Palo!

Thank you for a great semester.  It was weird to have you has a teacher. :)
But it was fun and interesting, thank you!

:)

December 7, 2010

Today we presented to two classes, and also my own 5th period class.  Many people did listen and paid attention to what we were saying, which makes me think we'll get many responses.  Tomorrow I believe this will continue.  We'll present more as well as work out at the booths during lunch and try to persuade more students to write.
:)

December 6, 2010

Today Melina and I rewrote with chalk after the rain.  We wrote Operation Gratitude around the grass area and in BIG letters in the center of the quad area.  Tomorrow, I plan on presenting this schoolwide project into classrooms and during the lunches.
:)

December 2, 2010

Today, I had started a poster for the class project.  I was unable to finish it, but I intend to tomorrow.
to prepare for tomorrow, I need to brainstorm and think of what I want people to know exactly for the poster.  It's easy to decorate, but the information is most important for this.  Also, I do actually like a pink highlighter in your "color" box I'm hoping you would let me keep. :)

John Hickenlooper in the "Shower" Ad.

To be honest, I dont believe I've heard of this man, but I assume that is because this ad is for Colorado.  I agree with how he doesn't like negative ads.  I know that they are because they want their apponent to look bad, but is it really necessary?  In this ad John Hickenlooper is constantly going into the shower with his clothes because he feels ngative ads are just so dirty that he needs to.  And this is how he shows his dislike for negative ads.  To me, negative ads do nothing.  They may make the other person look bad, but it also makes you look bad for being this way towards another.  It's a bad image and you wouldn't want to be looked at in bad way during voting times.  I know that that is how I see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yv_g7ZyADM&feature=player_embedded

I'm not exactly sure this will work because I'm not sure how to post videos.  Let me know if it doesn't and il try another way. :)

Obama and Jon Stewart

Obama seems to have his head straight during the elections.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101028/ap_on_en_tv/us_obama_daily_show

Teacher Evaluation

I was pretty surprised at the answers after my interview was complete.  Some of the answers were kind of obvious while others were surprising that a teacher would believe certain things.  The first question I had asked was how they, as a teacher, would want to be evaluated.  His answer was for it to be based on their performance in class rather than test scores for each class.  Many students also believed this was a better way to evaluate teachers, so this makes me think that maybe teachers should start being evaluated in this way.  Another question was if they think parents should be more involved in their children’s education and it was an exact yes which I believe is to be true.  If parents paid more attention to how their kids are doing in school they’d be able to push their kids more forward into doing better.  The most interesting question I found was the answer to what they would like to see changed in the school system.  As a teacher, he wants to see the better teachers have more of a say in what is coming and going throughout the school.  This is almost like an award for the good teachers and I think this may be a good idea.  Lastly, I had asked how important do you think teachers are in a students’ life compared to the parents and the students themselves, similar to the question you has us answer.  He believed parents are number, and then the teachers come into a close 2^nd. Every answer to every question had some reason for it and it gave me a better look at how teachers look into the school system