Quarter 2, Week 7 Critical Reading Passage

1) Import they send to countries like the United States. It is almost impossible to name a product that Americans use that is not 2) import from China – toys, clothes, electronics, and furniture. The Chinese government has spent more than $568 billion on improving transportation in China in order to increase the Chinese economy. One recent development has been the introduction of a bullet train that runs between two major Chinese cities.
Its 3) function is not just to transport passengers, but to help increase China’s economy by helping to transport goods between cities faster.In 2009, China became the world’s largest
4) import of goods to the rest of the world. It is expected that China’s economy will become the world’s largest by 2027, beating out the United States. It is difficult for the United States to compete with China. We 5)import four items from China for every one 6) export that we send there. This means fewer jobs for U.S. workers and more jobs for Chinese workers. The benefit that Americans receive from the high number of Chinese imports is that it allows U.S. stores to offer lower priced goods. However, many Americans feel that the U.S. government’s 7) Function is to decrease this trade deficit if the U.S. wants to remain the largest economy in the world.

          I believe that the benefits of importing Chinese goods does not outweigh the consequences. I belive this reason because america gets imports from china and sell it for way more than it is sold in China. I believe that the economy would be way better if all the exports that are sold here in the United States were sold for the smae price in the origional country. America should encourage china to buy their goods for the price americans buy them in america. The U.S. could encourage americans buy imports for the price they are sould in their exported country.

Blog Title: Q2, Week 6 Critical Reading Passage

 I will never be in debt of a credit card. If someone gave me a credit card with that money i would go out to go gambeling and make more money. If they asked for their money back with interest i would give it back to them and the 10% from the money i won.Consequences of bankruptcy are being broke. You can get locked up for a long alot time. Abusing credit card use is wrong and can fuck up your life.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.