Continental Congress/PSEC synthesis:

The students at PSEC should be able to come together from different feeder schools just like the 12 different colonies came together to create one continental congress. Although it may not be as extreme as a nation of multiple colonies becoming one working unit, it is still a significant change for everyone to adjust to. I think it has worked so far because the students that applied to and got accepted to PSEC are mature enough to realize that no matter our differences we can come together and and work as one cooperative group of people to form a better learning environment than our home high schools would. The structure of PSEC's government is slightly flustered. Community meetings are held every other week but not everyone attends them. Some students wander off to get food or just hang out and take a break from classes for 45 minutes. I think the community meetings should become a requirement so that everyone attends and everyone knows what is going on at the school. Also, attendance should be required so that when an important issue comes up or there is an issue to vote on every is there to give their own personal opinion on the issue. Otherwise, I think the meetings are spaced out well enough so that students won't feel tied down, unlike if the meetings were held every other day or once a week. The members who are leading the meetings should be a variety of juniors and seniors so that everyone has a similar view on the topics that are being discussed. Relating this to the quote by Gerda Lerner, just because something didn't work in the past, doesn't mean we can't try it again because it would work for this group of students even it if didn't work for a different group. We shouldn't be afraid to use old ideas for new groups because the ideas may work better for us than it did for them. We also shouldn't be afraid of trying new things. New ideas may be uncommon and a little intimidating to some people, but they are fresh and new and make people's imaginations run wild.