Weekend by Priory: Narrative
Human by The Killers: Performance
Stay the Night by Zedd (Feat. Haley Williams): Abstract and performance
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Levels of Government Part II
Does SAS have different levels of government? If so, how? Discuss.
SAS has different levels of government that are similar to the United States' federal, state, county, and city levels of government. Dr. Kimbell, the SAS superintendent, is like the president of SAS, and the assistant superintendents are at the federal level of the "SAS government." The principals of HS, MS, and ES are similar to governors of the state, who work at the state government. There are team leaders for each grade level, like Mrs. Gach for 8C. They are like the members of the county government because they organize events for their grade level. Each teacher would be like a mayor of their own classroom, which would be a part of the city government.
SAS has different levels of government that are similar to the United States' federal, state, county, and city levels of government. Dr. Kimbell, the SAS superintendent, is like the president of SAS, and the assistant superintendents are at the federal level of the "SAS government." The principals of HS, MS, and ES are similar to governors of the state, who work at the state government. There are team leaders for each grade level, like Mrs. Gach for 8C. They are like the members of the county government because they organize events for their grade level. Each teacher would be like a mayor of their own classroom, which would be a part of the city government.
Federal V.S. State Governments
Why does America have federal and state governments?
America has federal and state governments for many reasons. For example, bigger problems that address the whole country are dealt by the federal government while smaller, local problems can be handled by the state government. America wanted to have this style of government because they didn't want to have a king and a parliament that had all of the power to make taxations and declare war, like the British. It was much easier to handle the federal and state governments. With a balance of power between federal and state governments, America would be able to govern people more efficiently and respectfully.
America has federal and state governments for many reasons. For example, bigger problems that address the whole country are dealt by the federal government while smaller, local problems can be handled by the state government. America wanted to have this style of government because they didn't want to have a king and a parliament that had all of the power to make taxations and declare war, like the British. It was much easier to handle the federal and state governments. With a balance of power between federal and state governments, America would be able to govern people more efficiently and respectfully.
Monday, 9 November 2015
Podcast Reflection
Something I am most proud about with this podcast is how I got to interview 3 people with completely different backgrounds that provided a lot of insight to my topic. The biggest challenge with this podcast was time management. My interviewees were only free during the last few days of the project, and I needed the interviews for my bridges. Something that I wish I had more time to fine-tune were the bridges and transitions between my soundbites. Sometimes, they did not really flow together, so it really affected the rest of the podcast. Something unintended that I learned was not to procrastinate. I procrastinated my ticket to ride so that heavily affected the rest of my project and schedule.
The interviews went very well. The interviewees answered the questions with detail, and they slowly opened up more as the interviews went on. During Rui's interview, I asked him how the haze was affecting his learning. He had answered with, "It's not affecting my learning." After some prodding and letting him ease into the questions, he answered with much more detail: "The haze is not letting me go to P.E. classes outside, so we have to do stuff in the gym. It’s really not fun in the gym because you can’t really do the activities that you’re supposed to do, like the mile."
I think that I could have been better at asking follow-up questions. I was too focused on trying to get all of the questions that I had come up with and too nervous to bring the conversation to a new area that I barely asked any.
I asked Mr. Clark, "How do you think the haze affects teaching at SAS?"
He answered, “It’s had a major impact this year. I’ve been here for 7 years now and it’s never had too much of an impact at all, but in recent months, it’s had a very big impact on me as a P.E. teacher because we found that we have had to restrict our lessons so much, and so many of our lessons that we wanted to teach outside, we’ve had to teach inside. This means that often, a gym that we would have a class of 20, we end up with a class of 60 because of the haze. It has a big impact on the P.E. program, and it also has a big impact on after school coaching. The first season has been really disruptive because of the haze.”
"So you said that you needed to transfer some outside classes indoors. How does that affect physical activity?"
"Well, for example, things like the mile run. The mile run is something that we do each quarter. We didn't even get a chance to do that in the first quarter because we obviously can't do the mile run inside. It also means that when you do things like touch rugby or flag football or ultimate frisbee, a lot of those sports require so much space. Because we have to bring them inside, it makes it pretty much impossible to do those sports."
There is nothing else I would like to add.
The interviews went very well. The interviewees answered the questions with detail, and they slowly opened up more as the interviews went on. During Rui's interview, I asked him how the haze was affecting his learning. He had answered with, "It's not affecting my learning." After some prodding and letting him ease into the questions, he answered with much more detail: "The haze is not letting me go to P.E. classes outside, so we have to do stuff in the gym. It’s really not fun in the gym because you can’t really do the activities that you’re supposed to do, like the mile."
I think that I could have been better at asking follow-up questions. I was too focused on trying to get all of the questions that I had come up with and too nervous to bring the conversation to a new area that I barely asked any.
I asked Mr. Clark, "How do you think the haze affects teaching at SAS?"
He answered, “It’s had a major impact this year. I’ve been here for 7 years now and it’s never had too much of an impact at all, but in recent months, it’s had a very big impact on me as a P.E. teacher because we found that we have had to restrict our lessons so much, and so many of our lessons that we wanted to teach outside, we’ve had to teach inside. This means that often, a gym that we would have a class of 20, we end up with a class of 60 because of the haze. It has a big impact on the P.E. program, and it also has a big impact on after school coaching. The first season has been really disruptive because of the haze.”
"So you said that you needed to transfer some outside classes indoors. How does that affect physical activity?"
"Well, for example, things like the mile run. The mile run is something that we do each quarter. We didn't even get a chance to do that in the first quarter because we obviously can't do the mile run inside. It also means that when you do things like touch rugby or flag football or ultimate frisbee, a lot of those sports require so much space. Because we have to bring them inside, it makes it pretty much impossible to do those sports."
There is nothing else I would like to add.
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Disunia
1. What were some of the problems Disunia had when enforcing agreements
One of the problems Disunia had when enforcing agreements was that no one wanted to pay a lot, so they only voted on some of the lowest priced decisions. Another problem was that no one had to follow the bill or even pay the bill.
2. How did the President help or hinder agreements?
The President just made sure everyone listened, knew what they were doing, and made announcements. Other than that, the President never really did anything to help Disunia.
3. What could be done to help Disunia function better?
The President could be stricter and make sure everyone paid the bill and followed it. The President should also make sure that Disunia doesn't destroy itself.
One of the problems Disunia had when enforcing agreements was that no one wanted to pay a lot, so they only voted on some of the lowest priced decisions. Another problem was that no one had to follow the bill or even pay the bill.
2. How did the President help or hinder agreements?
The President just made sure everyone listened, knew what they were doing, and made announcements. Other than that, the President never really did anything to help Disunia.
3. What could be done to help Disunia function better?
The President could be stricter and make sure everyone paid the bill and followed it. The President should also make sure that Disunia doesn't destroy itself.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Articles of Confederation
Strengths:
- Coin and borrow money
- Negotiate with foreign nations and American Indians
- Try to resolve differences between states
- Ask states for money and soldiers
Weaknesses:
- Pass or collect taxes
- Raise and army (No standing army)
- Enforce its won laws (No judicial system)
- No executive or legislative branches with power
- Most power held by the states
- One branch of government
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Layers of American Government
1. Federal
2. State
3. County
4. City
- Executive branch-Led by the president of the U.S. Spokesperson of America
- Legislative branch-House of Representatives and the Senate
- Judicial branch-Judge, legal, U.S. supreme court
- All located in Washington D.C.
2. State
- Executive branch-Governors, chief executive of a state. Each state has its own legislature
- Judicial branch-State courts
3. County
- County administrators
- County court
- Legislative branch-County administrators make decisions
- County-Smallest piece of a state
4. City
- Mayor
- Legislative branch-Elected
- City courts
American Revolution
1.Battle of Trenton
1776, In November 1776, Washington's Continental Army was almost at its end. He only had 6,000 men who were ready to give ip. Instead of retreating, Washington sailed on the Delaware river and attacked the Hessians who resided in New Jersey. They won the battle with 900 prisoners.
First victory of the war for the Americans. They learned that General George Washington was a good leader. They attacked on the night of Christmas into Boxing Day the next day. The Hessians didn't know when the attack would happen, and a spy told them that it would be a few days after Christmas.
2.Battle of Saratoga
September 19-October 7, 1777. The British were confident that they had the superior force to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies. The miscalculations of the British were later revealed by the secret letters. The spying and the letter-writing games from both sides resulted in the surrender of the British.
The Battle of Saratoga was important because it was the battle in which the British troops surrendered to theContinental Army. After the Continental ARmy's victory over the British, France decided to become America's ally. Overall, the Battle of Saratoga marked a major turning point in the revolutionary war.
Benedict Arnold was an important leader, first high-ranking trader. Massive ego. He becomes injured in battle and questions his purpose in the battle.
3.Valley Forge
Where: Valley Forge was located 30 kilometers northwest of Pennsylvania.
When: In December 1777, General Washington brought his 12,000 men to Valley Forge.
What: The only enemy was the brutal winter. Around 2,000 soldiers died of disease and malnutrition.
Who:
4.The Naval War
5.Guerilla Warfare
6.Battle of Yorktown
7.Treaty of Paris
1776, In November 1776, Washington's Continental Army was almost at its end. He only had 6,000 men who were ready to give ip. Instead of retreating, Washington sailed on the Delaware river and attacked the Hessians who resided in New Jersey. They won the battle with 900 prisoners.
First victory of the war for the Americans. They learned that General George Washington was a good leader. They attacked on the night of Christmas into Boxing Day the next day. The Hessians didn't know when the attack would happen, and a spy told them that it would be a few days after Christmas.
2.Battle of Saratoga
September 19-October 7, 1777. The British were confident that they had the superior force to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies. The miscalculations of the British were later revealed by the secret letters. The spying and the letter-writing games from both sides resulted in the surrender of the British.
The Battle of Saratoga was important because it was the battle in which the British troops surrendered to theContinental Army. After the Continental ARmy's victory over the British, France decided to become America's ally. Overall, the Battle of Saratoga marked a major turning point in the revolutionary war.
Benedict Arnold was an important leader, first high-ranking trader. Massive ego. He becomes injured in battle and questions his purpose in the battle.
3.Valley Forge
Where: Valley Forge was located 30 kilometers northwest of Pennsylvania.
When: In December 1777, General Washington brought his 12,000 men to Valley Forge.
What: The only enemy was the brutal winter. Around 2,000 soldiers died of disease and malnutrition.
Who:
- Continental Army
- General Washington
- Baron von Steuben
4.The Naval War
- February 1776
- The Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, Gulf Coast
- John Paul Jones, Esek Hopkins, General Sir William Howe
- US damaged the British's ability to operate
- American troops seized the British's main supply base in the Bahamas
- Naval warships provided by French to fight the British
- More convenient for the Frech to help America fight the British
- John Paul Jones: Scottish, fought for America, ended up in Russia
5.Guerilla Warfare
- Improper warfare in which a small group of armed civilians use military strategies like ambushes to sabotage large military groups
- September 14th, 1780
- The Patriots ambushed the Loyalists and won
- The Patriots drove out the Loyalists and Francis Marion became well-known
- In the swamp because Patriots knew the geography
- Loyalists didn't know how to fight in a swamp
- Attack threw the British off
- British thought that the Americans were un-gentleman-like at war
6.Battle of Yorktown
- After being harassed by the continental army in the Carolinas, Cornwallis retreated to Yorktown and George Washington stormed and surrounded him with the help of the French troops. On October 19, 1781, Cornwallis sent out a drummer and a white flag of surrender.
- It was the last major battle between America and the British
- Solidifies America's victory
- George Washington was to be King, but America came up with the president
- Benedict Arnold was a traitor to the Americans
7.Treaty of Paris
- The treaty was signed on September 3, 1783
- Treaty signed in Paris, France by King George III
- David Hartley was a member of the British Parliament
- The British finally recognized the independence of the United States, so the treaty was signed on September 3, 1782
- Benjamin Franklin convinced the French to help the Americans
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