You must be specific and exact in your answers. Not fooling around
The dates are important but I need details. Make use of the vocabulary in your short answer, paragraph (well written) AND ESSAYS! Think, make notes on your page if you need to. Use your intelligence and the who, what, when, where, why, Don"t finish the test in 30- minutes, that says you put no details or thinking. Even the best writers have to put their thoughts together in a clear style. Check your sentences when you write. be sure to connect the first paragraph to the second and third. Just because it says 2-3 doesn't mean only 2. It means that you need to really explain things to me clearly as if I don't know anything about it. Close your eyes and think of all we worked on to be specific about any idea. What was the beginning, the purpose of the thing....

The first section is vocabulary..... give me a definition and then give me more than a one-word example. Use your head, write quickly, this is the easy section where most of you will lose points because you did not practice EXAMPLES. Use these terms in your essays at the end of the exam.

The next part is brainstorming. Put 5 causes and then 5 effects of the a) Cold War and b) Great Depression. If you practice this at home it should take you 4 minutes to complete, leaving lots of time for essays.

Matching is simple. Don't miss one because you miss two for one wrong answer.

Essays. You will choose which ones you want to write about. Define your terms, use vocabulary, analyze the ideas you put on paper. Who, what, when, where, why, whose fault was it, what were the effects it had on people in the region.....
Write these at home, then repeat them on the exam. I am looking for clear understanding of the problems and solutions. I am looking for answers that not only say what happened, by why it happened and what can we learn so as not to repeat the same mistakes twice.

Read the official review on the school website. Each one of you should study alone because each one of you will write on a topic your friends might not choose. Write, write, write.....
Good luck and your are and always will be my favorite promotion........

Homework

The homework is CH 15 sec 1,2,3,5.
Read and answer #2,3 and 4 on a separate piece of paper to be turned in on you next class day.
There will be a quiz on Monday/Tuesday.
The magic word is: carnival.

writing assignment

writing assignment

2 page 12 font double spaced times roman essay open book, open internet sources cited (or you get a zero)

describe the causes of the Great Depression by using many different examples
develop a central theme. Then describe some of the effects by using different social groups such as poor whites, businessmen, families, women, children, African Americans, farmers.

Discuss banks, farm prices, credit.....

this is a very important writing assignment. the skills we will be working on are:
organization of important points, analyzing material and deciding what to enter, citing sources to avoid PLAGERISM, and completing a project on time.
You can email me with your paper BUT you must hand in your typed report on time for the ten points.

The Rubric is:
Followed instructions 2 points
Cited sources 2 points
clear and factual 4 points
clear analysis and conclusions 2 points

Group 3 due Tuesday
Group 2 due Tuesday
Group 1 due Wednesday
email me that you have seen this blog

god vs science

God vs Science


In hopes that all our college students are able to discern
this well! 'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.'

The atheist professor of Philosophy pauses before his class
and then asks one of His new students to stand.

'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'

'Yes sir,' the student says.

'So you believe in God?'

'Absolutely. '

'Is God good?'

'Sure! God's good.'

'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'

'Yes'

'Are you good or evil?'

'The Bible says I'm evil.'

The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers
for a Moment.
'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over
here and You can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would
you try?'

'Yes sir, I would.'

'So you're good...!'

'I wouldn't say that.'

'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if
you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He
doesn't, does He? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even
though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you
answer that one?'

The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?? the
professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to
give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella.. Is
God good?'

'Er..yes,' the student says.

'Is Satan good?'

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'

'Then where does Satan come from?'

The student falters. 'From God'

'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is
there Evil in this world?'

'Yes, sir.'

'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'

'Yes'

'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God
created Everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and
according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God
is evil.'

Again, the student has no answer.

'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things, do they exist in this world?'

The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'

'So who created them?'

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats
his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly
the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class
is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues onto another student.. 'Do you
believe in Jesus Christ, son?'

The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'

The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses
you use to Identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever
seen Jesus?'

'No sir. I've never seen Him.'

'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'

'No, sir, I have not.'

'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelled
your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ,
Or, God for that matter?'

'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'

'Yet you still believe in him?'

'Yes'

'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable
protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to
that, Son?'

'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.'

'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem
science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a
question of His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat?'

' Yes.'

'And is there such a thing as cold?'

'Yes, son, there's cold too.'

'No sir, there isn't.'

The professor turns to face the student, obviously
interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins
to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat,
mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but
we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit down to 458 degrees
below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go
colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Everybody or object is
susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what
makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F)
is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use
to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can
measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the
opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the
classroom, sounding like a hammer.

'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'

'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is
night if it isn't darkness?'

'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is
the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright
light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have
nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use
to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would
be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him.
This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'

'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is
flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time.
'Flawed? Can you explain how?'

'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student
explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good
God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something
finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a
thought.'

'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much
less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of
life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a
substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence
of it.'


'Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they
evolved from a monkey?'

'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,
young man, yes, of course I do.'

'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he
realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at
work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor,
are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist,
but a preacher?'

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the
commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier
to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The
student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has
ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter.
'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt
the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain? No
one appears to have done so.

So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all
due respect, sir.'

'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your
lectures, sir?'

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the
student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity,
the old man answers. 'I guess you'll have to take them on faith..'

'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith
exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a
thing as evil?'

Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is.
We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to
man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the
world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'

To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at
least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of
God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to
describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the
result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in
his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the
darkness that comes when there is no light.'

The professor sat down.

If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your
face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with the title
'God vs Science'

PS: The student was Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein wrote a book titled "God vs Science" in 1921...

all my tenth grade students

ATTENTION:
ALL 10TH GRADE HISTORY STUDENTS

ATTENTION:
ALL MODEL UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES

You are all invited to attend the inaugural offering of the
ST. GEORGE SPEAKERS BUREAU.

There will be a special talk given by Ms. Darys Estrella, the CEO of the Dominican Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, February 16th from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm in the Salon Cristobal Tejeda. Please arrange your schedules and pick up accordingly. She will be discussing the concept of the Stock Market from the North American perspective, the World Markets, and the Dominican Republic. This is an excellent opportunity to learn something about which we read in the newspaper or online every day. Follow the news and be prepared to ask questions.

There will be a sign up sheet, but all are required to attend. Please notify Mr. Gotz if unable to attend.
If you read this on the blog, send me an email telling me how you are going to get out of your Wednesday resp0onsibility in order to attend this charla. Email me that you have read this and are attending. Only sports teams are excused.....

all groups

Group 3 that meets MON-TUES You need to read Chapter 14 completely (sec 1,2,3)
Read and complete the Reading Study Guide anwers completely, and be prepared to write an in-class essay on Monday the 14th. Question: What were several causes and effect of the Great Depression? You will need to be specific, factual, and well written. If I were you I would practice this on the weekend. Please email me individually to prove that you have read this blog.

dgotz@stgeorge.edu.do

Group 2 that meets MON-FRIDAY You need to Read Chapter 14 (see above) You will have the essay in the second hour on Friday Feb 11th. email me that you have read the blog.

Group 1 that meets Tues-Wed-Thurs You need to read the Chapter 14 tonight and complete RSG on Wednesday. We will be completing the presentations, reviewing the test and discussing current events this week. Your essay will be on Thursday in class.

Email me individually that you have read this blog.

to all 10th grade classes

group 1, 2, 3 read chapter 12 section 1 in your text, then complete the same in RSG
chapter 12 section 1 in your text, then complete the same in RSG
bring Workbook and RSG to class

all groups prepare for Family tree presentations, all make up tests should be completed by Friday

all late work not yet printed or turned in due Wednesday minimum grade. You must turn it in, hand written or typed.

Group 2 pay attention. You must read and I will list the things you should be prepared for in the next blog.

All classes, 10 point reading quiz from the TEXT information on Monday for G-3 and
G-2 Group 1 quiz on Tuesday........

email me with questions dgotz@stgeorge.edu.do