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Happy New Year!

The 2011 year is fast approaching. Please list some of your new year's resolutions as well as your hopes for what this year brings for you.

Dress Code

Many schools have already adopted a dress code for students, but schools in Waterbury, CT have also adopted a dress code for teachers! What are your thoughts? Should teachers be required to wear certain things like the students? If so, what should teachers wear?

SAT scores by town

Click on the link below to read a brief article (it will take you to a main page, then click on "Town-by-Town SAT Scores"), then search different towns' SAT scores and compare them to Bloomfield. What are your reactions? How can students in Bloomfield improve their overall scores?

SAT Scores

Enrollement for state colleges at its highest

Click on the link below to read a short article on this topic.

How will this affect you and attending your number one university/college?
How does this affect the entire state/nation?

Article

President Obama: Is race an issue?

Watch the video below, which contains mainly facts. After viewing it, feel free to leave comments. Here are some questions to focus in on if you are stuck...

Is everything always black vs. white in America? Why or why not?
Do you agree with the reasons behind the percentages? Why or why not?
How much of this video have you already heard? If this is all new, were there any surprises? Why or why not?

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?