10/17/12 & 10/18/12

Yesterday in class we went over the structure of the Declaration of Independence. I found out that there are six sections plus the signatures of the men. Throught the whole piece they talk about getting seperated from Britain. It was interesting to see wh this document actually said because I had never read it before. Today we read an essay by Thomas Paine about why people should join the cause for seperating from Britain. He said that "these are times that test men's souls." We had to decide of America is still facing gtimes that try men's souls. I said that we are because we are facing an econimic crisis, a war and are in huge debt. People are tested every day. They need to get jobs, be seperated from their family members and pay big money for every day objects.