Community+Service+Learning

//What is a citizen?// A citizen is someone who's legally registered as a person that's part of their country.

The community I most identify with is Cross Country because I have practice everyday and I make friends with people on the team.
 * __Communities - 10/14/10__**

//Cross Country// Resources - To change my life, friends, exercise, endurance, being on a team Problems - Jealousy, competitiveness, not everyone follows directions/orders

a. When you think about your community, how does it make you feel? What about the resources and problems? - I feel inspired and happy because this is what i've always wanted, to be on a team. For the resources, I'm very proud since I'm exercising while doing something I love. For the problems, I'm mad because if this sport is what the people on the team love to do most, then jealousy and competitiveness shouldn't take over them.

b. How can some of the problems be addressed with the reasons? - The resources such as being on a team and goals can address jealousy because if you're on a team, you should support each other. Also with goals, you should focus on your dream, not the person that's next to or ahead of you in a race.

c. Dud we see similar problems/resources in different communities? - Yes, problems like people contradicting each other and resources such as friends and goals were mentioned in other communities.

__**10/21/10 - Do Now**__ //4-5 Big issues//: War, poverty, racism, protection, and money for the school/country/city/state.

__**11/4/10**__ //Representative Democracy -// A Representative Democracy is when people vote on other people that wants to make the law for the country. //Strength:// There are different opinions that are heard and can be voted on. //Weakness:// Not every representative will agree on a law.

//Direct Democracy -// Everyone has an equal voice to all the choices that're made in that place. //Strength:// Ideas are used and you have a hoice to change something. //Weakness:// It's hard to make one whole decision.

//Theocracy -// A form of government in which God is the ruler of the country. //Strength:// The citizens of the country don't have to make the laws of the government. //Weakness:// The country isn't an actually form of government, more of a religion.

//Singly-Party State -// It's under a rule of a dictator and people have no voice. //Strength:// Everyone goes under one rule. //Weakness:// No one can campaign or run cadidates for elections.

- I think the Representative Democracy is the best type of government because everyone has a say in what goes on and it's organized into ideas that everyone can vote on.

__**11/15/10**__ //Crime// - What I would do to help stop this issue is write a letter about the danger people are in and sent it to the police. Then, I would ask the police to send that letter to every single house in the city to warn people to take action about this problem. The letter will tell people to call the police whenever they see a crime.

//Teenagers Smoking// - I could form a group/club about smoking for people that are still smoking and people that are beginning to smoke. In that group/club, I can make fliers that talks about the risks and effects of smoking. The risks and effects will relate to people's lives such as their family, future, career, or health and hopefully that will wake them up through persuasion. After printing out a bunch of fliers, I could then pass it out around school and put it in people's mailboxes.Through this I hope those fliers will have a huge impact on their lives.

__**12/15/10 - Do Now**__ __**What are some of the issues that you think we should consider trying to work on? Why?**__ __**- Some issues I think we should try to work on is littering because almost everywhere I go I see trash on the floor and the janitor has to pick it up even though it wasn't their doing. We have to get people in the school to help recycle and dispose objects where they belong or else our school would look like a messy and crappy school.**__ __**Issues in School**__ __**- Low grades**__ __**- Bullying**__ __**- Littering - causes our school so took like a mess**__ __**- Stealing - students breaking into other students' lockers and taking their belongings for self-benefit, we can have more complicated locks for the lockers**__ __**- School activities - there aren't many activities to attend that people might wish the school had**__ __**- School budget - we can have fundraisers such as car wash or bake sale and have everyone or mostly everyone in the school to participate and help (lack of money for field trips and equipments)**__ __**- Dropouts**__ __**- Teen pregnancy - this causes students to drop out of school due to the stress**__ __**- Violence - people get injured, more people need protection/safety**__ __**- ID theft**__ __**- Homework**__ __**- Vandelism - students need to respect school property**__ __**- Class Disruption/corruptions**__ __**- Racism**__ __**- Drugs**__ __**- Joining groups sports**__ __**- School cleanliness**__ __**- Air pollution**__ __**STEALING (outcome) - to have higher security for people's property and belongings**__ __**Bridget: make sure everyone has locks and if someone has something valuable then they must lock it in their classroom/homeroom**__
 * __OUTCOMES__**
 * __- have hallways patrols__**
 * __- influence people to take pride in what they have__**
 * __- make sure everyone lock stuff up__**
 * __- build more trust__**
 * __- stronger locks__**
 * __- awareness of bad thing to steal__**
 * __- give punishment for stealing__**
 * __- set examples to stop the cycle of theft__**
 * __- education__**
 * __- making sure everyone has a lock__**
 * __- to make people feel safe__**
 * __- valuables have a safe place__**