Assignment for 9/29/14

1.  Find a recent new article (within past 12 months) that deals with one of the Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights (1-10).  Write a summary of the article, and copy and paste the link into a blog post.    This court case involved the second amendment and this amendment has carried out for three ongoing times the right to bear arms.     

        http://reason.com/archives/2013/12/04/the-three-most-important-ongoing-second

 2.  Find a recent new article (within past 12 months) that deals with Amendments 11-27.  Write a summary of the article, and copy and paste the link into a blog post.  25th amendment this is about the constitution and it says how a president will be elected and what would happen cause of the assassinations taking place in the 60's.  

         http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution 
 

3.  Find a court case that deals with one of the amendments that make up the Bill of Rights (1-10). Write a summary of the court case. 7th amendment

 

4.  Find a court case that deals with one amendment between 11-27.  Write a summary of the court case.

5.  Choose one amendment from 1-27 that you would like to have apply to your life (and you loose the other 26 amendments, and the rights they protect).

Bell Ringer 9/29/14

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/28/hong-kong-occupy-protests/16378965/

1.  Why are they protesting?
    They want voting to be free.

 

2.  What rights are they wanting that we may take for granted each day?  The rite to vote withm there own opinions.

 

Bell Ringer 9/24/14

http://www.wboy.com/story/26609384/barbour-county-strengthens-smoking-ban

1.  Do you agree with the new policy?

        Yes I agree with this policy cause I personaly work at philippi shop 'n'save and can not stand the smell of cigarettes by the door.

 

 

2. How might this policy affect businesses?  It will aggravate customers most people may not buy cigarettes.

Bell Ringer 9/26/14

Read the following:

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/09/23/americas-most-and-least-educated-states/

1.  What does the low percentage of adults in WV with a bachelors degree (4 year degree) indicate to you?

2.  Why do you think the percentage is so low?  The technology that the colleges are coming with are hard to catch on to. And the technology places are getting more people interested.

3.  List one possible solution to increasing the number of college graduates in WV.
      Give them more classes and stuff they understand classes they like to take so they can graduate and have more income coming in.

Bell Ringer 9/25/14

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/09/24/obama-united-nations-general-assembly-syria-iraq-islamic-state/16143767/

1.  What point did the president attempt to make.
 A ranging progress on airstrikes in Iraq.

2.  Rate how effective you believe he was in persuading other nations to help. 5 He needs to be sure to tell them that they are not only after Americans other countries to.

Bell ringer 9/22/14

1.  Do you believe 16 year olds have the maturity to vote? Why?

      Yes I believe they do have the maturity level to vote pending if there with there friends or not but in a way I think not cause they don't know a whole lot about the voting thing.

2.  When should people be able to vote? I think when they are mature about there answers then they should be able to vote.

Bell Ringer 9/19/14

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/19/french-airstrike-isil/15873653/

Do the actions of the French help or hamper US efforts? 

 

   Yes there efforts help out a lot with the US it is very fortunate that we have them and there army on our side against them.