Thursday, December 30, 2004
Cleaning Out the Curiosity Pile #3: "If I was president..."
The final entry in this series of posts dates back to right before the November elections. Unlike some schools, Underwood happened to be open for Election Day proper and in honor of the occasion I attempted to give my students some background into the democratic process by teaching them about polling. In actuality, this was yet another cunning attempt on my part to slip some new scientific knowledge into their brains since polling (a.k.a. sampling) is a crucial part of the research process. As mentioned in a November post, the lesson proved less than effective...I never even got to do my simulated phone poll! However, there was one upside...this paper written by one of my more dedicated students about how she would run the country if she were commander in chief. Where the other two entries from the Curiosity Pile were disillusioning or disheartening, this one is rather inspirational:
Anyhow, that's all for the curiosity pile. Stay tuned for the results of the movie quote contest, New Year's resolutions, and some new additions to the Invisible Blogroll!
The final entry in this series of posts dates back to right before the November elections. Unlike some schools, Underwood happened to be open for Election Day proper and in honor of the occasion I attempted to give my students some background into the democratic process by teaching them about polling. In actuality, this was yet another cunning attempt on my part to slip some new scientific knowledge into their brains since polling (a.k.a. sampling) is a crucial part of the research process. As mentioned in a November post, the lesson proved less than effective...I never even got to do my simulated phone poll! However, there was one upside...this paper written by one of my more dedicated students about how she would run the country if she were commander in chief. Where the other two entries from the Curiosity Pile were disillusioning or disheartening, this one is rather inspirational:
- If I was president I would make homes for the homeless.
- I would lower taxes.
- I would make more after-school activies so the children wouldn't be on the street.
- I would lower property taxes.
- lower health insurance.
- Try to make peace with other countries.
- I would try to lower the age of voting rights from 18 to 15.
- Make the education easier to learn.
- Get the drug dealers off the streets.
- Try to prevent war.
- Lower gas pollution.
- Try to keep America safe.
Anyhow, that's all for the curiosity pile. Stay tuned for the results of the movie quote contest, New Year's resolutions, and some new additions to the Invisible Blogroll!
