Students from Mr. Bradshaw’s 8th Grade social studies class at the Brentwood Academy in Tennessee held their first Government Event for their nation, Catywompus, last week.
Citizens of Catywompus are in disagreement as to how well the government session went, and you will soon see why.
Students like Julia C. can see the good points:
“This government event worked well, because we all pretty much knew what we were doing when it came to bringing forth a bill. This was a great opportunity to work with our classmates, and learn to work together to bring the good out of the Civic Mirror game. I’m looking forward to seeing how well this game is going to be!”
It’s great to hear that some people had a good time, but there is disturbing news coming out of Catywompus, as Joey. R says:
“Nothing worked very well. Jackson and his conspiracy passed what they wanted and stopped what they didn’t. There were other laws that were completely for the government, such as no one in the original gov. has to pay taxes.”
No one in the government has to pay taxes? How is that going to work? If the government are exempt from paying taxes, what is to stop them imposing huge taxes on the citizens? And how can the people trust the government to work in their best interests if they don’t have a stake in what happens? Carl. A has some even more alarming things to say:
“This government session did not perform well. First off, there is a government conspiracy, which made it very had to pass laws that should be passed. We citizens need power as well to prevent a corrupt government. Already the president is sending death threats, so the group of citizens should have the power to call the vote to impeach the president. We really need to get organized and turn Catywompus into a thriving modern day nation.”
The President is sending death threats?! To who, and for what reason we are not sure yet, but if you have any information regarding the matter, we promise that if you step forward to expose the President no harm will come to you.
Over the coming weeks, can the government and the people pull together to turn Catywompus into a thriving nation? Will the citizens listen to one another and work together for the good of the people? Or will the threat of a corrupt government and a secret conspiracy bring about the end?
Seems like you guys need help, unfortunately the limitations of civic mirror expel us from interfering with any other countries. I will offer you some words of advice to all you citizens living in fear of your government. You should have a representative of the people talk to the president of your country. If he shows no sign of interest or sincerity in helping you all, theSn you start a revolution. If you all work together you can overthrow the current government and create one that will benefit you all. Good luck
President of Pineapple Express LHS.
The citizens do have the power to stop this, just vote for different people and repeal previously passed laws. Then use that governmental power on the perpetrators and make it impossible for them to buy necessary items for survival. Even the threat of this, when delivered by an organized group, should by enough to get them to take a step back.