Thursday, October 22, 2015

current event quiz

1. The two possible causes for the bas trop fire are due to an overheating shredder, or it could have been intetionally set. At 10:30  bas trop allowed displaced people to return back to their homes. The dies have done a lot of damage such as  burned 34,000 acres and destroyed 1,600 homes, and now the Hidden Pines fire is hard to swallow. 
2.The paradigm shift was that they switched to online textbooks instead of paper ones. This switch gives teachers more options on classwork assignments, but they also lost millions of states tax dollars. The robertson family experienced is that the text books aren't very user friendly and that the daughter couldn't find her geometry homework. They then paid 75$ to buy a text book that she could use at home. The Gorzycki teacher loves he idea of the online textbooks. 
I believe that this would be a great story and to see the different opinions on online vs. paper textbooks could be surprising. 
3.The big news from Canada was victory of Justin Trudeau will have reverberations beyond Canada’s borders after the Party leader put an end to a  rule by the most conservative leadership in the country’s history. The changes it will bring to Canada are major policy changes such as leagalizing marijuana, dropping out of the US bombing campaign and more. Our relationship with canada will most likely change, or a least thats what obama says. 
4. The national award goes to... Alan Guckian. He is a wonderful band director who is very dedicated, his program is very big at this school. He's close to winning and all the students love him, he states that he will throw a pizza party if he wins!
5. The new Ut coach is trying to change the mind-set of his players by  sharpening their intellectual acuity along with their jumpers and defense. He does this by using them in crazy drills that test their skill.

Friday, October 9, 2015

current event quiz 4

1) For city council, ACL free and vip. Gratis weekend passes, also available for parks board raise eyebrows. Donavan is a 71 year old man the austin parks defend this by providing access to the event for city representatives for municipal purposes. Rick Cofer says the he doesn't think that my presence there is worth basically an 800$ expense. Sabine Romero said that its okay for the mayor and council members to accept the tickets. Ann Kitchen used her cal pass last weekend and is planning on using it this weekend, she thought the free pass were appropriate. I think that this is a good perk and it is their choice wether or not they would like to use it or not.
2)Oklahoma started using the drug injection that will kill them, this is easier then the other ways of executions. Texas has been trading drug used in lethal injections along with virginia. Montana judge blocked the state from using this drug, the only way they can continue to use it is if the state legislature modifies the law. Midazolam is a short-acting sedative which was unreliable.
3)The prime minister stopped his ministers  from visiting a contested old city holy site.  He then ordered the police to stop the members of the parliament from going there. He did this because the clashes amount the muslim, jewish and the is real security forces threaten to unleash a broader religious war. They responded to this by defying the order. Muhanad Halabi was shot and killed by the security forces  saturday after he fatally stabbed two orthodox men in the old city and injured their family.
4) Svetlana Alexiecich won the nobel prize. She wrote stores or deeply researched works about the female russian soldiers in world war II and the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This is rare because her work is non-fiction. Her works is blended with literature and journalism. Says states that much more work remains ahead of her and that she cannot stop now.
5)  Professor Emeritus Daniel S. Hamermesh says that he will not return next fall to teach. Hamermesh told the states men reporter that because of the concealed carry law that it wasn't best do do this anymore. At UT hamermesh was the first known professor at UT who decided to follow through. Hamermesh not only isn't continuing to teach because of the carry law but because of a job offer in sydney australia. 

FREE RESPONSE-
This extra is about how the Astros have had a number of wins in the past week, starting off with the royals and then the kansas city. Colby Rasmus also homered for the Astros, this is great news for me because I love baseball and the Astros.
These sections are very different from the normal paper because they are more factual then normal adds that have to do more with the journalism side of the story. I believe they add these to the story to provide something for all viewers and also to give a diversity in the story type that they are reading. I believe that these should be in the normal paper because of how informative they are. And the fact that they are short and sweet can be a up and a down. Some people might want them to continue on the Astros win in mortar detail. But others who don't want to sit there and read the stories fpor a long time might like the get to the point stories better. 

Monday, October 5, 2015

observation

Students were standing out side in the hallway. the drug dog come up to the door, for it then to be closed by the officers. Students and twirling there fingered messing with there hair and lookin at the ground. It was the week following acl all students weren't thinking about school but did there bad choices makes them get caught at school. All you can hear is suffering and silent sniffing. You can hear the dogs claws potter patter on the floor as he walking around searching for a reason to get someone in trouble. Quite whispers are being shared outside in the hall. The administratier watching the students to see who shows the most regret or nervousness. It smelled like bathroom soap that everyone uses after using the restroom. This smell reminds me of a doctors office that has just been freshly cleaned. After a crucial five minutes later students get a second of releif when the officer is opening the door with nothing in his hand. The other officer who was standing outside with the students congratulated the dog for doing his job. The dog was filled with joy, shaking side to side. The students all coowed when the dog was praised, some where frightened by the sight. The dog slowly walked down the hall with nails clicking against the white tiles on the floor.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

observe

I walked into the the gym all I could hear were clicks and small talk. It smelled like the bathroom hand soap that's reminds me of a doctors office. senior were sitting on the group and they were all doing homework. possible thinking about their future, this is there last school picture. Camera people fixing senior hair, over and over again. kids were running in and out of the gym changing there tops to get the perfect picture. This was going on for hours. This was after a long time to sit on the group and someone had to get up and stretch because there day was so long. You could smell the summer perfume that filled the air.