Saturday, September 17, 2011

September 12-16

Monday: We started watching the Gridiron Gang. This movie illustrated how a group of teenagers in prision, who were involved in gangs and violence, begin to turn their life around. The probation officer in the movie wanted to start a football team in hopes of teaching discipline and to these kids so they would hopefully get off the streets and make positive choices in their lives. The movie ends with most of the football players winning the last game (to the team they played first at the beginning of the season). After getting out of the detention center, most of the players went to college, got jobs, or finished high school. This movie shows how one person, who wanted to make a difference in someone's life, changed the outcome of a group of teenagers for the positve.


Tuesday: We continued watching the Gridiron Gang.




Wednesday: We finished watching the Gridiron Gang. Reminder to complete your journal about the GridIron Gang and how it relates to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.






Thursday: Miss Quinn came to our class! She showed us all of her little second graders. She told us a little about each student so we could choose who would be the best match as our second grade penpal. During the year, we will write to our little froggy friends and they will write back to us. We will get to visit them throughout the year too!





Friday: We got to choose our second grade froggy friend! (I was absent)


We introduced Barriers to Education. Each cadet chose an article about common barriers to learning. They are to summarize the articles and write up bullet points for our bulletin board. On Wednesday, we will exchange articles.

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