How are crimes and misdemeanors handled in the "real world"?
Courtroom trials. Juries of peers. Organized debate. Orderly pursuit of justice.
Now, it can be argued that justice is not always served by our court system, but the system is on average, a fairly decent way to settle disputes amongst us, right?
We'll see how it works. Stay tuned.
that day was very,.. different but we seemed to resolve the conflict,.. in one class period. we made some sort of progress. -Sophie
ReplyDeleteThanks for your response, Sophie. I really think that we should give everyone experience in all the ways to settle conflict so they can decide for themselves which works best. Isn't it ironic that "courtroom justice" is the way most conflicts are settled in the "real world", yet we rarely teach or practice this method in school? Do you think kids would be better prepared to participate in the court system as adults if they learned it as students?
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