Continental Congress Comparison with PSEC

what might the First Continental Congress teach us about how PSEC, with its different feeder schools and perspectives, can come together via community meetings and the Advisory Council?

I believe that the only thing the First Continental Congress can teach us is to be thankful for our unity. The First Continental Congress seems extremely similar to PSEC at first glance, but I believe it is fundamentally different. They are the same in that they are both a gathering of individuals from various communities. However, the fundamental differences that they were chosen by their people to come together and solve a certain problem. Meanwhile, the students at PSEC chose for themselves to come to this institution in order to strive towards a common goal. Because we are not trying to constantly persuade each other to see our own opinions, and instead are trying to help each other, if not always learn, at least pass with good grades, we become a completely different group. We are no longer separated by our different backgrounds, but instead putting aside our differences and things that might have, at a college football game, caused us to make fun of each other. PSEC students are united by our goal, and this makes it possible for us to overcome the trials and tribulations of college.

To be more specific, how can the PSEC community be more effective in its governing process, how would we design it differently, how could YOU as individuals engage that process/ structure more?

The fact that our unity is our strength leads me to conclude that the only way I could help our governing process is by trying to unite myself and others so that we can work together more efficiently.

How might you design it differently, if we should design it differently?

Our current structure already lends itself well to our cause, therefore the only thing I would change is to include more time with mentors as this strengthens our sense of unity and possibly more activities done as a whole so as not to form cliques.

To what is the PSEC government a possible challenge?

PSEC is so well established that I would say that it is no more a challenge than Congress in and of itself is a challenge. It is simply another possibility to choose, it is not challenging any things authority because everyone cedes the right for students to seek higher education before it is readily available.

I am asking you to consider the Continental Congress in light of the impending Advisory Council elections. Does/ how does Gerda Lerner's view of history and historic interpretation complicate this process?

I do not believe that Gerda Lerner’s view of history and historic interpretation complicates this process. We don’t know enough about the history of PSEC at this point to learn from many mistakes made in previous elections. Those that we have been told simply reinforce her views because most candidates are already learning or trying to learn from the past mistakes that Mary told us of, this quote will not change these resolutions.