We the People 2015-16

We the People is a yearly competition involving high school students from throughout the United States. The national finals simulates a congressional hearing and is held at George Mason University and in congressional hearing rooms on Capitol Hill. Each class is divided into six units, each composed of three to five students. Each unit focuses on a particular area of Constitutional interest - from the philosophical underpinnings and Constitutional Convention to the Bill of Rights and modern day implications. Students are judged on criteria such as their understanding, reasoning, responsiveness, and use of constitutional applications. The following is a list of the makeup and descriptions of the Montclair High School units that competed in the competition in the 2015-16 school year.

Unit 2
Unit 2 Tuesday Thursday Friday consists of Annie Blackman, Sophia Isidore, Glynnis Harvey, and Ian Barnes. Unit 2 TRF is known for their ability to procrastinate and limit class work to a minimum. Unit 2 TRF has carved out a niche for themselves in the practice of creating clever analogies, most famously comparing American colonists' relationship with the Articles of Confederation to "Daddy Issues." It is worth noting that Mr. Wingren found this analogy amusing, even when Ian unexpectedly attempted to use it as evidence during the first presentation's Q&A. Unit 2 TRF works poorly together because they all like each other too much to focus.

Unit 3
Unit 3 T/Th/F consists of Claudia Silver, Lukas Manthey, Andreas Pintado-Urbanc, and James Feinberg. Unit 3 has become legendary among the Class of 2016 for their natural and seemingly limitless talent at all things We the People. Their first presentation, which turned out to be four minutes too long, was written in a half an hour. They met exactly once before their first demonstration, and had nothing to do because all the necessary research and writing had been completed in class. After their first presentation for Wingren, Wingren described their work as "perfect" and "brilliant" and suggested that no further work was necessary. This was the beginning of the widely-held notion that the members of Unit 3 T/Th/F are living gods.