1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?
Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?
Answer one of the above questions and add two points of observation or reflection from the day abouts the two places we visited (Sterling Styles factory and Up2Date apparel office). Also you can compose a question that you may have from our flex day adventures. You should post these three items on your blog page.
1) answer a question 2) make two observations or reflections (or write your own questions that you may have) Three things in total!
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
The workers are about 25 years old in average.
Sterling Styles factory was safer than other factories because the workers had to be over 19 years old and under 40 for safety reasons, and they had to wear masks.
Up2Date apparel office was an export office. They sent clothes to European companies but did not sell their clothes in Bangladesh.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Flex Day
The average age of the people working in factories (at least the one we went to) is about 25 years old.
Friday, October 3, 2008
End-Of-Book Reflection Questions
The Revealers
Begin brainstorming the answers with members of your group!
Begin brainstorming the answers with members of your group!
1. Ms. Hogeboom told Russell that everyone was reading the Revealer and that the atmosphere of the school was changing…”It was like a small revolution” (175). Explain what she means about the school culture and their affect on it.
I think she means that, before, evryone knew that bullying was happening, but they never said anything, even if they were victims. But now, with the Revealer, people realized that they were all concerned and that they could talk about it freely on KidNet. So everything was changing, and the victims started to wake up and to realize they were all the same and the bullies kind of stopped because they knew that people knew about what they were doing.
2. Describe why The Revealers project was so successful with students and judges alike.
2. Describe why The Revealers project was so successful with students and judges alike.
The project was so successful with the students because they were all part of it in some way and they knew most of it already. They recognized their school, the people in it, and their stories. It was also succcessful with the judges because they saw that Catalina, Elliot and Russell made a big impact on the school with that project, and that life was better for a lot of kids now.
3. Russell, Elliot, and Catalina's hypothesis for their science fair project was "if bullying and harassment incidents were brought to light among the whole student body in a school then there will be a reduction in these incidents as well as them being less severe in nature"(194). Did the three main characters prove their hypothesis? Discuss. What is one way you could use technology to improve the school at AISD?
3. Russell, Elliot, and Catalina's hypothesis for their science fair project was "if bullying and harassment incidents were brought to light among the whole student body in a school then there will be a reduction in these incidents as well as them being less severe in nature"(194). Did the three main characters prove their hypothesis? Discuss. What is one way you could use technology to improve the school at AISD?
I think Catalina, Elliot and Russell did prove their hypothesis because at the end of the book Richie stopped bullying Russell, Bethany kind of stopped rejecting Catalina, and the Jock Rots don't do that much bad stuff to Elliot anymore. All of these changes in their lifes began with the Revealer. Since they started it, people realized bullying did happen, and so they kind of stopped.
At AIS/D, we could do the same thing Catalina, Russell and Elliot did by sending stories to everyone, or even create a blog only for stories about bullying, and other students could comment on their stories.
At AIS/D, we could do the same thing Catalina, Russell and Elliot did by sending stories to everyone, or even create a blog only for stories about bullying, and other students could comment on their stories.
Elliot's Expose
Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter.
"I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)
Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
I think Elliot is trying to tell all of his classmates that bullying happens everyday in Parkland school, and that everyone has a role to play in it "The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go" (92). He is trying to make them think "What if it was me? What would I do if I was being bullied?" He tells them that it could happen to anyone, that it could start at any moment, for any reason.
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter.
"I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)
Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
I think Elliot is trying to tell all of his classmates that bullying happens everyday in Parkland school, and that everyone has a role to play in it "The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go" (92). He is trying to make them think "What if it was me? What would I do if I was being bullied?" He tells them that it could happen to anyone, that it could start at any moment, for any reason.
He is also trying to make them feel how unfair bullying is by using strong words. He asks them:
"So tell me what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (92).
Then, on page 93, Russell and Elliot are talking about the post, and Elliot tells Russell that he wants the Jock Rots to feel the fear a victim feels. "Let them wake up in the morning feeling scared. It's about time they found out what it's like,"
The letter reminds me how much being rejected can hurt and how much bullying is unfair. He uses strong words in his letter to really make people feel that. He also reminds me that bystanders are playing an important role in bullying, that they can make a lot of things change for the victims.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Blog: Role Reversal
Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
Russell is so opposed to the idea because he thinks that since Richie helped him on page 97 with Burke and Blanchette, if he sent his story in the Revealer he would get really angry and would keep on bullying him instead of helping him.
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
Richie does not bully Russell as much and talks to him. He even said Russell could ask him questions, that he did not mind. He feels bad about what he did to Russell and realizes that this 7th grader can stand up to bullies and is not so stupid after all.
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.
Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
Russell is so opposed to the idea because he thinks that since Richie helped him on page 97 with Burke and Blanchette, if he sent his story in the Revealer he would get really angry and would keep on bullying him instead of helping him.
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
Richie does not bully Russell as much and talks to him. He even said Russell could ask him questions, that he did not mind. He feels bad about what he did to Russell and realizes that this 7th grader can stand up to bullies and is not so stupid after all.
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
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