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After watching the second presidential debate, it seems as though the polls (favoring Obama) are true. While watching the debate it seemed as if John Mccain was frightened, thinking about what would happen if he lost this election, thus, using scare tactics to frighten the American people into voting for him. John Mccain is talking more trash about Obama than any other president in the history of this country. I think that a more effective way of reaching the people and young voters is to talk about what you plan to do in the whitehouse to get this country on the right track, rather than just bashing the other candidate for false accusations.

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With all said and done , I hope we do not miss this golden chance to turn the page in this our dear country.We need the repubs. out at least for a while. It is going to take all of us to clean up this mess we are in as a nation right now. President Obama will be a great catalyst for our recovery......so long "conservatism" governance.

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The Bush-Clinton regimes during the last 30 years are responsible for the conditions that we now find ourselves in. The trade agreements that short change Americans; outsourcing jobs and contracts; selling our assets to foreigners; H-1 Visas to take middle class jobs from Americans for everything that can't be out-sourced; for jobs that can't be moved to foreign countries, they have created conditions that allow illegal labor to take over complete industries within the country like construction and other industries that require little training; over-spending and borrowing money from China or anyone else who will loan us money... little wonder there are no jobs here for Americans, the dollar is of little value, and soon the raping of America will be complete.I think Obama can fix the situation.

2nd Presidential debate

After watching the second presidential debate, I strongly believe that Barrack Obama has better values. Obama defeated Mccain on every subject, from foreign policy to healthcare. Without a doubt, the winner was Obama! Based on the history of US politics however, the actual results may not reflect on who the better man for the job might be. While the Americans desire to change the world, it must be accepted that it is the Americans who need to change. They are feudalistic (like Pakistan); fanatical (like the Taleban); hate people of colour (even after freeing the slaves more than 150 years ago)! Obama should be the next president, but bigots in that country will not allow this!

8/1 Readings

After watching the Pay Attention YouTube video, I felt a somewhat sense of enlightenment. The video definitely brings many good points to the attention of the viewer. One of these many good points is how kids are not being reached enough in the classrooms. In my opinion, the most effective way of reaching out to and teaching a student something is to relate to the material; and by that I mean relate the information and knowledge that you are trying to teach the student into terms that he or she is most familiar with. Is there anything else out there that students can relate to more these days than modern technology? Even little things make a difference, like the library here on campus and their famous text messages they send you to locate a book.
“In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” was another enlightening reading. It was about a college professor, working at two different colleges, and teaching two different courses. After this professor has failed nine out of fifteen students. He expects some form of notification from the administration of these colleges, warning him that he’s failing too many students and that he should start passing more of them. But this never happens. It sucked as a reader and a student to read a story where all of these students fail this course that they are paying for but if they truly would’ve deserved a passing grade, I think that the professor would’ve given them one.
1. What specific ways could an effective teacher use modern technology to gain her students interest?
2. What does the professor in “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” think about teaching using more modern technology?
3. What is the weapon of choice for the nine failing student’s parents when they beat their kids for failing?

Alex's Poem

Set yourself free from hypocrisy
Enlighten yourself with personal integrity
Learn from the past and don’t accept mediocrity
Learn from your mistakes
And leave your legacy

here's the URL to my 'letter to the editor'

http://mail.google.com/a/mail.usf.edu/?ui=2&ik=34301c6391&attid=0.0&disp=vah&view=att&th=11b5b2052273742a