Operation Gratitude daily post

What did you do today? (Thursday)
Today i was a outside again telling people to write a letter and also collecting letters from people and giving them a ribbon. then i put some of my music to play but next time im not gonna do that haha because everybody kept getting mad xp
What will you do to prepare for tomorrow?
i wont be in school tomorrow because i have the stomach flu and will be staying home. :/

Daily blog post for operation gratitude

What did you do today?
Today i went to the quad and help out by folding letters, handing out letters, getting letters from people and giving them ribbons and promoting the cause of operation gratitude. 
What will you do to prepare for tomorrow?
Tomorrow i will not be at school. i will be on a field trip for adv. art to the getty museum in LA.
but i will prepare for thursday when i get home tomorrow.

What did you do today? (Friday)
Today i finished drawing and coloring an uncle same poster.
What are you going to do to prepare for tomorrow (Monday)
 I am going to start gathering information on the campaign because on monday were going to be going to classes and present what we are doing and trying to accomplish.

Final Project: Operation Gratitude

What did you do today for the betterment of the project?
I drew uncle sam and it says "I want you to write a letter to our troops"
And, What are you going to do to prepare for tomorrow?
I am going to prepare by researching more about operation gratitude and know what there trying to do and also come up with more ideas to get students involved in what we are trying to do.

Will Obama follow Clinton's 1994 playbook?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/04/blitzer.obama.clinton/index.html?hpt=C1

What Can President Obama Learn From Bill Clinton?

TV Ad - Police Chief McNamara: Vote YES On Proposition 19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oIpIyZRu0

What i found interesting was that a former police officer is supporting it because it's easier for a teenager to buy marijuana than beer. it will tax and control marijuana just like alcohol. It will generate billions of dollars for local communities, allow police to focus on violent crimes, and put drug cartels out of business.

Teacher interview

I asked if she thought school uniforms would have a positive effect on students and she said no. What were her opinions on the schools rules? That students should follow all of them so they dont get in trouble. I asked if classes should have more than 1 teacher and she replied with "Ive never seen any studies that prove that having more than 1 teacher helps students". When i asked if we should extended the school days again she replied with "Theres no studies that prove that adding days helps students and that it makes them smarter. Next i asked her if students should have laptops instead of textbooks she said no because students could break them or lose them or mess them up. She thought that the free lunch was good because of the economy and that the CAHSEE wasnt needed because we had the SAT already. She believes that the school spends there money wisely. She would consider there being an entrance exam so we would have kids who work harder and want to be in school and then have better test scores. When i asked about having more job opportunities she said students can just go to other schools or colleges that offer the classs.

Student Analysis

My survey was to ask 25 students what they thought about our school and how they would make it better.
 I asked them about free lunch and everyone agreed and said we should have it because of the economy. Most said that they would like job training classes and others said no since we dont have money. I asked if the CAHSEE was needed and some students said yes because it shows how much you know but others said no because we already have the SAT. Not everyone cared about how the school spent there money. Last i asked how they would make the school better and they told me that they wanted better teachers that were more involved and made the class fun and interesting.

Reflection on class discussion

I thought this class discussion was okay. it was just like the last one because most of the class still didnt say anything. I remember saying in my last reflection that this time i was going to say something but I blanked out and just listened. still as i was listening to some of my classmates opinions, i learned a little bit more about immigration reform and other things that they talked about. But after the class discussion, now im in the middle and not on one side. I kinda think that they should be allowed to come here but then i also dont because we have problems with the economy and if more illegals come in it'll get even worse. So for the next class discussion ill read more about what are topic is and try to be one of the people arguing.

Immigration cartoon

Shots fired into Mexico by U.S. Border Patrol agents

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/13/texas.mexico.shots.fired/index.html?hpt=T2
By Nick Valencia, CNN

Over the weekend U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots in Mexico because they were attacked during a marijuana seizure in Mission, Texas which is a small border town in the Rio Grande Valley.  A lady said that they don't know how many people were involved but that none of the agents were hurt. The Agents found and seized over 1,000 pounds of marijuana and right now its like under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI and the Mexican government. It said that this year that they have seized more than 800,000 pounds of marijuana in that area. Oh and also in June a Border patrol agent shot and killed a 15 year-old from Ciudad Juarez because in a video it showed him throwing rocks at the agent.

Arizona's border tighter, arrests down, but at a cost.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100912/NEWS/9120337/-1/SPORTS09/Arizona-s-border-tighter-arrests-down-but-at-a-cost

Ruling on Pa. city's ordinance may impact employer sanctions, SB 1070

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/business/article_82997750-bc51-11df-b6fd-001cc4c002e0.html
Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services

 Today a federal appellate court laid down a local ordinance that was targeted at the illegal immigrants in Pennsylvania and that it would increase the chance of civil rights groups and business groups to kill Arizona’s employer sanctions law and there new immigration law. Also today the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals said that companies couldnt hire illegal immigrants as worker. A judge by the name of Theodore McKee said state and local governments couldnt make there programs to hire illegal immigrants. In Arizona if a company were to hire an undocumented worker they could have there license suspended for 10 days. A second violation was for three years and a third ment putting them out of business.

Mexico's drug war

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39047992#39047992

8-31-10 Class discussion. Reflection.

I really liked the class discussion we had in class. I wish I had something to say because i wanted to be one of the people arguing but i couldnt really think of anything. still I learned a lot from some of the things they said. i was able to hear their opinions on the mosque and what they thought about it and i really like that. most of the people in class were for the building of the mosque and they had there reasons why but in my opinion i think others said yes because they didnt care and just wanted to get it over with. Next time we have a class discussion i will research on what were talking about in class so the day we have another one i could maybe be a mvp. Also last thing as i heard everybody give there opinions and thoughts and how they made good points i wondered what the people on CNN and FOX and others would say. i wish they could also hear us talking about how we should spend the money on textbooks like brittney said instead of spending it on the mosque.

President Barack Obama Supports Mosque

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/08/13/sot.obama.ramadan.mosque.remarks.cnn

Mayor Bloomberg of NYC in favor of mosque.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/24/voices-rise-favor-moving-islamic-center-mosque-proposed-near-ground-zero-nyc/

Fox News' Eric Shawn and the Associated Press - FOXNews.com

NYC Mayor Bloomberg is in support of building the mosque near ground zero, because if this is not allowed this would compromise our commitment to fighting terror with freedom. The mayor also said that the compromise would not end the debate. Another question the mayor raised was how large would the no-mosque zone surrounding the World Trade Center end up being.