Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Assignment 6- Reagan Smith

1) The world is constantly changing-  both for the better and for the worse. If you could change time for one year, what historical time period would you like to live in most?
2) In today’s world, multiple factors are considered in college admissions and scholarship selection. If you had to choose, what should THE single most important factor be? Why?
3) We have researched both the depths of the ocean as well as traveling to other planets, specifically Mars. Based on current findings, which one seems more important? Which option has the potential to provide more value to society?

If I could spend one year in history, I would want to be a part of drafting the constitution. I know, really exciting, right? But during AP US, I have wondered why did people think what they did during that time? What was their reasoning for having only an equal representation of states, or only having a proportional system based on the population? Aside from politics, I would like to be in the moment during innovations during that time such as the development of a national mail service (shortly before Constitution, same time period). I would like to see what family dynamics were like, what people did in their free time, what did church look like. While we can learn about these things, it is hard to accurately picture any part of history without being there to experience it yourself.

It seems that sometimes we get caught up living in the moment today, and don’t take a step back to see that if it weren’t for what happened in the past, today would look different.

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