Student Tasered

On Tuesday, Septemeber 7th, a 17 year old student from Middletown High School was tasered for stealing food from the cafeteria. Watch the short video below and post your reactions. Did school resource officers take things too far? What could have been done instead? What consequence do you feel the boy should face?


 

My favorites...

This is a fun post! Please list your favorite books and/or movies. Please give a short synopsis of either in case anyone else is interested in it. You can also list books or movies that you would like to see. Can you guess what one of my favorite movies is? :)

Goals for this school year...

Now that you only have a short period of time left in high school, what do you hope to accomplish by the end of the school year? You can talk about what you'd like to accomplish in just this class, other classes, sports, college aspirations or life in general.

Celtics one game away...

The Celtics humiliated Orlando. 94-71 Saturday night in Boston. Can they sweep Orlando, and then do the same to the Lakers in the finals? :)

Cell Phones at School: Should They Be Allowed?

This has been a hot debate in education for a couple of years now. In your response, I'd like you to list 3 reasons why cell phones should be allowed in school and 3 reasons why they shouldn't. This is a tough one! Try and really think about your response.

What is the biggest problem your school deals with?

This post was suggested by Rachel Walker.

Read the article (click on the link below). It gives a poll that teenagers answered as to what they think is the biggest problem facing their school today. What do you think is the biggest problem at Bloomfield High? Can anything be done to solve it? What is your reaction to the poll? This should prompt some interesting discussion, and perhaps be brought into the classroom.

Gallup Poll

Homework Update...

We're on the home stretch folks...hang in there.

AP: 5 classes left until your exam...don't forget, we're celebrating Danielle's birthday this Thursday! I will be bringing in muffins. Complete The Bean Trees worksheet and mentally prepare for test practice for 4 classes.

Honors: TEWWG packet 1-10 due Thursday, LE 3 and test on the book Monday

Period 2: TEWWG packet, activity period Wednesday, test Friday...bring in magazines for Monday!

Periods 3+4: Read Chs. 10-12 by Friday. Binders are due.