Our Teen Pact Experience & a Math Competition

We made it to TeenPact in spite of our creek!  We thought the water had gone down enough but we didn’t know it had actually washed out part of it; so, when we started to cross over Monday morning, we got stuck, as this picture atests.

It took us about an hour to get out – we had to use our neighbor’s backhoe, but finally I was on the road with my two boys, Seth (17yos) and Zachary (15 yos).

TeenPact was a great experience for the boys.  They both were not too excited about going but once there, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  There were about 80 kids involved and they split the kids up into 5 different groups.  They did sessions were everyone was together and others where each group worked individually.

We met in a church a few blocks from the Capitol building and so about 5 times a day they walked to the Capitol.  This way they got a bit of exercise.

They went on prayer walks every morning.

Look how attentive these students are being!

Some of the things they learned was how laws are made, legislation is passed and the many different facets in leadership. They read actual bills that are being worked through the Legislature,  each of them wrote their own bill before they went to class (as part of their homework) and tried to get it passed in the TeenPact Legislature.  They toured the capitol building, interviewed lobbyists and participated in a cross-fire debate.

Some of the alumni interviewing those around the Capitol.

I asked Zachary (15yos)  to tell me what he thought about TeenPact.  This is what he said, "A very intriguing process used to educate young people about the necessity of limited government and how we can change it."  I guess that about sums it up.

We came back a day early from TeenPact because Seth had a math competition to go to.  We got home Wednesday night and then Seth and I was off on Thursday for the competition.

Seth did very well.  There were 192 students participating and out of those there were only 4 homeschooled students. 

Ten awards are given to the top students,  who have the highest scores on their individual tests.  Seth received  5th place!  Yea!   He also received two other awards.  He works hard on his math so I’m glad for him to see some fruits from all his labors.