PJLCROC

Hmmm, that's an interesting title. Believe it or not, it actually has something to do with my post.


Recently I (along with David and Isaac and Eric and David's bros) attended a program called TeenPact. At first, I thought oh great, another program to waste my time; however, after attending, I realize this is not true...for the most part. TeenPact is a program through which homeschooling highschoolers can learn about their state government and get school credits.

One of the most interesting parts of this course is called TeenPact legislature. As part of their homework, the students of TeenPact are all required to bring and present at least one bill. This bill will be voted on by the legislature, but only if it gets past the committee to which it has been assigned. My committee was PJLCROC (permanent joint legislative contract review oversight committee). Interestingly enough, this is actually a committee in Alabama, although I still haven't the slightest clue as to its purpose. We also held elections. Each committee nominated and selected its own candidates to run for representative and governor. There was one gubernatorial candidate (I think that's how it's spelled) and two representative candidates per committee. Each committee is assigned a party, ours being the nonconsequentialist party. After these preliminary elections were run, the TeenPact Legislature as a whole voted for one governor and three representatives (I got to campaign by passing out candy and supporting our gubernatorial candidate). I'm proud to say that our candidate was, indeed elected governor.

Anyhow, TeenPact provides a way to learn the governmental process of your state hands-on and it is much easier to remember after that. Although it doesn't teach nearly as much as a full government course, it is a notable program through which you learn how to influence government and politics, and make new friends.

The moral of the story is that it's very fun to say PJLCROC and gubernatorial; and it's very fun to sing bananaphone.