Last Assignment

1. West Wing

2. Dr. Strangelove

3. Air Force One

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

5. Spin City

6. Commander in Chief

7. The Candidate

8. All the President's Men

9. Primary Colors

10. House of Cards

Nation of San Labania

My nation is San Labania. It is a country mainly concerned with Education. We don't have laws against marijuana, alcohol, etc. We are 8 million people strong. The people of my nation tend to be open-minded and tend to speak their mind. Voting in my nation is voluntary because I feel people will only vote correctly if they want to. Our crime rate is low, our national currency is mulah, and our national animal is the white tiger. That's a little about my nation.

Three Events

1. The most known even is the death of Michael Jackson. He died on June 25th, 2009. He was known as the King of Pop. Mourning hits the nation.

2. Tiger Woods is found to be cheating on his wife. This causes strain in their family life as they decide to split.

3. Obama reveals plans on the evacuation of soldiers in Iraq in the near future. This means that the soldiers can finally come home to the land of the free and rest.

Happy Thanksgiving

4 Facts About Thanksgiving

- The first thanksgiving occurred in Plymouth County.

- It was made an official day in 1941.

- Nearly 88% of Americans eat turkey during Thanksgiving.

-38.7 Million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving.

Opportunity Costs

I believe opportunity cost is the value of what is given up for an alternative choice.

Yesterday was the perfect example of an opportunity cost. It was about 1:30 in the afternoon and my mom came in to see if I wanted to go to the Franklin Fountain, and ice cream place in Philadelphia. I had a choice: get up and go to the Franklin Fountain or go back to sleep. I chose to go back to sleep. Going to the Franklin Fountain would be the opportunity cost of going back to sleep.

Childcare Bill

I am completely and utterly against this bill and voted that way.  I feel as though the responsibility of getting pregnant is on that female that got pregnant and the male that helped. Only a few girls in each school get pregnant, so why pay taxes towards a daycare for those few girls in your area? I have quite a few friends that have gotten pregnant and they've gone to school, had a job, and taken care of their baby. There are other options and it is on those girls to find those options and act upon them. Teenagers in school in child development classes shouldn't be learning how to take care of babies on actual babies. If they want an education and still have a baby then that's on them to make it work. It's better to not provide daycare in schools because then it makes the teen mothers think more and grow up. It teaches maturity and life lessons. It's ludicrous that this bill was passed and I'm dumbfounded on how people are for this bill because they don't think it's all the girl's fault. It's not all the girl's fault. It the girl's and the guy's fault and they need to figure out how to finish what they started. I believe republicans would have voted the same way as me and one subject doesn't make me a republican. 

Mock Congress

This mock congress has been very successful. It has made the class think and brought up issues that are very real in today's life. It makes us, as students, voice our opinions and really think about how we feel about the current issues. We have all made a bill that we feel should be passed, and put it through our committees. Our committees have amended them and passed them then they are presented to the class. We can voice our opinions about the bills and the class can voice their opinions about it. I feel this is a very good interactive idea.