Today we had our Daily Announcements. I guess we are now getting back into the routine of having announcements at the very beginning of class. We learned that "our stock is very high." (Matthew Grodin) We are successfully remaining in the thirties; let's keep this up guys!
At 1:09, we got some new assignments and started reviewing the map at 1: 12. Kent, Speaker of the Council, was called to the front to teach. Apparently Ivan was supposed to have taught, but since he was absent, our second-in-command had to step in. He did a great job; efficient and clear.
At 1:21, we learned that the "kings of Germany, England, and Russia are [first] cousins." (Lauren Nuchols) To them, World War I started out as a mere game, like one of chess. They were at competition with each other and couldn't care less how many people died. To them, their people are merely pawns in a game. It's sickening.
At 1:25, we worked on vocabulary, which is the yellow packet. We learned that the acronym M.A.I.N. stands for Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
Later, we started going over the blue sheet with the powder keg on one side and the dominoes on the other. This worksheet is supposed to be done by tomorrow, along with the rest of the 1-5 assignments. Don't forget to read from the textbook too!
-I
Monday, February 24, 2014
February 21, 2014
Today in class we started our lessons but we also got eat some cookies. YAY!
We read a comic strip on how WW1 all got started. At 1:16, we got to listen to some music that was the perfect theme music for the era. "Music is kind of creepy" (Hailie Gagnon).
At 1:30 Mr.P had us put on a little play that was secretly about during WW1. The actors had to do some "funny acting" (Jordan Wilder). The play was about how a misunderstanding can end up with someone getting shot, injured, or killed. All in all a good moral, to always talk out the misunderstanding "Dave and Brian should have talked it out before" (Lauren Nuchols). At 1:47 the play ended and we briefly went over the map worksheet on where WW1 happened.
We read a comic strip on how WW1 all got started. At 1:16, we got to listen to some music that was the perfect theme music for the era. "Music is kind of creepy" (Hailie Gagnon).
At 1:30 Mr.P had us put on a little play that was secretly about during WW1. The actors had to do some "funny acting" (Jordan Wilder). The play was about how a misunderstanding can end up with someone getting shot, injured, or killed. All in all a good moral, to always talk out the misunderstanding "Dave and Brian should have talked it out before" (Lauren Nuchols). At 1:47 the play ended and we briefly went over the map worksheet on where WW1 happened.
-Today's word's of Wisdom-
Always talk your problem out so you avoid getting hurt.
-T
Thursday, February 20, 2014
February 20, 2014
Today we had our test on Nationalism and Imperialism.
Afterwards, we were supposed to do the After portion of BBQ#16 and read a WWI comic done by a former student.
At the end of class, Hailei announced that she and her sister are hosting Casino sometime in March. Training is at lunch on Tuesdays and Thursday.
The homework for today was to relax and enjoy life. :)
-I
Afterwards, we were supposed to do the After portion of BBQ#16 and read a WWI comic done by a former student.
At the end of class, Hailei announced that she and her sister are hosting Casino sometime in March. Training is at lunch on Tuesdays and Thursday.
The homework for today was to relax and enjoy life. :)
-I
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
February 19, 2014
Today in class we went over assignments 10, 15, 16.
At 1:13, we learned that in the Crimean war "Russian >Ottoman Empire" (Minji Seong). The French and British helped the Ottoman Empire to make sure that Russia didn't get too much power. The wars were more complex and more soldiers were injured. During this time a nurse named Florence Nightingale that hospitals should help the patients. "In hospitals there should be no harm" (Ivan Dextre).
At 1:25, we went over the India map. The British controlled India and changed the native customs. "Britain makes a lot of money with tea" by exporting it to other places (Michelle Yum). If a woman's husband were to die she is obligated to jump in the fire and burn with him. "Sati is not cool" (Moira Camacho). At 1:44 we talked about how the Indians that are the smartest are sent to England to study abroad. Ghandi was educated in India to be a lawyer "Ghandi was a smart man" and would lead a revolution with no blood shed (Luis Aguire).
-T
At 1:13, we learned that in the Crimean war "Russian >Ottoman Empire" (Minji Seong). The French and British helped the Ottoman Empire to make sure that Russia didn't get too much power. The wars were more complex and more soldiers were injured. During this time a nurse named Florence Nightingale that hospitals should help the patients. "In hospitals there should be no harm" (Ivan Dextre).
At 1:25, we went over the India map. The British controlled India and changed the native customs. "Britain makes a lot of money with tea" by exporting it to other places (Michelle Yum). If a woman's husband were to die she is obligated to jump in the fire and burn with him. "Sati is not cool" (Moira Camacho). At 1:44 we talked about how the Indians that are the smartest are sent to England to study abroad. Ghandi was educated in India to be a lawyer "Ghandi was a smart man" and would lead a revolution with no blood shed (Luis Aguire).
-T
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014
Today in class our stock went up with period 6. We are in second place for the highest stock.
At 1:16 we talked about worksheets 15 and 16. "1 billion people live in Africa" (Nida). Most of the people live near a source of drinking water and honestly who wouldn't. The number of people combined from Africa, the U.S and Canada equals the population "1.34 billion people = China" (Madison Kane). We think that California is crowded? We have no idea what crowed is.
At 1:35 we found out that "Africa is also rich along with being poor" (Jordan Wilder). The only reason they are poor is because other places takes the resources and exports them to other places. Well done everyone *sarcastic voice*.
At 1:45 we learned that there are "1,000 different languages in Africa" (Lauren Nuchols). The lines that separate Africa were created by the Europeans and no Africans had any say in how to do so. The meeting that decided this was held in Berlin. Congratulations, you just separated land that wasn't even yours for the taking! *sarcastic voice again*.
-T
Thursday, February 13, 2014
February 13, 2014
Today in class we had our announcements and we beat period 6 in the stocks "We have the highest stock" (Matthew Grodin)! Tomorrow is the geography competition and we will be cheering for you, Moira!
At 1:25 we briefly went over the blue sheet we got yesterday. Mr.P told us that he has a little experiment with that assignment. "Pictures > Words." (Bryant Nguyen) People mostly gravitated toward the pictures.
At 1:33 we talked about what imperialist nations controlled what land areas "Russia sold Alaska for 8 million dollars" (Mark F.). The central European countries controlled the most land.
At 1:48 we learned that "Puerto Rico is American" (Chris Hsiao) bu it isn't a state.............yet.
-T
At 1:25 we briefly went over the blue sheet we got yesterday. Mr.P told us that he has a little experiment with that assignment. "Pictures > Words." (Bryant Nguyen) People mostly gravitated toward the pictures.
At 1:33 we talked about what imperialist nations controlled what land areas "Russia sold Alaska for 8 million dollars" (Mark F.). The central European countries controlled the most land.
At 1:48 we learned that "Puerto Rico is American" (Chris Hsiao) bu it isn't a state.............yet.
-T
February 12, 2014
Today in class we had a substitute "(If our sub had longer hair on the side of his head he would look like Irvine Kinneas from Final Fantasy VIII " (Dylan Han), but we handled it pretty well.
At 1:08, the class got into groups of four to do some work. The number 2 person in the group had to get pictures from the table and then the group had to talk/write what each picture was trying to say. "?symbol for exploratory??" (Hailie Gagnon). We worked in the groups until 1:40.
We got assignments 14-15.
After, we worked on the vocab up to number 24. "vocab, vocab, vocab......" (Brandon Chung).
Our DOD and Speaker did a great job in leading the class today. A+ for the whole class!
-T
At 1:08, the class got into groups of four to do some work. The number 2 person in the group had to get pictures from the table and then the group had to talk/write what each picture was trying to say. "?symbol for exploratory??" (Hailie Gagnon). We worked in the groups until 1:40.
We got assignments 14-15.
After, we worked on the vocab up to number 24. "vocab, vocab, vocab......" (Brandon Chung).
Our DOD and Speaker did a great job in leading the class today. A+ for the whole class!
-T
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
February 11, 2014
Today in class we started off with copying some notes from the projector.
We are going to have a sub tomorrow. Be strong Mr.P! And good luck on Friday Moira!
Bryant got the class a green flag for the "Green Machine!!" Since this has been going on, we are "catching up to Period 6 stock." (Elisabeth Gomez)
At 1:25 we started taking notes on Nationalism and Disunity. Most of Europe was nationalistic at one point or another. It divided the people. "Nationalism leads to war?" (Mario Youssef) Yes, it does. But it doesn't always end up in war, sometimes it can bring the people together.
At 1:40 we learned that "Italy came together between 1815-1914" (Jordan Wilder). So I guess it can be a good and bad thing. Just not when they get crazy with it...*cough*...Hitler.
-T
Note from DOM:
As Mr. P. has mentioned, I put up a second blog focusing on Winter Quarter news. The link is: http://p-villewinterquarternews.blogspot.com/
Please check it out! :)
We are going to have a sub tomorrow. Be strong Mr.P! And good luck on Friday Moira!
Bryant got the class a green flag for the "Green Machine!!" Since this has been going on, we are "catching up to Period 6 stock." (Elisabeth Gomez)
At 1:25 we started taking notes on Nationalism and Disunity. Most of Europe was nationalistic at one point or another. It divided the people. "Nationalism leads to war?" (Mario Youssef) Yes, it does. But it doesn't always end up in war, sometimes it can bring the people together.
At 1:40 we learned that "Italy came together between 1815-1914" (Jordan Wilder). So I guess it can be a good and bad thing. Just not when they get crazy with it...*cough*...Hitler.
-T
Note from DOM:
As Mr. P. has mentioned, I put up a second blog focusing on Winter Quarter news. The link is: http://p-villewinterquarternews.blogspot.com/
Please check it out! :)
February 7, 2014
Today was more news about the war. This news will be covered in the second blog. The main thing I find important to state in this blog is that we are very democratic. We handled the situation today in a democratic way, by taking a vote.
At 1:36, we went over a fact that most people know, but do not consciously realize: "Everything has sugar." (Mark Finkenbeiner) Also,"women can take [approximately] 6 teaspoon of sugar a day" (Ariel Rubin) and men can take approximately eight teaspoons a day. All of us probably eat more than that in one meal or even one snack, depending on what we eat. Humans in general consume WAY more sugar than we should. We MUST get our sugar intake under control, otherwise we are going to lead miserable lives.
Presidents and other people try to make us think they are just regular people. It seems that sometimes we regard them more as figureheads than regular American citizens who happen to have more power than the rest of us.
Even Hitler was a normal person, he just used his power for purposes than we now recognize as negative.
Stop and think.
Doesn't that mean we could all be Hitlers, if we let the influence tons of people in negative ways? We all have influence over people, we just need to knwo how to use that influence in positive ways in order to avoid become the new Hitlers of the world.
-I
At 1:36, we went over a fact that most people know, but do not consciously realize: "Everything has sugar." (Mark Finkenbeiner) Also,"women can take [approximately] 6 teaspoon of sugar a day" (Ariel Rubin) and men can take approximately eight teaspoons a day. All of us probably eat more than that in one meal or even one snack, depending on what we eat. Humans in general consume WAY more sugar than we should. We MUST get our sugar intake under control, otherwise we are going to lead miserable lives.
Presidents and other people try to make us think they are just regular people. It seems that sometimes we regard them more as figureheads than regular American citizens who happen to have more power than the rest of us.
Even Hitler was a normal person, he just used his power for purposes than we now recognize as negative.
Stop and think.
Doesn't that mean we could all be Hitlers, if we let the influence tons of people in negative ways? We all have influence over people, we just need to knwo how to use that influence in positive ways in order to avoid become the new Hitlers of the world.
-I
Monday, February 10, 2014
February 6, 2014
Today was a very important day in P-Ville history. On February 6th, 2014, Period 3 P-villians have declared WAR on Period 6 P-villians! The reason is most likely the stock. Period 6 has a much higher stock than any of the other periods and Period 3 is out to bring them down!
At 1:10, "citizens [were] deciding if war is good or bad." (Brittany Kernodle) We were asking questions like: "What happens if you win?" (Breanna Arnold) and "[What] ... caused the war between P.3 and P.6?" (Brandon Chung) so we could get as many facts as possible before deciding where we stand in the war.
Around 1:24 we went back to our regular lessons, discussing the fact that "Cali[fornia] will be out of water in 3 months." (Nida G.) Our situation is pretty bad, isn't it? We really need to start "reusing water" (Chris Hsiao) guys...
At 1:29, Mr. P. started his counting lesson. He showed us that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar, which makes a lot of sense, considering they are both "Romance" languages. Mr. P. demonstrated with other languages too, showing similarities and differences.
At 1:39, Mr. P. showed us the ways people introduce themselves depending on the languages. An example would be French (though we didn't learn this one, I'm fluent in French so I can supply this example): Je m'appelle ____" "I call myself ____" Japanese, as another example, is: "namae wa _____ desu." "Name is ______" Pretty interesting how introductions change depending on the language, huh?
Here's another interesting fact we learned: "[There is] no future tense verb in Sicilian dialect." (Hailei Gagnon) We learned this while watching a Ted Talk animated by RSAnimate at 1:41. "That's why nothing gets done." (Ivan Dextre)
Another thing we learned from that video about time is that the average 21 year old of our generation will have "[used] 10,000 hours... playing video games." (Chris Hsiao) Can you imagine all the things we could have been doing during that time instead of playing video games? "We are underestimating the power of technology." (Yousef B.)
At the end of the lesson, Mr. P. brought up an interesting point: We only know of three tenses- past, present, and future- but couldn't there be a fourth tense? After all, Sicilians only know two, even though we know three. We could be ignoring a fourth one like Sicilians are ignoring a third one. Chew on that.
-I
At 1:10, "citizens [were] deciding if war is good or bad." (Brittany Kernodle) We were asking questions like: "What happens if you win?" (Breanna Arnold) and "[What] ... caused the war between P.3 and P.6?" (Brandon Chung) so we could get as many facts as possible before deciding where we stand in the war.
Around 1:24 we went back to our regular lessons, discussing the fact that "Cali[fornia] will be out of water in 3 months." (Nida G.) Our situation is pretty bad, isn't it? We really need to start "reusing water" (Chris Hsiao) guys...
At 1:29, Mr. P. started his counting lesson. He showed us that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar, which makes a lot of sense, considering they are both "Romance" languages. Mr. P. demonstrated with other languages too, showing similarities and differences.
At 1:39, Mr. P. showed us the ways people introduce themselves depending on the languages. An example would be French (though we didn't learn this one, I'm fluent in French so I can supply this example): Je m'appelle ____" "I call myself ____" Japanese, as another example, is: "namae wa _____ desu." "Name is ______" Pretty interesting how introductions change depending on the language, huh?
Here's another interesting fact we learned: "[There is] no future tense verb in Sicilian dialect." (Hailei Gagnon) We learned this while watching a Ted Talk animated by RSAnimate at 1:41. "That's why nothing gets done." (Ivan Dextre)
Another thing we learned from that video about time is that the average 21 year old of our generation will have "[used] 10,000 hours... playing video games." (Chris Hsiao) Can you imagine all the things we could have been doing during that time instead of playing video games? "We are underestimating the power of technology." (Yousef B.)
At the end of the lesson, Mr. P. brought up an interesting point: We only know of three tenses- past, present, and future- but couldn't there be a fourth tense? After all, Sicilians only know two, even though we know three. We could be ignoring a fourth one like Sicilians are ignoring a third one. Chew on that.
-I
Sunday, February 9, 2014
February 5, 2014
Today was the second day of CAHSEE testing. Today Ivan, our DOD, sent around a list so people could sign up for the jobs they wanted.
At 1:08, we started "going over vocabulary." (Moira Camacho) We soon realized the nationalism and racism have a very strong link to each other and to genocide. Nationalism can lead to racism if you begin believing your race is superior to another race. Then, that belief can fuel the desire to wipe out the other, less superior, races. That's what brought Hitler to his decision to get rid of all the Jews in Germany. However, and this was a bit of a shock to me, "Niche inspired Hitler." (Kent Hirano) Hitler didn't come up with the concept on his own, he used an idea someone else had already had.
To go with what we were learning about Social Darwinism, Kurtis was sent out to find bugs. He later returned with "1 spider, 1 ant." (Elisabeth Gomez)
At 1:30, we learned that Italy is trying to split up because Northerners believe that Southern Italians are lazy and sit around doing nothing but eating three hour meals all day.
At 1:40, we went over nationalistic speeches, specifically the one Mr. P. had given us, and talked about waht made it nationalistic.
At 1:54, we went over the types of languages in Europe, including Romance, Slavic, Germanic, and Celtic. English is a Germanic language.
-I
At 1:08, we started "going over vocabulary." (Moira Camacho) We soon realized the nationalism and racism have a very strong link to each other and to genocide. Nationalism can lead to racism if you begin believing your race is superior to another race. Then, that belief can fuel the desire to wipe out the other, less superior, races. That's what brought Hitler to his decision to get rid of all the Jews in Germany. However, and this was a bit of a shock to me, "Niche inspired Hitler." (Kent Hirano) Hitler didn't come up with the concept on his own, he used an idea someone else had already had.
To go with what we were learning about Social Darwinism, Kurtis was sent out to find bugs. He later returned with "1 spider, 1 ant." (Elisabeth Gomez)
At 1:30, we learned that Italy is trying to split up because Northerners believe that Southern Italians are lazy and sit around doing nothing but eating three hour meals all day.
At 1:40, we went over nationalistic speeches, specifically the one Mr. P. had given us, and talked about waht made it nationalistic.
At 1:54, we went over the types of languages in Europe, including Romance, Slavic, Germanic, and Celtic. English is a Germanic language.
-I
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
February 4, 2014
Today was the first day of CAHSEE testing. Today was also the day that we received the news of the Supreme Council and DOD elections! Ivan was elected as DOD, "Kent [was elected] Speaker of the Council" (Mark Finkenbeiner), and the other members were Nekendra, Paul, Bryant, and myself. Mr. P. also told us that we would have to reapply for our jobs by talking to Ivan. He has the authority to appoint any job to anyone. Hopefully I'll be able to continue my job as class historian!
At 1:15, we started going over "bonds that create a nation state." (Elisabeth Gomez) This helped us realize that "America is a melting pot." (Czarina Ancayan) For example, we've taken traditions and foods from other countries (ie. Christmas trees and hamburgers from Germany). Most people in America come from other places. For example, "35 million people who are African American live in US" (Nida G.) and we have many Koreans and Japanese and Europeans here too.
We are also a melting pot of languages. There are "84 languages spoken in TUSD" (Breanna Arnold) and "110 languages spoken in LAUSD." (Jordan Wilder) Can you believe how incredibly diverse we are?
There are some things that are native to America, however. Take Jazz for example. That genre of music comes from America, though you no longer hear it very much here. Most teenagers are too busy listening to pop music on the radio. Mickey Mouse was also started in America, as well as Halloween and movies! Incredible! I'd bet that if you asked most people, the first American thing they would think of is football or cheeseburgers.
Hey, guys, don't forget, if Mr. P. asks "How are you today?"(Kent Hirano), you must reply with something other than "Fine." :)
-I
At 1:15, we started going over "bonds that create a nation state." (Elisabeth Gomez) This helped us realize that "America is a melting pot." (Czarina Ancayan) For example, we've taken traditions and foods from other countries (ie. Christmas trees and hamburgers from Germany). Most people in America come from other places. For example, "35 million people who are African American live in US" (Nida G.) and we have many Koreans and Japanese and Europeans here too.
We are also a melting pot of languages. There are "84 languages spoken in TUSD" (Breanna Arnold) and "110 languages spoken in LAUSD." (Jordan Wilder) Can you believe how incredibly diverse we are?
There are some things that are native to America, however. Take Jazz for example. That genre of music comes from America, though you no longer hear it very much here. Most teenagers are too busy listening to pop music on the radio. Mickey Mouse was also started in America, as well as Halloween and movies! Incredible! I'd bet that if you asked most people, the first American thing they would think of is football or cheeseburgers.
Hey, guys, don't forget, if Mr. P. asks "How are you today?"(Kent Hirano), you must reply with something other than "Fine." :)
-I
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3, 2014
Today started out with Mr. P. telling us the stories of two Alex's which brought up the subject of a P-Ville Film Festival. Any thoughts on that?
After that, at 1:05, Moira Camacho, our class representative for the geography final, stood at the front of the class while we chanted her last name. She had to answer a couple geography questions for each region.
At 1:09, Mr. P. asked the nominees for Supreme Council and DOD to stand at the front of the class and line up depending on whether they supported communism, socialism, capitalism, or facism. There were also a few centrists. Mr. P. wanted us to actually think about what we were saying, so he asked us to refrain from using "like" and "uh" in our sentences. This proved to be quite a challenge, especially for Shahmir who was the first victim of Mr. P.'s rule change.
At 1:30, people started voting while the DOD nominees had to remain at the front of the class. We had to give quick unplanned speeches, then return to our seats.
At 1:37, without our knowledge, Mr. P. began demonstrating nationalism by making us seem like we had a chance "to bring the Green Machine back" (Amanda Laurenco) to its former glory, and by making us feel like he liked us better than the other periods. I fell for it, and so everyone else. We quickly learned that "nationalism could be dangerous" (Dylan Han) and could easily lead to war. Mr. P. had been trying to set us up against periods 3 and 6. Very dangerous indeed...
At 1:40, we learned about Italy before it was actually called Italy. "There was no Italy [back then]. It had many countries inside." (Moira Camacho)
Don't forget about the homework that we have, finding ten things nationalistic from the speech Mr. P. gave us. Also, don't forget about "Bonds that Create a Nation State." That's due tomorrow too.
After that, at 1:05, Moira Camacho, our class representative for the geography final, stood at the front of the class while we chanted her last name. She had to answer a couple geography questions for each region.
At 1:09, Mr. P. asked the nominees for Supreme Council and DOD to stand at the front of the class and line up depending on whether they supported communism, socialism, capitalism, or facism. There were also a few centrists. Mr. P. wanted us to actually think about what we were saying, so he asked us to refrain from using "like" and "uh" in our sentences. This proved to be quite a challenge, especially for Shahmir who was the first victim of Mr. P.'s rule change.
At 1:30, people started voting while the DOD nominees had to remain at the front of the class. We had to give quick unplanned speeches, then return to our seats.
At 1:37, without our knowledge, Mr. P. began demonstrating nationalism by making us seem like we had a chance "to bring the Green Machine back" (Amanda Laurenco) to its former glory, and by making us feel like he liked us better than the other periods. I fell for it, and so everyone else. We quickly learned that "nationalism could be dangerous" (Dylan Han) and could easily lead to war. Mr. P. had been trying to set us up against periods 3 and 6. Very dangerous indeed...
At 1:40, we learned about Italy before it was actually called Italy. "There was no Italy [back then]. It had many countries inside." (Moira Camacho)
Don't forget about the homework that we have, finding ten things nationalistic from the speech Mr. P. gave us. Also, don't forget about "Bonds that Create a Nation State." That's due tomorrow too.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
January 31, 2014
Today in class we had our 30 second speeches from our representatives.
At 1:16 we met Moira's friend, "Bobby the balloon" (Jordan Wilder).
The class was pretty chill since we'd had a rally.
We talked about the different things that happened in the wealth distribution lesson. This economy is screwing up our future. "I'm scared to get older because of money now." (Brittany Kernodle)
Let's all hope our economy gets better.
-T
At 1:16 we met Moira's friend, "Bobby the balloon" (Jordan Wilder).
The class was pretty chill since we'd had a rally.
We talked about the different things that happened in the wealth distribution lesson. This economy is screwing up our future. "I'm scared to get older because of money now." (Brittany Kernodle)
Let's all hope our economy gets better.
-T
January 30, 2014
Today we continued our mind-blowing mini-series of lessons. At 1:08, we started watching videos about "O'Leary and Nick Hanauer." (Brandon Chung) "Nick Hanauer, a billionaire, is going to talk about a gap between poor and rich." (Minji Seong) He brought up some very important points, like how consumers are the ones who create jobs, though the rich would claim otherwise. The consumers are the ones who buy the most, not the rich, and having an item in high demand means that more people are going to be needed to create that item, thus, more jobs are created.
At 1:26, we discussed capital and income taxes. "Capital and income taxes are unfair!" (Chris Hsiao) The taxes on income are 35% of the money earned and the taxes on capital gains are only 15%, even though capital gains is stock, so there's really no work involved! All people do is move their money around and they barely get taxed! The people who work hard and earn their money through long hours of labor are taxed 20% more! Does that seem fair?
And of course, the tax money doesn't benefit the people it taxes very much. 39% goes towards the military and 40% goes towards the senior citizens because they vote!
At 1:47, we learned "the most important math lesson:" (Elisabeth Gomez) THE SUETA PLAN. The "minimum [wage] salary wouldn't support 1 PERSON!" (Kent Hirano) Hug your parents everyone!
-I
At 1:26, we discussed capital and income taxes. "Capital and income taxes are unfair!" (Chris Hsiao) The taxes on income are 35% of the money earned and the taxes on capital gains are only 15%, even though capital gains is stock, so there's really no work involved! All people do is move their money around and they barely get taxed! The people who work hard and earn their money through long hours of labor are taxed 20% more! Does that seem fair?
And of course, the tax money doesn't benefit the people it taxes very much. 39% goes towards the military and 40% goes towards the senior citizens because they vote!
At 1:47, we learned "the most important math lesson:" (Elisabeth Gomez) THE SUETA PLAN. The "minimum [wage] salary wouldn't support 1 PERSON!" (Kent Hirano) Hug your parents everyone!
-I
January 29, 2014
Today in class told us something interesting... WE ARE BANKRUPT!!! :(
In other news we learned that the Pope thinks that taxes are a big issue; and they are! A man named Perkins thinks that when a billionaire is being "attacked." He compares it to the Holocaust...This guy is an idiot.
At 1:15 we played "rock, paper, scissors, with pennies" (Jordan Wilder). This showed us how wealth is earned and distributed.
At 1:28 we had another demonstration called 100 pennies/100 people. The amount of pennies some groups got was heart breaking! At 148 we learned that the "Man on Hawthorne" (Lauren Nuchols) makes $560,000,000 A YEAR!! America needs to fight and get what we deserve!
-T
In other news we learned that the Pope thinks that taxes are a big issue; and they are! A man named Perkins thinks that when a billionaire is being "attacked." He compares it to the Holocaust...This guy is an idiot.
At 1:15 we played "rock, paper, scissors, with pennies" (Jordan Wilder). This showed us how wealth is earned and distributed.
At 1:28 we had another demonstration called 100 pennies/100 people. The amount of pennies some groups got was heart breaking! At 148 we learned that the "Man on Hawthorne" (Lauren Nuchols) makes $560,000,000 A YEAR!! America needs to fight and get what we deserve!
-T
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