Everything Eighth Grade

There were a few things that surprised me in the information that I found. I thought it was interesting that in Cuba for the legislative branch it was a unicameral National Assembly of People’s Power. So, it was like influenced by the people. Also, in Cuba, they had a People’s Supreme Court. I’m wondering if that means that there is more of the people’s opinions, but I’m not sure how that would work. It also interesting that North Korea didn’t have any political parties, but I guess that makes sense with having a dictatorship. It was also surprising that some of the countries were under the queen’s rule even though they were an independent country.

I guess, I just realized once again about how diverse the whole world is. As a little kid all you know is the US and you kind of think that everywhere else is, but it’s not. Especially with studying the different types of government it just made me realize that everywhere is different. I learned more about the different types of government and the different ways of leading a country. It’s all really unique; your country could be lead by a queen or a president or a dictator and all the countries are different.

Juliette and Emma’s presentation on whether or not to celebrate Columbus Day.

In my presentation I did a pretty good job of speaking loudly and clearly, along with that, I did look at the audience at some points. Though, I didn’t use much expression and it looked like I was reading off the paper.