Spending vs. Saving

Go and dig around the furniture in your house and car. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY is up for sale on eBay. I wouldn't be interested - not my style. Maybe you can pool your resources together for a bid...and don't forget to leave your comments in previous posts!

ET says "Ouch"

Ouch - this hurts. Did you gain anything from what I did with you over the last 3 weeks last quarter? Make the previous post for criticisms and this post for positives. Thanks. Oh, and BTW - the posters look GREAT on the wall (thanks to Porter for cleaning it up a bit). After scanning them again after school, I continue to be proud of you.

Comments About Model UN?

Digging Deeper (UNearthing more)

A final rah-rah for tomorrow:


Remember when I talked about solving the Piracy Problem around the Horn of Africa? So many people wanted to increase a military presence on the seas, destroy the bases on the Somali coast, blah, blah, blah. Dig Deeper! What CAUSED the pirates to emerge? They are willing and able (think economics - DEMAND) to risk their lives to seize ships at sea rather than stay ashore and work/run businesses. WHY?

Always DIG DEEPER. Ask WHY. Find out more. RESEARCH!!!

Last week's NCAA Frozen Four reminded me of the BEST college hockey goal...ever. Unfortunately, it was against our Gophers...

one more day to fUN

Today was poster day. You had 45 minutes to begin and finish your poster. Too many questions about the dress code...simply look nice. IMagine you are interviewing for a nice job. What would you wear? Think of what you would be buried in, which might happen if you wear something inappropriate. And, as always, make sure you have clean underwear. I am usually not disappointed by what girls wear (blouse, pants/skirt, dress, etc.)...but it always seems that some of the guys just don't get it. So, guys should consider the gentlemen below:











Examples we do NOT want to see:

two more pUN posting days.

Calling all Poster-Making Lovers! I know it is late notice, but if you have any glue sticks - please bring them to class on Wednesday. I had a BUNCH but somehow very few after the move to our new digs. Can you help?

I wanna know your opinions on this issue. Read it and post your comments below.

RetUrN of ROMOTHINK

I had you consider a ROMOTHINK today after sharing the week's schedule with you. Wow - a lot of stuff happening this week - so be ready!

Today was kind of a "welcome back" to school day. I hope you remembered to "dig deeper" regarding problems and solutions - like how to deal with piracy out of Somalia. It's not about sending more warships to the region - stabilize the country and create other economic avenues for the people. I guarantee you piracy will decrease.

We also explored the concept of consequences and trade-offs. No matter how much good something may be, it has a cost. Are you willing to give something up for someone else's improvement? Would you trade away you video games, cable/sat, iPod, and/or internet to feed a poor family? How closely connected are we in our "global village" - a term we will be exploring in more detail this quarter. Someone should look it up and find a GREAT link - I'll give EC to the person who finds the BEST site.

There are good ideas and bad ideas...and bad jeans.


Oh, and some of you may be interested in the following:

Ugh...Just One More...

Day? Week? Weekend?

Nope.

It all starts again...and we have a goofy week ahead of us. Tomorrow is a regular day, but it gets REALLY crazy for the rest of the week. For example, I do not see you on Tuesday. While you will be taking your MCA test, I will be entertaining seniors - I'm thinking a couple of movies will do. Then you spend the second half of your day attending your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period classes. On Wednesday, you follow the same plan, but attend 4,5,6 as you would normally - which means you will be working on your posters on Wednesday.

On Thursday - we have the Model UN. You participate - I simply stand by and watch. I'll go over the day's schedule in class on Monday - before we do a ROMOTHINK and after I explain the week's schedule...

Oh, and no more pop/water during testing: