Wednesday, February 18th

Copy and past these over to your blog and tell me a little about yourself. If you have a picture or two that might represent one of your answers make sure to include it.

My favorite food: Anything Italian
Foods I'd like to avoid: Any type of seafood or Mexican
My favorite things to learn: Math and Science
My favorite color: I don't have one
My best friends are: Mollie, Lucy, Liz, Hannah, Lauren, Adam
My favorite games to play: I don't really play games
My favorite books: Paper Towns
My favorite movies or TV shows: Criminal Minds, House, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Horrible Bosses
My favorite holiday: Christmas or Fourth of July
Things I do well: Math, read, give advice, snow ski, and water ski
Things I need to practice more: Studying
My favorite place to go: Anywhere in Colorado
My favorite family activities: Thanksgiving and other holidays with family
My favorite thing to do outside: Run with my dog
My favorite chore: cleaning anything
My least favorite chore: dishes
What I want to be when I grow up: FBI agent
A place I want to visit: Alaska or Switzerland
My favorite part of the year: Fall
My favorite part of each day: Middle of the night

Tuesday, February 17th

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?

This picture shows the different study habits of China, India, and USA. It also shows the different stereotypes we encounter when we talk about these countries regarding study habits. Everyone thinks of the Chinese as math geeks, India as the science geniuses, and the USA as the lazy ones who do not do anything. You can never fully agree to a stereotype because stereotypes to not apply to 100% of that race, gender, or other stereotypes you might see. You would have to be ignorant to think that stereotypes apply to everyone. In a sense, though, the top student of your class may be Chinese or Indian and it can make the stereotypes stronger. While maybe not everyone of a certain stereotype fits in their given stereotype, a large number of people may have started the stereotype. Maybe you think that all Chinese are math geeks because almost every Chinese you know is good at math. Or maybe you think that all Indians are science wizards because almost every Indian you know is unnaturally good at science. Maybe it is because they work hard. Or maybe it is their culture to work harder. If I were a teacher and every Indian student I had at straight As then I would most likely somewhat believe in this stereotype.

Public Service Announcement

Tuesday, February 10th

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

Personally, I can relate to this as to what I do not do. I usually just do the work that teachers assign just to get it done. But if I took more time and focused harder I could probably retain more information. I tend to rush through my work so I can get to whatever I would rather be doing. Rushing does not help the practice or learning process but focusing and actually paying attention to what you are doing can really help obtain more information and it helps you get better at whatever you may be doing. Time management could help with having less to do. Say you are assigned an assignment that takes a while to do, say a week or so. So instead of rushing through it all in one night, work on it progressively throughout the week and with each time you work on it with a lot of focus so that it is the best that it can be.

Monday, February 9th

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

This weekend I spent a lot of time with my family. I went to the varsity basketball game on Friday night and Saturday morning I babysat my neighbors for a few hours.  After that, I went to my dads house and our family went to my brother's hockey game. I brought along my friend Erik with me. After the hockey game we went to dinner together at Old Chicago's Pizza and it was SO GOOD. Saturday night I hung out with m friends Mollie and Liz and some guys from Rockhurst that I had never met before. It ended up being super fun and I had a great time. Erik and I hung out all day Sunday also.

Friday, February 6th

Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.)

While researching my topic, I have found hard facts about government surveillance. The question is whether I believe what the government tells me or not. I didn't know about all the acts protecting our privacy but also contradicting that the government has the legal ability to search through all of our internet data.

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Monday, February 2nd

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"? EXPLAIN.

Email is a way of communication that tends to be more formally written than text messages. Even if people don't use email, they still have one. I used to use email to talk to family-mainly my Grandma. I use my personal email for store deals and my school email for emailing teachers, upcoming events, and opportunities at school coming up. I see workers in offices use email all the time and I really don't understand why. Especially teachers. Email tends to be more formal than regular text messages with some friends and is used in professional jobs quite often.