Q2, Week 6 Critical Reading Passage

- What would you do if someone gave you a credit card with a $20,000 limit?
- What would you do if the credit card company asked for all of their money back and 10% interest on what you had spent?
- What are some of the consequences of bankruptcy?
A:  I would use the money wisely and not spend too much. I say this because if i spend all the money in the quickness, i would be in debt and it would be considered as "credit abuse." I would make a big issue out of it because it is my money that i got. I would actually take it to the court because 20,000 is a lot of monye to let go to waste. Some consequences of bankruptcy is losing your house, car, car insurance, health insurance. This could heppen to many people and can be very dangerous to a lot of people.

Q2, Week 5 - Critical Reading Passage

1. Is it dangerous to use a cell phone while driving?
A: Yes it is because you are more concetrated to talking on the phone than driving which is very dangerous. People can just answer the phone by pressing a button then thats it. Also, it could be dangerous if youy have a baby in the car. People really need to think about what their doing when their driving. Safety is always first.

2. Should cell phones be banned completely while driving or are they safe to use with hand-free devices?
A: No, i think that they should just use hand free devices because you are paying attention to the road than to your phone. Hands free devices can be helpful for many things. If there is an emergency and you need to answer the phone, then you can use a hands free device. People just need to learn how to use a hands free device. It's called common sense and we all need to use it.

Week 4 Critical Reading Passage

1) Do you think social networking sites have made a positive or negative impact on your life and our society? A: It' neutral. It's a positive impact because it helps us with things we need to find, for example, locations, jobs, definitions, history, etc. It also has a negative imapct because there can be viruse's or cyber predators online.
2) How have social networking sites changed the structure of social relationships?
A: They have changed the structure of social relationships because now you can go on different websites to look for different couples/.


3) As of 2011, it is legal for colleges and businesses to view the social networking profiles of applicants. Do you think that is a violation of their privacy?
A: No it is not because they are checking the background on the person and see if he is eligable enough for the job and will get work done.
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Week 4 Grades

1) What are your grades for each class?
Algebra- My percantge is 66%, which is a D.
Language Arts- My percantage is 94%, which is a A.
Home Room- My percentage is 88%, which is B.

2) How many missing assignments do you have?
I am only missing 3 assignments, each one is in a different subject.

3) Are you satisfied with this grade? Why or why not?
I am satisfied with my Home Room Grade, and my Language Arts grade. My Algebra grade is what i need to work on.

4) What can you do to improve this grade by the end of the quarter?
In order to improve my grade i just need to come to school on time, do all my work, and listen when Ms.S is giving directions to the class.

Q2, Week 4 Critical Reading Passage - Should Human Cloning Be Allowed?

- A consequence Is that scientists could make a mistake and make superhumans or super athletes.
- Another consequence is because it could go against people religious beliefs.

What if people decided to clone their babies from famous people?
A: Then there would be a lot of famous people or they could clone a superhuman by accident.

How might clones be different from the original person?
A: They are different because they are made scientifically In a lab. Most people won't see them in a normal way.

Would you want to clone yourself?
A: Yes I would actually want to clone myself because I would want to see myself in a clone version . If I don't like It. Then I can just kill iIt myself. Or I can either just put It to sleep easily.

Q2, Week 4 Vocabulary Definitions & Cloze

Context- The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing it's meaning or effect.

Evaluate- To determine or set the value or amount of; appraise; to evaluate property.

Equate- To regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.


Cloning became a hot topic when Dolly the Sheep was cloned from an identical sheep in 1997. Cloning basically 1) equate to creating a genetic twin. There is no evidence that human cloning has occurred yet, but it is believed that scientists have the ability to do so. Most countries have 2) evaluated the pros and cons of human cloning and limited or outlawed it. If you look at this in a different 3) context , there are human clones among us right now. They are identical twins, created naturally, not in a lab.

Supporters of human cloning say that it could help couples who are struggling with conceiving a baby. More importantly, many people say that human cloning could be used to save lives by cloning a diseased liver or heart or to replace a body part like an arm. In this 4) context, human cloning may not be such a bad thing.

Opponents of human cloning say that people are “playing God” and they
5) equate that with going against many people’s religious beliefs. Some people fear that scientists could create “superhumans” that would be bred as super-soldiers or super-athletes which would make it impossible for non-cloned humans to compete with them.

Q2, Week 3 - T-Chart & Paragraph

Focus Question: Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?
Personally i don't think that violent video games contribute youth violence. There's a huge percent of kids that like to play violent video games for entertain them and play with their friends online.The video game community interprets only video games to entertain the youth or adults. One reason is because juveniles who committ felonies committ them maybe because they have problems at their house or in their life. Second reason is because youth who committ crimes probably don't even play violent video games, they are mostly all out in the streets involved with gangs Third reason is most video games have what age you have to be to play the game and only people 18 and older can buy it.