Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dailies week 1

1.  Does history progress? Is an elephant really "better" than a mammoth? 
History does not always progress. Sometimes things are better the way they were in the past then the way they are now in the future. A mammoth is a lot more productive than an elephant. A mammoth has all the characteristics of an elephant but can survive in much colder weather than an elephant. However mammoths are extinct and elephants are not. This must show that elephants are doing something right that mammoths are not. This is not true. Mammoths died due to a force outside their cause which would of also devastated the elephants. Just because something has happened in the past which has caused it to not be present nowadays, It does not mean that it is insufficient enough o live in the future. However some cultures that had been killed such as the Aztecs still would have prospered in today’s times. Sometimes history does progress though. After the great depression our economy bounced right back up and was stronger than ever. After the holocaust the world rebuilt itself and our future seemed brighter than ever. Humankind has progressed greatly since the start of time. If you believe in the course of evolution then you must agree that our species has achieved much more then primates. WE have cities and medicine. The health of our citizens goes up every year and people are living longer. History does not always progress. When it does however things are very bright and I believe human kind has a bright future.

Friday, January 21, 2011

exam post 11

Sam and Brian

1.       Research countries that do not have the same opportunities as us.
2.       Create a gap minder to help other people understand the information.
3.       Present the gap minder to the whole school at an assembly.
4.       Create a search engine website and every time someone searches it donates a dollar to our country.
5.       We start a foreign exchange program to get student to come here.
6.       We send our student there to experience there life.
7.       Start a donation to raise money to fight poverty our country.
8.       Start a text a text to “our country” where whenever someone texts a numer Verizon donates a dollar.
9.       We can fund their technology programs in schools.
10.   We can donate laptops.

Exam Post 12

This shows that sometimes the more money you spend on healthcare dosent nescessly mean that your country will be the most healthy. The United States spends the most money on health care but is one of the most unhealthy countries.

Exam Post 11

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Shenghai is approximatively 895 times larger than bel air. The traffic is a lot worse becuase the population is so much larger than the population of New York City.

Exam Post 10

Energy Security and Climate Change
This is a important topic becuase climate change is a major issue.http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
I picked this reason because it interested me and someone may want to know who some of the most vulnerable countries are.


Putting Quality Jobs at the Heart of the Recovery
Creating jobs for our citizens is a very important cause.