This week, we learned about events that occurred during the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, which spanned 8 years, from January of 1993 to January 2001. He was a talented man who was the first baby boomer (post-war) to be elected, and for many Americans seemed to bring a lot of promise for the future to office. However, as we learned, Clinton had an uphill struggle while president. His youth, inexperience and leadership style contributed to these struggles. He is credited with several important successes during his term, like balancing the federal budget, but these successes are overshadowed by the fact that Clinton gave into temptation and then lied to try to cover up his personal indiscretions which lead to an impeachment trial. It was during the 1990's that many of today's technological conveniences came into everyday use, partly due to an economic boom during the Clinton years. The internet, cell phone, DVD's, digital cameras, cable TV, and PDA's area all inventions that became commonplace during the 90's. The Five in a Row class read the book, "Harold and the Purple Crayon." Then they had fun making purple crafts and doing purple activities!
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