The first idea that I actual liked was to build a city out of bottles and cans. I would make it look like some kind of futurist thing because of how the inside of a can and bottles can be shiny if light hits them right.
It seemed like a good idea, but when I started to try to work it out, I couldn’t figure out how I wanted to make it work I didn’t know how to organize the different bottles and in the end it just didn’t work out the way I wanted it to.
The next big Idea I got was in the middle of class. There was a bunch of foam and then looking at it made me want to make a table from it. Maybe paint a cool design on it to represent recycling. So I started on that. Then I saw my friend who had extra pieces from what she was working on. As I was looking at them I started thinking about how most big things in America have some kind of mascot. Wendy’s has the Ginger Girl, McDonalds has the clown, Kmart has the light bulb guy. But why doesn’t recycling have an official mascot to stand for it. I mean, there’s just that little symbol thing. “I should make one.” I thought to myself. And so that’s what I’ve been working with so far. I went with the feel of the material I was using and in a way, let the art create itself. I cut out a head and the used my friends extra piece and ended up with a horse bird thing that had headphones.
Right now I’m in the process of painting it, but I think I want to build a setting around it. The reason it’s not done is because I feel as though I need to do a little more with it. There’s something missing from it that I have to have for it to be complete. Also, I ran out of paint in the middle of painting so I need to go buy some more.
- http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/83057-290-bills
- http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
Dear Citizens of America,
On April 30th of 2004 I proposed to Congress the idea of raising the minimum wage rate because of the effect it has on our country. Citizens of America fail to see that our countries economy isn’t flourishing as well as it could be, considering the amount of poverty we have in this country. According to the US Census Bureau, 35.9 million people live below the poverty line, that including 12.9 million children. Poverty is not tied to an absolute value of how much an individual or family can afford, but is tied to a relative level based on how much the average individual makes. Statistics show that most Americans will live below the poverty line for at least one year when they are in between the ages of 25 and 75.
Minimum wage from $5.15 to $7 over three
years and would be the first raise in the minimum wage in seven years. Under
the suggested bill, the minimum hourly wage would increase by $0.70 two months
after the legislation is signed into law. One year later, it would increase
again by $0.60, and in the third year the minimum wage would increase by $0.55,
bringing the minimum wage to $7 an hour. Currently working at a job, which is
40 hours a week, that being 52 weeks in a year, when worked out the average
worker would have earned only $10,700, within that year, which is still $5,000
below the poverty line for a family of three. One parent working 40 hours per
week at current minimum wage earns only 40% of the estimated cost to raise two children. How
can we live off of just that?
As senator, I proposed this bill hoping to
get it passed, in order to create a higher living standard for those of poverty
and those who are poor, but on October 19th, 2004, my bill was voted
against. This infers to me, how much do our politicians care about our people?
Are we living in the same world? Or is it that because the politicians earn so
much money off of American citizens tax dollars that the issues of whose
suffering because of the laws congress set in place doesn't matter?
In 2005, I attempted to propose my bill
again, but again it was rejected. In 2007, my comrade George Miller came up
with the idea that the minimum wage rate conflicted with the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, which made the House have no choice, but to pass the
bill. The act raises the federal minimum wage in 3 increments: to $5.85 per
hour 60 days after enactment (2007-07-24), to $6.55 per hour 12 months after
that (2008-07-24), and finally to $7.25 per hour 12 months after that
(2009-07-24). One of the biggest aspects of the bill was that the republicans
and president Bush wanted to add tax cuts of small businesses. The House and
the Senate passed the minimum wage on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the
supplemental aid of the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $4.8 billion worth of
tax breaks are going to be given to small business over a 10-year period to
offset the wage increase.
Minimum wage didn’t change for tipped
employees, leaving it at $5.15 fro most places. Though this bill only suggests
a MINIMUM wage, which they can choose to exceed or sustain, I still believe
that this isn’t enough. My original idea was to have it increase, year by year,
little by little, to make our society and its price of living more livable. The
average person spends about $50 a day according to Us News, $50 multiplied by
365, the amount of days in a year, amounts to $18, 250, which is higher than
the poverty line for a family of three people. Even with the raise in minimum
wage, the fact still stands that Americans are still living well below the
poverty level and most of these Americans have families to take care of and
tend to, with the couple thousand dollars they earn a year.
Though, I helped
lead the torch in an aspect of Americas economy progression, I don't feel I’ve
done enough. We as a culture and people should continue to grow, the stronger
we are as a country, the easier it is for us to flourish. This year, I plan to
propose, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2010. With the citizens and not just
politicians in mind, I am hoping to one day, lessen the percentage of people
who are well below the poverty line, instead of watching it grow every year. Supporting
our country, helps build our country.
Senator Edward Ted Kennedy
Charles
Darwin's theory of evolution is the widespread belief that all life is related
and has descended from a common ancestor and that birds, fruits, fish and
reptiles are all related. It is said that complex creatures evolve from more
simplistic ancestors naturally over time. Many people believe it is a fact, but
the theory of evolution is flawed and that is why it is only a theory. How can
evolution be true if it contradicts the knowledge of scientific things we
already understand?
The
beginning of life through the theory of evolution came along by chance. Science
shows that in order for a cell to survive and reproduce, it must have DNA, RNA
and proteins, which are complex molecules. What is the probability that DNA,
RNA and protein formed by chance? RNA is needed to produce proteins but at the
same time proteins are needed in the production of RNA transcription. One
couldn’t exist without the other. What are the odds of both RNA and protein
appear by probability at the same time and place?
The
way cells work and are made are too complicated to be made by chance through
evolution. The probability for every cell to know it’s job in the body and work
in harmony for it to properly run the body is nearly close to zero percent.
Marshall
Brain, author of the article “How Evolution Works” said that the first living cells had to possess “A cell wall, the
ability to grow, the ability to process other molecules floating outside the
cell as food to create energy and the ability to split itself to reproduce.”
How did a cell know how to do these things in the beginning of evolution? It
takes time for a trait to be pass on but the chance of all these traits to
already be given to the first form of life is low. Even though some things have
been proven factual in the theory of evolution such as natural selection, the
origin of life from the theory of evolution is hard to believe.
Bibliography
:
1. N/a, . "Report: Hyde Amendment not
enforced." UPI.com. UPI,
09/28/2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/28/Report-Hyde-Amendment-not-enforced/UPI-31121285685508/
2. Franke-Ruta, Franke-Ruta. "A new push against Hyde
amendment faces some high hurdles." The Washington Post. The Washington Post, 03/22/2010. Web. 9 Nov
2010. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/a-new-push-against-hyde-with-h.html
3. Kissling, Frances. "Pass healthcare reform -- then
repeal Hyde!." Salon.com.
Salon, 03/21/2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/03/21/repeal_hyde_amendment
4. Eggen, Dan. "Abortion Opponents Criticize Health
Reform Bills." The Washington
Post. The Washington Post, 07/23/2009. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072201583.html
5. The Oyez Project, Harris v. McRae , 448
U.S. 297 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_1268)
6. Abramowitz, Elkan. "The Hyde Amendment: Congress
Creates a Toehold for Curbing Wrongful Prosecution ." National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers. NACDL, 03/1998. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.nacdl.org/CHAMPION/ARTICLES/98mar04.htm
7. The
Oyez Project, Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18)
(last
visited Tuesday, November 9, 2010).
While studying The Scarlet Letter, Juno, and Easy A, our Sexuality and Society in Literature class examined the thematic connections between the three "texts" and crafted creative projects (accompanied by written self-reflections) that sought to capture a major theme from the works.
Senior Brett Chapman chose to focus on the idea of an individual
feeling ostracized by the larger society based on choices she/he made.
He states, "For my thematic project, I chose to focus on social
outcasts and use a teen lens. Fabricating t-shirts, each with a
different message, I explored choices some teens make that lead us to
judge and isolate them. Thus, each t-shirt is an expression of an
outcast in the 21st century. The following pictures are of teenagers
who have volunteered their time to participate in this photo shoot. The
statements printed on the shirts do not display factual information of
the models." The
T-shirts and photos are displayed on the third floor outside of Room
303. http://teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=203282&title=Brett_Chapman_I_Am_Video
Senior Beth Knibbe chose to write an original song with lyrics to explore the themes of intellect vs. passion and love deeply rooted in true emotions. In her self-reflection, she expresses "I tried to start writing some lyrics [for my project] but I was coming up with nothing. I decided to think of some places in The Scarlet Letter where I saw these themes most prominently. The first part was the scene in the forest where Hester is watching Dimmesdale walk along the path before she approaches him. This got the ball rolling for me." Inspired by the text, Beth composed a listless guitar melody to match Dimmesdale's state of mind. The rest is up to you to relfect on. Download her song and take a listen for yourself.
Copy of No Child Left Behind Act on Prezi
Sources:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h107-1
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/education/no_child/basics.html
http://www.arizonaea.org/politics.php?page=282&sub_page=252
http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
