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Court
News Ohio
High
School Students Showcase Constitutional Knowledge in State
Competition
By
Stephanie Beougher
January
28, 2014
Nearly
150 students from six high schools tackled questions based on
constitutional issues in simulated congressional hearings at the Ohio
Statehouse on January 24 as part of the “We the People: The Citizen
and the Constitution” state competition, sponsored by the Ohio
Center for Law-Related Education.
Months
of research and preparation led to the moment when the students went
before the panel to see how well they knew the topic.
“You
can’t really be right or wrong, you just had to be confident in
your answer and act like you knew what you were talking about.”
Archbold High School tenth grader Hannah Yoder said after her team’s
presentation.
Alyssa
Geralds competed in “We the People” five years ago and came back
this year as a facilitator.
“It
was such an exciting day years ago that I just wanted to give back
and see how kids are doing. It’s really incredible to see how the
information that I took in, how it’s even evolved over the past
four and five years,” Geralds said.
Lisa
Eschleman, executive director of the Ohio Center for Law-Related
Education, says they’ve been holding this competition since 1984.
“Students
learn how to think critically,” Eschleman said of the experience.
“They learn to research in depth, but it also provides how to learn
how to think on your feet, respond without being prompted, and these
are skills that students will carry with them for the rest of their
life.”
This
year’s state champion, Findlay High School, will represent the
Buckeye State at the “We the People National Finals,” to be held
this April in Washington D.C.
For
more information about “We the People,” visit OCLRE.org.
See
the video at Court News Ohio
http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/2014/OCLRE_012814.asp#.UuhF2Xco68o
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