12: How Schools Could Use Social Media

12 How Schools Could Use Social Media:

For a few years now I have been a part of the social media scene. A couple of year ago a joined Facebook and last year I joined Twitter. From my years of experience I have come to favor Twitter much more over Facebook but they both have features that I find very interesting and useful. For school use I feel that both of these services could be very useful but I feel like Twitter could be extremely useful.  With Facebook I find it harder to picture what schools could use it for. Teachers could definitely take advantage of the page feature and make class pages where they could converse with students and tell them the homework if they forgot. But that is about all I can think of for Facebook. With Twitter I feel like it could be very useful. Teachers could make Twitters and have their students follow them. This would be just a simpler version of the Facebook idea. The students can then ask the teachers about homework and other questions that they have. If the students have private questions for the teachers than they could just direct message them and keep it secret. With this use though, problems can occur. That is why all the social media use could be regulated by the school. The teachers would give over their passwords for easy access by the school. That way if something bad happens on the sites than the school can easily get proof. I feel like the use of social media will soon come to schools all over and will play a huge role in schools. With GHS already using Google apps which are basically a form of social media I can see the use of Facebook and Twitter coming soon.

Love to Know Slideshow

If you were stranded far away from home and only had $20 in your wallet, what would you do?

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My car has just broken down in the middle of nowhere. I decided that it would be a good idea to use my cell phone's GPS to see where I was but that only caused my phone to die, effectively stranding me with no forms of communication. Before my phone had died I had noticed that there was a town fairly close to where I was so I headed off in that direction. Once I got to the town I headed to the local diner. There I pulled out my wallet hoping that I had enough money for food. It turned out that I only had $20. I made the decision not to buy any food and to just get change and use the phone to call someone to pick me up. I then got change and dialed up my best friend. It took a few rings but he eventually picked up and I explained to him my situation. He seemed angry but he reluctantly agreed to come pick me up.  Around an hour later I was being driven home, very happy that I was going home but also very hungry!

Creative Contest III

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Philosophy Blog

  Communism: In 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels co wrote the book, The Communist Manifesto. This book lead to the upstart of Communism around the world and helped to create a political system that is still around today. The main part of Communism is to obtain a classless society where everybody is equal. In a Communist society there is common ownership and means of production, meaning that everything is shared. In theory I think that Communism is a fantastic idea. I feel like if all things work than it has the potential to be the beast political and social system to date. But there is a large problem with Communism. It never works. In reality Communism is a great idea but what Marx and Engels didn't understand is that people are greedy. It is impossible for humans to have a classless society where everything is shared because we are not wired that way. As humans we have the desire to hoard things and keep them for ourselves. In theory you should have a classless society but in reality you end up with an absolute ruler and usually horrible living conditions. So I would have to say that I do agree with Communism in theory but in reality it is a horrible non functioning idea.

TU Tuesday - Classified

Bally pinball. Used but in excellent condition. One small wear spot to right of magic trunk.
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On Monday, April 30 my life was changed forever. When I woke up on that fateful day it seemed just like any other day. I woke up as usual to the birds chirping and slowly dragged myself downstairs and into the kitchen to make breakfast. Then when making the coffee I noticed something strange in the living room, a pinball machine. I figured that Dave must have purchased it the night before and brought it home. I slowly approached the machine and inspected it. The machine was a pinball machine and the theme was magic. All over the machine there were pictures of magic things such as trunks and rabbits coming out of hats. After inspecting the machine it seemed in very good condition except for "One small wear spot to right of magic trunk." After inspecting the machine for a little longer I went back to the kitchen to finish making my breakfast. An hour later Dave woke up and I questioned him about the machine. Dave said the last night he had purchased it after a night of drinking and he admitted to not remembering most of the night. Dave said the man he bought it from had said that it was "Used but in excellent condition." After our conversation we shrugged it off and went on our own way. Then about an hour later I was watching TV and suddenly the machine turned on and started playing it eerie music. I walked over to the machine only to find it wasn't even plugged in. Frightened I went to get Dave to show him but by the time we got back to the living room it had turned off. This occurrence repeated several times throughout the day and by the night time I was practically crying of fear. That night was the most unrest full night of my life; I couldn't sleep because I kept on hearing the music. The next morning I took matters into my own hands and went online and wrote up a classified ad for it. This brings me to where I am today, waiting and hoping that someone will come and take the pinball machine away from me and take the curses as well.

T=Taco Salad

1/2 pound of Turkey -- cooked- Turkey like the food we had on Thanksgiving at my grandparent's house. The turkey was always moist and delicious and Eric was still there. I could still talk to him but only for a little while because I would soon get sucked into playing with my cousins. The best Thanksgivings.
 
1/2 cup of onions -- chopped- Making a salad for dinner with my mom. First she shows me how to cut the onions then she tells me that it’s my turn. I start to cut but I have to stop quickly because the onions are making me cry. My mom goes upstairs and gets me my sunglasses and we finish the salad.
 
1/2 cup of bell peppers -- chopped- Camping with my friend and on the second day a stomach bug breaks out. Everybody is going home and puking. I am not sick yet but I am starting to feel the sickness coming on. For dinner that night I have green peppers and onions on tortilla chips. Long story short I can't eat green peppers anymore. 
 
1 jar of taco Sauce (8 oz.)- Making fresh salsa during the summer. We get the tomatoes from our garden and as a family we cut up the tomatoes adding them to the other foods the salsa is soon done. It's the best salsa and within a day it is gone and we have to make another batch already.

1 1/2 table spoon of unbleached flour- Making chocolate chip cookies with mom and the next ingredient is flour. My mom tells me to get the flour but as I get it I stumble and the flower falls on the ground. Instead of yelling at me, my mom comes over and throws some flower at me; soon we are having a full-fledged flour fight in the kitchen. 
 
1 package taco seasoning mix- It Taco Tuesday at the Hill residence and only one more thing needs preparing, the beef. Up in my room I can smell the aroma of the taco seasoning mixing with beef and I know that dinner is almost ready I wrap up my homework and come downstairs to my favorite meal, tacos!
 
1 cup of cheddar cheese -- shredded- Everyday of 7th grade I had the same lunch, ham sandwich. I loved them and remarkably for the whole year I never got tired of them. Besides the ham there was two other ingredients, mustard and cheddar cheese. Now whenever I have cheddar cheese it brings me back to 7th grade.
 
1 cup of Monterey Jack Cheese -- Shredded- Fresh Palatine Monterrey Jack cheese from Gade farm. Every year this is a must have in the Hill family, we go through it at amazing speed. My dad and I are cheese fiends and we tear through the packages, having the cheese on everything from salads to trisect.
 
1/4 cup of tortilla chips -- crushed- My dad's favorite food. Every night before he goes to bed he has a handful of them and he has them regularly throughout the day as well. This has been his habit for many years and slowly I have become accustomed to hearing the crunch of the chips every night. 

Recipe form:  http://www.internationalrecipes.net/find/Taco%20Salad

Famous Poem Starters

"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." The words of Robert Frost echo in my head as I walk along the dirt road leading into the desert. I have been walking for seven days now with barely any breaks. I take just enough time every night to sleep for six hours and then I am up and walking again. It has become fairly routine by now and I don't have any problems waking at four in the morning anymore. Undoubtedly by now people would be wondering where I have gone by now but if I had told them they wouldn't have understood. In the words of Robert Frost "I have promises to keep" and it is essential that I keep this promise. For about a month before I set off on this excursion I could see them watching me. I could tell that they were reaching their tipping point and if I didn't go soon then they might take drastic measures. So I set off the keep the promise that I made. I needed to keep my word because once you lose that you lose all credibility in life. As I trek across the desert I keep on replaying that fatal moment when I made that life altering promise. I feel so stupid for doing that now and I rue that day with all my heart. But for now there is nothing else that I can do. I have to follow through with this now and I have to be a man of my word. And as I travel farther and farther into the desert I slowly fall into the state of blankness and just keep on walking.