Exit Interview

1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

What is most important to understand about the modern American justice system?

1) The American justice system doesn't stay the same, yes it has it's strong foundations,but it  is constantly evolving with society.

2) The idea of "presumed innocent until proven guilty"  is not as simple as it seems.

3) The American justice system is complex and branches out into different divisions. 

In my opinion my best answer is #3, My wording isn't very good. But what I mean is that it goes into both a criminal and civil side of the American justice system.  Even then one can easily say just saying criminal justice system is so vague because there is so much to go into.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

I changed my EQ twice, so looking at all of my research it kind of just clicked. I was thinking this the entire time and being able to use it as an answer is cool. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

I changed my EQ twice, IO think feeling comfortable with what I wanted to talk about was my biggest issue. There was so much to choose from but I never knew exactly what I wanted from this project.I think I was able to resolve my problem by asking for help. Being able to communicate and ask for the help I needed was the key.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

Well my mentor was definitely my biggest and best source. I can definitely research and read articles or see videos and movies, but I think talking about my topic with my mentor was the best source for me. She didn't just give me information and expect me to learn it. She always explains and then allows  me to ask any questions.

Watching videos on you tube was also pretty helpful, listening to the discussions about cases or public opinion on a law.