Day 6

Today we watched that video on the post-traumatic stress disorder and I still probably wont understand how difficult it is to go through something like that but oh man it sounds bad! Before the video I was aware of this disorder but only because of the movie Brothers staring Toby Mcguire and Jake Gillenhoff. Unfortunately that was the only knowledge of this disorder I had, the soldiers must really be struggling through this, and at lunch I helped out at the booth. To prepare for tomorrow, I made a goal to get people to turn in their letters and to finish them on the spot.

Day 4

Today in class I went to two classes with my group and discussed the process for writing a letter. I always thought I'd be chill talking in front of a large group of people but I actually found myself kinda nervous. I was afraid that if someone was to ask me a question I wouldn't know how to respond but my group did pretty good, we got to the point and said what was needed. At lunch I went around making sure people have written their letters or at least if they've been informed of our project. To prepare for tomorrow I will better learn the rules because I know that the letter has to be one-sided and hand written but I'm sure there are more rules like that. Today I realized that there are a lot of rude careless people out there which sucks!! 

Day 3

Today i was stuck in the stupid waiting room at Kaiser Permanente wasting my time but when i get home i heard my sister, a freshman. that has no idea that its our class doing this for the soldiers, telling my dad how excited she was because she wrote her letter today and that he should write one too and wondering if the soldier recieving her letter is a boy or girl, or will they write back.. that right there made me realize what a difference this is going to make.

Day 1

What I did for the betterment of the project was in class I was able to complete 3 of the posters and then during 5th period I wrote a paragraph so that we could try to have it published in the Eagle's Quil by next week. And I also prepared myself for tomorrow by going to Operation Gratitude's website and got inform, watched videos, and read the rules. Ready to write my letter already!!


Link to their rules: http://www.pentel.com/national_handwriting_day/rules.html

Self-Motivation

http://www.increasebrainpower.com/self-motivation.html

If you had trouble getting motivated for your project last week like me, I googled the topic of self motivation and came across this.  I believe a lot in the power of your brain and this link gives you six helpful tips on self motivation.

Shower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yv_g7ZyADM

John Jickenlooper is campaigning for Governor of Colorado.  On this add John is proposing that he is an honest candidate for governor of Colorado and he also stating that the other candidates are dishonest and dirty.

Meg Whitman's Cutting Edge Interactive Campaign Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcCo__rgLc

Meg Whitman is very sneaky using her add campaign by taking advantage of high tech to get people to join her campaign.

Thicke for Agriculture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liuXA5nBPwA

Democratic nominee for secretary of agriculture Francis Thicke.  From what I can gather from this ad is that Thicke is going to try to give back control to the farmers of Iowa so that the people of Iowa can put more money in there pockets.  Bottom line,

Class Discussion Reflection for SB 1070

This class discussion was not done as well our first discussion.  Although this topic was closer to home than the Muslim mosque controversy, in the beginning we struggled with getting a conversation going.  For example, in the beginning we only discussed on the surface issues like racism, ignorance, and what my mother's friend's cousin down in Arizona is feeling.  Deeper into this discussion we reached the more under the surface questions much as the constitution being challenged, the corruption in Mexico, and how to effectively change the citizenship process.  Unfortunately in the end we accepted that being in the United states illegally is breaking the law.  I just recently learned that Cuba is still a communist country, so most Cuban citizens are escaping to the United States seeking refugee.  From what i was told America is helping those who make it here. I wish I had known this the day of the discussion to see what my fellow classmates' points of view might have been.  The streets of Mexico are being run but drug cartels, and  it must be just as difficult to deal with as communism.  So why isn't America being more supportive?  The way i see it is the head of our country needs to come up with a solution/compromise sooner than later because as they sit there and decide what to do, people are suffering in both countries.

Summers to Leave Obama’s Economic Team This Year

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/business/22summers.html?_r=1&hp

Lawrence H. Summers has decided to go back to being a professor at Harvard.  He served as director of the White House National Economic Council, and by him leaving he marks a major shakeup in Mr. Obama’s economic team.