Josh Thompson Reports from Mountain Park School
Ms. Rutland’s Gr.9 Social Studies Class in Calgary, AB
Today in the 2002 Yosif Town Hall meeting there was absolutely no progress made. The citizens either suggested problems, or constantly tried to promote a dictatorship! Nobody showed any interest in finding solutions to the problems discussed, and it was a very chaotic first meeting with the Conservatives in power.
There were accusations made: the Prime Minister was accused of giving people the password, the three apartment owners were accused of planning to kick everyone out of their apartments so people would die, and another accusation that someone given the government password was offering to sell it. A pretty rough start to the Conservative’s reign in power.
There was only one or two legitimate grievances relating to the game, while the rest were either comments about who Yosif’s “Gossip Girls” were, or rumours (just a reminder citizens, rumours are not true facts), and, if there was a legitimate concern, someone would always comment about how we should all vote for the W.A.N.D.P. (We Are Not a Dictatorship Party) Is this what Yosif is coming to?A place where 90% of the citizens want a dictator party?
Your government has actually done a really good job! You don’t have any idea how good you all have it. You have actually had some pretty good governments. A big shout out to the patience of our Conservative government, who went through a pretty frustrating ordeal today, as well as our town hall moderator, Tahany K, who showed extreme patience as well, even though some people purposely tried to make her angry and frustrated. This year’s town hall has been a frustrating experience for Yosif. Perhaps next year’s town hall will be more effective…
Despite the overwhelming evidence the prosecution had assembled. Anna pleaded not guilty. She said that it was her own private business and she could do as she pleased. She also mentioned that in the beginning Dave offered her a smaller amount, and when she elected to reject it, he increase the offer. She claimed it was her right to refuse to sell to him, and his fault for offering her more money.
In Ms. Leslie Knowles Civic Mirror classroom at Nelson High School, in Burlington, Ontario, terror has struck in the nation of “Mountain Dew”. Reportedly, a man only known by the moniker “Wrath” attempted to spark Nation-wide fights by turning students on each other. His method of doing so? Threatening to reveal a hidden agenda.
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Civic Mirror allows teachers to turn the social studies classrooms into countries and their students into citizens. For teachers running multiple classes, our “Country Switch / Logout” menu has allowed teachers to toggle between their classes. For long-time users, however, the list of CM Countries was becoming way too long as it displayed all countries from years past.
After the President of the Republic of Vendette earlier today showed great disrespect to the United Tribes of Kevron, the country decided to respond in the form of war. The United Tribes of Kevron state that their demands listed on the document were for the better of both countries so that both could prosper.
The Civic Mirror simulation has always included basic income and property tax features. In other words, when a student from a CM class becomes the President or Prime Minister of their simulated country and are given access to the Government Account, they have the ability to set their nation’s tax rates based on what’s decided in their Mock Congress or Mock Parliament events. This creates in-class debate and controversy amongst students because they have competing Hidden Agendas which score points differently depending on what the tax rates are set at.
Counterargument:
Starting now, student governments can set specific tax rates and the program will automatically calculate and collect these taxes at the end of a simulated year. 
i) Base Property Tax: This has been set at $100. This means that the owners of every hex in the country will be taxed $100 at the end of every simulated year.
Returning to our example, we can see in the image below that at the end of Emily’s simulated year, she was taxed $745 for her Education hex, and an additional $100 for her Wilderness hex, which did not incur the additional types of taxes.
Evicted Tenant Being a Jag
Unwavering Pessimism
Submitted by Mike from Kanto Region: The government has been corrupted and the ruling dictator party has the majority of the votes in the government with a lot of bias from the speaker. All laws are always passed if the PM proposes it. Anything the PM says, goes. PM has seized power over all hexes and money. There has to be a way to undo the transfers and a setting that keeps a citizen from owning more than $10,000.