As a member of the ruling-elite, Lord Salisbury, I felt that the conference could have gone better. Our ideas were not received very favorably and we spent most of the time we had to present fending off attacks from the other citizens present at the Conference. My cohorts and I stand by our resolution, even though many dispute it. I still believe that there must be some sort of restrictions for who will be allowed to vote and hold office. Not to point fingers at any one group, but I felt as though some of the classes should have been better prepared to explain their position. They didnt have enough time and they spent too long trying to get their points across. If they were able to have a more concise and less confusing presentation, I think that more people would support their resolutions. The Conference would have been better if the debate had not gotten so heated and if we could have had more time to explain our positions. Although, I am still happy that our social class was able bring the issue to light for discussion.
Personally, I believe many people had trouble grasping the concept that they were representing a character from the 1900's and that society was different. People then were not used to having the rights and freedoms we do today. And when the students feel that the rights they have today, although they may not have had them then, are being threatened, sparks tend to fly.
As myself, I thought the Conference was a good way for us to improve our debating skills and learn about the Industrial Revolution in the process. It was interesting to find out exactly how other social classes felt about certain issues that faced society back then. It was also very interesting to see how conservative my character was compared to me. In case you couldn't tell, I'm pretty liberal. It was also very interesting to see just what the lives of different people were like during the Industrial Revolution. The main thing that I learned from this exercise is that the Industrial Revolution is a broad topic that affected many different people in many different ways and that it would probably take me many years of study before I would be able to understand it completely.
Global Conference Response
As a member of the ruling-elite, Lord Salisbury, I felt that the conference could have gone better. Our ideas were not received very favorably and we spent most of the time we had to present fending off attacks from the other citizens present at the Conference. My cohorts and I stand by our resolution, even though many dispute it. I still believe that there must be some sort of restrictions for who will be allowed to vote and hold office. Not to point fingers at any one group, but I felt as though some of the classes should have been better prepared to explain their position. They didnt have enough time and they spent too long trying to get their points across. If they were able to have a more concise and less confusing presentation, I think that more people would support their resolutions. The Conference would have been better if the debate had not gotten so heated and if we could have had more time to explain our positions. Although, I am still happy that our social class was able bring the issue to light for discussion. Personally, I believe many people had trouble grasping the concept that they were representing a character from the 1900's and that society was different. People then were not used to having the rights and freedoms we do today. And when the students feel that the rights they have today, although they may not have had them then, are being threatened, sparks tend to fly. As myself, I thought the Conference was a good way for us to improve our debating skills and learn about the Industrial Revolution in the process. It was interesting to find out exactly how other social classes felt about certain issues that faced society back then. It was also very interesting to see how conservative my character was compared to me. In case you couldn't tell, I'm pretty liberal. It was also very interesting to see just what the lives of different people were like during the Industrial Revolution. The main thing that I learned from this exercise is that the Industrial Revolution is a broad topic that affected many different people in many different ways and that it would probably take me many years of study before I would be able to understand it completely.