Pond Hockey and Civic Duty
Whether at a stadium with referees and organized periods, or a pick up game with friends on the pond behind my house, I have always enjoyed hockey. However, each of these two styles of play is quite different. A good example of this is when the goalie covers the puck by their goal. In professional hockey, the players are always taught that until the referee blows the whistle, they are to jab their stick at the goalie and his glove in an attempt to knock the puck out. This can hurt the goalie and instigate fights, I know fights in hockey… surprising, but more importantly, it means that the referees have to be overzealous on making calls, and have to enforce stricter punishments when the players break them. However …show more content…
The United States Constitution delineates a system of government in which the citizens of the government are the government. Our Constitution gives citizens a voice and, with it, the responsibilities of upholding the values of the nation. The Constitution establishes the rights and privileges of citizenship and equality under the law along with the responsibilities that …show more content…
As such it contains a mechanism for amending it to adapt the Constitution to the changing world. Article five of the Constitution outlines the amendment process. A proposed amendment can be adopted with a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate and ratification by three-fourths of the states. Implied here is not only the opportunity, but the responsibility of citizens to change the Constitution as needed. Here, again, we see carefully structured checks and balances as well. Their purpose is to prevent too much power from falling into the hands of any one group or individual. Implicit in this kind of system is the demand for patience and persistence on the part of citizens. An excellent example of this patience and persistence at work is the passage of the 19th Amendment, extending the right to vote to women. In July, 1848, at the first national woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, 100 of the attendees signed a women’s suffrage resolution following inspirational speeches on the subject from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Three years later, Stanton met Susan B. Anthony and they began a collaboration that lasted for the rest of their lives as they worked tirelessly on women’s rights issues. 1869 they formed the National Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1875 the first women’s suffrage amendment proposed to congress. In 1887 it was rejected. In 1895, putting her
Whether at a stadium with referees and organized periods, or a pick up game with friends on the pond behind my house, I have always enjoyed hockey. However, each of these two styles of play is quite different. A good example of this is when the goalie covers the puck by their goal. In professional hockey, the players are always taught that until the referee blows the whistle, they are to jab their stick at the goalie and his glove in an attempt to knock the puck out. This can hurt the goalie and instigate fights, I know fights in hockey… surprising, but more importantly, it means that the referees have to be overzealous on making calls, and have to enforce stricter punishments when the players break them. However …show more content…
The United States Constitution delineates a system of government in which the citizens of the government are the government. Our Constitution gives citizens a voice and, with it, the responsibilities of upholding the values of the nation. The Constitution establishes the rights and privileges of citizenship and equality under the law along with the responsibilities that …show more content…
As such it contains a mechanism for amending it to adapt the Constitution to the changing world. Article five of the Constitution outlines the amendment process. A proposed amendment can be adopted with a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate and ratification by three-fourths of the states. Implied here is not only the opportunity, but the responsibility of citizens to change the Constitution as needed. Here, again, we see carefully structured checks and balances as well. Their purpose is to prevent too much power from falling into the hands of any one group or individual. Implicit in this kind of system is the demand for patience and persistence on the part of citizens. An excellent example of this patience and persistence at work is the passage of the 19th Amendment, extending the right to vote to women. In July, 1848, at the first national woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, 100 of the attendees signed a women’s suffrage resolution following inspirational speeches on the subject from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Three years later, Stanton met Susan B. Anthony and they began a collaboration that lasted for the rest of their lives as they worked tirelessly on women’s rights issues. 1869 they formed the National Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1875 the first women’s suffrage amendment proposed to congress. In 1887 it was rejected. In 1895, putting her