Another week bites the dust. This week we looked at traditional American values from the eyes of the former leaders of this country. Many of the readings were from importan documents in American history. These documents were the framework that the laws and traditions of our country were created from. The Delaration of Independence layed out our rights as citizens and the Constitution layed out the structure of the government.
The story that I took the most from was The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin. This story provided a common sense apppoach that shows us the way to get things done. I was particularly impressed with the way that the concepts presented in that story are applicable to today. We have a lot to teach the world about governance and culture. Different countries have a differnt set of values based on their religion, previous history and way of life. Our values may work in some countries but will not work in all. If our values are recieved by those countries than we will see how they work for different cultures.
This class is coming together quick. It is already the end of the fourth week and we are almost complete. 7 weeks to go!! This is an exciting time. This week the candidates for president brought up these same subjects. They focused on patriotism. As we come near the day of our independance we need to sit back and reflect on our history and acheivements over the past 220+ years as an independent nation.
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