PLN 15

i read an aticle called Do schools have birth-control role? and it talked about schools being allowed to give out birth conrtoll pills in health clinics. It talked about how many girls in CO are getting pregnant and that is the main cuase of girls dropping out of high school. 54.5 girls get pregnat in the city of denver and 24.3 get pregnant else where in CO. They also talked about giving them out in Middle Schools as well as High Schools.

I disagree with giving them out in middle schools becuase students that age or anyone that age shouldnt be having sexual intercourse. In high school I can understand becuase kids start turning into adults or they think they are adults and start doing "adult things". Giving out birth control pills at high school should be ok but i think that the parents of the girl should sign a waver telling the school its ok to give them the pill. Kids shouldnt be taking pills without their parents or guardians knowing.

This relates to the world becuase kids are kids and if kids do those types of thing here the world is bound to have others doing it somewhere else in the world. Espeically in third world countrys I have heard of children getting pregnant very early and if they had birth conrtol pills they might be okay.

PLN 14

I read a article recently called Red Sox fans arrive with brooms and it spoke about how the Boston fans actually came to the game with brooms expecting a sweep. A women told two men holding tow brooms with a Red Sox flag in between them that "We’re a bunch of freshman and sophomores playing juniors and seniors,""But no matter what — we went there. We’re getting the experience we need for next time." I agree with that but she just put down the Rockies calling them freshman and sophmores. They have to be good if they are on the world series. It is a fact that Boston is the best team in the American league and that league is better i think that the National league which the Rockies are the champions of. I personaly hate Boston coming from New York and being a Yankee fan and im not a rockie fan yet but I root for whoever is playing Boston. I think that just seeing fans in the stands all cockie with their broom sticks should be enough insentive for the Rockies to go out and win. This relates to the world becuase Americas world series is like the rest of the worlds World Cup in soccer.

PLN 13

I just readan article from the Rockie Mountain News called Anything for a Ticket by Sara Burnett. It talked about how people were trying to get tickets for the World series Rockies Vs. Boston game and they couldnt. One man said "They get to the World Series and they get greedy."Scalpers were selling tickets on site for $500 to $600 and thats about the same price as retail tickets but on e-bay or other sites tickets were being sold for even more. People were complaing that they have gotten other tickets for the rockies at the front ticket booth but now they cant. Police even sent all the ticket searchers home becuase it was creating a fire hazard. Others just stood out side and begged with signs. People dressed up dogs and others held up signs saying 2 tickets please. A young boy held a sign saying "Two little leaguers and their dad need tickets." Others sat on the computer or on a phone for hours waiting for tickets.

This relates to me becuase i have wanted tickets for games but havnt got them. I rather watch it on TV becuase there are always the fans that go a little to crazy and its annoying. But i can understand how frusterating it can be to either be on a phone or computer for up to 10 hours and then not get tickets, and then think that was a waste of a day.

This relates to the world becuase im sure in England or any Eroupian counrty has massive lines and the same thing going on the the world cup for soccer. Those fans are even crazier so im sure they could stay on a phone for days and wait online for days also. They probebly go through the same thing and some get shut down with no tickets and others come out lucky. They also have scalpers and people holding signs too just like us.

Personally I rather just watch on TV.

Parent teacher conference

Over all at the parents teacher conferences my parents got a good report. They didnt get to meet with Ms. Smith but the others teachers said good things. The one negitive thing they all said is that i talk a little to much in class so im trying to cut down and the socailizing and trying to learn more. I'm guessing thats how it is in Ms. Smith's class too so im going to try to stop and just focus on learning.

pln 12

I read a article called Allowing Re-Takes To Improve Student Learning and it talked about how this bio. class let the students re-do tests so they could improve their leanring and understanding. I agree with this. I think that even if a students does bad on a test they should talk it over with a teacher then be able to re-do it. I also think that the student should come in on their own time to do so. This way if they dont re-do it its their fault and it shows that they dont care or they are just absent minded.

This relates to me becuase in math my teacher is now making us re-do tests if we dont get 100%. I think its good for us and it pushes us to get a 100% the first time but if we dont we dont have to worry about it becuase we can re-do it and hopefully do better the second time around.

This realtes to th world becuase other people in the world probebly let their student re -do tests becuase it is good for them and it teaches them the topic and makes them understand better.

PLN 11

Below is PLN 11 about Obesity 'not individuals' fault' I forgot to add that, sorry!

I just read the article called Obesity 'not individuals' fault' and it talked about just what the title says. It talked about how the obiese people dont have to be obiese they just either chose to by eating fatty food and not exercising or just being lazy. In one year in Britian there was $7 million that was put into helping the obiese in hospitals and careing for them. In 40 years that could be up to 46 million dollars. Sometimes its in the childrens genes that they are going to be large and overwieght but people can help themsleves out a little bit I think. i personaly think that a way to not be obeise is to not be so lazy. Ive seen people drive around a parking lot for hours just to get the spot in the front and then there are about 100 empty spots in the back of the parking lot but people are to lazy. Some people drive to their nieghbors house, that is very lazy. On Tv now they have these comicals about people losing wieght and being more active. It shows a huge butt on the ground and then a man says " Oh someone must have lost it playing with their kids". I think those are great comericals becuase it just shows how lazy people are these day that they wont even play with there kids or park further away just to get a walk in. This article also said they might put a higher tax on unhealthy foods. I think this a good idea. This way the overwieght people wont eat it and the people that arent overwieght wont get overwieght. This relates to the world but one this article was written in Britan so there has to be an obesity problem there and I know for a fact that there is an obesity problem here. I'm sure not only Britan and the U.S are the only ones with problems so there has to be more unless every other country is perefect which I doubt. I think that people should get off there butts and not be so lazy anymore and get out there and lose wieght if they have to and the ones that dont should just stay healthy for a healthier world.

PLN #10

I recently read the article Phone Searches Spark Protest in the denver post. It spoke about a local school hving txt message seaches on teir phones. They board of the school says they wanted to check for drug deals and maybe bombing or killing in the txt's. The students said that this is not an " ok" thing to do and that this is just as bad if not worse than reading someone elses mail. Usaullt text messages are personal or they could just be asking what the homework is or asking whats up. It is true that students in the past have been cuaght dealing drugs via text message and telling them the detials about it. I no this becuase in my school in Long Island a couple of kids were caught with drugs and there phones were taken away and their text messages were read and it spoke about the drug deal and when and where. I still dont agree with this phone check though. It is thier phone not the schools and it is illegal to do such an action. Agian text messages are personal and if the school reads everyones they would mostly read peoples coversations and boy friends talking to thier girls thats probebly it. There are exeptions like the few kids that do talk about horrible things like school shootings or drugs I think just the suspected kids with a record should be checked. Maybe not even them becuase it is illegal but if the school really thinks something is going to happen with a certin kid or group of students they should talk to the police instead of taking it into thier own hands. This relates to the world becuase this has probebly accured somewhere else and kids are kids no matter where they are so they probebly responded the same way as the kids at this school.

Sometimes you go through life hating something or dislikeing it and then one day you just love the thing you hated. It sounds wierd but in the last blog a read called How do you feel about what you know by Dave this exact thing happen. He had social studies teachers in high school that were coaches and prity much thats it. They werent good teachers at al but still they werent getting fired. He didnt understand. He didnt like social studies at all becuase of them. later in life he couldnt think of doing anything else. He loved telling stories and what stories are more interesting then our own United States history. So he became a teacher. His daughter also became a Social Studies teacher, He rubbed off on her i guess. In my History class my teacher is one of the football coaches but he is an exeption. He teaches in a way where we teach ourselves together but at the same time he teaches us and the class is so much fun. He makes the history fun which im sure Dave did becuase he probebly didnt want to be like the teachers he had. Also it is true all of my History teachers were coaches. I dont know what the deal is with coaches teaching history but i dont mind becuase most of them make it fun and some of them are actually good teaches like my 9th grade teacher at the moment is great.
This relates to the world becuase the U.S cant be the only country with coach/history teachers and the kids probebly would agree with me that they do make it fun and only a few actually teach you to learn instead of teaching to get paid. This story prity much says the thing you hate in life are sometimes the things you fall in love with later in life.

PLN 8

I just read More thoughts on filtering by Carl Fisch. he spoke about how the schools filter everything on the computers. They filter youtube and other videos and game vebsites. They filter everything from pictures on google images to simple sights for maybe a sport or something. This relates to me becuase sometimes i want to go onto youtube to learn about a spanish dance for a spanish project. I couldnt get on becuase it was filtered. I also couldnt get pictures of illegal immagrants for a project i was doing in 8th grade. I had to draw the pictures becuase i couldnt get any in school. This relates to the world becuase other schools probebly do this or dont do this. I dont understand why they would filter these types of things. Games i can understand but videos and pictures is ridiculous. Its ok though they schools must have their reasons and maybe soon they will change becuase of complants like these.

Reflection on PLN presentation

I think i did an OK job. I was nervous during the presentain so i was shaking alittle but then i relaxed a bit and went on with the show. I studdered a couple of times but then i just stopped reading the paper becuase it was messing me up. I free-worded it untill the end and I hope it worked out becuase i tryed my hardest and i really dont like to talk infront of people and to make thing worse I hardly no any of the people i was talking to. Next time i need to relax and just go with it. Maybe think about what i need to say and then put in some detail and not read from the paper becuase that just messes me up. I should speak clearly and look up more too.

I recently read Bombed Tests Lead To Quality Discussions by JSeidel. She spoke about how her class all bombed a test and instead of not doing anything about it she sat the students down and spoke to them like a family speaks when theres a probelem. She asked them about why they failed and what changes she should make in teaching them. This was a level 3 spanish class taking a level 1 and 2 review test. The class talked about what changes should be made about her teaching and what is good and what is bad.
This relates to me becuase in one of my classes everyone did bad on the same test and the teacher calmly spoke to us and asked us what we werent getting. We told him about it and how he should explain more in depth and how he should help us when we ask for help instead of saying " Do it yourself" becuase that doesnt work. He changed and then the next test we did better. Also ive had teacher who just yell at the class when we do bad on a test or even HW. That doesnt help at all it just lowers our self esteim.
This relates to the world becuase most teachers are probebly like this on spanish teacher in that they like to not yell and just talk through the probeblems. Maybe in some places its not like that but it should be and maybe one day that will change and hopfully every teacher would rather talk through a problem then yell. Its easier to work for a talker than a yeller.