Harnessing the power of juries One of the most recent podcasts on Democracy Works is called “Harnessing the Power of Juries,” and it was posted on March 20, 2023. This podcast drew my attention because last night, I just finished watching the show “Jury Duty” on Amazon Prime which depicts a trial in the eyes Read More…
Category: RCL Blog
Brief Intro: Recidivism in the United States Criminal Justice System
(this is a huge turn from my civic issues blogs, just because I suddenly got inspired to research and write about the U.S. Criminal Justice System and couldn’t think of one specific topic from my three civic blog posts that I felt inspired to write about… so bear with me) Title: Lowering Recidivism in the Read More…
Draft of This I Believe
I vividly remember the first time I appreciated hiking. Thanks to my thirteen year old sister’s suggestion, my family planned a “vacation” in Peru to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu the summer after my freshman year in high school. 26 miles, 4 days, and some interesting food laid ahead of me. My sister Read More…
Ideas for New Blogs and Podcast
For my Civics Issue Blog, I’m thinking about doing something in the sustainability realm because I’m really interested in environmental health and would love to do more research on climate change. I could research and discuss the recent changes in my own hometown area with droughts, forest fires, hurricanes, and flooding, and how different industries Read More…
Public Controversy Ideas
For the history of a public controversy project, one idea I have is to talk about school dress codes. Many schools’ dress codes are more lenient with boys and let boys get away with more violations of the dress code. Some dress codes hinder personal expression and discriminatory towards girls. The dress code debate is Read More…
Ted Talk Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wkR8S3HI43JLIc3-tawdcVqDjdgXLLIogUT8uXPZCv0/edit?usp=sharing
Evolving Ideas Elevator Pitch
elevator pitch: https://psu.voicethread.com/share/21156650/
My Favorite TedTalk
Funny enough, I talked about my favorite TedTalk last week in my passion blog. It is How To Make Stress Your Friend by Kelly McGonigal. Her voice is strong and she speaks very clearly so I can understand every word she is saying. I particularly love her opening where she explains she has a confession Read More…
Reflection on Speech
I am pretty happy with the way my speech turned out. Unfortunately, I was sick all weekend and had trouble getting a take where I didn’t cough, so I have to clear my throat a few times and had a little cough attack towards the end, but it was the best take I could get! Read More…
“Draft” of Climate Change Essay
I focused more on the speech, but here were my ideas and outline for the essay. It’s kind of all over the place, sorry! I’m still working out the organization of it all. It’s difficult to imagine the United States being without key destinations like New York City, Miami, and San Francisco, but in Read More…