Next month, the Children’s Assembly is scheduled to take place. It will be an opportunity for junior high students to reflect the questions and concerns they usually have as child council members in the town’s decision-making process.
As a part of their preparatory learning, the students observed a session of the town council held at the town hall. They are currently considering questions that could help improve the town, its residents, and their schools. During the observation, they were able to see up close what kinds of questions are actually asked in the council.
~Impressions~
- “The topics were surprisingly familiar and easy to understand.”
- “It ended sooner than I expected. They even asked follow-up questions, so I thought they had prepared them in advance.”
- “While observing the assembly, some of the difficult words were hard to understand. The serious atmosphere really showed how focused everyone was.”
- “As something I can do myself, I thought doing things like weeding could be helpful.”
- “They used difficult words that I didn’t fully understand, but I was impressed by how well they greeted people and showed good manners.”
- “I thought the council questions would be really difficult, but they were actually familiar and easy to understand.”
- “Sitting in the council members’ seats and asking questions must be nerve-wracking.”
