Period 1 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

After writing your short story and peer editing others, do you think this is true explain why or why not...

Period 2 Blog #8

*This week your final product (comment) should be anywhere from 260-300 words (Due Thursday)

* This week your response should be one paragraph discussing comparing a short story your classmate wrote to Edgar Allan Poe's Writing.

After reading Poe’s short story your task is to create a modern horror story.

*Your story should include all the elements of good writing:

            Plot, Setting, Characters and Climax/Resolution

*Also try to mimic Poe’s style by including elements of:

            Suspense, Drama, Fear and Mystery

Period 3 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

After writing your short story and peer editing others, do you think this is true explain why or why not...

Period 9/10 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

After writing your short story and peer editing others, do you think this is true explain why or why not...

Period 11 Blog #8

*This week your final product (comment) should be anywhere from 260-300 words (Due Thursday)

* This week your response should be one paragraph discussing comparing a short story your classmate wrote to Edgar Allan Poe's Writing.

After reading Poe’s short story your task is to create a modern horror story.

*Your story should include all the elements of good writing:

            Plot, Setting, Characters and Climax/Resolution

*Also try to mimic Poe’s style by including elements of:

            Suspense, Drama, Fear and Mystery

Period 1 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Student Question | Should We Think Twice Before Buying Online?

By MICHAEL GONCHAR  FEBRUARY 23, 2016 5:30 AM February 23, 2016 5:30 am Comment

With the click of a button, we can have almost anything delivered right to our front door — sneakers, toothpaste, even groceries. But what’s the environmental cost of all those home deliveries? The billions of discaded cardboard boxes and fleets of trucks zipping around neighborhoods?

Should we think twice before making online purchases?

In “E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard,” Matt Richtel writes:

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box.

Then, when he opens the shipment, he is often confronted with a Russian nesting doll’s worth of boxes inside boxes to protect his electronics, deodorant, clothing or groceries. Mr. Garg dutifully recycles, but he shared his concerns recently on Twitter.

A handful of scientists and policy makers are circling the same question, grappling with the long-term environmental effect of an economy that runs increasingly on gotta-have-it-now gratification. This cycle leads consumers to expect that even their modest wants can be satisfied like urgent needs, and not always feel so great about it.

The article continues:

The environmental cost can include the additional cardboard — 35.4 million tons of containerboard were produced in 2014 in the United States, with e-commerce companies among the fastest-growing users — and the emissions from increasingly personalized freight services.

“There’s a whole fleet of trucks circulating through neighborhoods nonstop,” said Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the transportation expert on the California Air Resources Board. He also is overseeing a new statewide task force of trucking companies and government officials trying to reduce overall emissions from freight deliveries, including for e-commerce.

Dr. Sperling said that consumers shared as much responsibility for the environmental cost of the deliveries as the companies that provided the speedy services.

“From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said.

After reading the article, Jamie Gleklen and Robert Schwartz, two members of our new Student Council, wondered: In what ways does the Internet hurt and help the environment? How can we balance convenience with environmental consciousness? And do we have a duty to look after the environment if companies already say that they are working on it?

Students: Read the article, then tell us …

— How much do you shop online? How about your family?

— Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of buying things online? Is it something we should worry about? Should we think twice before making online purchases?

— Are there times when shopping in a brick-and-mortar store makes more sense than buying online, or vice versa? Why?

— Do you have any ideas about how the e-commerce industry and consumers can make online shopping a more sustainable practice? Explain.

Period 2 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Student Question | Should We Think Twice Before Buying Online?

By MICHAEL GONCHAR  FEBRUARY 23, 2016 5:30 AM February 23, 2016 5:30 am Comment

With the click of a button, we can have almost anything delivered right to our front door — sneakers, toothpaste, even groceries. But what’s the environmental cost of all those home deliveries? The billions of discaded cardboard boxes and fleets of trucks zipping around neighborhoods?

Should we think twice before making online purchases?

In “E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard,” Matt Richtel writes:

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box.

Then, when he opens the shipment, he is often confronted with a Russian nesting doll’s worth of boxes inside boxes to protect his electronics, deodorant, clothing or groceries. Mr. Garg dutifully recycles, but he shared his concerns recently on Twitter.

A handful of scientists and policy makers are circling the same question, grappling with the long-term environmental effect of an economy that runs increasingly on gotta-have-it-now gratification. This cycle leads consumers to expect that even their modest wants can be satisfied like urgent needs, and not always feel so great about it.

The article continues:

The environmental cost can include the additional cardboard — 35.4 million tons of containerboard were produced in 2014 in the United States, with e-commerce companies among the fastest-growing users — and the emissions from increasingly personalized freight services.

“There’s a whole fleet of trucks circulating through neighborhoods nonstop,” said Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the transportation expert on the California Air Resources Board. He also is overseeing a new statewide task force of trucking companies and government officials trying to reduce overall emissions from freight deliveries, including for e-commerce.

Dr. Sperling said that consumers shared as much responsibility for the environmental cost of the deliveries as the companies that provided the speedy services.

“From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said.

After reading the article, Jamie Gleklen and Robert Schwartz, two members of our new Student Council, wondered: In what ways does the Internet hurt and help the environment? How can we balance convenience with environmental consciousness? And do we have a duty to look after the environment if companies already say that they are working on it?

Students: Read the article, then tell us …

— How much do you shop online? How about your family?

— Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of buying things online? Is it something we should worry about? Should we think twice before making online purchases?

— Are there times when shopping in a brick-and-mortar store makes more sense than buying online, or vice versa? Why?

— Do you have any ideas about how the e-commerce industry and consumers can make online shopping a more sustainable practice? Explain.

Period 3 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Student Question | Should We Think Twice Before Buying Online?

By MICHAEL GONCHAR  FEBRUARY 23, 2016 5:30 AM February 23, 2016 5:30 am Comment

With the click of a button, we can have almost anything delivered right to our front door — sneakers, toothpaste, even groceries. But what’s the environmental cost of all those home deliveries? The billions of discaded cardboard boxes and fleets of trucks zipping around neighborhoods?

Should we think twice before making online purchases?

In “E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard,” Matt Richtel writes:

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box.

Then, when he opens the shipment, he is often confronted with a Russian nesting doll’s worth of boxes inside boxes to protect his electronics, deodorant, clothing or groceries. Mr. Garg dutifully recycles, but he shared his concerns recently on Twitter.

A handful of scientists and policy makers are circling the same question, grappling with the long-term environmental effect of an economy that runs increasingly on gotta-have-it-now gratification. This cycle leads consumers to expect that even their modest wants can be satisfied like urgent needs, and not always feel so great about it.

The article continues:

The environmental cost can include the additional cardboard — 35.4 million tons of containerboard were produced in 2014 in the United States, with e-commerce companies among the fastest-growing users — and the emissions from increasingly personalized freight services.

“There’s a whole fleet of trucks circulating through neighborhoods nonstop,” said Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the transportation expert on the California Air Resources Board. He also is overseeing a new statewide task force of trucking companies and government officials trying to reduce overall emissions from freight deliveries, including for e-commerce.

Dr. Sperling said that consumers shared as much responsibility for the environmental cost of the deliveries as the companies that provided the speedy services.

“From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said.

After reading the article, Jamie Gleklen and Robert Schwartz, two members of our new Student Council, wondered: In what ways does the Internet hurt and help the environment? How can we balance convenience with environmental consciousness? And do we have a duty to look after the environment if companies already say that they are working on it?

Students: Read the article, then tell us …

— How much do you shop online? How about your family?

— Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of buying things online? Is it something we should worry about? Should we think twice before making online purchases?

— Are there times when shopping in a brick-and-mortar store makes more sense than buying online, or vice versa? Why?

— Do you have any ideas about how the e-commerce industry and consumers can make online shopping a more sustainable practice? Explain.

Period 9/10 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Student Question | Should We Think Twice Before Buying Online?

By MICHAEL GONCHAR  FEBRUARY 23, 2016 5:30 AM February 23, 2016 5:30 am Comment

With the click of a button, we can have almost anything delivered right to our front door — sneakers, toothpaste, even groceries. But what’s the environmental cost of all those home deliveries? The billions of discaded cardboard boxes and fleets of trucks zipping around neighborhoods?

Should we think twice before making online purchases?

In “E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard,” Matt Richtel writes:

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box.

Then, when he opens the shipment, he is often confronted with a Russian nesting doll’s worth of boxes inside boxes to protect his electronics, deodorant, clothing or groceries. Mr. Garg dutifully recycles, but he shared his concerns recently on Twitter.

A handful of scientists and policy makers are circling the same question, grappling with the long-term environmental effect of an economy that runs increasingly on gotta-have-it-now gratification. This cycle leads consumers to expect that even their modest wants can be satisfied like urgent needs, and not always feel so great about it.

The article continues:

The environmental cost can include the additional cardboard — 35.4 million tons of containerboard were produced in 2014 in the United States, with e-commerce companies among the fastest-growing users — and the emissions from increasingly personalized freight services.

“There’s a whole fleet of trucks circulating through neighborhoods nonstop,” said Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the transportation expert on the California Air Resources Board. He also is overseeing a new statewide task force of trucking companies and government officials trying to reduce overall emissions from freight deliveries, including for e-commerce.

Dr. Sperling said that consumers shared as much responsibility for the environmental cost of the deliveries as the companies that provided the speedy services.

“From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said.

After reading the article, Jamie Gleklen and Robert Schwartz, two members of our new Student Council, wondered: In what ways does the Internet hurt and help the environment? How can we balance convenience with environmental consciousness? And do we have a duty to look after the environment if companies already say that they are working on it?

Students: Read the article, then tell us …

— How much do you shop online? How about your family?

— Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of buying things online? Is it something we should worry about? Should we think twice before making online purchases?

— Are there times when shopping in a brick-and-mortar store makes more sense than buying online, or vice versa? Why?

— Do you have any ideas about how the e-commerce industry and consumers can make online shopping a more sustainable practice? Explain.

Period 11 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Student Question | Should We Think Twice Before Buying Online?

By MICHAEL GONCHAR  FEBRUARY 23, 2016 5:30 AM February 23, 2016 5:30 am Comment

With the click of a button, we can have almost anything delivered right to our front door — sneakers, toothpaste, even groceries. But what’s the environmental cost of all those home deliveries? The billions of discaded cardboard boxes and fleets of trucks zipping around neighborhoods?

Should we think twice before making online purchases?

In “E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard,” Matt Richtel writes:

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box.

Then, when he opens the shipment, he is often confronted with a Russian nesting doll’s worth of boxes inside boxes to protect his electronics, deodorant, clothing or groceries. Mr. Garg dutifully recycles, but he shared his concerns recently on Twitter.

A handful of scientists and policy makers are circling the same question, grappling with the long-term environmental effect of an economy that runs increasingly on gotta-have-it-now gratification. This cycle leads consumers to expect that even their modest wants can be satisfied like urgent needs, and not always feel so great about it.

The article continues:

The environmental cost can include the additional cardboard — 35.4 million tons of containerboard were produced in 2014 in the United States, with e-commerce companies among the fastest-growing users — and the emissions from increasingly personalized freight services.

“There’s a whole fleet of trucks circulating through neighborhoods nonstop,” said Dan Sperling, the founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the transportation expert on the California Air Resources Board. He also is overseeing a new statewide task force of trucking companies and government officials trying to reduce overall emissions from freight deliveries, including for e-commerce.

Dr. Sperling said that consumers shared as much responsibility for the environmental cost of the deliveries as the companies that provided the speedy services.

“From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said.

After reading the article, Jamie Gleklen and Robert Schwartz, two members of our new Student Council, wondered: In what ways does the Internet hurt and help the environment? How can we balance convenience with environmental consciousness? And do we have a duty to look after the environment if companies already say that they are working on it?

Students: Read the article, then tell us …

— How much do you shop online? How about your family?

— Have you ever thought about the environmental impact of buying things online? Is it something we should worry about? Should we think twice before making online purchases?

— Are there times when shopping in a brick-and-mortar store makes more sense than buying online, or vice versa? Why?

— Do you have any ideas about how the e-commerce industry and consumers can make online shopping a more sustainable practice? Explain.

Period 1 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Should Parents Bribe Their Children?

Sometimes children don’t naturally do what their parents want them to do. They play video games instead of reading books. They don’t clean up their toys after they’re finished playing. They make too much noise or don’t eat their vegetables. As they get older, they might not do their homework, study for tests or clean their room. What’s a thoughtful parent to do?

Should parents bribe their children to do what’s right — with cash, extra screen time or other extrinsic rewards?

In “The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read,” KJ Dell’Antonia writes about trying to find the best way to motivate children:

My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to be able to pick up their education where they left off when school starts again in the fall.

Kids who read over the summer lose fewer skills than kids who don’t. This is especially important for children from low-income families and those with language problems, like my younger daughter. When reading is difficult, so is almost everything else. As new readers move from decoding text to fluency, every subject from math to history becomes more accessible, but practice is the only way to get there.

My kids (15, 12, 10 and 10) have an enviable amount of time to read, and plenty of books to choose from. Yet it’s already clear that beyond a late August dash to fulfill their assignments, very few pages are likely to be turned unless I do something. But what?

The answer many parents fall back on is bribery.

Students: Read the entire article, then tell us:

— Should parents bribe their children with money, treats or toys? Are bribes an effective way to get children to do what parents want them to do, such as read more books, eat healthier food or be better behaved? Can they be a way to jump-start or encourage a certain behavior that eventually becomes a habit?

— Or are bribes counterproductive in the long run? Do they end up teaching the wrong lessons? Will children become accustomed to doing the desired behavior (reading, eating healthy, et cetera) only when they expect to receive a reward? For example, will they never learn to read for pure enjoyment?

— Did your parents ever use bribes or rewards with you? Do they still? Did they use sticker charts to encourage reading? Or cash to get you to clean your room? Did the bribes work? Did they backfire? What advice would you give your parents on how to motivate you to do what they think is best?

Period 2 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Should Parents Bribe Their Children?

Sometimes children don’t naturally do what their parents want them to do. They play video games instead of reading books. They don’t clean up their toys after they’re finished playing. They make too much noise or don’t eat their vegetables. As they get older, they might not do their homework, study for tests or clean their room. What’s a thoughtful parent to do?

Should parents bribe their children to do what’s right — with cash, extra screen time or other extrinsic rewards?

In “The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read,” KJ Dell’Antonia writes about trying to find the best way to motivate children:

My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to be able to pick up their education where they left off when school starts again in the fall.

Kids who read over the summer lose fewer skills than kids who don’t. This is especially important for children from low-income families and those with language problems, like my younger daughter. When reading is difficult, so is almost everything else. As new readers move from decoding text to fluency, every subject from math to history becomes more accessible, but practice is the only way to get there.

My kids (15, 12, 10 and 10) have an enviable amount of time to read, and plenty of books to choose from. Yet it’s already clear that beyond a late August dash to fulfill their assignments, very few pages are likely to be turned unless I do something. But what?

The answer many parents fall back on is bribery.

Students: Read the entire article, then tell us:

— Should parents bribe their children with money, treats or toys? Are bribes an effective way to get children to do what parents want them to do, such as read more books, eat healthier food or be better behaved? Can they be a way to jump-start or encourage a certain behavior that eventually becomes a habit?

— Or are bribes counterproductive in the long run? Do they end up teaching the wrong lessons? Will children become accustomed to doing the desired behavior (reading, eating healthy, et cetera) only when they expect to receive a reward? For example, will they never learn to read for pure enjoyment?

— Did your parents ever use bribes or rewards with you? Do they still? Did they use sticker charts to encourage reading? Or cash to get you to clean your room? Did the bribes work? Did they backfire? What advice would you give your parents on how to motivate you to do what they think is best?

Period 3 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Should Parents Bribe Their Children?

Sometimes children don’t naturally do what their parents want them to do. They play video games instead of reading books. They don’t clean up their toys after they’re finished playing. They make too much noise or don’t eat their vegetables. As they get older, they might not do their homework, study for tests or clean their room. What’s a thoughtful parent to do?

Should parents bribe their children to do what’s right — with cash, extra screen time or other extrinsic rewards?

In “The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read,” KJ Dell’Antonia writes about trying to find the best way to motivate children:

My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to be able to pick up their education where they left off when school starts again in the fall.

Kids who read over the summer lose fewer skills than kids who don’t. This is especially important for children from low-income families and those with language problems, like my younger daughter. When reading is difficult, so is almost everything else. As new readers move from decoding text to fluency, every subject from math to history becomes more accessible, but practice is the only way to get there.

My kids (15, 12, 10 and 10) have an enviable amount of time to read, and plenty of books to choose from. Yet it’s already clear that beyond a late August dash to fulfill their assignments, very few pages are likely to be turned unless I do something. But what?

The answer many parents fall back on is bribery.

Students: Read the entire article, then tell us:

— Should parents bribe their children with money, treats or toys? Are bribes an effective way to get children to do what parents want them to do, such as read more books, eat healthier food or be better behaved? Can they be a way to jump-start or encourage a certain behavior that eventually becomes a habit?

— Or are bribes counterproductive in the long run? Do they end up teaching the wrong lessons? Will children become accustomed to doing the desired behavior (reading, eating healthy, et cetera) only when they expect to receive a reward? For example, will they never learn to read for pure enjoyment?

— Did your parents ever use bribes or rewards with you? Do they still? Did they use sticker charts to encourage reading? Or cash to get you to clean your room? Did the bribes work? Did they backfire? What advice would you give your parents on how to motivate you to do what they think is best?

Period 9/10 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Should Parents Bribe Their Children?

Sometimes children don’t naturally do what their parents want them to do. They play video games instead of reading books. They don’t clean up their toys after they’re finished playing. They make too much noise or don’t eat their vegetables. As they get older, they might not do their homework, study for tests or clean their room. What’s a thoughtful parent to do?

Should parents bribe their children to do what’s right — with cash, extra screen time or other extrinsic rewards?

In “The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read,” KJ Dell’Antonia writes about trying to find the best way to motivate children:

My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to be able to pick up their education where they left off when school starts again in the fall.

Kids who read over the summer lose fewer skills than kids who don’t. This is especially important for children from low-income families and those with language problems, like my younger daughter. When reading is difficult, so is almost everything else. As new readers move from decoding text to fluency, every subject from math to history becomes more accessible, but practice is the only way to get there.

My kids (15, 12, 10 and 10) have an enviable amount of time to read, and plenty of books to choose from. Yet it’s already clear that beyond a late August dash to fulfill their assignments, very few pages are likely to be turned unless I do something. But what?

The answer many parents fall back on is bribery.

Students: Read the entire article, then tell us:

— Should parents bribe their children with money, treats or toys? Are bribes an effective way to get children to do what parents want them to do, such as read more books, eat healthier food or be better behaved? Can they be a way to jump-start or encourage a certain behavior that eventually becomes a habit?

— Or are bribes counterproductive in the long run? Do they end up teaching the wrong lessons? Will children become accustomed to doing the desired behavior (reading, eating healthy, et cetera) only when they expect to receive a reward? For example, will they never learn to read for pure enjoyment?

— Did your parents ever use bribes or rewards with you? Do they still? Did they use sticker charts to encourage reading? Or cash to get you to clean your room? Did the bribes work? Did they backfire? What advice would you give your parents on how to motivate you to do what they think is best?

Period 11 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Should Parents Bribe Their Children?

Sometimes children don’t naturally do what their parents want them to do. They play video games instead of reading books. They don’t clean up their toys after they’re finished playing. They make too much noise or don’t eat their vegetables. As they get older, they might not do their homework, study for tests or clean their room. What’s a thoughtful parent to do?

Should parents bribe their children to do what’s right — with cash, extra screen time or other extrinsic rewards?

In “The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read,” KJ Dell’Antonia writes about trying to find the best way to motivate children:

My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to be able to pick up their education where they left off when school starts again in the fall.

Kids who read over the summer lose fewer skills than kids who don’t. This is especially important for children from low-income families and those with language problems, like my younger daughter. When reading is difficult, so is almost everything else. As new readers move from decoding text to fluency, every subject from math to history becomes more accessible, but practice is the only way to get there.

My kids (15, 12, 10 and 10) have an enviable amount of time to read, and plenty of books to choose from. Yet it’s already clear that beyond a late August dash to fulfill their assignments, very few pages are likely to be turned unless I do something. But what?

The answer many parents fall back on is bribery.

Students: Read the entire article, then tell us:

— Should parents bribe their children with money, treats or toys? Are bribes an effective way to get children to do what parents want them to do, such as read more books, eat healthier food or be better behaved? Can they be a way to jump-start or encourage a certain behavior that eventually becomes a habit?

— Or are bribes counterproductive in the long run? Do they end up teaching the wrong lessons? Will children become accustomed to doing the desired behavior (reading, eating healthy, et cetera) only when they expect to receive a reward? For example, will they never learn to read for pure enjoyment?

— Did your parents ever use bribes or rewards with you? Do they still? Did they use sticker charts to encourage reading? Or cash to get you to clean your room? Did the bribes work? Did they backfire? What advice would you give your parents on how to motivate you to do what they think is best?

Period 1 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

*Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "**Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."* * *That do you think this quote means? * * *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?*

Period 2 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

*Think about the play we have been reading in class.  Consider the story overall and really spend some time thinking about what the author's intent was.  In this week's blog,  explore the nature of the “American Dream” both as YOU understand it and how it is represented in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman.

Period 3 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

*Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "**Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."* * *That do you think this quote means? * * *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?*

Period 9/10 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

*Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "**Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."* * *That do you think this quote means? * * *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?*

Period 11 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

*Think about the play we have been reading in class.  Consider the story overall and really spend some time thinking about what the author's intent was.  

In this week's blog,  explore the nature of the “American Dream” both as YOU understand it and how it is represented in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman.

Period 1 Blog #4

The week of October 3-7 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

Quotations

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 2 Blog #4

The week of October 3-7 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

Quotations

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 3 Blog #4

The week of October 3-7 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

Quotations

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 9/10 Blog #4

The week of October 3-7 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

Quotations

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 11 Blog #4

The week of October 3-7 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

Quotations

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings