Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Q2, Week 5

I believe yes it is dangerous to use your cell phone while driving. I believe this because many people can't multi task. And alot of people can get off task and crash. Alot of people get into a horrible accident because they are drivng and texting. I also believe that cell phones should not be baned. I believe this because many responsible people use bluetooth.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Week 4 Critical Reading Passage

1) Do you think social networking sites have made a positive or negative impact on your life and our society?
Yes it has made a positive impact on my life

2) How have social networking sites changed the structure of social relationships?

3) As of 2011, it is legal for colleges and businesses to view the social networking profiles of applicants. Do you think that is a violation of their privacy?

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Week 4 Grades

I am not satisfied with the grades i have. In my language arts i have 60% wich is a D and i have 8 missing assignmints. Within the next 5 weeks i am going to improve this grade. i am going to improve my grade by doing my work instead of listening to music or talking to friends. In algebra i have 65% wich is a D and have 1 missing assignment.  Within the next 5 weeks i am going to improve this grade.  am going to improve my grade by doing my work instead of listening to music or talking to friends.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Q2, Week 4 Critical Reading Passage - Should Human Cloning Be Allowed?

I think cloning people would be a great idea. If cloning was possible at this time it would be great because it could help people who cant multi task. It would help people multi task because there would be more than one of them and that man or women be in different places. It would be a bad thing to do because people would abuse it and make more than they really need.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Q2, Week 4 Vocabulary Definitions & Cloze Reading

context: the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage

equate: to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent

evaluate: to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of

Cloning became a hot topic when Dolly the Sheep was cloned from an identical sheep in 1997. Cloning basically evaluate to creating a genetic twin. There is no evidence that human cloning has occurred yet, but it is believed that scientists have the ability to do so. Most countries have evaluate the pros and cons of human cloning and limited or outlawed it. If you look at this in a different , there are human clones among us right now. They are identical twins, created naturally, not in a lab Context
Supporters of human cloning say that it could help couples who are struggling with conceiving a baby. More importantly, many people say that human cloning could be used to save lives by cloning a diseased liver or heart or to replace a body part like an arm. In this Context human cloning may not be such a bad thing.

Opponents of human cloning say that people are “playing God” and this Equation that with going against many people’s religious beliefs. Some people fear that scientists could create “superhumans” that would be bred as super-soldiers or super-athletes which would make it impossible for non-cloned humans to compete with them.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Q2, Week 3 - T-Chart & Paragraph

Yes :
1) Kids try to act hard because they can be up people in the video game
2 If a kid saw a gun in his house he would pick it up and shoot it like in a video game he plays
3 If a kid was playing a game and saw that he could getting away with steeling he would try to steel.

No:
1 If a parent was aware of what games their child was playing they would know to pick the age appropriate games for them.

Paragraph :

      My opinion about video games leading to violence is that it is that i think it is true. I support this reason by saying that if a child saw a gun and if he was using one in a video game he would most likely pick it up and use it.