Archie's presentation on the Currency Act was very enlightening. It was interesting to consider how the financial policy of one political entity can affect global trade and value of various commodities. Also, merchants get angry if they feel cheated!
I LOVED THE LAW! It was amazing. Best essay I have ever read...bar none.
Here is a YouTube video that sums it up:
Bastiat was ALL COMMON sense! Well...maybe not common sense, but RIGHT THINKING, for sure. I was so glad we got to discuss the implications of his political theory...and he was amazingly brave to refute the social justice and political ideologies of philosophers in his day. His essay was compelling. I urge you all to read it again; just to let it really sink in and take hold. It will help guide you when you get to vote in not a few years!
If you like him and what he has to say, read another great work by him (below):
http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html
We had a brief lecture on the necessity that a free people in a republic be virtuous and moral.
You can look around our country today and see for yourself. There are not many individuals that are truly free, educated, and independent that are not morally grounded. Our republic will only be prosperous and shelter a truly free people, if that people align themselves with what is good, right, and true.
ASSIGNMENTS for next week:
**FINISH all of your requirements for Key! Due date is next Thursday, midnight.....(spooky?)
*Practice for the Constitution Bowl
*Constitution
Journal: Complete
*Washington’s
Farewell Address and Vocab: Complete
*Opinion
Paper – Is it an unalienable right to intoxicate oneself? Does the Government
have the power to take away our unalienable rights? Explain.
*Prepare
for quiz on Amendments – next week – last day of class (see your binder).
All right....have at it. Email or call me with any questions, especially if you are unclear about what you have left to accomplish. We went over what assignments each of you are missing in class yesterday. But you or your parents are welcome to call and email to review that information again.
Have a great weekend, and GOOD LUCK on the PLAY!
-Teacher Kelly
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