Monday, January 27, 2014

Student Blog Addresses

Norma(Angelica) Haro: lifeofangelicaharo.blogspot.com
Lucila Daval Santos -  bboy61405.blogspot.com
Aaron Mercado - thegoodlifeofaaron.blogspot.com
Christina Hunter- xtina09042014.blogspot.com
Rainalene Tolentino - rainalene.blogspot.com
Tony Galli- tonygalli94.blogspot.com
Raj Milan Bogati- rajbogati.blogspot.com
Zak Gainor - zgainor.blogspot.com
Chase Martinez- cmartinez25.blogspot.com
Jasmine Carrera- jasminecarrera18.blogspot.com
Edith Espinosa- edithespinosa.blogspot.com
Anna Harchenko- englishatcollege.blogspot.com
Oswaldo Zamudio- findwaldo12.blogspot.com
Sean Jenkins - sjenksbaseball.blogspot.com
Greg Gomez - Greg19g.blogspot.com
Elizabeth Hernandez- bebekyuzz.blogspot.com
Darlene Cabatu- dcabatu.blogspot.com
Azeb Berhane- azebberhane2014.blogspot.com
Mushfiq Islam- mislam5.blogspot.com
Da'rell Calvin- goofykid55.blogspot.com
Jesse OCon- Jessoconjr.blogspot.com
Lissette (liz) Franco- mylifeasliz13.blogspot.com
Italy Brown- queenofitalyy.blogspot.com
madelyn kelly madelynkelly2863.blogspot.com
Gwendolyn Dow gwendolyndow.blogspot.com
Guillermo Perez guillermo2010p.blogspot.com
Bereket Fantahum Bereketf.blogspot.com
Hoang Tran  hoangmt.blogspot.com
Myron Waters  myronsnlndr95.blogspot.com
Eason Chan   eason123.blogspot.com
Damien Coleman  mackadamien.blogspot.com
Richard Singh   richardsingh95.blogspot.com
Ray Baldwin  raymondbaldwin.blogspot.com
marisol morales  elysian018.blogspot.com 


Getting At Obama's State of the Union

Watch how he deals with the thorn in his side, The Affordable Care Act, Obama Care
Watch how he deals with hot issues: immigration, unemployment insurance, deficit (bad management or boogey man, who is really to blame?), Al Qaeda (terrorists), Gun Control (is this a dead horse issue? Why is it still relevant?), same sex marriage, marijuana (Hemp), the Economy, jobs, Afghanistan and we are not of Iraq yet,
Watch clapping and standing ovations
Watch the face of the Speaker of the House--John Bohner
Watch how they are seated, are they mixed or not: 535 members of congress (House is 435, Senate 100), Supreme Court justices are in front row--9
Watch who the guests are upstairs in the balcony--soldier, unemployed, maybe someone with a small business,

Resources
Listen closely to the Opposing view,
Look for the commentators: Fox, CNN, MSNBC, radio talking heads, NY Times, find smaller sources with niche perspectives--environment, NRA, etc.
Look at a wide spectrum of political perspectives: Left (Democrats, liberal), Center (Practical), Right (Conservative)

Strategies:
Find the transcript
List the big issues
Take notes on what you watch
Write down your questions and stuff you have no idea about

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Morning folks

I want you to tell me why you are and what is up with you in your life. Also tell me some about what you are passionate about in your life, what you put a lot of time into and love.