Part in Gov(ID)

In the class participation in government we are working on individual projects. The projects consist of looking for information on our assigned court cases, making a powerpoint presentation, and then having an oral presentation on it. Our information has to be correct and not opinionated.

The court case that I was assigned to was Hazelwood v. Kuhmeier(1988). I still haven't looked for information on this case, but I will be starting working on my project today. I feel that presentations like this are useful because college consists of oral presentations and projects and this helps us prepare for that.

Also, even though people might not like oral presentations they are good because in college you will have to do the same thing, and in your future job depending on what you want to you might have to give oral presentations as well.

As a result I think this project is a great for preparation for the future.

News Article(SSR)

The news article I read talks about changing a historical place in India into a replica of Times Square in New York. I think that the people in this article present a valid argument in saying that the landmark should stay the same because it is part of their history, but at the same time I believe that the place in India should change. 

I understand that we should preserve history, but there comes a time where we have to move on. Technology and people move on everyday. We don't stay the same age forever and technology changes every single year. If I were an Indian citizen and I had the choice to vote on this I would vote for this area to be transformed into a Times Square. My choice would affect people in a negative or positive way, but I would be thinking about the long term affect and not the short term.

If Kala Ghoda were to be transformed into a Times Square I predict that tourism will double in the span of ten years, which will strengthen India's economy. More people will probably invest Indian companies, which will make the Indian government profit. By doing this many people might lose their homes and pollution will increase, but the future generations of India will have greater opportunity education wise.

This article made me think about how a lot of places have places like this, and they are preserved which limits that place's economy from improving because people want to hold onto the past.

Link of News Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/realestate/commercial/Development-of-Kala-Ghoda-in-Mumbai-Stirs-Controversy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0