BR 9/30/13
1.)  Terriorists created a thunderous explosion in the epicenter under the World Trade Center that carved out 100-foot crater several stories deep.
2.) Timothy McVeigh parked a rented van that had a bomb in it planning a mass murder.
3.) The government shutting down numerous times.

BR 9/26/13
      1. From the movie, what are the benefits of a centralized system?

2. How did the advanced technology control the lives of the people in the movie?

3. Do you want to have that kind of technology in our community, like our school or municipality? Defend your stand.

4. In what way do you use technology wisely? Give an example.

5. What message does the movie want to convey? How should you use or treat technology in this digital age.

 

1.) The benefits of a centalized system are, you can keep track of what's going on at most times and you can go back and look at some footage.

2.) The advanced technology controlled the lives of the people in the movie the entire time, they used almost every way of technology to monitor their every current move and their every next move.

3.) Yes and no, I feel like it could be helpful for the people that get their things stolen, or damaged and that way they could catch the people doing it.  But, do I always want to feel like I am being monitored and watched? Probably not.

4.) I use technology wisely by doing homework/school work. I do my work on the computer and save it, in hopes if something happened to the original copy I could have a back up.

5.) We should treat technology very careful, because you will be recorded, or watched, or taped in some way. They are always watching.

BR 9/19/13
In a way I think that video games can impact people to act in violence crimes, or think about doing the things that they see in vidoe games. Mostly,I think kids would think that you can play a video game in like real life with other kids and not get that if they do the same things, when the kids actually get hurt or die they wouldn't understand.

BR 9/18/13
1.) a.) To try and help prevent violence.
     b.) Help kids who might consider suicide.
     c.) To control drug use.
2.) No, it is not an invasion of privacy. It is just somone to monitor what kids post on  PUBLIC social networking.
3.) It wouldn't really affect me because if people want to get offended, or angry they shouldn't be posting anything that would make them feel like that. It's not hard, just think about what you are about to post before you actually do it.

BR 9/17/13
1.) I think that this says that America is unfair for judging her about her heritage.
2.) Some of the minorities were affected, but not all of them.

BR 9/16/13
On Septmeber 15,1963 there were four little girls that were killed in an attack. Their names were Addie Mae Collin, Cynthis Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise Mcnair. They were all 14 years old except for Denise, she was only 11. A bomb was placed underneath the stairs of a church that killed all four of them, and took a different girls eye out. On Wednesday John Boehner awarded them a posthumous congressional gold medal. It will be kept in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

BR 9/13/13
1.) There wasn't really any significance of this article.
2.) The war was a failure.

BR 9/12/13
1.) This article is saying that jobs are becoming harder and harder to find. They rates of people seeking jobless assistance has increased recently. Job seekers are probably reading this article and wishing they already had a job. In my opinion, they probably see this article as a no hope.
2.) No, this means the economy is probably falling rather than improving. If people are without jobs and it's not looking good to get jobs, then the economy shouldn't be improving.

BR 9/11/13
I have mixed feelings about privacy vs. security. I think it is a good thing because with everything being monitored it can prevent stuff from happening. But, can we actually be 100% certain that they can catch anything that waves a "red flag?"In my own personal opinion, I don't think that they will be able to catch any or everything. People are smarter than that nowadays. We can hack into systems, we can use code names- it wouldn't be hard to trick the system if you really wanted too. The whole privacy issue doesn't really set a fire under me, because if something is so personal or private to you; why would you send it in any way of technology?

BR 9/9/13
1.) The US only needs to be a world police force when we are attacked or someone attacked us. We don't need to protect anyone else, or try and "help" another country when it does not involve us.
2.) The UN should assure that countries are not starting more wars just because they can. They need to try and reduce this stuff, not add to it.
3.) Chemical Weapons are such a concern because they are so unpredictable, and can cause tremendous amounts of damage.

BR 9/6/13
1.) I think that he should have been arrested becasue he was way to violent all because his son wouldn't look him the eye... He's three years old; what do you expect!? If he wanted to discipline he should have told him to look at him, or showed him what to do.
2.) The father admitted to doing it, so I guess that is good that he admitted to it, but he should have thought before he hit his three year old.
3.) This definitely would have been accepted in the 1950's because "proper grammer" was a priority then. Which is fine, but not for a three year old. I was glad to see this man get into trouble.

BR 9/5/13
1.) In my opinion, I think that if McDonald's raised their prices on the dollar menu people will still go there because it really is fast food, kid friendly, menu variety, and economical. As long as they aren't raise to high, they will be fine.
2.) So many people do not attend college or have an education, so they are stuck working in fast food with minium wages. If they raise the pay to a "living wage" everything else in the world will raise ridiculously since everyone would be considered to "afford it." It would defeat the entire purpose. I do not think they should get paid a "living wage" becasue if they are truly working hard and can not make ends meet they could get government assistance. Or, they could choose to better their lives and their families lives and get more training or an education to make more money. Leave the fast food jobs to kids in college or highschool just trying to get some expierence, or trying to buy a car.

BR 9/4/13
1.) Students should go into fields that use math, science, technology, or engineering.
2.) I would like to see some data from other carrers, majors statistics, etc. Something other than math or science fields, because I know now that I will not being doing anything related to that.
3.) It didn't really impact my decision on college because even though I said I will not be doing anything in the math or science fields; I'm still not sure as to what I will choose what college to go to, how long, or what I will even major in.

BR 9/3/13
1.) I do not think this is an invasion of privacy because if you don't want your information and personal life to be looked into, you should not have put it on facebook.
2.) I don't know, I have not read the terms and conditions of facebook.
3.) I don't consider this a violation of the 4th amendment because you put it out there, you made it visible for anyone on the internet.