Monday 10/20- Went over forum posts leaders stories and conversed over them. We then went over the extra credit points that can be earned from Iowa Assessments and the plan for tomorrows testing. We then started video documentary's.
-Ebola
- 43 people are out of risk for Ebola but there are around seventy still at risk for 11 days from the airlines.
- The nurse in Spain doesn't have it
- Nigeria is Ebola free right now
-Documentary: my place- 6th
- Death With Dignity- In 5 states, terminally ill patients are able to get pills that will end their life before they have to suffer. Many have mixed opinions on the topic between having it be suicide. In three states you can bye the drug when you meet the criteria and the other two doctors but prescribe it.
- November 1st is the day she has chosen to take the pills
- It was planned out, not just a spur of the moment idea.
Tuesday 10/21- We went over the providence's and territories of Canada -- class quiz tomorrow. Touched on Ebola and the Oscar Pistorious case and the updates. For the rest of the class we did a video documentary.
-Oscar Pistorious got 5 years for killing his girlfriend
-Documentary:
- High School Drop Out-
- Statistics-
- Dropouts
- Not interested- 47%
- Missed too many days and not able to catch up- 43%
- Spent time with people not interested in school- 42%
- Had too much freedom not enough rules- 38%
- Failing- 35%
- Iowa has one of the lowest drop out rate. Nevada, Texas and others also have higher graduation rates meaning lower dropout rates.
- Harlan Rates:
- 10-11- 14 dropouts
- 11-12- 12 dropouts
- 12-13- 8 dropouts
- 17 Seniors, 13 Juniors, and 4 Sophomore
- Income potential-
- Unemployment rate majorly increases- no diploma
- Average Weekly Earnings- $426 per week ( no diploma )
- Dropouts
- STAY IN SCHOOL, DON'T DO DRUGS!
- Statistics-
Wednesday 10/22- Took class quiz over Canadian territories and islands. Touched on current events and updates on them. Did documentary's- watched 1 and discussed it and watched the other- discussion tomorrow.
-ISIS
- 3 American High Schoolers ( 15 and 16 years old)
- From Denver, CO
- Tried to join ISIS, and went overseas
- Went to Germany and tried to get into Turkey, then Syria
- Got caught, by a parent letting police know
-Canada Shooting
- Ottawa War Memorial- Soldier killed
- Police say there were several shooting incidents in Ottawa( Washington D.C. of Canada)
- They are going everywhere through Parliament buildings
-Micheal Brown
- Autopsy reports came back
- Shot on hand- appears to be a close shot
- Grand Jury's choice should be made within the next month or so
- Be prepared for outbreak if not proven guilty
Documentary
- Over Fishing
- Catching of too many fish
- They believe we are going to run out of fish
- Losing species
- **By-catch- scoop up a bunch of fish in the ocean and throw the other fish they don't want back in- dead or alive
- The big nets also ruin a lot of things underneath the sea because they scrape the bottom
- **Unsustainable fishing- catching too many fish, not caring what will happen because you are doing it
- 2048- Fish are going to be gone if we continue at this catching
- It is a major source of income-
- 40,000 people lost their jobs by just one area going clean of fish because they are almost extinct in that area
- It is a major source of income-
- Extinction
- There are many fish farms, so it would be hard for fish extinction to occur
- In the ocean it very well could happen though
- Locations with High rates
- Europe
- North and Central America
- It could take up to centuries to fix all the damage that has and is being done
- Catching of too many fish
- Rape
- over 30 million in the US
Thursday 10/23-
-Canada
- Bedroom Radical- lone wolf in Ottawa
- That was behind attacks yesterday
-North Carolina
- Paper Classes
- Teacher assistant - was a huge fan of North Carolina Basketball
- Made a class similar to others but easier for athletes
- It kept growing
- Ended up being that you just get a nice grade and don't do anything--- so you can spend your time getting ready to sports
- It kept growing
- Made a class similar to others but easier for athletes
- The final report came out today--- and some coaches came forward about it and others deny it
- Teacher assistant - was a huge fan of North Carolina Basketball
- Documentary
- Rape- discussion on Monday
Friday 10/24- NO SCHOOL!
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