Blog #6 What's the big deal about the top 1%?

Happy Halloween cadets. Your task this week should help put things into perspective with the OWS, or Occupy Wall Street protests.  Listen to the NPR audio recording and you will begin to understand the issues concerning the top 1%.  After listening, post your feelings and list 3 items that you or your family have had to cut back on due to economic issues.  Find a site that deals with our economy or place a video showing facts about our situation.  Remember to also comment on other cadet's work and make sure that you start to finish your final push for the canned food drive that we are holding to help the needy during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Remember that the canned food drive is over on the 16th of November. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141823761/the-income-gap-explained-with-candy-corn

Blog #5 The power of one vote, is it real?

Hi again cadets. Your task this week should be an interesting one. We showed the video "The Power of One" in the classroom and there were many examples of one vote making a difference. Your task this week is to watch the following video and verify if the facts used are actually true or not.  You can also find additional facts about one vote making a difference and post that information to our Blog Site as well.  Make sure to post your URL where you found your information and to comment on other cadet's work also.  Good luck and I look forward to seeing what facts and information you find.  I also hope you enjoy the video.

Blog #4 Citizenship Skills and what should I practice?

Hello again cadets.  Since we are learning about the 7 Citizenship Skills, I thought it would be interesting to try and find News stories or videos related to each of the skills.  You must find a News story or video that is about one of the 7 skills and post the URL on your response.  You must also give a brief summary about the video and then the last thing you must do is to remember to comment on other cadet's work. Remember this last point as it is also part of your overall score. Good luck and I hope this helps to reinforce these skills for you. Below is my selected video for you to watch. I wish that Cooperation was as easy as President Obama makes it sound. If it was, our country would be in better shape than what it is.