** Leslie was lucky enough to get a picture with her district sign!! **
As a group we decided that voting would be a good idea to help in making a change in our world by choosing the governor that had the best stance on the environment. Each of us researched the candidates and voted in our hometowns. We did it because with the Governor of Massachusetts being elected this person is someone that would be making changes in the state we live in, directly affecting us.
Leslie Veiga
Service Learning Project
Service Learning Project
Voting on Tuesday allowed me to voice my opinion on what I felt was the better candidate in terms of their environmental standpoint. The impact that this has on the greater good is because the person that we voted in as Governor is the one who makes decisions directly affecting the state we live in. I personally voted for Deval Patrick because he has already made a lot of changes to help our environment and also had further proposed plans therefore I felt that he would be a good promising choice.
Leslies Reflection:
Yes I would do something like this again, because I feel that voicing my opinion is the only way to make change possible, therefore I will continue to vote in future elections. If I was to teach the upper grades like 4th and up I surely would implant a service learning project at some point throughout the curriculum. I believe that a service learning project allows for children to really dive into a topic about the world that affects us by researching it and then providing helping hands in the cause they choose. Most often these are projects that children learn more from because they directly chose the topic and participated in a project.
Kristen Douglas
Service Learning Project
When it came time for our group to decide on a service learning project we were stuck on what to do, we decided to vote. I have been able to vote for over 7 years now and I have not voted once. I found that after we decided to vote I became very interested in what the candidates offered. One of the main things that I concentrated on was their opinion on the environment. After weighing out all the candidates had to offer I voted for Charlie Baker. This was very eye opening for me. It made me realize that even though my vote may not decide who wins an election but it makes a difference. One thing Charlie Baker stated was that one concern was the future in regards to the environment.
Kristen's Reflection:
Sarah Ward
Service Learning Project
For my service learning project for global warming I picked to vote. I picked this because it was around the election time and I thought is would be great to support someone who agrees with global warming. The way I went about it was I went on the internet and looked up each of the candidates. I looked up what they thought about global warming and also what other sites said about them saying things about it. It was all really good information, but I had to learn that not every site will give you good info. I chose to vote for Charlie Baker. I voted for him because even though he doesn't say he is for it or against it, he is still very worried about the lasting impact it will have on the world. In some of the articles when people ask him what he thinks about it, he say he doesn't really know. That maybe true because other people that are closer to the subject might be able to help him understand.
Sara's Reflection:
I think this was a great experience and I learned so much about different peoples view points on what is global warming and what we should do about it.
