Question on Obama's Speach

1. Parents in the United States have had mixed opinions about President Obama speaking to students all across the nation today. Do you think that it is a positive or negative thing? Why?
I think that Obama's opinion is possitve 100%.I agree on what Obama said. I say his opinion is possitive becuase, for me the worst thing is giving up. You have to achivIe your goals in life. You have to work very hard for what you really want. For me the worst, worst thing is giving up. I know that I get tierd of school and I sometimes say I hate it, but I know there are kids in the street that are wishing to go to school but their parents don't have money, so I stop saying that. School is a place to learn, everything you learn in class will help you with your future. You need school to learn and put a lot of effort in it and then suceed in life.

2. What is the purpose of President Obama's speech?
Obama wanted to give a massage to all the students big and small. His purpose was to teach all the students the importance of the school and the importance of the learning. He wanted to teah the students that they have to go to school because with all they learn in school they are going to succed. Obama was a poor person but he put soooo much effort he succeded in life and know he is The USA President.

3. What impact does the speech have on you?
Obama's speahc impact me very muce. He gave me a beautiful message. I know whine too much about school and school work, but I am going to try to not whine anymore because Obama tought me the importance of the school. I never ever give up because I hate that and I know that if I keep putting a lot of effort in my work I am going to succed in life, and I will never quit school because I want to have an important and a good Job in the future. Obama's speach was a very good speach and I learned a lot!

Compering Economies Guiding Questions

1. How can the presence or absence of natural resources and arable land affect a nation’s economy, regardless of the type of economic system? With the presence of natural resources and arable land the economy increases. And without the presence of natural resources and arable land the economy would decrease.

2. How can life expectancy and literacy rates affect the quality of labor in the economy? If a person does not know how to read or write their life expectancy won’t be that long. Because they need a job and they would have to read and write to have a job, so they will have a work were they won’t be good paid, so they won’t have a lot of food, they won’t have a nice apartment and they won’t have a nice car, especially the food they won’t have very healthy food!

3. How can GDP per capita and poverty rates indicate standards of living in each system? If there is a high GDP per capita and a low rate of poverty there is high standard of living. And if there is a low GDP per capita and a high rate of poverty there is a low standard of living.

4. How can the size of the industrial/service sector and the agriculture employment rate indicate the level of industrialization? If there are many people working in industrial and there are few people working in agriculture there is a high level of industrialization, and if there are many people working in agriculture (crops) and a few people working on industries there is a low level of industrialization.

5. How can electricity, communication, and transportation facilities indicate the potential for industrial growth? Good facilities indicate that the country is making a lot of money so that country should means of transportation, good communication, and transportation.

6. Considering the lack of natural resources, the labor problems, and the lack of capital and little industrialization of developing countries, how can developing countries develop? (Hint: Look at Economy - Overview for Chad). The developed countries can invest the undeveloped countries. Chad is a very poor and undeveloped country, but if you see North Korea and USA they are rich, developed and powerful countries that can help undeveloped countries such as Chad and much more.

Conclusion:

Market-oriented and command nations tend to place different priorities on the role of government in the economy, with the government sector generally playing a larger role in command nations. Given their resources, market-oriented and command nations can choose to focus on increased industrialization and expansion into new markets. Developing nations, however, often lack resources necessary for industrialization and must seek aid or investment from industrialized economies in order to grow. With increased globalization, we are becoming more acutely aware of the interdependence of all nations in our world economy. (Help)

What do I think about the movie...

I did not understand very much the movie. I think it is complicated because It talks about a lot of things. Like about taxes, then about a store, then about unfair things for workers, and then about cows. I understanded some things such as the unfair things for workers and the cows things. Well the workers were forced to work 15 hours and the store was called sweat store and they had all the windows closed and the door closed and everything was closed so they could not go out, and there is one case that in a sweat store there was fire in the building and the workers of the sweat store could not go out because everything was closed. What I understated about the cows was that they were putting some kind of drog to the cows so they produce more milk, and also that in the meat of cows that we eat we are eating some of their hormones. This is what I understanded, in my opinion it was a little complicated the movie.

Introduction to Globalization

1. What do most people think globalization is? Most people think that globalization is buy cheep goods from other countries.
2. What is the real definition of globalization? Making cheep products and selling them all around the world.
3. How is "Bhangra pop" in India and example of globalization? Sounds like Jamaican reggae played on traditional Indian instruments, then amplified.
4. What is positive or good about globalization? I like that I have a variety of food to pick on, just like Mc Donald's, Italian food, sushi, etc.
   
5. What is negative about globalization? People are loosing their culture because they are being influenced by other countries.
6. What are indigenous people? Groups that stay in a specific area and have an specific culture.
7. What do linguists estimate is happening every two weeks due to globalization? A language dies.
8. How did the images make you feel? I felt very sad about about this people because they are poor and I also felt curious about some of this cultures and believes.
9. What did the photographs teach you about indigenous people and/or globalization? Indigenous people eat tropical things such as fruits so they don't really participate in globalization.
   
10. In your opinion is globalization a good thing or a bad thing? Or some combination of the two? Explain. I think it is combination of good and bad because, I love to have a lot of options of what to eat and it that is not necessarily from my country. But it is bad because some countries are loosing their culture because they are being influenced by others. But I wouldn't like to not have all this restaurants to pick on.
    

Please Help UN

Sudan needs help from the UN right now. I think it is completely unfair that the Sudan's president is helping the Hurders with weapons, money, etc. and it is not helping the farmers. First of all we need your help to stop the fighting and stay in peace, and second of all we need the Sudan's president to know he is being an unfair president. We all say that fighting is not a good way to come to a resolution, bu we all know that now a days there is always violence. The Sudan's president can't take sides, and he has to figure out a way were the Farmers and Hurders are happy. You all (UN) are peace keepers and we need your help to solve this problem and to let know the Sudan's he is doing the wrong thing of taking sides. I am very sad of what is happening around the world, with all the violence and we need the UN's help to solve this and stop the killing, and genocide. Genocide is horrible, please help us!

From : Camila Rosales
PS: We need your help urgently!

Genocide in Sudan

In Sudan two troupes are fighting for a piece of land. The troupes are : Farmers and Hurders. The farmers want to plant fruits in a piece of land but at the same time the Hurders want their animals to stay and run in the piece of land, so they are fighting for it. But the president Omar al-Bashier is supporting the Hurders and he is giving them weapons, money, etc. And they are killing the farmers and also people that are innocent. This problem is very bad, now a days there is no peace in the world, everything is solved with violence! It is unfair that the president is supporting a a troupe and not the other. The resolution is definitely not violence. I feel very sad about this problem and I wish I could help with this problem!

Hotel Rwanda

What are the limitations of the U.N.? They can not shoot unless they are shot first. They can only keep peace. They can't save every one. If the government doesn't let the UN enter they can't. They cant enter a country by force because they wouldn't be peace keepers. They cant kill people that are bad or good, they have to keep there guns down because they have to teach the world keep peace.

Is it the responsibility of the world to stop genocide? It is the responsibility of the world to stop genocide because the people that do the genocide live in this world were you and me live. We all have to help each other and not stay home saying "Oh poor people," because one of those people can be your mom, your friends, your family. We have to stop genocide around the world because the next person that can be killed is you! We are all responsible of what happens around the planet Earth because we live in this planet and we have to help to make this world a better place to live.