Great class today! Kenny presented to us on King George III. He did an excellent job describing his personality, his madness, his father's unfortunate lung injury (yikes!) and his long reign of the United Kingdom. And he served some pretty amazing cinnamon rolls too! Great job Kenny!
Next week - Benjamin will give a riveting presentation on weaponry of the American Revolutionary war. We are looking forward to that!
In class today, we had a great discussion about the differences between a democracy and a republic. We voted on which we would rather for our government. Would you believe a majority voted republic? Majority rules! So, through democratic vote, we upheld the republic. Great job everyone!
Here is another video found on YouTube re: Republics vs. Democracy
Democracy, we learned, is MOB rule. The rights of the minority are trampled. The end result of pure democracy is tyranny, and then implosion of the government, usually through revolt of the masses.
Our wise and well-educated founding fathers knew that this form of government would never last, nor provide us true freedom. They set up for us a republic, and secured, through our Constitution, the preservation of God-given rights: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness (property rights).
They were men of God, led by Him, to create a free country where individuals could pursue their dreams and respective ways of living.
GO FOUNDERS!
Okay...enough lecture via blog.
We enjoyed two debates: Should the minority be able to win over the majority? Most of us felt, instinctively, that the minority's rights should be preserved, and not quashed by a majority rule. Maybe we are smart like the founders, or maybe we all consider ourselves minorities enough that we are sympathetic to preserving the rights of the minority.
We also debated the following: Should the supreme court be able to make laws re: moral issues? This debate was AWESOME because we discussed and debated moral issues like same-sex marriage, abortion, etc. One person commented "I don't agree that the court should be able to make such laws because THEY SHOULDN'T BE MAKING LAWS!" Amen to that!
Next week will be awesome again, I know. This week, to prepare, please do the following:
1) Complete your Constitution Journals up through Article V
2) Finish "The Great Little Madison"
3) Prepare your presentations - Benjamin is Next Week!
Thanks everyone. Have fun this Saturday at the Scholar Retreat (9-1).
-Teacher Kelly
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