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            Choosing the items in my 12 identified laws, cases and offices was such a strenuous process. When first introduced to this assignment, I didn’t think as much thought and researching would be needed to complete the project. After researching just about all there is to know about the executive, legislative and judicial branches, I eventually came across some items that spoke directly to me. One court case that spoke directly to my life was the West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette case. Being raised with different religious views as most of my classmates, I was always looked upon awkwardly when refusing to say the pledge of allegiance. My friends never really understood why I didn’t say it, and to tell you the truth, I was never 100 sure why I didn’t say it. I just knew I respected my mother’s wishes. Because of this law, I am not forced to go against my religion by reciting the pledge of allegiance. The overall process of finding which items to include allowed me to learn more about the government, in depth, and really put into perspective which laws, cases and offices pertained to my life.

The difficulties with this project came with the research. I would have never guessed finding court cases relating to me would be as strenuous as it was. When I thought I’d found a case, it didn’t directly relate to my life. There were always things I could relate to as oppose to me relating to them currently. The less difficult aspect of this process was finding things that negatively affected my life. I found that when speaking of the negatives, everything I felt came easier to me making it easier for me to write and express myself.

As I mature and become older with age,, I would anticipate my life being more affected by the government. Since there are so many restraints set for children under the age of 18, as I pass the ages at which limitations are set, I will be more likely to part take in government activities. With age comes opportunity. The opportunities presented to me, the more likely it is for me to take advantage of those opportunities. This process has taught me so much about the world around me I hadn’t before known. Forced to research all aspects of the three branches of government, I now have a broader understanding of how I, as well as the world around me, is governed.  I understand that laws are set forth for the welfare of this country, and that all three branches do whatever in its power to protect that. 

The way I went about deciding what were my items were going to be was based on what I do everyday. It wasn’t hard figuring our what impacts my life because I thought about what I do and what governmental links it has. After choosing my twelve topics, finding out information was not hard at all. This process what not hard at all. The only thing that seemed to be hard was finding out ways that the topics were negative when they are made to be positive. After reviewing all the topics and seeing how they directly affect my life I noticed that as I get older this will effect me more along with other laws as well. Because I am a minor today it will be less likely that more laws apply to me instead of for me. For example, I am my parents responsibility until I turn 18.

American Government Q2 BM and Reflection

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1VtK1ylEjd_hgvoNlno95yfwmsOL-ttjN_y4Zvg_p7GI

I didn't actually have any particular reason for examining the 12 identified laws, cases or offices 
I just picked the ones that i found to be of interest to me and then found a ways to relate them to my life. 
The laws I choose were all interested because after evaluating which ones pertained to my life I learned a great
deal about how laws made even before I was born have a positive or negative impact on my life till today. 
Some laws, casing or offices I noticed if wouldn't have occurred would have affected my life negatively. Other bills
and laws made more recently have been affecting my life for years and now it just being brought to the surface. 

This process was fairly easy the hardest thing was finding laws that pertained to my life either negativity or positivity. 
I think resources should have been discussed more in deep because finding laws and bill and offices was extremely hard. 
Overall the process was very interesting and easy.

I anticipate my life becoming more difficult as I become older. Laws are evolving as well 
as time is and laws are becoming more redundant. 




David A. Buckholtz

My first step in this process entailed performing general research. I made a list of possible topics to search for, that pertain to laws, cases, and offices. The topics on my list were: health, labor, civil rights, family and finance. As I searched these topics others came about such as the Philadelphia Curfew Ordinance and the process of obtaining a passport. I came across helpful websites that thoroughly presented cases and laws that affect me. At some point, I thought about my life and circumstances and what laws and court cases impact me without researching. For the bureaucratic offices, I viewed the bureaucratic projects that the class completed.

The process was straightforward, but overall difficult. Finding court cases, laws and bureaucratic processes that impact me directly was the most difficult and time-consuming aspect. I went back and forth a few times to ensure that I chose some different topics that actually impact me and I could explain. I anticipate that I will interact more directly with the government as I age. Currently, I interact with the government through my mother. In the completion of this project, I learned about government programs, laws, and court cases that I had not heard of before. This project helped me examine how the government impacts my life whether negative or positive.

In choosing my 12 items, initially I chose the ones I did because we were all blurting them out to each other in class, but then I looked a little deeper and found a few, I felt related more to me in negative in positive ways, then they may have impacted my classmates. This project wasn't difficult at all. The only difficult part was picking the topics, once I had them, it was pretty easy from there. I think that as I get older my life while become more affected by the government because as you grow up, you start to encounter new things of the "adult world", which is dominanted by the government, there's a law for just about everything you do as an adult. Overall, I enjoyed this project because it was pretty easy and helped me to learn about things in our social justice system.

Reflection

This assignment was very difficult for me because for the three branches,I couldn't find enough sub topics that effected me personally. If this topic was more about ones we could be effected by in the future than maybe I would've been mores successful but overall,this process was extremely stressful for me. In order for me to choose what topics were directly related to me,I looked at all my options for each branch,and picked out the ones that effected me. I do believe that in the near future,I will be effected by more of these topics,such as a marriage license,registering a car,maybe even adoption. Overall,I'm glad that this assignment is turned in and over with.

• Choose one of your 12 items from the benchmark to highlight
• Locate an image that best represents that item - you can use the flickr Creative Commons to find an image if you do not have one
  
• Narrate your paragraph that accompanies that item from your benchmark

I had a hard time choosing which items to include in my 12 identified laws, cases and offices. I chose by thinking about the things that have a negative or positive effect on me and I then researched information about the offices, court cases and laws that are related to my issues and benefit. It was hard finding reliable sources and the most difficult process was finding laws that had a positive effect on my life. I anticipate the government being more involved in my life as I get older. When I live on my own as an adult, I have to carry my own responsibilities and more laws and regulations are on me since I’m no longer consisted a minor.

When the benchmark was first assigned I thought that it would be very easy to do and I would be able to finish in no time, but as I started and looked into different branches I saw that it would be hard to find how they affect my life. I would say that finding different court cases that affect my life negatively was the hardest part of the project. I knew right away which cases affect my life positively but thinking about ones that had a negative impact was hard. Before doing this project I didn’t think my life was really affected by the government but after doing the project I learned that a lot of my life is affect by the government for example it has a input on the time I have to be in my house and when I can start drinking.