Ms. Sangalli's Class

Post at least 50 words and then respond or DEBATE to someone who said something you take issue with.  This is due by 10:30am

When students fail a core class, they can attend tutoring from 4 to 5pm for 8 days and have a chance to make a 70 in that class. They must attend every day and pass a test on the eighth day. 

You have all had access to laptops and software programs for your high school career. Many students have to go to a computer lab or library to have internet access or even the ability for word processing. Has the use of these laptops increased your intelligence and academic achievement?

Due by midnight Friday, Nov. 13th

This is for the Sat. session of Technology Symposium

Our students have had a wide range of access to the internet, databases, and software programs designed specifically for them. However, they do download music, movies, and play games also. The bottom line is, have these laptops increased their academic achievement and intelligence?

Seventeen year olds can watch a rated R movie at the mall, but are not supposed to at school. Should they be allowed? What if they are in a class with underclassmen? If they do watch them at school, what kind of movies should they be? What would parents say and think?

Write at least 70 words and think outside the box... even though you have to type in a box.  :)

Seventeen year olds can see a rated R movie at the mall, but are not supposed to at school. Should they be allowed? What if they are in a class with underclassmen?

Even though seventeen year olds are able to see a rated R movie at the mall, they are not allowed to watch them at school. Should they be allowed?

Richmond, California (CNN) -- Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night.

Police posted a $20,000 reward Tuesday for anyone who comes to them with information that helps arrest and convict those involved in what authorities describe as a 2½-hour assault on the Richmond High School campus in suburban San Francisco.

Two teenage suspects have been jailed, but more arrests, as many as 20 total, are expected, according to a police detective.

"We will be making arrests continually as we develop probable cause," said Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan. "With this number of people implicated in the incident we're going to be making arrests on an ongoing basis."

As many as 10 people were involved in the assault in a dimly lighted back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911 to report it, police said.

A 1999 California law makes it illegal not to report a witnessed crime against a child, but the law applies only to children 14 and under.

"We do not have the ability to arrest people who witnessed the crime and did nothing," Gagan said. "The law can be very rigid. We don't have the authority to make an arrest."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/27/california.gang.rape.investigation/index.html