Logic 1 Essay
Ejaaz Mason
Logic
Dr Samuel Odom
7/13/13
Civil court field trip
Monday July 8th, 2013 I and the students from Logic 101 took a field trip to city hall. The purpose of this trip was to see how logic plays a vital role in the judicial system. I had never been to City hall so I didn't know what to expect when I got there. I wanted to get a sense of exactly what I was walking in to so I decided to get there a little earlier than our 11 o'clock meeting time. When I walked in the building the first then I noticed was the busy silence that filled the room. It's the same sound you hear when you walk onto a closed movie set. You see the dozens of people flying around taking care of business but you could hear a pin drop because no one speaks above a full whisper. As I walked down the halls I saw the walls covered with rich New Orleans history. The tops of the walls were even painted to look like the storm beaten streets signs that we see on intersections throughout the city. There were many rooms each with there own specific purpose. There was also a major lack of chairs, but I guess who needs to sit down when everyone's running around handling important business. When Dr Odom and my classmates arrived we took the elevator up to the 2nd floor, Civil court. Inside the courtroom I got an immediate sense of extreme tension. I don't know if it was the very large bailiff or his even larger pistol or if it was sad faces in the room but something made me feel uneasy. My classmates and I cracked jokes and made up our own scenarios of what would take place once the judge walked in. Before we even had an opportunity to guess, the court clerk let out a loud cry of, "All Rise!" Then in walked Judge Jupiter. She was an older woman, but not old in the sense of age but old in the way an owl who has had years of experience hunting in her forest would look while perched on the highest branch of the tallest tree. Like a flash our laughs were turned into gasps as one serious case after
Logic
Dr Samuel Odom
7/13/13
Civil court field trip
Monday July 8th, 2013 I and the students from Logic 101 took a field trip to city hall. The purpose of this trip was to see how logic plays a vital role in the judicial system. I had never been to City hall so I didn't know what to expect when I got there. I wanted to get a sense of exactly what I was walking in to so I decided to get there a little earlier than our 11 o'clock meeting time. When I walked in the building the first then I noticed was the busy silence that filled the room. It's the same sound you hear when you walk onto a closed movie set. You see the dozens of people flying around taking care of business but you could hear a pin drop because no one speaks above a full whisper. As I walked down the halls I saw the walls covered with rich New Orleans history. The tops of the walls were even painted to look like the storm beaten streets signs that we see on intersections throughout the city. There were many rooms each with there own specific purpose. There was also a major lack of chairs, but I guess who needs to sit down when everyone's running around handling important business. When Dr Odom and my classmates arrived we took the elevator up to the 2nd floor, Civil court. Inside the courtroom I got an immediate sense of extreme tension. I don't know if it was the very large bailiff or his even larger pistol or if it was sad faces in the room but something made me feel uneasy. My classmates and I cracked jokes and made up our own scenarios of what would take place once the judge walked in. Before we even had an opportunity to guess, the court clerk let out a loud cry of, "All Rise!" Then in walked Judge Jupiter. She was an older woman, but not old in the sense of age but old in the way an owl who has had years of experience hunting in her forest would look while perched on the highest branch of the tallest tree. Like a flash our laughs were turned into gasps as one serious case after