In the beginning of the day the students were separated into smaller groups and each group was given a topic. The students then came up with reasonable laws or bills that they wanted to be passed or changed in MMS. They gave each bill a name and a detailed explanation of their bill. Once they finished this half the bills were given to the House and the other half was given to the Senate. Then the students went to work on trying to pass or kill these bills.

In the Senate Mrs. Stratton sat as president. The Senate was a very organized process in which students were seated alphabetically by last name in rows of eight. Students had to raise our hands and address Mrs. Stratton by saying "Through you, Madam President…" First Mrs. Stratton would bring a bill up and we would discuss it or make any necessary amendments.

The House of Representatives was extremely different from the Senate. First of all, the representatives met in the spacious auditorium, and representatives had to approach the microphone if they wished to speak. Sometimes this could cause quite a commotion, as many students wished to speak and there were long lines for the microphone. Discussions were often ended before all the representatives in line had had their say and some tempers flared during this process.

In the end, very few bills were passed into laws (bills had to be passed by both the Senate and the House in the same format, and then signed by the president.) In other words, I'm not going to be a politician.