Panel Day Reflection

Panel day was great for my understanding of my trial search topic, free speech in schools. I didn't learn a lot of new information, but I heard about personal experiences of the panelists. These were real-life applications to the material that I had been researching for the past week. I had a pretty good grasp of the topic going into panel day, which made the day even more useful for me. I was able to hear about these scenarios in schools, think about what I would do in those cases, and then hear what the administrators actually did. Listening to and synthesizing all of this information in my head I was able to use what I had learned to determine why what the administrators had done was either right or wrong. I was "practicing" what I researched, and everyone knows that practice makes perfect. The panelists also shared their interpretations of the constitution dealing with this issue and they answered all questions with great explanations.