Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007: 1104 words
An Update on my Project:
I am here to give you an update on my project. Just to remind you of what I am doing, my project is deaing with the future leaders of America, and bettering the chances of a good and successful leader in the future. My project has actually been on pause because [...]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007: 1069 words
This week we had to respond to the comments written on our week four blog.
1. Brittany Williams
Thanks for your comment. I realized that many people are trying to implement the same project including Kimberly so I am trying to team up with some people in the class because I do not have transportation. I have [...]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007: 1271 words
I would like to thank my classmates for taking the time out to respond and give feedback on my project. All comments were greatly appreciated. Here are my responses:
Holle Ford: Thank you for your comment. I agree with you that there should be more tutoring programs especially in our neighborhoods and lower-income communities. M.A.X [...]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007: 1007 words
For those who have forgotten everything that is school related due short term memory or the wonderful break that came upon use. I will take a couple minutes to refresh you memory on what my project is about for this semester . I chose the problem about how minorities have a lack of education to [...]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007: 1076 words
The problem that I presented to the class deals with drug addiction and the lack of effective awareness and educational classes, especially targeted toward the younger population. My project involves the help of young adults with enthusiasm. Often times it isn’t what you are saying but who is actually saying it. Younger children tend to [...]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007: 1086 words
I have received a lot of good feedback for my project. All of the comments were telling me that I had a good idea. I received a lot of good suggestions to how I should approach my project as well. A lot of people agreed with me when I suggested you use the internet as [...]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007: 246 words
The people that I commented on are the following:
Amy Kwanbunbumpen
Judge Huhner
Channing Guidry
Crystal Jordan
Whitney Green
Jamie Harmon
Thu Nguyen
Shannon Wall
Long Nguyen
Janie Connelly
There are some similarities and differences between Genesis and the Enuma Elish. The first difference is that the Genesis creation story is the Christian and Jewish story of creation. The Enuma Elish is the Babylonian creation story. [...]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007: 1047 words
The three biggest problems facing our world today are perception, selfishness, and poverty. I believe the biggest of these is perception. According to American Heritage dictionary perception in Psychology is the recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory; the neurological processes by which such recognition and interpretation are effected; and insight, intuition, [...]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007: 1090 words
In my week two blog I talked about 3 main problems that I saw in society. The problems were the war in Iraq, poverty, and healthcare. The problem that I choose to address is the War in Iraq. Now I am not trying to go on a campaign and end the war, but I want [...]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007: 1077 words
In Response to those that commented on my project….Your comments, criticism, and suggestions were all appreciated and taken into account. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my ideas.
Kimberly Granvel: I will have volunteers to help me set up the workshops. I am still considering whether the workshops will be beneficial [...]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007: 210 words
I posted comments on the entries of the following students:
Gloria Abbey
China Davis
Jada Etienne
Holle Ford
Christian Cade
Ebony Evans
Keri Crump
Gerald Smith
Layla Stolt-Smith
The Enuma Elish and Genesis have many similarities and differences. Obviously, both are creation stories and were created to satisfy curiosity. They were both also created to validate present social and political order. They [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007: 1073 words
Project:
My project against poverty from lack of education is assemblies and volunteering. I plan to have assemblies at different middle and high schools around the community showing the importance of education. I hope to show them the importance of education by showing them statistics on workers having a diploma, college and high school, [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007: 1058 words
Replies to Comments
Thanks for the comment. I think reading to young children will help too, so I will add this to my project. Thanks!
Akwan: Thanks for the comment. I am glad you like my project. I think your idea about passing out brochures of colleges is a great idea. [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007: 1128 words
Researched Statistics
Just a refresher, my project was to help raise awareness of the dangers of Sexually Transmitted Disease as well as ways to help prevent STDs and teen pregnancy.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
There are more than 12 million cases of Sexually Transmitted Disease reported in the United States every year. Three million of them [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007: 1129 words
According to the website http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/stdsgen.htm#6, the problems concerning STD are numerous. It may cause varieties of different problems depending on a certain STD. There are problems such as “cervical cancer and other cancers, liver disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, pregnancy problems, and other complications.” Some STD may even cause more problems like HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS causes [...]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007: 3049 words
In reference to my “Keep It Moving” project, I have conducted some research to support my proposal.
According to the Physical Activity and Health report from the US Surgeon General,
• More than 60% of US adults don’t engage in the recommended amount of activity.
• About a quarter of adults are not active at all.
• Physical inactivity is more common [...]
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007: 453 words
I commented on the following 10 students’ week three project blogs:
Son Kim
Shannon Wall
Stephen Becnel
Shanta Williams
Henry Tran
Layla Stott-Smith
Dariel Singleton
David Roy
Brittney Rivers
Thao Ngyuen
Most creation stories ( theogonies) arise to satisfy the curious nature of human beings and our necessity to validate our current social [...]
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007: 1017 words
My project is coming along very well. The more I do research the more I am learning about what is going on around. I am so anxious to tell what I know and hopefully reach people who are willing to offer help. So far I have done some background research on my project such as [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007: 275 words
I have respond to all the students who commented me and I would like to thank everyone who commented on me. It gave me a boost of encouragement. I honestly thought that this would be a small little project but helping out little by little does make a difference. With all this support and encouragement [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007: 1085 words
As of now, my project about the fight against AIDS is going along fine. I have not yet physically ventured out with my project but I have thought of ideas on ways I would like to do so in the few weeks. I have thought about ideas that would be good t do with my [...]
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