9/26/12

Yesterday, on September 26, 2012, we all participated in EdCafe. We wentt around in groups and talked about the first amedment. it was that people have the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. It was interesting to hear about what each part had to do in our society. I was shocked that though the governmetn had no power to punish anyone who used these amendments, the institute could. For instance if I was in school and I said I was going to kill someone, the school could punish me but i could not go to jail becasue I didn't act on it. All of these work together to form the basic rights of man. For example, if you were to right a petition to the governmet saying that you wanted everyone in the United States to practice this new religion you came up with, you were using all of your rights. You were using the freedom to petiton by creating the pettition; the freedom of peaceful assembly by getting everyone together to sign it; the freedom of speech by voicing your opinion; the freedom of press by writing what you want on the document; and the freedom of religion by deciding you were going to practice your own religion. All of these freedoms are coming together and i think its good that the people have these freedoms.