Wed, April 30 2014 Discussion Questions

It's the last day of April! Come on weather, be nice!

Here's the discussion question for today. Have a look, click the comment button on the bottom, and write out your opinion. Make sure to publish it!

-       Should people who have drug and/or alcohol problems have their children taken away from them by the government?

If yes, how long should they be taken away for?
If no, what should be do to protect the children?

See you soon,
Matthew

Wed, April 23 2014 Discussion Questions

-       Do beauty pageants have a positive or negative influence on little girls? Why?

AND

-       What message is more important to send to overweight youth, be happy with your body or lose weight? Why?

I hope you had a great long weekend! See you on Tuesday.

Matthew

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Wed, April 9 2014 discussion

We will be discussing the benefits of being more attractive than other people, if this is fair, why this might or might not be true, and experiences that you have heard about or seen.

Please visit this website http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/do-attractive-people-have-advantages-others-dont/ and read the article. It might help to have a look at some of the comments below the article too.

A new study has concluded that wearing makeup makes women more likable. Does this match your own observations? Why might cosmetics affect how a person is perceived?

Give us your take on the power of makeup and the societal “rewards” of beauty. Have you seen attractive people gain certain advantages? If so, why do you think it happens? What about the theory that it’s the confidence of the attractive people, not their looks alone, that draws people to them? What do you think the makeup study’s findings say about our culture? Does anything need to change? Why or why not?

Remember, for those who do not have a gmail account, please make one so that I can invite you to join this blog!

Matthew

Wednesday, Jan 29 discussion topic

Many parents have habits that they do not want their children to have. For example, many parents really love chocolate, smoke, or drink. Also, many parents dislike things that they want their children to like. For example, parents hate tomatoes, peas, apples, or oatmeal.

My questions are this:

Is it better for parents to be open and honest about their bad habits and dislikes, or should they lie to their children (hide the chocolate, eat the tomatoes when infront of their children, etc).

Do you think that the lies will be discovered at some time and hurt the children (mistrust, etc), or do you think that these lies are harmless?

Did your parents lie to you? How do you know and what did you do when you found out?

Would you lie to your children?

Are these kinds of lies different from others?


See you in class!!
Matthew

Gen

Hello,everyone.
My presentation topic is technology.
Thank you.

Gen

Hello,everyone!
I think today is the coldest in my toronto's life that means in my whole life.
Thank you,Matthew.

Wed,Jan Topic
In my opinion,I don't think talent isn't important because as some good players say,you don't need talent to do for anything.The important thing is hard to do something for you.So I think It needs to be hard-work at least.

I don't think it needs cash bonuses to be good grades but if they have some plans for it,they should.

My feeling is getting a little good,more and more,by the way.

See you tomorrow.Be on time for the class.