When the Progressive Conservatives held their convention in Ottawa to elect Joe Clark their leader and eventual Prime Minister, it was a great learning experience for me. Aside from listening to the delegates and touring the booths (Flora Macdonald gave me an apple) I took home a ransom of souvineers - buttons, posters, banners, and one delegate. So I envy the thousands of youth volunteers at the Democratic convention in Boston. The best learning occurs outside the classroom. That said, many more thousands of students are getting the convention experience through the numerous blogs covering the event. Not close enough to touch a delegate, perhaps, but miles ahead of what any generation previous could expect.
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