Using Winter Break Time Wisely...
1. Wake up early. 

Nothing eats away the Winter break like moping around underneath the covers. Decide the previous day when you will get out of bed, then make sure you follow through.

During the first few days of vacation, chances are that you will relish the opportunity to sleep in. It's okay to do this and give yourself a break because your body will naturally put  itself on a schedule to wake itself up earlier.

2. Maintain Good Health and Hygiene

Brush your teeth and bathe often. Make sure to use sunblock even in the cold, and remember that the only healthy tan is a spay-on! Winter is a great time to get in shape, or stay in shape. Consider picking up a sport or at the very least get outside and have fun everyday.

3.Study

Particularly if you are a high school student, studying remains essential even though the school year is in short recess. Look over last year's notes, or do some research into what next year's courses have in store. When school resumes you'll be grateful that your academic knowledge and skills have not deteriorated you will be ready and not panicking that you doin't know something. Most of you Most of you already know if you have homework, reading, or others research stay on top of it. keep your brain active. Read for school for pleasure, research your own interests, or even just get into crossword puzzles.


4. Follow a routine
However loose, the structure will both motivate you and keep hours spent doing "nothing" to a minimum. Don't play to many videogames and even if it might be cold go out for a few hours every week.

5. Join a volunteer group of some sort.
All communities have some sort of soup kitchen or place where someone might need your help or you can start working on finding leads for the community service you will have to do in the future to graduate, you can help our at your church, or other places in the city.You will stay in contact with friends, have a great sense of accomplishment, stay active, and even help others!

6.Start a summer job.

This may differ depending on  your age. However make sure it is age appropriate and that you will follow through. Some ideas include working at a swapmeet stand, babysitting, lawn care

7.Go to a camp and learn something new

8.Stay active in  yoru society.

9. Read at least on book.

1.What direction do you see the U.S going?Why is it going this direction?

I think that this country will continue to be in the same state that it is in today or go down. I think this because there is no significant increase in jobs and it seems that they will not decrease.

2.Why do SAT scores in the U.S continue to go downward?

SAT scores in the U.S continue to worsen  because teenagers are getting more distracted. With all this new technology they have a whole world at their fingertips so it would easy for them to get distracted from work that they have in front of them. 

3.What are the solutions to low SAT scores?

To try to increase SAT scores schools could form study groups with teachers and tutors. 

4.Make a bullet list of a few problems with education in California.

little funding
better averaging schools recieve more funding
horrible food 

5.What are solutions to the California Education problems?

Some solutions could be that more money could be put aside to schools. They could probably recieve more attention from  politicians.

6."To educate a man in mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society" Theodore Roosevelt

I agree with this statement because if an immoral man is educated he could get a position of power and belittle others. He or she could also make other's lives stressful. When someone who is educated but not in morals gets an important job he/she might also not perform the job as well since they do not have integrity.

 

Paul "Bear" Bryant

His full name is Paul William Bryant and he was born September 11, 1913. He was am American college football player and coach. He was born in Fordyce, Arkansas to Wilson Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant. He recieved his nickname "Bear" when he was 13 and agreed to wrestle a captive bear for a theatre production. He played in the football team for his local high school as an eighth grader and during his senior year he was playing the offensive line and defensive. He later took a scholarship to play for the University of Alabama.

After he graduated in 1936 he began coaching Union University in Jackson, Tennesee. He left after he was offered a job as an assistant coach for the University of Alabama. During the four years he was there the school broke records. In 1940 he left Alabama to become the assistant coach for Vanderbilt University. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor he joined the navy. When one of the ships he was hit was hit he was ordered to abandon it. He did not and he saved the lives of his men. He was lateer honorably discharged and went on to coach the North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight football team. He went on to coach the University of Maryland, University of Kentucky, Texas A&M University, and again the University of Alabama. During his career he won 6 national championships, 1 Southwest Conference award, and was Coach of The Year 3 times.

Student Success Statement

"It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that make the difference."

Paul Bear Bryant

Reflection:

I agree with this statement because before you can have any success you must first look for ways to get there. Being willing to take those steps shows true commitment. When people are willing to put in time and effort into what they want to achieve then they will eventually get there. Wanting success will not get you success. You must take the iniciative if you want anything to be accomplished. For example, if you want to become a better artist you can not just sit there daydreaming about what it would be like. You must take the first steps like you can practice everyday.

Improvement

November Theme

HPIAM Data

• FACT: 34% of HPIAM  students have below a 2.0 GPA
• Why is this a worrying statistics?
• Will not graduate

This is a worrying statistic because that means the very few people will graduate and that the school could be in danger of being closed down.

Writing Prompt

• What are some specific reasons you think is happening? How can we solve this problem (concrete ideas)?

I think that this problem is happening because people are lazy. They get homework from 8 classes so they get lazy when they get a lot of homework. They also may also receive projects for many classes so they either forget or can't because they have so much homework. The same thing also happens with tests because they may have a test for one class and a project for another. I think we can solve these problems if we go back to the regular schedule. Something that may also help would be giving less work or to speak with other teachers to coordinate the amount of work teachers are giving their students.

Working Notebook
The working notebook is the daily notebook taken to class. It holds all papers and information needed each day. Any three-ring binder can serve as a working notebook; the nylon zippered type tends to last longer. Your working notebook should contain:

• A portable three-hole punch
• A zippered pouch with three holes to hold highlighters, pencils, pens, clips, "sticky notes", and other small supplies
• A monthly calender
• A ruler
• section dividers for each subject labeled homework, notes handouts, and quizzes/tests
• An assignment book

These items are available at most office supply stores in a three-hole punched format so they can easily be inserted into the notebook. This is important, because if the items are not attached in the notebook, they will get lost in backpacks or left at home or school.

One working notebook for all of your child's classes might be too large for some students, especially if they are in high school. Two medium-size notebooks with two or three subjects in each is an alternative to one large notebook. Morning classes might be placed in one, and afternoon classes might be placed in another.

Whatever alternative noted above that you choose, the important thing is that on a daily basis, you should date, three-hole punch, and file any of the school papers under the the appropriate divider for each subject. You should also note assignments in detail in this assignment book.

HPIAM: ADVISORY PROJECT

Next Tuesday, November 5, bring all your work from all classes in order to show the organization required from each class. You will have time in Advisory to hole-punch and organize your binders, folders, notebooks, etc. so you need to come prepared.

Prompt 4

Thanks to the internet, people have more access to more information than any other time in history. People can instantly find information on almost any topic in the time it takes to type a couple of words and click a mouse. But we often know so little about the source of this information, including its reliability and the qualifications of the person who wrote it. If we don't know its source, information is not much good to us.

1. Do people need to know the source of any information before they use it?
2. Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from reading, studies, experience, or observations.

In such a technological era we can easily look up any information and it is just as simple to deliver and receive it. It is arguable if the internet has helps us in a positive way but what is true is that it has made life easier. The internet gives anonymity to many sources of information since it can't tell when someone is lying and can be manipulated. Sources are very important especially in this era where everybody wants to remain anonymous and hide under a pseudonym. Sources are very important because they let us know how reliable a source is. With knowing the reliability of this information we lose credibility. In order to make strong points we need to be reliable so our sources need to be reliable.Sources are also very important because it lets us be certain that the information that we are is correct. When someone does not have any qualifications then the information they provide may not be correct. Accuracy is very important when trying to prove a point.

 

 

Social Equality 

I don't think society could ever be equal. It has already been established that communism is bad. I think that for people to progress there need to be some sort of social hierarchy. For a social hierarchy to be developed there needs to be differences in incomes. Without any hierarchy poeple would not strive to have a better social standing. Then with no effort made by anyone to be better the society as a whole will not flourish. Though people think that hierarchy does not exist today they are wrong because we see it daily in how people with money are treated better than those without it. Also celebrities are seen as better people even thought they are just people. There will also be differences in people but how good/bad there are seen is up to society since it is always in constant change. In terms of rights we have had more in the past 200 years than in all the time before that. Women have started getting power and now gays have rights. Since society has changed their view on people's differences so have laws and what is acceptable. Women were always seen as lesser than men but because we lived in a patriarchal society.