1. I think it is harsh to give kids the letters.
2. I think she has a right to hand out the letter because nothing in the Constitution says she cant but it is still harsh to do that to kids.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
10/30/13 Assignment
-Pinocchio Obama and Angela Merkel Cartoon:
Did Obama lie to Merkel about bugging her phone? -- What did the President know, and when did he know it? It seems the NSA has been bugging Angela Merkel's telephone (including her current model, a Nokia 6260 Slide) since 2002, when she was opposition leader.
-Woman Driver in Saudi Arabia:
Women in Saudi Arabia that now have the right to drive cars, along with gaining other rights.
-Casino Tax Revenue Addiction:
The extent of Britain’s addiction to controversial casino-style gambling machines is revealed today with the disclosure by two bookmaker giants that more than £12 billion was wagered on their machines in the first half of this year.
-On to the Next Debt Limit:
The first thing to clarify is that a government shutdown due to failure to pass a budget and a shutdown due to failure to raise the debt ceiling are different things with different implications. In America many government functions—such as defense and the national parks—must be funded by annual acts of Congress called appropriations. If Congress fails to appropriate funds, the activity must cease, with exceptions for essential services.
-Spy vs. Allies:
Israelis spying on Americans is in the news again: leaders of the Jewish state just petitioned for Jonathan Pollard's release and the Associated Press reported with alarm that U.S. national security officials at times consider Israel to be "a genuine counterintelligence threat." Its tone of breathless outrage suggests: How dare they! Who do they think they are?
Did Obama lie to Merkel about bugging her phone? -- What did the President know, and when did he know it? It seems the NSA has been bugging Angela Merkel's telephone (including her current model, a Nokia 6260 Slide) since 2002, when she was opposition leader.
-Woman Driver in Saudi Arabia:
Women in Saudi Arabia that now have the right to drive cars, along with gaining other rights.
-Casino Tax Revenue Addiction:
The extent of Britain’s addiction to controversial casino-style gambling machines is revealed today with the disclosure by two bookmaker giants that more than £12 billion was wagered on their machines in the first half of this year.
-On to the Next Debt Limit:
The first thing to clarify is that a government shutdown due to failure to pass a budget and a shutdown due to failure to raise the debt ceiling are different things with different implications. In America many government functions—such as defense and the national parks—must be funded by annual acts of Congress called appropriations. If Congress fails to appropriate funds, the activity must cease, with exceptions for essential services.
-Spy vs. Allies:
Israelis spying on Americans is in the news again: leaders of the Jewish state just petitioned for Jonathan Pollard's release and the Associated Press reported with alarm that U.S. national security officials at times consider Israel to be "a genuine counterintelligence threat." Its tone of breathless outrage suggests: How dare they! Who do they think they are?
10/30/13 Bellringer
1. The voting trend among young people have shifted in the past 15 years from more conservative to more liberal.
2. Yes, I believe that this is a growing trend throughout all of America.
3. That more people will vote more liberally.
2. Yes, I believe that this is a growing trend throughout all of America.
3. That more people will vote more liberally.
Civics Debate Questions-- Drinking Age
Affirmative Question: If the drinking age is lowered from 21 to 18 do you think more teens would be involved in drinking activities? etc.
Negative Question: Lowering the drinking age would keep teens from underage drinking-- so why should the drinking age not be lowered?
Negative Question: Lowering the drinking age would keep teens from underage drinking-- so why should the drinking age not be lowered?
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
10/29/13 Assignment
Questions:
1. What does the elephant represent? -- Use of images
2. Why does the sheriff have the word voters on his sleeve? -- Cartoons Message
3. What is the symbolism on the characters yellow shirt? -- Subject-Message
4. What is the significance of the title of the cartoon?-- Message
5. Why doesn't the cartoon show the rest of the building? -- Artistic techniques
Summary:
Look over the cartoon seeing what captures your attention first. What is the primary purpose of the cartoon? Determine who the audience is. Understand the context of the cartoon. Look for widely recognized symbols. Look at all the minor details that may contribute to the humor or the point of the cartoon.
Techniques:
Symbolism- the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Exaggeration- a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is
Labeling- attach a label to (something)
Analogy- a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Irony- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
1. What does the elephant represent? -- Use of images
2. Why does the sheriff have the word voters on his sleeve? -- Cartoons Message
3. What is the symbolism on the characters yellow shirt? -- Subject-Message
4. What is the significance of the title of the cartoon?-- Message
5. Why doesn't the cartoon show the rest of the building? -- Artistic techniques
Summary:
Look over the cartoon seeing what captures your attention first. What is the primary purpose of the cartoon? Determine who the audience is. Understand the context of the cartoon. Look for widely recognized symbols. Look at all the minor details that may contribute to the humor or the point of the cartoon.
Techniques:
Symbolism- the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Exaggeration- a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is
Labeling- attach a label to (something)
Analogy- a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Irony- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
10/29/13 Bellringer
1. No, I don't feel like it's legal because its being judgmental to those that are taking the test.
2. No, your weight doesn't make you fit.
3. I would have physical examinations, but not "fat tests."
2. No, your weight doesn't make you fit.
3. I would have physical examinations, but not "fat tests."
Monday, October 28, 2013
10/28/13 Bellringer
1. Sounds like the article is talking about how people are flying the confederate flag as a band of traitors against the U.S.
2. Yes I believe he is right because it is his opinion.
3. Because not everyone agrees with certain issues and it is a symbol of rebellion.
2. Yes I believe he is right because it is his opinion.
3. Because not everyone agrees with certain issues and it is a symbol of rebellion.
Friday, October 25, 2013
10/25/13 Assignment
Based on your responses, YOU are a… Post-Modern
Along with 13% of the publicOverall, your political values are closest to those of an… Average Republican
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.36
You Are 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...
Centrist prefer a "middle ground" regarding government control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on the issue, they sometimes favor government intervention and sometimes support individual freedom of choice. Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind, tend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what they describe as "practical" solutions to problems.
According to the quizzes I am basically an independent, not apart of either party, but leaning more towards a republican.
Monday, October 21, 2013
10/21/13 Bellringer
1. It can be hard to break away from devices because it is addicting.
2. Yes, I could survive without my device.
2. Yes, I could survive without my device.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
10/17/13 Bellringer
Since the shutdown is over hopefully both parties, Democrats and Republicans, can agree to disagree and work out all of the problems at hand so that no other shutdowns will happen.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
10/16/13 Bellringer
1. Yes because the bullying etc. eventually led to a suicide. But more than the two girls were involved so they should have got something as well.
2. Misdemeanor-- a minor wrong doing Felony-- a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
3. Think parents should monitor their children better.
2. Misdemeanor-- a minor wrong doing Felony-- a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
3. Think parents should monitor their children better.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
10/15/13 Bellringer
Students and faculty should be monitored a little better so situations like this wont happen again or as often.
Monday, October 14, 2013
People Who Made A Difference
Alice Paul- Helped to ratify the 19th amendment. She was born January 11, 1885.
Margaret Sanger- Parents were politically active in women's rights. Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse.
Deganawidah- Was born in the 13th or 14th century. Orator and statesman who founded the Haudenosaunee, with Hiawatha.
Andrew Carnegie- Born in Scotland in 1845. Led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Eva Peron- Born May 7th, 1919. She was credited with gaining the right to vote for Argentine women.
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Was an American abolitionist and author. She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin: depiction of life for African Americans under slavery.
John Keynes- Was a British economist whose ideas have fundamentally affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, and informed the economic policies of governments. He died April 21, 1946.
Eugene V. Debs- Born on November 5, 1855. He quit school at the age of 14.
Betty Williams- Won the Noble Peace Prize in 1976. Cofounder of Community of Peace People.
Emmeline Pankhurst- Was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. She died on June 14, 1928.
Helena Rubinstein- She was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women. In 1908, she married American journalist Edward William Titus in London.
Edward Jenner- Was an English physician and scientist from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other man".
Dolores Huerta- She was born April 10, 1930. Was a labor leader and civil rights activist.
Margaret Sanger- Parents were politically active in women's rights. Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse.
Deganawidah- Was born in the 13th or 14th century. Orator and statesman who founded the Haudenosaunee, with Hiawatha.
Andrew Carnegie- Born in Scotland in 1845. Led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Eva Peron- Born May 7th, 1919. She was credited with gaining the right to vote for Argentine women.
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Was an American abolitionist and author. She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin: depiction of life for African Americans under slavery.
John Keynes- Was a British economist whose ideas have fundamentally affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, and informed the economic policies of governments. He died April 21, 1946.
Eugene V. Debs- Born on November 5, 1855. He quit school at the age of 14.
Betty Williams- Won the Noble Peace Prize in 1976. Cofounder of Community of Peace People.
Emmeline Pankhurst- Was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. She died on June 14, 1928.
Helena Rubinstein- She was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women. In 1908, she married American journalist Edward William Titus in London.
Edward Jenner- Was an English physician and scientist from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other man".
Dolores Huerta- She was born April 10, 1930. Was a labor leader and civil rights activist.
10/14/13 Bellringer
It is different because the crowd Sunday morning pushed through barriers to protest the closing of the World War II memorial because of the shutdown.
Friday, October 11, 2013
10/11/13 Bellringer
1. No, I think that the government should get the shutdown resolved because it is their responsibility to pay for it.
2. I would visit the Grand Canyon because I've always wanted to go there.
2. I would visit the Grand Canyon because I've always wanted to go there.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
10/10/13 Bellringer
1. That Congress is not very popular with the people (voters).
2. I would have a set date for when the decision had to be made.
2. I would have a set date for when the decision had to be made.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
10/09/13 Bellringer
1. Yes, because it is like buying the election.
2. People don't have freedom of expression if there are limits on campaign contributions.
3. I think that it is the persons money and they should be able to do whatever they want with it.
4. Then less money would be spent and maybe the campaigns would be more fair.
2. People don't have freedom of expression if there are limits on campaign contributions.
3. I think that it is the persons money and they should be able to do whatever they want with it.
4. Then less money would be spent and maybe the campaigns would be more fair.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
10/08/13 Bellringer
1. I think that if people are offended then the name should be considered to re-change it. But since the name has been there for a long time and hasn't been considered offensive, I think it should remain the same.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Response to Grandchild
What have you done in your life to make a difference?
I have been successful in life by going to college and getting a college degree, to have a job that I love.
I have been successful in life by going to college and getting a college degree, to have a job that I love.
10/07/13 Bellringer
1. Says that there are still flaws in our national security.
2. Not surprised because mistakes can happen.
2. Not surprised because mistakes can happen.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
10/01/13 Bellringer
1. How long will the shutdown last?
2. Will there be another shutdown anytime soon?
3. Why do some federal employees continue to work during a shutdown even if they don't get paid?
2. Will there be another shutdown anytime soon?
3. Why do some federal employees continue to work during a shutdown even if they don't get paid?
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