Current Discussions

Misperceptions of Teens: Meet at 12:45 at NAHS on 5-8-07

cjwegner — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:52:31 +0000

There are many stereotypes of teens in the media. Many of the stereotypes about teenagers are negative. Television shows, T.V. news, movies, magazines, newspapers, radio, and the Internet often show images of teens that can be misleading to the public. Some of the myths about teenagers are that:
All teens think about is sex
All teens what to or do use drugs and alcohol
Teens should look a certian way (i.e. body image)

Teens are violent
Teens don’t care about politics or the environment
All teens from a certain ethnicity act a certain way (i.e. racial stereotyping)
All male/female teens act a certain way (i.e. gender stereotyping)

This space is provided for you to discuss your opinions and research surrounding the portrayal of teens in the media. How do your personal experiences prove these myths wrong. What evidence is there to show that these are just myths? What evidence supports these myths? Comment on others comments. Have a discussion.

Talk About Your I-Search Here

cjwegner — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:03:11 +0000

This is the place for you to talk about your research and to get help and advice from your peers. What are you researching? What questions do you have? What resources are you using? What areas are causing you trouble? What are you struggling with? How have you solved some of your research problems? What do you need to next?
Please leave your first name and last intitial plus the period number in your post. Make sure you have at least 7 sentences and that you proofread your responses before posting.

Pleasure Reading Favs: Students Discuss Must Reads and Don’t Reads

cjwegner — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:07:57 +0000

This space is a place for an indepth exploration of your favorite and not-so-favorite books. It is a place for students to find books they might be interested in reading and books they should avoid. When you describe the book you have read, remember you could be inspiring someone else to read it! Information such as who the author is, the reading level, similar books and plots and themes and characters in the book might be useful. DO NOT GIVE AWAY THE ENDING OR THE LESSONS THE BOOK HAS TO TEACH. These are things that good readers like to discover for themselves.

Special Note: If you find that someone else has written about a book you have read, feel free to enter into a discussion of the book with them. I would love to see some back and forth in- depth discussions on different texts. You can discuss things that puzzled you, characters you disagreed with, and what you might do differently had you written the book.

What is a Meaningful Life?

cjwegner — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:13:20 +0000

Does everybody have the opportunity to lead a meaningful life? Do celebrities have a greater power to lead meaningful lives because they have the publics attention? Address the discussion from todays class (November 6: Per. 4). If you have ideas that weren’t heard, address them here and let us know the context from which you are referring.

The Great Bounce Back

cjwegner — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:26:00 +0000

The dictionary definition of resiliency is, “the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like.” How do we show resiliency in our everyday lives? How have we seen people with disabilities show their resiliency? Why is the ability to be resilient so important to our survival? As a person? As a society?

Asleep on our Feet

cjwegner — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:22:03 +0000

A somnambulist is a sleepwalker. What if I said we were heading toward becoming a Somnambulist Society? What would that mean and how do we prevent it from happening? What happens when we, as a society, stop questioning? Our government? Our principles? Our understandings of the truth? Think of what happened in “Future Fright” and consider how that is more of a possiblity than we might think.

Whose right is it anyway?

cjwegner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:25:52 +0000

Who decides the criteria for judging whether or not a book is acceptable for people to read? Should we all have the right to make that personal choice of what is acceptable for us to read and what is not? What if a child is not old enough to make that decision for themself? Who should make that choice for them? Why?

Freedom to Publish

cjwegner — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:28:21 +0000

In The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, Nora Baines says, “…freedom to publish is useless if people are not allowed to read what is published…”. What does this mean? Do you agree? Why or why not? What are our responsibilities to maintain freedom?

Communication: How Important is It?

cjwegner — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:43:10 +0000

How does the abiltiy to communicate affect/influence/shape an individual’s future? What are the possible consequences of lacking the ability to comunciate academically? What are the benefits? What types of adult communication might require you to use formal language?

Hello there!

cjwegner — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:29:07 +0000

Welcome to Mr. Wegner’s blog. Here you will discover a new way of learning through our educational blogs. Imagine this as your connection to our classroom through the Internet. I have already gotten to know most of you through your friendly letters, which I enjoyed very much. Let’s make this year the best one yet and see if we can’t attain our greatest goals in academic achievement.