Cynthia DorseyCynthia Dorsey

My Pursuit of HappinessMy Pursuit of Happiness

The Slide About The The Slide About The Declaration Of Independence Declaration Of Independence AuthorAuthor

• Shadwell in Albemarle Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia.County, Virginia.

• He got most of them from He got most of them from the Enlightment.the Enlightment.

• Wrote the declaration of Wrote the declaration of independence, Inherit-ed independence, Inherit-ed what his father did as a what his father did as a farmer, Get married and farmer, Get married and had six children, had six children, Revolutionary Leader, Revolutionary Leader, Minister to FranceMinister to France

This Slide About What Pursuit This Slide About What Pursuit Of Happiness MeansOf Happiness Means• Thomas Jefferson. It is the Thomas Jefferson. It is the

opening of the American opening of the American constitutionconstitution

• one of the "unalienable one of the "unalienable rights" of people rights" of people enumerated in the enumerated in the Declaration of Declaration of Independence, along with Independence, along with "life" and "liberty." "The "life" and "liberty." "The right to pursue any lawful right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with manner not inconsistent with the equal rights of others, the equal rights of others, which may increase their which may increase their prosperity or develop their prosperity or develop their faculties, so as to give them faculties, so as to give them their highest enjoyment." their highest enjoyment."

My Pursuit Of HappinessMy Pursuit Of Happiness

By Cynthia DorseyBy Cynthia Dorsey

Where I Go To SchoolWhere I Go To School

• Teachers are Teachers are helpfulhelpful

• Helps me graduate Helps me graduate on timeon time

• Get my credits Get my credits quickquick

• I like learning hereI like learning here

• People are nice People are nice

Something I Like To DoSomething I Like To Do

• Know your life Know your life purpose and your purpose and your values,values, Enjoy Enjoy relationships with relationships with othersothers , , Avoid Avoid negative self talknegative self talk

• My family, friends, My family, friends, and lifeand life

The Best Thing About MeThe Best Thing About Me

• My attitude and My attitude and how I treat people. how I treat people. How I go about a How I go about a situation when situation when things get rough things get rough and hard to handle.and hard to handle.

If I Ran For PresidentIf I Ran For President

• I feel the people I feel the people rights are important rights are important in the U.S. jobs, in the U.S. jobs, houses, and houses, and homeless support homeless support are all important. are all important. Life and money Life and money situation are a situation are a struggle and is struggle and is important when important when help is needed help is needed

My Most Important Individual My Most Important Individual RightsRights

• Freedom to exercise Freedom to exercise any religion (Congress any religion (Congress should not enact any should not enact any law in favor of law in favor of establishing a establishing a religion). Freedom of religion). Freedom of speech. Freedom of speech. Freedom of press. Right to press. Right to assemble peacefully. assemble peacefully. Right to petition for Right to petition for redress of grievances redress of grievances

Citizens Responsibilities Citizens Responsibilities Are….Are….• Respect people. Vote, pay Respect people. Vote, pay

taxes, Go to school, Pay bills, taxes, Go to school, Pay bills, Drive safely, rights to keep a Drive safely, rights to keep a bear arm, Prohibition of arrest bear arm, Prohibition of arrest for answering any capital or for answering any capital or infamous crime infamous crime

• Protection from double Protection from double jeopardy jeopardy

• Prohibition of taking private Prohibition of taking private property for public use property for public use Protection of rights of the Protection of rights of the accused accused

• Permission for trial by jury Permission for trial by jury • Right to counsel Protection Right to counsel Protection

from excessive bail from excessive bail • Prohibition of imposing Prohibition of imposing

excessive fines excessive fines • Prohibition of cruel and Prohibition of cruel and

unusual punishmentsunusual punishments• Prohibition of search (papers, Prohibition of search (papers,

persons, houses) and seizure persons, houses) and seizure without reason Prohibition of without reason Prohibition of quartering of troops (without quartering of troops (without the consent of the owner) the consent of the owner)

What We Can Do To Make The What We Can Do To Make The World A Better Place…World A Better Place…

• Keep are sewer Keep are sewer pipes clean, keep pipes clean, keep pollution out the air, pollution out the air, Less homeless, Less homeless, Houses are cheaper Houses are cheaper and banks don’t and banks don’t own them, Bills are own them, Bills are less expensive, Gas less expensive, Gas and food prices are and food prices are going down, keep going down, keep everybody happy everybody happy

My Future Ahead….My Future Ahead….• I see myself graduated from I see myself graduated from

college raising my child and college raising my child and married and off to culinary married and off to culinary arts. Telling younger kids arts. Telling younger kids how to succeed in school how to succeed in school and this is what you can and this is what you can get.get.

• I feel am going to get were I I feel am going to get were I want to be in the future by want to be in the future by going to school not going to school not dropping out getting a dropping out getting a good paying job and a good paying job and a house to build up a family house to build up a family with my boyfriend and with my boyfriend and unborn child on the way. unborn child on the way. Helping my family when Helping my family when there down and out and there down and out and keeping my brothers and keeping my brothers and sisters in school and heads sisters in school and heads on the right track to get on the right track to get were am going to be in five were am going to be in five years.years.