election reflection!
This is the very first of our monthly reflection ideas and since the election is looming in the very near future, we thought we'd have the October reflection topic focus on just that.
Since every Scholar works on a variety of issues, we wanted to give everyone a chance to think more about how the issues their organizations work on are reflected this election season. Are they discussed by the candidates (both local and national)? How are they discussed? If they aren't being discussed, do you feel they should be? And, of course, name those issues and how they do relate to this election!
To help you in this process, we thought we'd provide you with two videos, and a nice quiz from Minnesota Public Radio.
In case you missed John McCain and Barack Obama's party nomination acceptance speeches, here they are. Are they discussing your issues? Are they discussing the issues in general sufficiently?
Barack Obama:
John McCain:
Finally, and most importantly, take this quiz from MPR! It gives you the chance to answer some questions on a variety of issues and in the end see how you match up to the candidates. You can take local and national versions of this quiz as well! Click here to take that quiz.
A note about turning in reflections: For these monthly reflection ideas, please email your journal reflections (2-3 pages typed double spaced) to Laura Dammer-Hess at damm0032@umn.edu. If you plan on doing a non-journal reflection, email what you can to us, if not, drop it off at 345 Fraser! Also, if you want us to post your reflection on the blog, let us know!