Government Hours Reflection

Some students in the U.S. are expected to learn the standard curriculum and not much else besides that, but this isn’t quite enough. In some states, such as California, students have the opportunity to help their society through Government Hours, and this would often determine them to be harder workers in their community when they grow older. The three activities I chose around my city were phone banking for Carson City Council recall, neighborhood discussion on peace and justice in Ayotzinapa, and surveying San Pedro citizens to improve LAUSD. These activities were helpful for my community, and my very own moral stance.

Although I don’t live in Carson, there was a certain city council member there that needed to be recalled for his negative
This time, we focused on a survey on the pros, cons, and fixes we could use for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some of these issues were on about the size of classrooms, amount of students in a single classroom, thoughts on public against private schooling, and other little issues like those. A lot more people were interested in this event rather than the Carson City Council one, and I enjoyed it just as well. A certain person I remember calling was an old Mexican man, and although I’m not perfectly fluent in Spanish, we were still able to have a lengthy discussion on what improvements we would be able to make to our school system. I think my last round in the hours was very entertaining, and made me a lot more likely to join other events similar to these.

I didn’t have much of an expectation in the beginning of the semester regarding government hours, but it actually turned out to be really enjoyable, and an important lesson to me to continue after high school. From this, I learned about persistence through work, helping others even when it doesn’t benefit me, and having passion in the tasks I assign myself. Overall, I believe my government hours have been fulfilling and I am glad to have finished this