We had a lot of rain over the weekend. I was reminded of this time in Aruba (2011), when it rained so hard that water was overflowing huge containment barrels and flooding the streets.
Hi everyone,
Even though I am feeling a bit under the weather, my day was brightened considerably by the excellent work and discussion we had in class. Thank you! Here's a recap of what happened.
Soundtrack: “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele. Selected because it rained almost the entire weekend, making this September the rainiest on record. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 9/30/13:
Tort ReportNotebook Pass Back
Debrief Forced Choice
High School As A Prison
Homework: Turn in missing work! Start reviewing vocab. Check the blog! Tort Report assigned to: Brendan.
Tort Report/Notebook Pass Back: James brought in this article about a woman suing Donald Trump (and ultimately losing in court): Yahoo.com - 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case. It seems as if Mr. Trump took particular relish in combating these charges and winning. Thanks for the article, James! Brendan, you are up next.
Debrief Forced Choice: For this section (which we kept short), I just wanted to hear thoughts about how the debate exercise last week went. I really enjoy them, but I do wonder if students find it hard to stay engaged in a two day long activity. Thanks for the feedback. You will have multiple opportunities to give me feedback during my time with your class!
High School As A Prison: I read this article the other day and thought that it was very relevant to our study of law, considering our setting at Westview. Here is the article online: RollingStone.com - When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners.
Here are the questions that we used in class to reflect on the article (which will be graded in the next notebook check):
1. Have you ever felt targeted by someone in power? If yes, what happened? If no, why do you think that is?
2. Do you feel more or less comfortable with SSOs with guns at Westview?
3. Do you feel like adolescent students deserve more rights than they currently receive? Can you think of an example? If you were to make a list of 10 rights that every student should have, what would it consist of?
We had small group discussions about these, then talked as a class. This discussion was so good and relating to what we are learning about that I actually just let it go until the end of the period. The five rights that we came up with so far as a class were:
1. The right to defend yourself.
2. A process to evaluate and remove ineffective educators.
3. No cruel or unusual punishment.
4. Students will be treated equally, regardless of distinction.
5. Students should have the ability to self-govern.
Next class, we will finish up with this and then get down to work on learning more about what, specifically, torts are.
Please be sure to work on any missing assignments and get them turned in as soon as possible. Thanks!
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