My Participation in Government students recieved a dose of reality this past week. They completed voter registration forms. My students that are already 18 will be able to vote in this year's election. I delivered them to the Chemung County Board of Elections headquaters before this week's deadline. They keep everyone else on file until they are eligible.
We also discussed and researched several political races. My favorite site to use is http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ . As we began looking at our race for U.S. House of Representatives (Tom Reed vs. Matt Zeller - District 29), I discovered they are having a debate at our local community college on October 21, at 12:15. I arranged to take my students to Corning Community College to watch it. What an injection of energy into the classtoom! We (myself included), are all excited for this Thursday...bottom line, everone likes to learn when they are curious and see the relevance in what they are studying!
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