By Ed Harris Editor Students in an honors civics class at Southington High School recently had the opportunity to converse with Senator Chris Murphy. Using Skype, the students asked the senator a wide range of questions, including topics such as the Ukraine, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and whether or not golf is a sport. “It is very exciting,” said teacher Deborah Kennedy. Kennedy said this was the first time that the class had the opportunity to converse with such a high profile politician. In past years the class had written letters to the local Board of Education. Kennedy said the class had been working on a writing exercise with the prompt of whether congress makes a difference. It was during this lesson that student Jared Fernandez wrote Senator Murphy and the Skype call materialized from there. Jared questioned Murphy on the ACA and the situation in the Ukraine. Murphy, who supports Obamacare, noted there were some website issues in the beginning, but said things have since been smoothed out. “The reports now are positive,” Murphy said. Murphy said he is worried that a crush of people would hit the website on or near March 31, the last day to [...]
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