In this day and age it's very prudent to start raising lawyers who love liberty enough to study constitutional law for the fun of it.
--- Paul Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Richard, > > Excellent use of shameless plug opportunity. > > The only flaw in the scheme is that in this program, > these innocent young > things could become... > > LAWYERS!!!!! > > Regards, > > Flint > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Richard Lawrence wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:39:09 -0400 > > From: Richard Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts > <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Shameless plug > > > > Flint and all, > > > >> What is the "We The People" project about? > >> > > > > It's a civic education program; the full title is > "We the People: the > > Citizen and the Constitution." Students take a > class in which they > > learn about the Constitution and the history of > its interpretation, > > particularly through Supreme Court cases. The > class is also (if they > > so choose) a team in a national competition. The > competition is > > styled sort of like a mock trial. Each team/class > is broken up into > > three- or four-person "units" which are > responsible for knowing a > > particular topic cold. They give an oral > presentation about the > > topic, and then have to respond to questions by > judges. (The judges > > are typically people of some legal significance: > actual judges and > > lawyers as well as representatives.) Judges > assign points based on > > their knowledge and their ability to express it, > and the team with the > > most points at the end of the day wins. > > > > Essex's team (of which my little brother is a > member, hence my > > connection) was the winner of the Vermont > state-level competition this > > year, which is why they have the chance to go to > Washington. It's a > > neat program; anyone who's seen these kids in > action will tell you > > that it's well worth supporting. > > > > Richard > > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgement in response to this > note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > Fax: (703) 852-7089 > > Consilium > gratuitum .~. > valet /V\ > quanti /( )\ > numerantur ^^-^^ > Tony Tambasco tonytambasco.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 716-450-8148 ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com
