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?
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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.
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.
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.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Week 2 Vocabulary Defintions
Interpret : to construe or understand in a particular way
Involve : to engage or employ.Percent : One part in a hundred
Involve : to engage or employ.Percent : One part in a hundred
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Health care is an 1) issue that continues to be debated. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, millions of people in the U.S. do not have health insurance. In 2007, Americans spent more than two trillion dollars on health care. Health care is the largest industry in the U.S., employing more than 14 million people.
Supporters of the right to health care, believe that health care reform would stop medical bankruptcies (when people go broke because someone in the family gets sick), improve public health, and reduce overall health care spending.
2) Evidence suggests that 2.1% of all U.S. bankruptcies in 2007 were related to medical expenses. They say that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. A June 2009 report 3) issues the results of a poll that showed 64% of Americans believe health care is an important
4) Summerization and should be a right.
People who are against using taxes to provide health care for all Americans argue that it is socialism (a government run society). They also feel that there is
5)evidence to suggest that it would decrease the quality and availability of health care for those who already have medical coverage. In 6) Evidence, opponents say it is not the government's responsibility to guarantee health coverage.
Supporters of the right to health care, believe that health care reform would stop medical bankruptcies (when people go broke because someone in the family gets sick), improve public health, and reduce overall health care spending.
2) Evidence suggests that 2.1% of all U.S. bankruptcies in 2007 were related to medical expenses. They say that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. A June 2009 report 3) issues the results of a poll that showed 64% of Americans believe health care is an important
4) Summerization and should be a right.
People who are against using taxes to provide health care for all Americans argue that it is socialism (a government run society). They also feel that there is
5)evidence to suggest that it would decrease the quality and availability of health care for those who already have medical coverage. In 6) Evidence, opponents say it is not the government's responsibility to guarantee health coverage.
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