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 receive 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. 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 you should wait.

Obama to Call for Major Infrastructure Spending

Published September 06, 2010

FoxNews.com

WASHINGTON -- Appealing to a union crowd on Labor Day, President Obama on Monday is calling for a $50 billion investment in long-term infrastructure projects that the administration claims will stimulate the flailing economy, create jobs and refill the exhausted highway trust fund.

Though the infrastructure package is aimed at the next six years, the investment of $50 billion is intended to be a "front-loaded" expansion of the $814 billion stimulus package that emphasized shovel-ready projects.

"The plan builds upon the infrastructure investments the president has already made through the Recovery Act, includes principles the president put forth during the campaign and emphasizes American competitiveness and innovation," reads a statement from the White House press office.

Congress has no appetite to enact a second stimulus and the White House insists that it will not seek one. But through a series of separate measures to be rolled out by the president this week, including a $100 billion research and development tax credit, a hiring incentives package for small- and medium-sized business and a $42 billion small business package already saddling the Senate, the tally is adding up quickly.

"This is a 'hail Mary' pass President Obama is throwing," said Ron Bonjean, former communications director to House Speaker Dennis Hastert. "Democrats passed a stimulus package that just failed, we're at 9.6 unemployment and now the president is coming out with a plan, lo and behold, on Labor Day because he needs something to talk about. But this is really a sham, this is not going anywhere in Congress."

The goals of the infrastructure plan include: rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads; constructing and maintaining 4,000 miles of railways, enough to go coast-to-coast; and rehabilitating or reconstructing 150 miles of airport runways, while also installing a new air navigation system designed to reduce travel times and delays.

For complete story click link:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/06/obama-major-infrastructure-spending/