CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

what might the First Continental Congress teach us about how PSEC, with its different feeder schools and perspectives, can come together via community meetings and the Advisory Council?how would we design it differently, how could YOU as individuals engage that process/ structure more? How might you design it differently, if we should design it differently?But more specifically, the words of Edmund Morgan provide some additional context. According to him, "the Continental Congress appeared as a challenge to Parliament" To what is the PSEC government a possible challenge? And what does it mean if that challenge is ignored or not engaged?Does/ how does Gerda Lerner's view of history and historic interpretation complicate this process?

------ I think to continental congress is an obvious example of PSEC advisory council and what were trying to work for. The nice thing about our council compared to their is that we are much more close knit, and i think this is an advantage, a great advantage that gives PSEC more hope and possibility in changes and progress. Even though, to me , i feel our small council has the hope of being much more succesful, there are points that we should look at , or more draw inspiration out of from the old continental congress.
----- The Continental congress of the new world made changes, made impacts. They saw what they believe was wrong and fixed it. I think with the way most of us are used to seeing schools run, we see something we disagree with and almost automatically disregard it. We're use to our schools being not how we wanted them , we have become use to not having a voice which shows something terrible about our education system if you ask me.I think this is a issue that will take time for us to change and adapt to but more than anything i am hoping not to long cause time is short. I believe its something we don' understand or realize. Were use to stubborn teachers , where its their way or the highway , and rules that are rules just to have rules! At least in school we have been taught to not question authority because even when we try, there has never been a positive or productive outcome. These are old habits that are very important to abandoned while we still have the possibility of growth.
---"the Continental Congress appeared as a challenge to Parliament" , and the same is with PSEC. PSEC is obviously the underdog, not because of our low standards or qualifications but because we are new, we are different. And boy if theres one thing we can gain from our history its that changes, and innovations are not always taken lightly. Thats simply one reason why we have to show the older strict education what we got! Not only for the benefit of our school , but for the benefit of our education. PSEC is training us to be leaders, to e strong and confident and why be in this program if we do not take in the the main point of this program! PSEC is the underdog because its challenging.And well maybe Americans never lost that old colonists habit of being lazy :). It challenges its students to make them great and challenges education to change, to put in that extra effort and risk to make the students, future leaders, great. Most, would rather stay on the easy, familiar path.