That summer and in the midst of this were electing adams versus jefferson, but theyve learned their lesson. They say well run two guys but you cant specify which is which. So when jefferson wins the election he ties his own Vice President candidate and of course burr and jefferson being tied means by the constitution the election goes to the house of representatives so the first thing we do in our new capitol is basically the house of representatives has to elect the new president and they have to vote more than 30 times before the tie can be broken so now youre saying okay. Weve learned our lesson, lets fix it. So the 12th amendment comes along to straighten out the way of electing a president. But you look back to these early days and theyre managing to find out what doesnt work which isnt much and find out that most of that constitution does, and so were able to today look at that room thats much smaller than the senate today but the senators who sat here, pretty much do the same th
Than u. S. Government. In u. S. Government i can talk to them about important sieve, and how to do it. But i think a big challenge to forming citizens who can tackle the problems of today is our u. S. History. It is teaching a very traditional mainstream history that reinforces the current traditions. As they say, they cannot dismantle the masters house. So when you are teaching a traditional white man mythical if you try hard enough youll get ahead type of history. Then you turn around and say, okay, now were going to talk about racial and income inequality. It conflicts. And so i think you really have to teach the roots of todays problems in u. S. History for the students to understand. You need to get down to the root causes. Ill give you an example. This summer i was very shaken by the two deaths of black men by police and the rise of trumpism. And i said i cant go on as if nothing has happen. And i emailed my supervisor and i said, i am just completely compressing the curriculum a
Way we are raised. I am thankful for good parents, good parents in law and a good wife that will help me raise my children and students that way. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is robin. Im the executive director of mikva challenge, d. C. I am really honored to be on the stage with these two amazing educators. I have danced my whole career around the classroom and i have the utmost respect for classroom teachers. They are the real change makers in our society. They get up every day and educate our young people about the world around them and how to make it into what they like to see. I appreciate being a part of this panel. A minute about mikva challenge. We are named after the late judge abner mikva, who just recently passed away. We are founded by a group of people who had worked with judge mikva, a representative from chicago for a number of years on the hill, Circuit Court judge and general counsel to president clinton. When he retired, a group of people decided they wanted to
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Lot of these companies do not want to give up. There was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of wrangling that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government , but only after they have sanitized it. President obama held a youth town hall meeting at the horticultural halls of london. Many in the crowd by members of the u. S. Embassies Young Leaders u. K. Initiative discussing the relationship between the u. S. And the United Kingdom. This is an hour and 20 minute. [applause] good morning. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am a representative of big leaders u. K. Initiative spearheaded and i am so excited, honored and privileged to welcome and introduce president barack obama. An organization filled the next obamas, the next David Cameron spending the next steve jobs. This Initiative Reiterates our admiration as future entrepreneurs in the Technology Generation for leaders of the world to recognize the power of our voices. They are engendering