http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:44:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today in Global Issues class we talked about some of the cool things people are doing to lessen their carbon footprint. In class, we are also making our own project to help the school become greener. During discussion, a world wide project came up called Earth Hour. It is a ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/20/earth-hour/ "The past is never dead, it is not even past." What does this quote mean to you? This quote brings up a good point, but it is a little fuzzy in the wording. I beleive it is saying that we should not forget the past. There are many ideals and events that ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/19/more-questions-to-think-about/ In relation to The Wave and how we see it in ou every day lives, we have been discussing the meanings, uses, and technique that propaganda uses to gets its meaning across. Propaganda is when a message is trying to be sent via the news and media sources that try ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/19/propaganda/ Have you ever been forced to join something against your will? No, for the most part, I haven't been forced to join something or take place in something by any one but, maybe my parents.  I have defiantly been asked and pestered and influenced to take part in some things that ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/17/the-wave-questions/ We talked about: This past week was a short week with onkly two days. Even though, we did a lot of work on the blogs and such. On Monday, Mr. R introduced us to a post titled School Writing written by one of his fellow blogging colleagues. Mr. R's friend wrote about ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/08/last-week-in-class-2/ On the topic of the Holocaust during WWII. "Forget about it. It happened once and the world learned its lesson. It'll never happen again." Do you agree? No, I don't agree with him at all. One of the main reasons history is taught in school, is to teach to learn from our mistakes. ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/05/questions-to-think-about/ I found this here and found it to be quite amzing and interesting. I beleive that athletes defiantly make tooo much money. They do deserve quite a bit for their insane athletic ability, but, again, this is a great example of how econmoy is at the top of the food chain ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/03/highest-paid-american-athletes-of-2007/ We talked about: We went over quite a few topics last week.We started by discussing some of the poem writing skills and what to avoid when writing poems, to keep simple. Mr. R mentioned sustainability and education and their close relationship. We briefly discussed the need for education in order to ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/03/02/last-week-in-class/ The second semester started at the beginning of Febuary, and recently I have thought about my year so far. At first, before moving, I was unsure of what to expect and I thiught I would be dreaded the move. The school I previously went to I thought was a great school, and like ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/02/27/half-year-reflection/ We talked about: On Thursday we talk about a lot of topics. Mr. R introduced us to Thought From Within by Woody Harrelson. Along with that, we learned how to understand poetry better. Harrelson poem talked of some of the problems facing our earth yoday. It really conveys the message that ... http://samkon5.learnerblogs.org/2008/02/23/today-in-class-feb20/