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In an effort to increase communication with this class, I have decided to begin work on a website where you will be able to find information which should assist you to be successful in this class. This is an ongoing project, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know what you would like to see.

The first things I felt you would want are the documents we received in our first class meeting. After the first week of class, you will receive your passwords which will allow you to check your grades online. You will also need them for any online tests. These passwords are confidential. DO NOT share them with other students. If you wish to change your password, you must do so through me.

A word about homework.

If you do all your homework, you will do well in the class. Be sure to keep up to date. If you get too far behind this semester, you will have difficulty catching up; especially if you are taking CC classes, participating in clubs & sports, or working. Do feel free to email me your written work at gbisson@cusd.net if you prefer not to print it out, BUT be certain that you get it in on time! All work is due at the beginning of class any day you are on campus. Also, be sure to add your work as a WORD attachment and put a message in your subject line so I know to open the message. If you come to school and leave early for any reason and don't come to class, you must get your work to me. You may email it, bring it by before school, after school, at nutrition, or at lunch. You may leave it in my box in the office (this is the least secure as there is no record of it and if I don't get it, you don't get credit - no argument.) You may NOT interrupt a class to give it to me.

Communicate, communicate, communicate

If you need help, ask for it. I am here for you, you are not here for me. It is my goal to see that you all are exposed to the highest quality education available and are able to succeed in your academic goals. If you don't talk to me all I can do is guess what's going on with you. Are you not turning in your homework because you're lazy? Or are you working 40 hours a week? Did you just get in a car accident? If you don't talk, I don't know. The best I may have is rumor and how often are those accurate? If you can't talk to me at an appropriate time (instruction time is NEVER appropriate), I have email. (Be sure you identify yourself. I don't know who moonwalker91@ gmail.com is.)

I am generally in the classroom an hour before school, an hour after school, during lunch, and at nutrition. You can make an appointment or drop by. If I'm not here and my door is open, I'll be right back so you should wait.

Patriotism spat tars latest round of Clinton-Obama battle

by Michael Mathes

Yahoo.com

Sun Mar 23, 7:09 AM ET

The campaigns of the Democratic White House hopefuls braced for fierce confrontation Sunday, after former president Bill Clinton appeared to question the patriotism of his wife Hillary's rival, Barack Obama.

In the latest sparring match between the increasingly bitter fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, an Obama aide hit back by likening ex-president Clinton to communist-hunting 1950s senator Joseph McCarthy.

Just weeks before a crucial primary clash in the state of Pennsylvania , which will go a long way to deciding who will face off Republican John McCain in the November election, former president Clinton sparked a new row.

"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country," he told a group of veterans Friday in Charlotte , North Carolina .

"And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics."

Clinton was apparently referring to his wife and McCain, leaving Obama out in the cold.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080323/ts_alt_afp/usvote_080323110945