Current Event Quiz 1.3

1)

The message of the speech given by the pope was "to break out of its cycle of polarization and paralysis and use its power to heal the “open wounds” of a planet torn by hatred, greed, poverty and pollution". The speech was delivered to the congress. This story illustrates a huge interest because the pope is a very all known man and the fact that he traveled to deliver this speech was a big deal. This speech was historic because the pope talked about a few different things thats mean a lot all around the world. He was invited to speak by Joe Boehner

2)

The Broad difference of opinion is that whether or not racial slurs caused the incident. The students that hurt the official and going to be suspend for around a month, they will not be returning to this current football season. Coach Mack Breed resigned after this incident. Motheral was frustrated because the central figures in the incident did not appear before the committee. 

3) 

The action that caused many students and parents to show up in front of the school on thursday morning was because of the teacher laving the school and parents plus students wanting him to return. This affected the 6th graders because the school then became over crowded. Bryker Woods was i the same situation, but because of all the outcry she was able to come back and continue teaching. 

4)

Both these men would like to know if school districts are banning openly carried firearms in parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways. This law will take effect january 1st. Whitmire interprets  the law by saying that school distracts would be allowed to ban guns in outdoor areas. Another interpretation would be that the state gun laws also do not consider parking lots, sidewalks and driveways to be apart of a "premises" where guns can be prohibited.  The authority general has 180 to reply to Whitmires question, this might not matter because the open carry law states that it will allow those with concealed handgun license to carry weapons in a hip or shoulder holster. 

5)

JURY AND EX-DEPUTY'S MURDER TRIAL SAYS IT HAS REACHED AN IMPASE

Ex-deputy was accused of murder after shoot Yvette Smith just a few seconds after encountering her. The judge and jury cannot come up with an agreement for his sentence, after 17 hours of court time. 

My opinion of this story is that this ex-deputy should be charged with murder. This man shot a women A FEW SECONDS after meeting her, in this article it doesn't state wheather or not she is white or black or any other race. But I did a little research and found out she was a young black women. This is so wrong on so many levels I can't believe the court hasn't decided yet. 

EXTENDED RESPONSE-  Obituaries and made for people who die. Some things that you might find in an obituaries are how they died. This could sometimes be very offensive to others. I am sure many people are assigned to and obituary story. 

Humans of McCallum

 Damaris Bentaris said " Something bad thats happened to me? well, a few years ago, when I was 13 years old my younger brother had an electric scooter that I really wanted to try out. I decided to go on the scooter with him. It was  fun  until we approached a hill. As we  were going down the hill my younger brother yells 'the brake doesn't work', my initial thought was to jump off on to the grass to save my self from crashing into something else, then I thought what if I brake my ankle?? After that instead of crashing into something, I just fell off and scrapped up my arm and leg. "

Current Event quiz 2

1) 1B. How was yesterday's presidential debate formatted to help longshot candidates? How was Donald Trump on center stage even when he was not yet on center stage?
The presidential debate was formatted to help the because they ended up going first so that people could hear what they had to say. They the non long shot candidates went shortly after.  Donald Trump was on center stage because of the one candidate that poles didn't quite make the cut.
2) Why was the CIA director on the UT campus yesterday? What larger trend in government led to yesterday's announcement at the Bass Lecture Hall? How can the public access the documents mentioned in the story? What is a PDB and why is it such an important document?
The CIA director was on the UT campus yesterday because he was speaking a a ceremony. The larger trend that led to yesterdays announcement at the Bass Lecture Hall was the unveil the records stemmed from the White House and marked a shift toward a new level of openness in government. CIA and National Security Council officials had worked together to make the declassification possible, he said, and that it was only the beginning. The public can access this documents in this story by going to the website. The Presidential Daily Briefs is important to this article because it gives important information about security in the vietnam war.
3)  What did Hungarian security forces do Wednesday that has human rights groups outraged? What alternate routes are their targets forced to consider and why are those routes also not good options (don't forget to take a look at the sidebar story)?
The hungarian security forces unleashed water cannons and tear gas that has human rights groups outraged. They had an alternate route from Germany to Scandinavia began crossing from serbia into croatia which pledged to allow them safe passage. 
4)Why was a 14-year-old McCarthur High School student detained and handcuffed yesterday? What actions did school officials take on Monday and how did they defend their actions? What was the response of half a million people and President Obama? Why do some in Irving fear that this action is connected to a city council resolution passed last spring?
14 year old high school student was handcuffed yesterday because he had a home made clock that resembled a bomb. The school officials said that the student looks suspicious in nature. Obama responded to this by invited him to the white house and said "his clock was cool". 

FREE RESPONSE- I first learned about this tory by reading this article today in class. I believe that social media is a reliable source because the kids or anyone that writes about it is there opinion and it gives an idea of what kids our age thing 
I do not agree with this placement because i think that it has a lot of human interest. The fact that a 14 year old boy got mistaken for a terrorist for building a clock that looked like a bomb was very odd for me and it should have been closer to the front of the newspaper. 

Free response on current event quiz

free response; I chose the story about Donald Trump and how he insults Fiorina Draws ire. Donald Trump first off starts by insulting her physical appearance. Many people took Donald Trump as a madman who needs to go back to reality tv. “I want to say that I cherish women, and I will protect women, and I will take care of women, and I have great respect for women” says Donald Trump on ABC's "the view". Flordia gov. called Trump's statement "small and inappropriate". Donald has said many thing to not only make fun and insult people but to make them lower them himself. Will this help his campain? Is this all apart of his publicity act?

Current Event Quiz 1

1) The university of texas was under fire for hiring two students in 2012 because, they employed people with prior arrest who should not be allowed to work in schools no matter how old or how long ago. The news piece says that "generally people aren't allowed to work for UT", this too me is already a red flag and I believe that UT didn't know the trouble these men have gotten into or else they wouldn't have given them a job.

2) The deal that the city of baltimore made of tuesday was that the family of the dead man gets 6.4 million dollars settlement. The major agreed with this statement because he thought it would be the best for the city and the family. The gray case is still pending.

3)He announced that Germany will be accepting 500k refugees a year. People questioned weather generous asylums policies are enticing more migrants to make a dangerous trek for western europe. Germany responded to the criticism by announcing a reduce in cash handouts  asylum seekers during their initial months of processing.

4) Ted Cruz invited Donald Trump to the anti-iran nuke deal rally. Ted Cruz extended the invitation because he uses donald trump as a target to get more publicity through media.  Donald Trump isn't one of the standard targets because of how much negative attention he gets from people in this world.

5)Hilary Clinton apologized for a private email account. Ron Johnson and Bryan Pagliano asked for a meeting to find legal protection for them. Co-mingling means to mix or to blend. In this article Hilary's personal and business life together. Hilary Clinton didn't want to use the word mistake and this in the end was  her mistake.

6)Two John Jay students were suspended from friday nights football game after strucking the ref because of and un-fair call or so called cheating. The assistant coach is also suspended after friday nights game because he made comments that lead the players to make a bad call and hit the ref. Student say that the initial reasons for attacking the ref was because of the racial slurs being said to players on the field. 

In this scenario about creationism and how students and their parents were reacting, I think that the main form of research would be to interview the student and their opinions of the subject. I would also try to talk to the teacher about what he thought about the situation and if he thought the parents and or students were overreacting on the subject. I would also try to clear up the story with the teacher by asking him whether or not he tought the lesson or just downloaded the powerpoint.

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