Community+Service+Learning





November 4, 2010

The single-party state is a type of government that one person has full power and no one else would be able to have any say or go against the person with power.
 * Single- Party State :**

Theocracy : People don't have a say and the leader is chosen by god.

Representative Democracy : When people choose one person that will listen to them and tell others what it is that everyone should know and think about, it is free and fair and majority wins.

Direct Democracy : All people of the country can vote if a law should be passed or not, they can also vote on who can make laws and who can fire people and choose the laws.


 * My Reactions :**

I think the representative democracy is the most efficient and is the best choice. The people have a say in things and they have a represemtative that is willing to listen to them.

November 15, 2010


 * Do Now :**

Recycling - To make an impact on my community with recycling, I would put plastic bottle recycle bins in the cafeterias, next to the trash bins, place a recycle bin to seperate the trash from materials that can be recycled, also, have the students get involved and help recycle around the school and the community.

To make an impact this afternoon : - Recycle paper yourself! - Recycle and tell others to do the same. - Talk to principal about more recycle bins.

November 18, 2010

Lobbyist - A lobbyist is a person who would bring their concern and issues to the government but the help of experts.

December 15, 2010


 * Do Now:**

Some of the issues that I think we should consider trying to work on would be to get students and teachers to recycle more. I think this would be a good issue for us to work on because we are capable of accomplishing it and also it would benefit the school and environment. Sponsors for new bins, fundraisers, group of people to clear out the bins.

Another issue would be to stop bullying in schools.

Keeping the environment clean. -Littering -Recycling

Paying for trash

Early Release Schedule

4th Lunch food shortage


 * Recycling :**

123,211,080,314 this is the number of plastic bottles being thrown in landfills and littered in the U.S. This number increases every second. If we encourage others to recycle, we can bring this number down because there are many of us trying to help.

35% of landfills are made up of bulky paper and cardboard. This takes up a lot of space when we can just simply recycle it for other uses. Recycling would reduce the landfills and make our environment cleaner and more attractive.

There is a shortage of paper in school and if we recycle, we can save a lot of paper.

This would reduce the number of trees being cut down every year. Trees and plants produce oxygen for us and with the lack of trees, our air quality will decrease as time goes on.


 * Bullying (Ghita) :**
 * Girl commited suicide because of bullying.
 * Bullying starts at a very young age, they see the agression in young children
 * Many students are depressed due to bullying
 * 179,807 students are involved in bullying.

What we just did was we allowed everyone to have a say on what they wanted the issue that we would work on would be. Then, we voted, we votes two different ways, verbally and anonymously. I think that people saw what was the more popular choice when voting verbally so they just went with everyone else. The results of the 2 ways of voting was completely different. I like the voting in private more because I got to show my opinion without people judging. When we were lobbying, I thought that it was a good way to persuade the other person. I think that Ghita had a very good argument but there is a lot of questions I have towards this topic. Who would we target? the bully? the victim? both?
 * Response :**


 * Do Now #2 :**

You can get a recycle bin by going to the Department of Public Work, 356 Commercial Street between 8:00AM and 4:00PM. Each household can get one for free then any additional recycle bin would be $5.

I think the outcome of this active citizen project should be for Malden High School to have enough money to recycle and also, for each classroom to be able to use and have a recycle bin. One major reason that we cannot recycle at MHS is because of the lack of funds. If we could find a way to gather enough money and make it work in the school. Another important part would be for the school board, teachers and students to agree to positively contribute.

Receive recycling bins, save our Earth and also have fresher air.