Shocking Observation (Vincent)

This week was really smooth until Thursday morning my upper level courses have entered the topic of Capital Punishment in Criminal Justice we have had interesting activities on the Web, Textbook work and Discussion on who agrees or disagrees with the subject of Capital Punishment. Thursday Morning I set up a Powerpoint to show my class the different types of capital punishment instruments used on Inmates for the last 100 years, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, Lethal injection, Hangings, Firing Squad etc. While I was doing my set introduction to start the Power point the Projector went out. Immediately my prinicpal walked in the classroom to observe me WOW. My students for some reason understood the problem and immediately started asking me question about Capital Punishment. Some way we ended up using the topic to go into the controversial topic of abortion which had differences of opinions between both male and female students, which also entered into the topic of Brian Nichols the court shooting in fulton county, which lead into the discussion of 18 year high school graduates fighting in Iraq, which lastly lead to the Democratic and Republican candiates and their views on the topics discussed in class and Friday's upcoming debates. My Principal stayed in my class about 20 minutes. Although some may feel we went down a slippery slope in class on all the different topics, I really was proud of my class how they applied the topic of Capital Punishment to everyday current life and topics and how the good discussion made way for some good productive thought when things didn't work out with the Power Point Presentation.