Blog #24 News Surprise

Hi Cadets, remember that you have your test tomorrow and if you have 100% attendance, you will get an extra 5 points on your test.  Your news story will be a story about what happened to the L.A. Clipper's owner. Check out the story on CNN or NPR and be ready to give your personal opinion as well. Remember that your essay is to compare the Drug Alcohol to the Drug that you taught in class so good luck and see you in class tomorrow.

Blog #23 The Early Bird gets the worm

Since we are nearing the home stretch for JROTC as LET2's you need to know about your term project so here it is. We are going to be studying the Cold War; the Korean Confict; and the Vietnam Conflict this coming marking period so your term project will revolve around movies and learning from a video You assignment is an easy one as you will see from the following list.  You first must select a movie about the Vietnam Confict and watch the movie.  Once for pleasure and the second time to fill in your movie review term project paperwork. Once you have completed this you will be on your way to passing LET2 as long as you have passed all of your other requirements.

Here are a few of the Vietnam War movies that are available to watch online or downloadable from various sources. Remember to post your 3 choices and you must explain why you want to watch at least two of the movies. Post a URL for the movies and also comment on other Cadet's work. Good luck and I hope that you are one of the lucky ones to post first in your class.

Movie Name                                                    Movie Name                              

84 Charlie MoPic - 1989                               Platoon Leader - 1988
A Bright Shining Lie - 1998                           Rescue Dawn - 2006
A Yank in Vietnam - 1964                              The Anderson Platoon - 1967
Apocalypse Now - 1979                                 The Deer Hunter - 1978
Bat 21 - 1988                                                    The Green Berets - 1968
Born on the 4th of July - 1989                          The Hanoi Hilton - 1887
Casualties of War - 1989                                The Iron Triangle - 1989
Coming Home - 1978                                      The Odd Angry Shot - 1979
Faith of My Fathers - 2005                              The Siege of Firebase Gloria -1989
Full Metal Jacket - 1987                                  The Walking Dead - 1995
Go Tell The Spartans - 1978                            Tunnel Rats - 2008
Good Morning Vietnam - 1987                        Under Heavy Fire - 2001
Hamburger Hill - 1987                                       We Were Soldiers - 2002
Heaven and Earth - 1993    
Platoon - 1986    

Blog #22 Anyone can fall prey to the lure of drugs...

As we finish our classes on drugs, here is a story that shows what can happen to a person in a position of authority when the lure of drugs is to easy.  Read the story and post your responses. Find another story on the WEB and post the link along with your opinion about that story as well. Don't forget to comment on your peer's work and once you have completed all 3 tasks, your assignment for this week will be finished.  Here is your link:  The lure of drugs

Don't forget to check back during Spring Break as you will find a new posting to get you ready for your Term Project.  Have a great time during Spring Break and I look forward to seeing all of you when you return.  

Blog #21, Drugs and new facts learned

Great work on your presentations. For those that took up the challenge, your work in class has truly been interesting. I hope you learned new skills with using Google Docs and now feel comfortable with sharing your work with others online to better your team efforts.  Your work this week varies from last weeks because you now have to list 3 new facts that you learned from other cadet's presentations. List the drug that was taught, the cadet's name that taught the class, and the 3 facts that you did not know before.  As always, post a site/URL to support your facts that you learned about.  The very last part of this task is to voice your own opinion as to whether you think that the drug marijuana should be legalized or not.  Be support your opinion with facts so that your argument is a reliable one.  Good luck and I can't wait to see your work this week.

Blog #20 Everything you always wanted to know about drugs...

Hi again cadets and welcome to this weeks lesson.  Your assignment this week is to post (3) three facts that you learned that you did not know before about the drug that you are researching to teach for your class in JROTC.  You must also post the URL address where you obtained your information and lastly, you must read and post comments on your peer's work. Remember to make your slides for your class using Google Docs and good luck with your assignment.  

Blog #19, Let's Go Back...The Natural Effect

Not everything that you see or read on labels is honest and accurate as you can tell by the video above.  Your task is to find information on labels or in adds that are either false of misleading and post that information back to our site.  Make sure to post the URL for the site where you obtained your information and give a brief synopsis about the site. You last task as always is to post comments on your peer's work. Good luck and I thought this a real eye opener about the use of the word "Natural".   

Blog #18 Drugs, here, there and everywhere

Welcome back cadets to the 2nd Marking Period of JROTC. Your
task is to find news stories about the Drugs that you are teaching
about in class and present the story online to our blog. You know
the requirements to post your URL along with a brief synopsis on
what the story is about. You must also read a fellow cadet's post
and give a review/critique of their work as well. Remember to use
good grammar and to spell check your work before posting.
Here are two articles that I found very interesting that should start
you off with some ideas. Good luck and good reading.

Poppy Shortage for Drug Companies

Colorado strikes it rich with Pot

Blog #17 Drugs, they can do a body good?

Cadets, as part of your assignment this week, you have to post your class information about your:
Drug you are teaching about
Class Group Name
Group leader's Name
Members Names

Once you have finished this part of  your work, you need to post a recent
story or news video about something related to your drug. The most
current big story about Heroin is the death of the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
He was found in his apartment in Manhattan with 70 small bags of heroin, 5 syringes, Dr. prescribed medications and a syringe in his left arm when he was found dead.  Sometimes good people make bad choices and this one finally caught up with him. Here is a news video on his death:

Blog #16 First Aid and saving a persons life

Welcome back to your second semester of JROTC as a LET2.  For those of you that did exceptionally well, I hope you were satisfied with your semester grades. For those of you whom were not, I hope you take the challenge to improve and make the changes that you need to in order to raise you grades.  This week's Blog is all about saving a persons life.  There are many ways that this can be accomplished as you are going to learn in class. Your task this week is to select one of the ways to save a persons life and explain why it is important to know.  Once you have done this, you must find a news story video or an online article that tells a story about a person saving another person's life using the first aid method that you selected.  Good luck and don't forget to comment on your peer's work as well in order to get full credit for your assignment this week.  Here is the story that I selected on Life Saving and it is a great way to demonstrate what Good Samaritans can do.

Blog #15 Something new to consider about the Olympics

Hi again cadets:

     Thanks for your hard word these past two weeks while I have been away. I am getting better and should return shortly.  Saying that, I thought I would give you something that is really on topic today.  The Winter Olympics are coming up at Sochi Russia and our U.S. Team along with teams from around the world are going there to compete.  With the recent revelations about the Olympic Games, my question to you this week is would you go if you were representing your country? Would you bring your family?  You must support your decision with facts and data.  As always, you should use internet sites to support your decision and make sure you comment on your peer's work as well. Good luck with your work this week and Go Team U.S.A. I am also proud to say that our team is actually wearing uniforms that were made in the U.S.A. again, the way that it should be!