Lauren

I have a comment already. Nice colors. They work really well together. Crystal

Thanks Assenmacher!! :) -Lauren

The advantages of using a wikispace only line is that you can do homework while you are on the computer, you get less distracted on the computer(me), and you can take a break with out leaving your seat.The disadvantages are that your computer could shut down, you could get distracted(other people), and you could take for ever to type something up(me). -Lauren

//I read the Use Conduct and Contact rules. I understand not to use this wikispace for emailing, harcial comments, harrassing, post pictures and stuff or to upload things onto this account. I will strictly use it for homework and homework only. -Lauren //

​Lauren, As Chris stated below, please do not use background color. It makes it very difficult to read. Do not forget about your parent approal letter. Ms Flood

Good job Lauren. I don't think you were hear when mrs.Flood said no background color. "Chris"

Cultural influences that are present in my local area are churches, Catholic schools, and my friend Jessica. Churches influence people to go to church on a daily/weekly bases. Catholic schools influence people to learn about religious stuff at school. My friend Jessica has influenced me alot because she goes to Saint Titus and they have a different way of doing everything over there. Jessica has taught all of her math, and how she learned it, and it is making an influence of how I do Math. -Lauren

American values shared by different cultures are language, music, and clothing. The U.S.A was made up by many different people who speak different languages. Today, people are learning different languages in school. Music is shared when people go everywhere. The other day I was buying Silly Bandz at Shoprite adn while I was waiting in the checkout line, the lady in front of me started singing some song in a foreign language. Clothing is shared from everywhere, to eeryone. My friend has a hat from Italy that was so cute, but know I want to go to Italy to get that hat. People wear ponchos that were originally from Hispanic people. -Lauren

"The decision made by Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill on Cinco De Mayo Day to suspend young American students for wearing the flag of our great country was a tragic one. I am deeply ashamed and highly offended that any public school would suspend any student for the patriotic act of showing love for the United States of America. Nowhere in our country should any person, under any circumstance, on any date, be told to take off the American flag or face punishment. It is discrimination in its purest form and the individuals responsible for making such an unpatriotic terrible decision ought to be forced to step down from their position. The young American students who were punished for supporting our country should immediately be put back in school and have their suspensions erased from their record. I would hope that the parents of these students will not back down, and will put up a strong fight to have the people responsible step down. If I were them, I would march straight down to the school district and demand my voice be heard.I do think that if it were the other way around and Mexican students wore shirts supporting Mexico on the Fourth of July, there would have been no suspensions and the school would be under much more scrutiny. The civil rights activists would deem it a racist act and protest until they got their way. As a proud American citizen, I deem this a discriminatory act against America and I call for the stepping down of the people involved in this horrendous decision at once!

This article is from the Times Herald. This is my summary.

Ryan Sarna is a high schooler at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Pennsylvania. He believes that it is unfair that he is not allowed to show his patrioticness(if thats a word) on Cinco de Mayo(May 5th). He thinks that whoever said he wasn't allowed to wear his country's flag or the country's colors is racist. He believes that if Hispanic's wore their flag or flag colors on the Fourth of July nobody would care. I believe that is unfair and racist.

-Lauren

**"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”** - Chinese Proverb  This quote reminds me of me. If you tell me something to do, ten minutes later i am going to forget. If you show me what to do, i might forget ten miutes later. but, if you involve me in something i have to do, i will understand what i have to do. This happened to me one time.

-Lauren

__"We Shall Over Come"

I think the lyrics mean that back then there was a lot of discrimination, and this artist is saying that he/she believes that we will stop discrimination and walk hand in hand. He/she wants peace between races and she/he is trying to make a difference. -Lauren __

Here is my verse: or: " We will fight to be one, "We shall have peace one day, We will fight to be one, We shall have love one day, We will fight to be one, oneday." We shall hve happiness one day."

That is a very good verse and i also think that all the fighting should stop and the world just become one place were there arre no wars

Jason

This years field day was better and worse than last years field day in many ways. It was better because this year we had kickball verses the same grade level. Last year it was fifth versus sixth. The down side about this year was that we played kickball for two hours straight instead of doing other fun things. It was kind of boring if you as me, but that's just my opinion. -Lauren P.S. Thanks Jason. I agree that the fighting back then was outragous and the fight is still going on today. It's like the fighting never stops.

=The Cabinet= The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. If you look in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to consult the President on any subject he may require, relating to the duties of each member's office. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture (farming), Defense, Health Services, Education, Home Security, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General, and much more.

President: Barack Obama Vice President: Joseph Biden Argirculture: Thomas Vilsack Defense: Robert Gates Health Services: Shaan Ponovan Education: Janet Napolitano Home: ??????? State: Hillary Clinton Treasury: Timothy Geithner Veteran's Affairs: Couldn't Find Attorney General: ??????? Etc. -Lauren

 Pros: Online=quick and easy. Speak with each other out of the classroom=not getting in trouble for talking.  J  Cons: Take forever to type something= hours of crying in your room. Ha ha I don’t cry in my room over that. J The interactions and the reinforcements you got from your peers. J **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> What aspects did you enjoy? __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The different minds of the different people. J **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Where could improvements be made? __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">People not screwing with the wikis, less assignments and easier assignments. J <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">No. I don’t like using the computer. J <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Even though I don’t like using the computer, I work great on it. J <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Yes, because in the begin I didn’t know half of the class and because of this I got to see different sides of people. J **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Do you feel that using wikispaces helped to boost your self-esteem? If so how? __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Yes because the responding to what I said helped me feel good. J **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> As my student, how do you think that I can grow as an educator? __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Respond to more students. Be a reinforcement. J **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> How can I improve my use of wikispaces? __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Fewer assignments, less work. Interact more. J <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">-Whittles J <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">
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