The Continental Congress and PSEC's communtiy meetings

On September 5, 1774 delegates from 12 of the thirteen original colonies got together to discuss the importance of the unfair taxes placed on them, known as the coercive act, from the British government. The twelve of the thirteen delegates from each colony were very different and had many different ideas. For this reason alone, the colonies made the decision to get together to form America as a whole. PSEC and the community meetings and advisory council are an example of many minds brought together to for a solution to the problems that come along, and to excel our lives to the next step. The First Continental Congress did just that. They came together to advance the American colonies and stop the problems such as the Coercive Act that was standing in their way.

The advisory council running the community meetings will be a productive way to advance our community. Having Teachers, seniors, and juniors represent our community is a very even distribution of thoughts and ideas being contributed, as shown in the delegates from the twelve Colonies in the Continental Congress. Until our advisory council is decided, I don't see any changes that we should make in improving the community meetings. As for the individuals engaging in the process, that is up to us to attend the community meetings and contribute our thoughts. So far, I feel that we have done pretty well in attending them, but now we need to continue to contribute.

According to Edmund Morgan, "the Continental Congress appeared as a challenge to Parliament." PSEC appears as a challenge to ordinary learning. The community based learning provides us with the opportunity to use our critical thinking instead of letting the information collect in our brains. Gerda Lerner's view on history doesn't complicate this process. The elections of this years advisory council will not be effected on the way I as a junior will vote, because I don't have any prior knowledge on the way the the seniors have run the community the year before. Seniors have a different advantage in their elections this year because they were able to see last year the way the council was run the prior year.