ProgressOhio

So, I teach a high school class on US Government. We just started the new trimester with a new group of students. The first thing I wanted to do was to show them why it's so important to pay attention to what's going on in politics and government. So I gave them these articles that were published in Rolling Stone before the 2006 elections entitled "The Worst Congress Ever" and "The Ten Worst Congressment". For the most part, I think the students were horrified into paying attention, at least for a little while. Just for fun, I decided to check on the 10 worst congressmen, to see who had been re-elected. Suprise, suprise - 8 of the 10 were sent back to DC for 2 more years. When I told this to the class, their jaws dropped. I'm just not sure if that inspired them to get involved and make the world a better place - or to quit trying completely.