Microsociety blog: Maxim Cartledge

Week 3: Enterprise

We started by continuing reading the story of Notenuf. The people were trading old suits and tools for the tasty packages such as chocolate cake, bottled vegetables and seeds. Now families were working together to rebuild/ remake justenuf. We then discussed the story of how they are remaking justenuf.

We then talked about public services and private services. The public services that we chose were: president, taxperson, policeperson, judge, banker and government lawyer. We then thought of private services such as being an author or an actor. The people who wanted to stand for president were: Me, Nayila, Isla, Dylan and Alessia.

I started campaigning on Thursday by putting up posters and handing out leaflets.

On Friday we were going to elect our president. We had to make a speech about why we should become president. Once we said our speeches, we voted. The winner was...me! Here were the other roles:

taxman: Sinojan

policeperson: Dylan

judge: Hussein

banker: Serena

government lawyer: Keelan

We told the class about the tax policy. Then Alah said I said no taxes. On Sunday I thought of an idea...