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Welcome
To American Democracy. I am very excited about this new semester and hope
you are too.
In an effort to increase communication with this class, I continue work on
this 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. Most teachers now have your
grades online. Letters will be sent to your home with the log in
information you need to access the site. This information is
confidential. DO NOT share them it other students.
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.
Note About Grades for American Democracy
Before you check grades there
are a few things you should know. I recently announced to all of my
regular college prep class a three option homework schedule and they
all look different in the gradebook. All options require the
students to follow the daily reading schedule, attend class regularly
and be on time, complete current events on schedule and do assigned
projects and in-class activities.
Option 1:
This option is recommended for
students planning to go to college, especially a four year university,
directly after high school. If done as instructed, it will help them
develop valuable skills which will increase retention of material and
cut down study time before tests. Students will take Cornell Notes as
they do their reading. Instructions for how to take Cornell Notes are
on the class website. It is recommended that these are done neatly in
a spiral notebook dedicated solely to this class. Notebooks are turned
in regularly on the days of the Unit tests.
Option 2:
Students complete the Section
Assessments as they do the day’s reading. Some days this will require
the student to do assessments for multiple sections. These assessments
are due daily. This option is recommended for chronic procrastinators
who will save up other work until the night before a test and then do
a poor job on both the homework and the test.
Option 3:
Study Guides for each unit are
posted on the class website. Student will download the Study Guide
and, in a handwritten form on separate paper, per the
guidelines in the Assignment Submissions section, define
each of the vocabulary words and terms in their own words and
completely answer all the questions (per the guidelines in the
Writing Expectations section). This option is turned on the
days of the Unit tests.
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 or my lights are on, I'll be right back so
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Thousands From
Terror-Sponsoring Nations Entering U.S. on 'Diversity Visas'
By Joseph Abrams
FOXNews.com
January 07, 2010
In
the wake of the botched Christmas Day terror attack, members of Congress
are worried that extremists could use the State Department's diversity
visa lottery as a means of getting to the U.S.
The State Department is planning to welcome thousands of
immigrants from terror-watch list countries into the United States this
year through a "diversity visa" lottery -- a giant legal loophole some
lawmakers say is a "serious national security threat" that has gone
unchecked for years.
Ostensibly designed to increase ethnic diversity among
immigrants, the program invites in thousands of poorly educated laborers
with few job skills -- and that's only the beginning of its problems,
according to lawmakers and government investigations.
"There are a lot of holes in this program in terms of
security and in terms of fraud," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who has
written legislation aimed at killing the lottery.
Now, in the wake of the botched Christmas Day terror
attack that emerged from Nigeria and Yemen, members of Congress are
worried the system could be vulnerable to radicals looking to "play" the
visa lottery as a means of reaching the U.S.
Here's how it works:
For complete story
click link:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/07/thousands-terror-sponsoring-nations-entering-diversity-visas/
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