Do you remember taking the ISTEP when you were in grade school? Should the fall ISTEP test be changed from reviewing the academic standards of the previous school year to the spring to test what the students learned from the current school year? The ISTEP test is used to show how much a child has learned in the previous academic year, this test is given up through a child’s sophomore year of high school to test and see what they have learned. The ISTEP can also be a way of showing the state what has been taught well in the classroom and what needs to have some work done. The problem with switching the ISTEP to the spring instead of the fall is that some of the material on the test may not have been covered by the time of the test. The teachers are told what to teach, but they have no set time on when they have to teach it or how long they have to spend teaching it. With the ISTEP test being in the fall the children will be able to show what they have learned completely and in the spring they will not be able to perform to their full ability. Due to this the ISTEP should remain in the fall to give the children the best opportunity to succeed, but if the ISTEP were moved to the spring it will take away from some of the anxiety placed on the children from not being in school to learn over the summer. Also if the test were to be moved to the spring then it could show how the teachers are teaching and how well the students are responding to the subjects being taught. Since this is the first year and a basic test run of the switch from fall to spring the graders of the test will see if a specific problem is too complicated for the test and that question will be removed. The ISTEP test switch is something that may take some getting used to, but may be very rewarding in the end for the student and teachers.
A new stimulus plan that has supposedly been proposed by the government is taking Evansville and the surrounding towns by storm; the only problem is that the money is to be used on transportation and road issues only. Should the new stimulus package be used on transportation issues or should the money Evansville will be receiving be put to better use? The new stimulus package is being proposed for all of Indiana, but each part of Indiana will be receiving amounts of money to be used on different transportation needs, and Evansville will be sharing the money with the other surrounding towns. This stimulus package is supposed to be used to create some new jobs and boost the economy, but if the money was used instead on something that would actually create more jobs or help out the community it would be put to better use than a newly paved road. This stimulus package has set rules it has to follow as well, it of course can only be used on things pertaining to transportation, but it has to be a project that is already to go and cannot go over the set amount either. With this new stimulus package the government could actually do something productive, not just waste the money on our cities roads or plant some grass to separate an interstate, but they could use this money to help school that need it, or better yet help out the college kids that live in Evansville and the surrounding areas. There are two colleges in Evansville and no money will be used to help them at all unless they need their roads fixed. Most of the people in the community of Evansville would probably agree that they do not want the money given to the state by the government to be used on our roads and other transportation issues. The government may think that this new stimulus package will be helping the economy, but in reality the only way that this stimulus package would help would be if it were used for something other than transportation.
Will the annexation of some parts of the west side hurt or help the people living in those areas? There are plan under way to expand the west side, but some of the surrounding parts on the outside of the city do not want to be annexed in to the city. They believe they will have to pay more and more money just to get the city services when they already have their own services taken care of. There are many members of these communities that are trying to get this changed, by making websites and speaking out at the city council sessions, but they aren’t really being heard at all. The members of the communities on the outside of the west side are afraid that if they are moved into city limits they will have to pay more for property taxes, pay more for other services, and they are afraid they won’t get the snow removal they need during the winter time. Some of the areas that have already been annexed into the city have gotten them to promise improve street lights, traffic signals, and phase in their new property taxes over a three year period. Also they are worried about the sheriff’s departments, if the areas are decreased than the need for deputies will decrease as well and that will cause job losses. City officials may think that this expansion will help the people in the city and those people that will become part of the city, but they may need to listen to the people they are relocating before they go on with this expansion.
Should USI students be worried that every time they hear that a storm may be rolling in that their power will be going out? Recently the students at USI have had quite the black out with power going 3 times in a two week period. The USI director of facility operations says that those power outages are not something that will be happening all the time, and each time there was a power outage that the same problem had occurred. The main problem is from the ice storm that tore through southern Indiana in January causing the transition lines to become weak. The very first power outage after the ice storm lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes which caused some classes to be canceled and was blamed on high winds, but the other two power outages were unrelated to high winds at all. A spokesperson from Vectren said that the spotted power outages have been common all over the community after the severe ice storms in January. The Vectren spokesperson also said that all problems including USI’s are completely fixed and now they are just dealing with any new issues. As a precaution for any future power outages residence life is trying to get full back generators for the community center so that students have hot meal when the power is out and they have no way to cook any food. To the students the power outages were great, they get out of class and everything, but they get old after a while. Now that the problem is fixed they don’t have to run and get flashlights every time there is a storm in the area.
Will the construction of the UC Bridge and on the roadways at USI be more of a disruption than expected? The new construction at USI is planned to start after the spring 2009 graduation and will cause some problems for the summer courses at USI, but will those problems boil over into the fall semester as well? For now they say that the inconveniences are affecting mostly summer classes, but if the construction is not done on time it could affect the fall semester too. The new construction on the roadway is to make a roundabout at the entrance of campus with a large brick and stone USI sign and may have a fountain incorporated in it as well, make the lanes larger on Bent Twig Lane, add in turning lanes, and to improve the roadways as well. As for the UC, the large bridge will be tore down taking away the great space where everyone stands when it is raining or when it is cold outside. The University has already started taking bids on who will be doing the construction, but has not decided on a specific contractor yet. The one bad part about this new construction is that in order to improve the roadway and make it larger crews needed to cut down trees, but they are planning on replanting almost 130 new trees to replace the ones they had to cut down. Although the construction may be a pain to deal with now it will certainly be worth it to have the USI campus looking as wonderful as it will look.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
"All About 4-H Youth Development Program from University of Illinois Extension." University of Illinois Extension-Urban Programs Resource Network - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 01 Apr. 2009.
The University of Illinois Extension suggests that the 4H is a voluntary educational program offered to all boys and girls regardless of where you are from, what color your skin is, or where you live today. The author comes out and says what the meaning of the organization is and then just summarizes the meaning with some facts. The author describes the meaning of 4H groups and what is the purpose of them. It is written to influence anyone interested in 4H to inform them.
I am using the information off this website to help explain what 4H is.
Horticultural therapy therapeutic recreation plants spirituality gardening leadership. 01 Apr. 2009.
The 4-H club suggests that the 4-H motto, To make the best better, the pledge, my head for clearer thinking, my heart for greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world, and the creed should be recited as is. They start off telling us the motto first followed by the pledge and ended with the creed. They wrote out the motto, pledge, and the creed so that they will be followed together when needed. The audience is anyone who will need to recite these when they are asked too or anyone who just likes to know what they are.
I am using this information to put on front of the brochures or pamphlets to make it known.
"National 4-H Headquarters - About 4-H." National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr.
2009.
The national 4-H headquarters suggests exactly how big the 4H organization actually is nationwide using actual information. The author comes out and says how many people are actually involved with the program using numbers and then goes on to give the history of the organization. The author wants to try and convince new people to join the club. It was written to anyone who might be interested in joining the organization.
I am using the statistics on the page to show how many people are involved.
National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests the meaning of how the usage of the name 4-H and the emblem should be used. They start off by explaining what exactly the 4-H name and emblem actually are then how to actually gain permission to use the name and emblem for any usage going on to explain the graphics with the appropriate and inappropriate usage of the emblem. The emblem and 4-H name is only able to be used with permission by the higher authorities and how the graphics should not be tempered with to cover any part of the emblem. The article is being aimed towards anyone that is thinking about using the name or emblem.
This article is going to be used toward explaining what 4-H name and emblems mean.
National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009.
This article written by the director of youth development, Cathann A. Kress, suggests that participation in a 4-H club can actually make a difference in a young person’s life.. She goes on to tell about how she went on doing the study focused on understanding how the club can actually make a difference in positive youth development. This document states that if you can be involved in the club for more than a year the club will end up being a positively influenced. It is written to everyone trying to explain how being involved helps out children.
I am using this article to show a study done to prove why joining 4-H is a good idea.
National Collegiate 4-H. 01 Apr. 2009.
The National Collegiate 4-H organization suggests that the members of the organization obey the outlines in the constitution that is in the following article. The article is in order from the items to be done first to the ones that should be done last. This document shows the guidelines to becoming an organization. It is written for all the members of the organization.
I am using this 4-H constitution to show how structured, organized, and prepared the organization is.
"National 4-H Headquarters - About 4-H." National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009.
The national 4-H headquarters suggests exactly how big the 4H organization actually is nationwide using actual information. The author comes out and says how many people are actually involved with the program using numbers and then goes on to give the history of the organization. The author wants to try and convince new people to join the club. It was written to anyone who might be interested in joining the organization.
I am using the statistics on the page to show how many people are involved.
"All About 4-H Youth Development Program from University of Illinois Extension." University of Illinois Extension-Urban Programs Resource Network - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 01 Apr. 2009
The University of Illinois Extension suggests that the 4H is a voluntary educational program offered to all boys and girls regardless of where you are from, what color your skin is, or where you live today. The author comes out and says what the meaning of the organization is and then just summarizes the meaning with some facts. The author describes the meaning of 4H groups and what is the purpose of them. It is written to influence anyone interested in 4H to inform them.
I am using the information off this website to help explain what 4H is.
Horticultural therapy therapeutic recreation plants spirituality gardening leadership. 01 Apr. 2009
The 4-H club suggests that the 4-H motto, To make the best better, the pledge, my head for clearer thinking, my heart for greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world, and the creed should be recited as is. They start off telling us the motto first followed by the pledge and ended with the creed. They wrote out the motto, pledge, and the creed so that they will be followed together when needed. The audience is anyone who will need to recite these when they are asked too or anyone who just likes to know what they are.
I am using this information to put on front of the brochures or pamphlets to make it known.
"National 4-H Headquarters - About 4-H." National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr.
2009
The national 4-H headquarters suggests exactly how big the 4H organization actually is nationwide using actual information. The author comes out and says how many people are actually involved with the program using numbers and then goes on to give the history of the organization. The author wants to try and convince new people to join the club. It was written to anyone who might be interested in joining the organization.
I am using the statistics on the page to show how many people are involved.
National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests the meaning of how the usage of the name 4-H and the emblem should be used. They start off by explaining what exactly the 4-H name and emblem actually are then how to actually gain permission to use the name and emblem for any usage going on to explain the graphics with the appropriate and inappropriate usage of the emblem. The emblem and 4-H name is only able to be used with permission by the higher authorities and how the graphics should not be tempered with to cover any part of the emblem. The article is being aimed towards anyone that is thinking about using the name or emblem.
This article is going to be used toward explaining what 4-H name and emblems mean.
National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009
This article written by the director of youth development, Cathann A. Kress, suggests that participation in a 4-H club can actually make a difference in a young person’s life.. She goes on to tell about how she went on doing the study focused on understanding how the club can actually make a difference in positive youth development. This document states that if you can be involved in the club for more than a year the club will end up being a positively influenced. It is written to everyone trying to explain how being involved helps out children.
I am using this article to show a study done to prove why joining 4-H is a good idea.
National Collegiate 4-H. 01 Apr. 2009
The National Collegiate 4-H organization suggests that the members of the organization obey the outlines in the constitution that is in the following article. The article is in order from the items to be done first to the ones that should be done last. This document shows the guidelines to becoming an organization. It is written for all the members of the organization.
I am using this 4-H constitution to show how structured, organized, and prepared the organization is.
"National 4-H Headquarters - About 4-H." National 4-H Headquarters-CSREES- USDA. 01 Apr. 2009
The national 4-H headquarters suggests exactly how big the 4H organization actually is nationwide using actual information. The author comes out and says how many people are actually involved with the program using numbers and then goes on to give the history of the organization. The author wants to try and convince new people to join the club. It was written to anyone who might be interested in joining the organization.
I am using the statistics on the page to show how many people are involved.
My Proposal
Since I was in second grade I have always been a member of the 4H organization. 4H is a voluntary educational program offered to all boys and girls regardless of where they are from, what color their skin is, or where they live today. My group was called, “Fighting Irish” which was for the people located around the small town of Ireland. I took drawing, leather crafting, and ceramics for my projects throughout my nine years of service. So for my public sphere day project I thought I would join collegiate 4H because of having been in 4H for nine years why not just continue being in the organization.
For the project I am going to talk and try convincing people why they should become a part of Collegiate 4H; explain to them how it is the largest out of school youth program in the United States, with having over seven million members and five hundred thousand teen and adult volunteers. Why would anyone not consider joining a well organized organization that has accepted constitution of its’ own which was accepted on February 21, 2002 is beyond me. A study done by Cathann A. Kress has shown that participation in the 4-H club has had a positive impact on children who stay involved for more than a year. On the public sphere day I am joining two of my friends at a table that will be set up on the sidewalk somewhere around the quad or outside the UC which is going to have brochures, pamphlets and promos that we will be handing out to a number of people to inform them why is would be inspirational to come and join us in 4H. The brochures and pamphlets will have all the information that one would need to know about what we do as a member of 4H also containing how to join the group on campus, and how to start volunteering around the city. They will go into more detail explaining what exactly the organization does for the community and for the member. Then they will explain what the four H’s stand for, hands, heart, health, and head.
For the project I am going to talk and try convincing people why they should become a part of Collegiate 4H; explain to them how it is the largest out of school youth program in the United States, with having over seven million members and five hundred thousand teen and adult volunteers. Why would anyone not consider joining a well organized organization that has accepted constitution of its’ own which was accepted on February 21, 2002 is beyond me. A study done by Cathann A. Kress has shown that participation in the 4-H club has had a positive impact on children who stay involved for more than a year. On the public sphere day I am joining two of my friends at a table that will be set up on the sidewalk somewhere around the quad or outside the UC which is going to have brochures, pamphlets and promos that we will be handing out to a number of people to inform them why is would be inspirational to come and join us in 4H. The brochures and pamphlets will have all the information that one would need to know about what we do as a member of 4H also containing how to join the group on campus, and how to start volunteering around the city. They will go into more detail explaining what exactly the organization does for the community and for the member. Then they will explain what the four H’s stand for, hands, heart, health, and head.
POLITICAL COMPASS
According to this political compass i am in the authoritarian left. I am more towards communism and facism according to the answers i put on the questionaire. On the international chart i am very close to Pope Benedict XVI and Mamoud Abbas which i do not think is horrible. When i was doing this i had no idea that i would come up on the left side because the first time i took this i was on the right side but i changed some agrees to strongly agrees and stuff like that.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Summary of my Proposal
My proposal started talking about my background in 4-H which started when i was only in the second grade. Telling others how to join the club and what exactly the organization does for the community and the members self-esteem and confidence. With all that in mind i started talking about how my public sphere day project was going to go. I got pamphlets and brochures explaining how you can join the club, explaining how the club helps the community, and what the clubs do on campus and off-campus. We also go some promos to hand out to the people that will stop by our table. For my public sphere day i joined collegiate 4-H.
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