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Patch Editor Role Plays at Model Congress
Organizers wanted students to know what it was like to be questioned by the media. We did our best to accommodate.
What does a Patch editor do on the weekend when he has some free time?
Among other things, I combined work with helping high school students attending Rep. Robert Dold’s (R-Kenilworth) model congress Saturday at Stevenson High School.
My brief role at the model congress was being myself. I was asking questions of the students elected to party leadership so they could learn what it was like to deal with the media. I was urged by Dold’s staff to challenge them. I tried my best.
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All students I encountered were impressive.
As for work, tomorrow there will be a story about five Deerfield High School Students –Graham Ambrose, Samantha Soloway, Elayna Shanker, Lauren Klein and Sammy Cohen—who attended. You will learn what they made the event special for them.
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Not all of them are newcomers to politics and government. Ambrose is an intern with Deerfield’s Brad Schneider, Dold’s Democratic opponent in the Nov. 6 election. Cohen works for Dold. They are good friends.
