Blog #25A (Bonus) JROTC Military Ball Photos

Hi again. As promised, here are the links from your Military Ball hosted at the Fort Hamilton Army Base on May 5, 2012.  Hope you enjoy them. There are two links, one for Snapfish where you can order prints if you would like and one from Photobucket where you can do the same.

Snapfish JROTC Military Ball Photos 2012

Photobucket JROTC Military Ball 2012

Blog #25 Cold War beginnings and at what cost?

Hi again cadets.  Here we are in the final stretch of our school year
and I hope you enjoy the last marking period as much as I do.
As we study the Cold War, your task this time is to find out
where Foreign Aide started. Next you must select a country in
the world and find out how much Foreign Aide the U.S.
pays that country each year. Post your research information
and website URL back to this site along with your findings. Explain
how this contributes to the United States budget each year and
how it will ultimately affect you. Do you think that this money
could be spent a better and and how? Make sure that you are
specific as possible with you answers.  Be sure to comment on at least
one other cadet's work. Be positive but also make sure that you
are helpful with your critique.  Lastly, you must download
the Cold War Handout that we are using in class and use that to
study while you are at home or traveling with your Smart Devices.
Here is the link: Cold War Download Handouts

Blog #24 Two lives saved by a stroke of luck

Good morning cadets and welcome back from your spring vacation.
I hope that all of you had a great time.  Your argument/persuasive essays
are in and I am reading and grading them. Since we are working on health
and saving lives with the Heimlich and CPR I thought you would enjoy
this story that gives a new twist to fate or karma.  Please read and then
find another story that is related to CPR and post the URL link to our
site. Make sure to give a brief synopsis of your article or movie and to
also comment on other student's work.  Enjoy and try to find some
video links as well if possible.

Teen saves life of woman who saved him

;

Blog #23 Persuasive Essay:Business, Facebook and your privacy

Good morning cadets. I  hope you are enjoying your vacation time. You assignment this week is to write a "Persuasive Essay" on whether businesses and corporations have the right to ask for your Facebook Email and Password during a job interview before you are hired.  For those of you that were in class on Thursday, you already know what position you were given. For those that were not, you must select the opposite side that you would normally take and argue that point.  The details are as follows: 5 Paragraphs; 400 to 500 words; Typed; 12 pitch font; Ariel Font; double spaced; one inch border on top and sides.  You must also post a website URL to this blog that you used for your research information. Make sure you also post your final opinion here as well as posting comments on other cadet's work. Good luck and I know you will have a good time with this argument|

Blog #22 Drug presentation refresher and famous quotes

Hi again cadets. Your first task at hand is to complete your Drug Presentations that must be ready by next Monday, the 2nd of April. Remember that all members of your group must present and be actively engaged with your presentation. So your task for this assignment is post a URL for one of the sites that you have used for your research. You can use movies as well but must document them correctly with your work. The second part of this assignment is to take a side on the following quote, you are either for or against the statement and you must explain your response accordingly. " A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." Thomas Jefferson. Do you believe this is a true statement or not? Make sure you support your belief and also comment on other student's work. Good luck and try to find other quotes to use to support your work. See you on Monday for your presentations.

Blog #21 Bullying and unethical persons of responsibility

Good morning cadets.  Getting back into the swing of things, here is the video that we watched in class.  Remember our discussions and some of the ideas that were brought up for ways to combat such problems.
Your task is to find other stories related to bullying and cite how people are starting to stand up for their rights and the rights of others or how bullying affected their lives.  Post the URL for the video or news site and make sure that you give a brief outline of your work as well as commenting on other student's work.  You can also relate your own stories if you feel strong enough to share with your friends and the public.  Here is the first video with an additional one to watch and comment on.

Blog #20 The three most feared questions...

Hi again cadets. Here it is with less than 1 week away from our command inspection and everyone is getting nervous so I thought that I would give you an outlet to post your thoughts and fears.  Your task this week is to list 3 questions that you are most afraid of that the inspectors will ask you.  When you list your 3 questions, after that make sure you post how you will prepare prepare yourself for your ordeal and what you will do to ensure that the Tiger Battalion keeps it's gold star status.  As always, make sure that you also comment on other cadet's work.  Good luck, keep your chin up, breath deep and remember that it's almost over. 

Blog #19 Life changing drugs for the better

Welcome back cadets and I hope you had a great vacation.  I keep hearing about great advancements in medical science so I thought we would do some research to see what is going to improve your life in the future. Remember that you must post a URL address for your medical finding site.  You must give a brief outline of the  story and you must also comment on another cadet's work.  If you fail to do those things, you will not get full credit for your work.  Here is a video that I found on a medical marvel that should help each and every one of you.  I hope you enjoy the video.

  

Blog #18 Good drug, bad drug, it's all up to you...

Hi again cadets. We start this weeks blog on a sad note with the passing of Ms. Whitney Houston. Dead at the age of 48, this wonderful lady's voice has been stilled and her musical talents will be missed by all. The sad thing is that her passing may have been preventable. As we all know, there are good drugs and bad drugs. Even a good drug that is used incorrectly can cause you harm and that may have played a part in the cause of Ms. Houston's demise. There have been numerous celebrities, musicians, and leaders of the world that have died from the use of drugs. Your task it to find one of those individuals, post their name to our site and a brief explanation of what happened to cut their life short. Remember to post your URL on your news source and to also comment on another cadet's work to receive full credit for this assignment. Here is a video on Ms. Houston and our heart and prayers go out to her family and friends for their loss.
Whitney Houston Interview

Blog #17 First-aid, drugs, and life saving, all rolled into one!

Welcome back to the start of our 2nd Semester cadets.  I hope you are well rested and ready to go with all of your classes.  Since we are studying first-aid, and the different types of drugs, your task for this assignment is to find a related story that deals with some form of first-aid that helps care for or saves a persons life.  If the story is also drug related, then make sure you mention that issue as well when you post your URL and brief synopsis about your story.  A news video would be excellent as well.  Last but not least make sure that you post comments about each other's work. Watch the following video and you can see all 3 of the above listed items being talked about in this news worthy incident.  Good luck and have fun.