Senior Reflection #4

I would like to use this senior reflection to thank Mr. Stroud for being a wonderful and dedicated AP US Government teacher. I really enjoyed your class this year and I feel I learned a lot. Have fun teaching AP comparative next year!
Thanks Papa Stroud!

CE #4- "All-star record 'It Ain't My Fault' aims to assist the Gulf Coast"

Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Trombone Shorty, actor Tim Robbins, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, have recorded a benefit single and video called "It Ain't My Fault", that will be sold to help the efforts in aiding the oil spill in the gulf. Proceeds (audio and video downloads are 99 cents) will go to the Gulf Relief Foundation (gulfaid.org), which will direct the aid to families in need and to wetlands preservation. The lyrics of the song were written in response to watching oil executives blame each other for the spill during congressional hearings.

I picked this article because I thought it was awesome that celebrities are getting creative and finding ways to use their talents to support efforts to clean up the gulf. There is so much to still be done to clean up the gulf, and it is important to continue to give support and donations to the gulf efforts.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-06-15-gulfsingle15_ST_N.htm

Senior Reflection #3

In this senior reflection I would like to talk about how we should have used SOL week as senior finals week. Almost all seniors don't take sol's and the extended class periods would create perfect opportunities to take exams. I felt that during the SOL week I was told to "work on projects" during class...most of which I needed to use a computer or something so really I just worked on them at home. I think if we let seniors do their exams that week while the underclassman took their sol's it would have been a better use of class time, and then we could have gotten out of school a whole week earlier.

CE #3- "How should airlines accommodate obese passengers?"

This article addresses the problem many airlines are having with fitting obese passengers. Many passengers argue that it is not fair that they loose some of the seat they bought ticket for because the person sitting next to them is obese, and is "spilling" into their seat. Arguments are being made to make accommodation for these obese passengers by creating additional rows on an airplane that have larger seats, which can be pre-assigned to obese passengers. When these seats are not full normal sized passengers can upgrade to the larger seats for their comfort. Right now the only accommodation actually being made is that obese persons are asked to buy an extra ticket, however many people are too embarrassed to do so, or believe they won't actually need an additional seat.

I choose this article because the title caught my eye and I thought it would be interesting to read. I think that obese persons should have to buy an extra ticket to ensure that other passengers don't lose some of their seat they aid for. I understand however that this could be hard to regulate as people buy their own tickets. I do not think extra rows of larger seats should be made, because obesity s not such we should accommodate to, it is something that should be discouraged.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/experts/hobica/2010-06-15-obese-airline-passengers_N.htm