came out clear.
Here is a picture of my committee! In the first class, we were split up into committee's to analyze and talk about bills before they were voted on by the entire group. Oh, I forgot to mention that we had to write a bill for this class, too. I did mine on Class 3 firearms. And the cool thing was that it stayed in my committee to be discussed. Our committee was the Military Advancements for Defense and Security, also called MADS. We were by far the best! :P
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| MADS Committee! From left to right: Rebekah, Rebecca (It got a little confusing sometimes...), Gloriana, Gretchen, Ryan, Caleb, Daniel, Me and Anthony. |
Also, I ran for senator and won, which was really cool! We had elections and a debate type event where we got to talk about different thing and promote ourselves! At our graduation on Thursday, the three senators and the governor had to give speeches. And that included me.
Also, a friend of mine that used to be in scouts with me did the class, too. He is an amateur film maker and he made two videos of the week. They are pretty good! I'm in there a couple times, too!
Anyways, I am hoping to attend it again next year and their Survival Training week in the fall!
