9/30/13 Bellringer

The articles all talk about the government, the first two are about terrorist bombings in the United States and the third article is about the government shutting down for about twenty days in 1995.

9/19/13 Bellringer

The article is an opinion based article on whether or not violent video games play a role in shootings.  The article gives a brief description about a man who shot at least twelve people and played violent video games at least sixteen hours a day.  Also how studies have shown that playing violent video games raise violence and aggression levels.

9/18/13 Bellringer

1.  The school district claims to be collecting this information for student safety.
2. Yes, because the school has no right to be involved in the students personal lives outside of school.
3. I think that the school district has no right to monitor students personal lives outside of school.

9/17/13 Bellringer

1. That there is still racism in the United States, and not all people are accepted.
2. No, because racism is still in effect and not all people are treated equally.

9/16/13 Bellringer

The article is about the 50th anniversary of a church bombing that killed four girls in Birmingham, Alabama: Addie Mae Collins, 14, Cynthia Wesley, 14, Carole Robertson, 14, and Denise McNair, 11.  The blast came from dynamite placed under the steps of the church by members of a Ku Klux Klan group.

9/13/13 Bellringer

1. To tell about a car bomb that has gone off near the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan.
2.  Failure because no one was harmed that was intended to be.

Assignment 9/12/13

Personal Diary of 9/11
http://www.voicesofseptember11.org/dev/Newsletters/newsletterarchive/PDF/FORTUNATElowres.pdf
Personal Story of 9/11
 http://elitedaily.com/life/a-personal-story-of-terror-tragedy-triumph-as-we-remember-911-twelve-years-later/
 Shows us how we can never forget disasters such as 9/11.  Also shows us how we should stay informed with issues around us, and to be prepared when a disaster happens.  Makes us realize "life is too short." 

9/12/13 Bellringer

1. They may possibly view it that more jobs are avaliable to them.
2. Yes and no the economy may be improving slowly but the glitches in the system is leaving information out, that may show that it is getting worse.

9/11/13 Bellringer

Since September 11, 2001 the United States has had better security and programs in place to help prevent anything like 9/11 to ever happen again.  An issue now is the concern that peoples privacy is being taken away from them with all the extra security.  Since recent reports have uncovered programs within the National Security Agency to collect and analyze Internet and communication data generated by millions of Americans, to help prevent other tragedies like 9/11.

9/5/13 Bellringer

1. No because less people will be able to afford the higher prices and it will hurt the businesses.
2. Yes and no because people deserve an equal pay but at the same time its an entry level position and the workers should have to work their way up to earning money.

9/4/13 Bellringer

1. The article suggest that students go into STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and math.
2. I think the article should have gave more detail on the different jobs in the STEM fields.
3. This impacts my decision about college by helping me decide what field/program I should go into to.

9/3/13 Bellringer

1. Yes, I think that this is an invasion of personal privacy because I don't think people should have the right to use data that doesn't belong to them.
2. The Facebook terms and agreements doesn't protect anyone from the government using the data of Facebook Users. (ask your own risk)
3. I believe that this is a violation of the 4th Amendment.