I really enjoyed the public deliberation in class and wish we had more time to go further in depth on the topic. I appreciated the emphasis on respecting other people’s views and not trying to out-fact other people but really hone in on what people value most. For those reasons I think it was more of a productive discussion than debates I have been a part of previously.

On the topic of climate change, I didn;t really agree with a lot of the suggestions listed on the sheet we were given. I think that they really took away from the freedom of the American people. That being said, I think that the public has to become more educated on the issues, and it should come from factual sources not doomsday headlines that are trying to sell papers so maybe it should be a greater part of school curriculum.