1/12/09

LESSON 38 and 39
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What is the difference between negative and positive rights? 38

Positive rights permit or oblige action, whereas negative rights are those which permit or oblige inaction.

What are some constitutional rights issues being raised by changes in American society? 39

- Group rights
- Rights to life and death
- Rights to privacy
- Rights of the individual and providing for the common good
- Rights of citizens and the rights of resident aliens

1/12/09

LESSON 37
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1. How might modern technology expand the opportunities for direct participation by citizens in self-government?

A couple of ways that modern technology is used is by audio and video teleconferencing has become a familiar way for citizens to discuss issues of common concern, so yes it did expand and it is helpful.

2. How would you describe the challenges and opportunities created by the increasing diversity of American society?

I would describe the challenges and opportunities created by the increasing diversity of American society by saying that we have more opportunities and challenges to face like to sustain a balance in a society that is becoming far more diverse and complex.

3. How is internationalism affecting American citizenship?

Internationalism is affecting American citizenship in the U.S because we have an impact beyond our borders.

1/11/09

LESSON 36 PAGE 195
What types of rights and responsibilities do citizens have?
We have Civil Rights and Political Rights.

How would you describe the role of citizens in a constitutional democracy?
The role of citizens in a constitutional democracy is when the citizens let their voice be heard, vote, listen a others, and participate in public affairs.

How would you explain the difference between "social action" and 'political action"?
"A social action is if the acting individual takes account of the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course", and a political action is when an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election.

1/11/09

lesson 35-Who is a citizen? page 192
In our country anyone that is born in the United States, or is born to citizens of the United States, is a citizen.

How would you explain the term commonwealth?
Its a political community founded for the common good or in which everyone have equal standing.

How would you explain the term "enlightened self-interest"?
It actually means do well by doing good.

1/06/10

TODAY WE COULDN'T FIND OUR NHD BOARD SO I'M REALLY MAD. I CAME INTO THE COMPUTER LAB TO START ON SOME WORK BUT MS. THOMPSON STARTED TRIPPIN. SHE GAVE US SOME WORK TO DO FOR MR. STANTON WHICH I COMPLETED ON PAPER BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG FOR ME TO TYPE BECAUSE I TYPE REALLY SLOW. I WILL GO LOOK FOR MY BOARD AT LUNCH TIME SO MY GROUP WON'T FAIL NHD.

12/2/09

TODAY I CAME TO A CONCLUSION THAT I SHOULD CHANGE MY TOPIC, SO THEREFORE I CHANGED MY TOPIC TO ANESTHESIA. SHAKEELAH AND SALOMAE TOTALLY AGREED WITH THE IDEA OF CHANGING THE TOPIC TO ANESTHESIA. WE ALREADY GATHERED A BUNCH OF INFO TO START ON THE PROJECT. I WILL START THE BOARD WHILE KEELS AND SAH GATHER MORE INFO TO BETTER OUR PROJECT AND TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

11/16/09

HI, TODAY I REALLY DIDN'T DO ANY WORK BECAUSE I'M NOT FEELING TOO GOOD. I CHANGED MY NHD TOPIC TO "QUININE", THE CURE FOR MALARIA BECAUSE MALARIA PLAYS A MAJOR IN AFRICA AND IN MANY OTHER CONTINENTS AND COUNTRIES, BUT IT IS KNOWN TO BE DEADLIER IN AFRICA BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND THE CLIMATE THERE. ALSO THE PEOPLE THERE CAN'T AFFORD THE MEDICATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE IS EXTREMELY POOR. SO I FIGURED THAT QUININE PLAYS A BIG PART IN IMPACT AND CHANGES.

11/10/09

TODAY I CAME IN THE COMPUTER LAB AND WORKED ON SOME OF MY WORK FOR MR. STANTON. I STUDIED FOR HIS TEST THAT WE ARE HAVING IN HIS CLASS TODAY AND I ALSO GOT MY BINDER WHICH I WILL HAVE TO ORGANIZE BECAUSE I LOST MY OLD BINDER. I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT I WILL PASS HIS TEST BECAUSE I STUDY ALL THE TIME FOR HIS TESTS AND GET A'S ON THEM.

10/28/09

TODAY I CAME IN THE COMPUTER LAB AND STARTED ON SOME OF MR. BRASOF WORK. I ALSO STARTED ON MY NHD TOPIC WHICH IS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION. MY PARTNERS ARE SHAKEELAH AND SALOMAE.

NHD

ME, SHAKEELAH, AND SALOMAE HAD TO CHANGE OUR NHD TOPIC TO B.E.T BECAUSE VIACOM WAS TOO BROAD. SO NOW THAT WE DECIDED TO WORK ON B.E.T WE ARE SEEING HOW IT CHANGED OVER TIME AND WHAT IS THE INNOVATION OF B.E.T.

MAY 19TH

During service learning I'v experienced alot. The three most exciting moments was filming with my group, joting down notes with my partner Dave, and making a movie with the class. Also I had fustrating moments like having to go to service learning when I didn't feel good, but thats the only time I didn't want to be in service learning. The only reason why I enjoyed service learning is because I had a teacher that I enjoy being around. Mr. Romero taught me alot of fun interesting facts about how to provide myself with information about getting resources and facts about NHD. Also I learned that when you have fun with activities such as filming documentries and etc. you learn more, and or it processes in teenage minds better.

SYMBOLS

Lennie’s Puppy
Lennie’s puppy is one of several symbols that represent the victory of the strong over the weak.
Lennie kills the puppy accidentally, as he has killed many mice before, by virtue of his failure to recognize his own strength.
Candy’s Dog

The farm that George constantly describes to Lennie, those few acres of land on which they will grow their own food and tend their own livestock, is one of the most powerful symbols in the book.
Candy is immediately drawn in by the dream, and even the cynical Crooks hopes that Lennie and George will let him live there too.

Candy’s dog represents anyone who has outlived his or her purpose. Candy’s attachment to the animal—his plea that Carlson let the dog live for no other reason than that Candy raised it from a puppy—means nothing at all on the ranch. Although Carlson promises to kill the dog painlessly, his insistence that the old animal must die supports a cruel natural law that the strong will dispose of the weak. Candy internalizes this lesson, for he fears that he himself is nearing an age when he will no longer be useful at the ranch, and therefore no longer welcom

INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING HOURS MOVIE

ABOUT INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING

What I learned from independent service is that when you give to your community to feel better about yourself and the people you helped. I also learned that you will get something back in return even when your not looking forward to your reward someone always notice your outstanding work or achievement.

INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING HOURS

The independent hours that I did was at the boat race with Ballard Spharr Law Office. I did 8 hours with that. Also I did service learning hours at Evolve Spa. The service learning hours that I did helped out my community by showing my peers my age kindness and generosity.

Service Learning Reflection APRIL 21- MAY 2

Mr. Romero group was successful because we finished our movie. Also we are doing another movie outside when it get warmer outside. Mr. Romero group is the perfect group to be in because you learn, have fun, and you will enjoy being around the environment with Mr. Romero and the group that he have.

The challenges that I had was filming the movie, but there is a good side to that because when you are finished the movie you will feel proud of yourself that you accomplished your goal.

The role that I will play is to act out the bad person that shows the worst student. Also I will write down all the things that will be done by the future students that repeat history. What I mean about that is that I am positive that the students will do what we did because the 9th graders did it.

my movie

Idioms For Of Mice And Men

1.flapper- mouth
2.poking your big ears into our business-listening into our conversation.
3.picking scraps- provoking fights, starting arguements
4.poison- what we would today call a bad girl. like the song "poison"(that girl is poison)
5.rattrap- when your in a bad situation.
6.shove off- to leave
7.take the rap-taking the blame
8.get the can- t get fired
9.drink hearty- to drink well.
10.scrappy- aggressively

Service Learning Reflection 5/1/08

Last week for service learning with Mr.Romero we pretty much did the same thing as the week before. Also, I had written a e-mail to all staff saying about how we should extend service learning time to the way it was last year. I was trying to convince Mr. Romero to allow this and bring it up to the rest of the staff, by saying that we really don't have that much time to do what we have to do. Especially for groups who go outside of the building lke ours. We also, tried to finalize a schedule so that we could rotate between visiting the elderly and tutoring ESL students. Over all, last weeks service learning was very helpful because I got a better understanding as to what my group will be doing throughout the rest of this year.

Service Learning Reflection 4/17/08

Last Friday at our service learning group we discussed what we are planning to do since our group was kind of confused about what exactly we were doing. We decided that instead of teaching english we are just going to focus on spending time with elderly people in general. Also, we discussed where we could go and what we could talk about while we was there. We went threw how we would get there and the activities we could do towards the end of service learning.
Tommorrow I want to focus on actually getting started and figuring out where we can go and what we could do with them