Second Opinion

February 27, 2006

All about me

Write a paragraph about yourself.
-Do not use your name or any names of your family or friends.
-Do not describe your looks. Not what you want to be.
-Do not give any clues: like your email address, household address, phone numbers
-This paragraph is about you right now. Might consider this more a self evaluation of yourself. This paragraph is not for anyone reading your post to figure "Who you are".

February 26, 2006

Not fair??

Two teachers teach the same subject. In comparing the teachers style of teaching one seems to be a lot harder. Students with harder teacher feels this difference is not fair. For some students it makes staying eligible for athletics harder. Students concerned with class rankings also call unfair.

- What is good or bad about this senario?
- Which teacher would you want and why?
- How could this situation be made more fair?

February 21, 2006

Police may be watching you in your home!


Amendment 4. --Protection against unreasonable searches by law enforcement officers.

Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets, shopping malls and even private homes to fight crime during a shortage of police officers.
Houston is facing a severe police shortage because of too many retirements and too few recruits, and the city has absorbed 150,000 hurricane evacuees who are filling apartment complexes in crime-ridden neighborhoods.

"I know a lot of people are concerned ..., but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" - Police Chief Harold Hurtt.

I need a "Second Opinion" on one of the following questions

a- Why do you think this is a violation of Amendment 4?
b- Why do you think it's best to sacrifice privacy for protection?
c- What part of this plan is acceptable to you?
d- Do you think the "temporary" relocation of New Orleans's citizen's has affected crime in the cities where they were relocated? (Might need to research this for facts)

February 17, 2006

Amendment 1: Right to Petition

View video

The video is being protested against by Democrates. Below is the means for people to voice their displeasure of the video.

If you feel that this ad is doing a disservice to our troops and is misleading at best, and pure propaganda at worst, please call to ask for the removal of the ads.

KARE 11 at 763 546 1111
WCCO at 612 370 0611

Send letters to the Editor in your local paper would be helpful to point out the untruths being communicated to citizens as fact. Thanks in advance for being a voice of truth, and for all that you do to improve the state of our nation and state. DFL Chair Brian Melendez will be holding a press conference at the State Capitol today at 2:30 to ask that this ad be pulled from the air waves. He will be joined by congressional candidate and veteran Tim Walz. Please tune in to your evening news to see coverage of this important event.

Sincerely, DonnaDonna Cassutt, Associate Chair, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

view second video under the original video

Express your "Second Opinion" on one of the following topics.
-----Why should this video be seen or not?
-----Why would groups not want this video to be seen?
-----Point out the info in video that is misleading and apparently false.

Bribing the teacher to skip class

Mr. Braxton allowed kids to skip his class if they paid him $1 a day. The authorities in Escamblia County, Fla. say he may have racked $1000.00 or more over three months. The 28 year old teacher has been charged with six felony counts of bribery.

Question to you.

What would you pay to not have to do something? And what would that be?

February 14, 2006

Not guilty! Man cannot speak English!

A North Carolina judge threw out the roadside breathalyzer test results of a Spanish speaker, saying that the officers had a duty to give him his rights in Spanish. The decision by Durham County District Court Judge Richard Chaney in a case against Francisco Pereyra is the latest in a string of judgments that have dismissed breathalyzer results due to the language barrier. Chaney's judgment on the rights of Spanish speaking DWI offenders went a step further, when he added "If you're talking about someone who speaks Chinese, you have a different issue."

---Do you agree that the Spanish speaking driver should not be charged for drunk driving? Is not speaking English a good defense?

February 12, 2006

Cheating?

I've been gone for a week. So sorry for no "Second Opinions"

A student in another state searching the internet came across a web site by a teacher in another state that puts assignments, notes, a calendar and practice test up for his students. The student in the other state used the practice test since it was the same text book and subject she was on. The student aced the test (made a 100 on it). The students teacher accused the student of cheating, (getting a copy of his test). The student was forced to tell the teacher how she passed the test and told him about the study test she found on the internet.

Need your opinion on: select the topic
--. Explain why this is or is not cheating.
--. Explain why the teacher should fail the student.
--. Explain why the teacher should give the student the grade she made.
--. Explain why the teacher in the other state should take down his web site or not?

February 06, 2006

Superbowl commericals

Which was you favorite Superbowl commerical and why?

a. Fedex caveman
b. Budweiser magic refrigerator
c. Clydesdale horse pulling trailer
d. Careerbuildr.com - monkies in the office
e. touch football - guy tackling woman
f. save your self - the bear was attacking
g. Clydesdale playing football with a streaker
h. or another not listed