Reflection On The First Amendment

In this survey I interviewed ten people. I read each of them the first amendment and then asked them four questions based off of how they felt about the amendment. After I asked them each question I told them that what I had read them was the first amendment. Many adults knew before I had asked them the questions, but many of the adults and younger participants did not know. In the survey conducted, I questioned ages eighteen to seventy on how they felt about these given laws. Many of the people I surveyed knew that this was in the constitution, but didn 't know which amendment it was. Everyone agreed with these laws, but the older participants said that they thought that these laws may be taken too far in some instances. Such as riots and burning of the flag. Those who fought for out country fought for that flag and when with this action you are not just showing your disapproval of …show more content…
I believe that everyone has their rights and freedoms and should be able to use them. The congress shouldn’t have the ability to tell us how we should be able to express ourselves in our everyday lives. Congress shouldn 't have the ability to make laws restricting us from the freedom of speech and religion. If I would have read the first amendment I would have known it was in the constitution, but I probably wouldn 't have been able to tell you which amendment it was. I think the results I received from my survey were predictable by my older participants, but I wouldn’t have guessed that my younger participants were not as informed about the constitution as they probably should be. The members of the younger generation tend to speak their political opinions for everyone on their social media to hear and I’m curious to know what they actually are informed on what they are talking about or if they are just agreeing with something else they have heard that may not even be accurate. I think another survey is in store for that particular