Arizona

We want to go first because we believe that we are prepared to rock the sheesh out of everyones minds.

Nebraska

We want to go first! If Vincent shows up.

FIRST!!

FLORIDA WANTS TO GO FIRST!!!

Colorado

We want to go third.

Colorado

We should go first because we are not afraid to. In fact, maybe we'd like to go first!

We are very prepared. "Very prepared" as in, prepared enough for it being due in two days.

Georgia

Dear Mr.Cummins my group wants to go first because we are very confident and intellegent so why should we not go first?
-Ms. Finefeuiaki Mr.Hartley Ms.Herrara and Ms. Martinez

Alabama

Dear Mr. Cummins,
We should go first on our presentation because our bill is almost completed. We eager to answer questions.

Nebraska

We should go first because we are passionate about our subject and ready to debate.

Florida

Dear Mr. Cummins

We would love to go first because we have the greatest bill that should be mentioned to the class. We need to save people from obesity as soon as possible! Another reason is that we should be first is to make the other groups jealous of our hard work.

THIS MESSAGE IS APPROVED BY THE BILL GROUP OF FLO RIDA!!!

Conneticut

Our group wants to go first because we are so confident and we have all our point down and our law is worth it. (:

Delaware

We should go first because we feel that we will be ready by wednesday and are confident on how our presentation will go. Our facts are strong and we are all very familiar with are infromation. Salomon and Tyler say because we will fight till it is passed! adios

Arizona

Today: put the sections we found into actual wording for the bill.
Who is doing what: Everyone is gaining information on all sections.

This weekend: Joseph will type the information onto the bill with information gathered by the group. Eduardo, Riza, and Brandon will focus on the visual presentation.

Conneticut

DID TODAY: put the sections we found into actual wording for the bill.
Who is doing what: Everyone is gaining information on all sections.
This weekend: Trevor will type the information onto the bill with information gathered by the group. Adrian, Zach, and Magaly will discuss the visual aid over the weekend.

Flroida

did today: divided up sections, clarified our bill for each section, discussed our visual aid (power point and/or video)
who is doing what: joann:sections 9 and 10, Leticia:section 7, Jenny: section 3 and 4. gil: section 8 and 9
to do this weekend:everyone work on sections

Colorado

Yousif and I did research and put together some of the Powerpoint, while Bonnie typed up the formatting and first few sentences of the bill. This weekend we plan to film a public service announcement commercial.

Georgia

Today we shared our researched information and started rough draft of the bill.
We are all doing 1-6 together and separated remaining sections between us.
We are planning to meet on Sunday to finish the rough draft.

Alaska

Today, we figured out how to use Google docs to collaborate. We each worked on our individual sections and did some research.
This weekend we are working on our sections and they're going to be mostly complete by Saturday. Every person is also going to email Kristina their main points so she can make a powerpoint.
Section 3&4 - Anita
Section 5&6 - Betty
Section 7&8 - Kristina
Section 9 - Jeanette

ALABAMA, period 4

Today, we research info. on all the sections.
Division of Work:
Rosy: section 7 and 9
Deriek: section 12 & 13
Katrina: section 1, and help out with harder sections
Angelica: Section 8 & 11
group: type
meeting this Sunday

Delaware

Today we split up each section of the education information on the opposing viewpoints website and wrote down notes in our own words. This weekend we plan to get all the information together and share it with one another and get ready to write our own 2 pages each.

Nebraska

Emma: Looked up both sides of our topic with reading debates.

Vincent: Researched arguments also.

Cindy: Looked up committees for our bill and tried to think of a creative short title.

Planning to:

Do visual (poster)
Reserach more on our topic.
Start on our Bill

Nebraska

A qualification test to be elgible to vote for everyone over age 16.

Colorado

Driver's training reform alongside the suspension of speed limits on all highways, and higher speed limits on large roads.

Arizona

Decriminalization of drugs (x

Delaware

Education Reform (national education)

Conneticut

National immigration bill against Arizona Immigration bill

Florida

Weigh a certain amount to enter a fast food restaurant.

Beatriz Castro

One good thing about government is free education and a bad thing is taxes.

Brenda Martinez

Good: We have a say in our government
Bad:We don't know everything

Anita Hall

One thing i like about government is, it controls thing and one thing i dont like is its not always fair.

Kristina Burgess

Good: They provide schools
Bad: They don't enough money to the schools

Keiana Miley

Good: Regulates what people can do and cant do.


Bad: The government wont tell you everything

Jimmy Maley

One good thing about the government:

It is a democracy, the people have power. Us in America are lucky to have a democratic government.

One bad thing about the government:

It can't please everyone... That's all I could think of, really.

niko afuola

good:the people have a say in alot of wat goes on

bad:doesnt tell you everything

Joseph Quang Pham

The government regulates laws and order.
Bad thing: High taxes? (x

Jazmen Ferguson

One thing i like about government is it controls things. One thing that i hate about government is it is not always fair.

Derrick Carvajal

Good: The government maintains the law and order of the country.
Bad: The government doesn't tell you everything.

RACHEL FINEFEUIAKI

GOOD THING: HELPS OUT OUR PEOPLE
BAD THING:NOT SO MUCH HELP

Zach Ebright

Good:
we have a say in the government

Bad:
corruption

Salomon Ordonez

Positive:

we get free education and many benifits.

Negative:
Corruption

Govt is good because, WE NEED IT. if we did not have it we would die.
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Magaly Amezcua

One good thing about government is people having the power in everything. (Democracy)


One bad thing is sometimes the things you really want in the world can't happen.

terrance hartley

i do not like the goverment because of the high taxes.
I like the goverment because it provides free education for me

Adrian Arenas

Positive: We get to Free education and good economic help




Negative: Corrupt

Yousif Kassab

Good: Power is shared

Bad: Stupid people make stupid decisions cause they're stupid

Rosie Aldama

One good thing about the government is that the Education is free
One bad thing is that not everyone is able to actually have an opinion on something they don't agree on.

Ryan Boone

I like the government because they help provide shelter and food for the people of America.
I dislike the government because they overprice and tax many items that get sold in stores.

leticia buckhanon

the government is good....... it controls all the things that we do in a good way.
its bad ...... sometimes because they over tax things.

Angelica Le

One thing good about government is that they protect the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink. One bad thing about the government is high taxes.

Trevor Dimich

Good: Everyone can have a word in our government.
Bad: The government sometimes doesn't use everyone's opinion.

Rizza Ann Bendanillo

Good: Help to enforce people constitutional rights.
Bad: Tax's

Katrina Gutierrez

Our government is good because we have representation in the government.
Our government is bad because our solutions for the oil spill isn't well.

Jeanette Hoang

One good thing about government is that it regulates people's actions.

One bad thing is that some things are still considered unfair.

Emma Cozens

Good: gives us shows like West Wing.
Bad: gives us terrorists.

Cindy Doan

One thing that i like about government is that it controls and keeps in balance things that happen in our community, state, and country.
One thing that i hate about it is that sometimes the government is not fair and does not do whats best for others.

Tyler Louie

Good: democracy
Bad: taxes

Eduardo Orozco

Good: Order

Bad: Corruption

Joann Chau

Good: Keeps everyone safe.

Bad: Justice is not accurate for everyone.

Jennifer Beard

Government is bad because it tells us what to do and makes us pay taxes.
One good thing about government is it pays for Programs to help people

Veronica Flores

positive: we, as the people. have good representation
negative: political corruption

Gil Roy Casanova

Good:

1. Free Education until 12th grade.

Bad:

1. Too much taxes

65% done

Panda is not fluffy enough

Our weakest person is You. Who is that? I don't know.

georgia

we are about 60% done.
I am the weakest link as usual

FLORIDA

1) He's a very cool guy
2) We are about 40% through
3) Vinh and Torres are the weak links hahaha

Team arizona p4

1. We are at 70 percent. We worked on the powerpoint today.
2. All of us are the weakest link!!!

Alabama

1) very much
2) ~50-55%
3) no weak links as of now.

Connecticut

I hate panda a f... lot. 50.00000000000000001% complete. and the weakest link..... is you.
kathleen likes to eat big doo doo poop thing and shiz. :D

Alaska

Hi, it's Justine. Uhm, We have been very productive on our assignment. Okay. This is very good. I'll send you more of my notes regarding the subject of our bill. Amit, Vanessa, and Cassandra have been working really hard as far as I'm concerned. Blah blah blah. You got the rest.


Ebreo, OUT.

TEAM ARKANSAS.

65% DONE.

BEST GROUP MEMBER : KELLY NAPOLITANO!

HOW MUCH DO WE HATE PANDA? : HELLA. sike.

Team Colorado

we ate mcdonalds, soup, turkey, and pizza.

Team Delaware

we ate KFC, BBQ and rice and noodles. We had a family gathering. :D

Connecticut

uhh avinika ate soup
Ricky ate korean bbq
Fabian ate Burger King
I ate BBQ

we looked up our sections. yeahh and put stuff together

Vinh-udon
Vanessa-potatoes chicken, stuffing
Irving-Mexican food, steak and chicken
Amy-unknown

alabama 4/5

romer-meat
harpret-fasted... lol jk .. tortillas
winton-rice and pork
adriana-rice, beans, and bbq

TEAM ARKANSAS

DAY 3:

Tonight is going to be a good night! All the writing has been started, and everyone should be done with the writing by tonight. We will proofread the writing in class on day 4.

team arizona

karen- worked on formatting bill
chuong- worked on his section
sam & dominick- worked on powerpoint
next time we meet: 4th period tomorrow

Georgia p.4

Created a google doc. Looked at some books on prostitution. Started the first two sections. Created a short title. Confirmed the session of congress. Talked about when we will meet up at the Milpitas Library.

Team Delaware

We looked up research. And made a google DOCS for resouces.
Were going to meet up tomorrow in class.
Our jobs are to find more information and post it in google docs.

Pepsi

Bill Project Day 1 Colorado

Team Colorado:

Sade & Nhiely: Research sect. 4&9 and 5&7

Zak: researched committee 3&1

Marc: Reading over bills past 6&8

Meeting tomorow in class

today

decided topic, created a way of communication , assigned sections to members
karen- sec.3
chuong- sec.4
sam- sec.5
dominic- sec.1 and 2
next time meeting: in class tomorow

Connecticut P. 4

Today we finally decided on banning religion because freakin Cummins didn't let us ban Dihydrogen Monoxide >:[ (Grrrr). We're all gonna meet up online tonight. In the chatroom. And stuff. Yeee. I like carbonated Dihydrogen Monoxide.

Alaska

We searched up information on our topic, the KILL BILL. Thanks Cummins. Also, I didn't even know Terry Schaivo's father had died not too long ago. heh. Oh we decided to meet tomorrow inclass. Uhmmm.... And we also decided to that abandoned house at night to study. blahblahblah. whatever you told us to write.

Alabama 4/1

Today we decided what our bill would be, which is to create a law that forces us citizens to be under a certain weight/bmi.

Romer will be responcible for the bill format. All members are to research about obesity, average weight/bmi in America, doctor recomended weight, anything related to overwightedness.

We will meet tomorrow in class to continue discussion.

Team Florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we reseached the pros and cons about weed. Decided what each member is going to do. Vinh and Irving are reseaching, Vanessa is writing the info. Amy is working on the powerpoint!!!. Next meeting will take place tomorrow in F-18 at 11:12 am.

TEAM ARKANSAS.

DAY ONE:

We found divorce rates, marriage rates, and marriage laws. We are all taking parts in certain sections. So, that way we can accomplish things quickly.

Our favorite sodapop is Dr. Pepper.

We are meeting tomorrow during class to continue our research.

Team Delaware

Physical Education Required for all schools.

Team Arizona

Ban the Death Penalty!!!!

Changing the drinking age to 18

We are writing a bill about changing the drinking age to 18. Yeeeah...

team florida

pot =D

TEAM ARKANSAS.

BANNING MARRIAGE IN GENERAL.

Team Alaska

Euthanasia

TEAM GEORGIA

WE WANT TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION!!!!

thomas lamas

i like government because they have cops to look out for me. The thing i don't like is that they got gas going up on prices

Julie

One good thing about American Gov. is that it helps us understand the law more.
One bad thing about American Gov. is that they waste a lot of money.

Sade Lawrence

One good thing about government is that it provides a comfotable lifestyle for most Americans.
One bad thing aboout the Government is that they sometimes have corrupt people in office poisoning the nation.

Andrew Rosario

1 good thing that i can say about the government is that the government tries to keep the economy stable.
1 bad thing about the government is that the government needs to make better decisions about it.

Vanessa Lozano

The government can be really good cause it helps the country stay in control and not have so much disorder like other countries.

It can be bad cause it really gets in your personal life and sometimes can be unfair.

Ruby Diaz

1 good thing about government would be learning about the governemt
1 bad thing would be complicated for me, am guessing.

Ayla Levita

1. The government creates structure.
2. The government is corrupt and can never be as fair as we all would like.

Adriana Garcia

One good thing about government is it helps us understand laws.

The bad thing is that your every day life has to do with the government.

Amy Tang

Government helps maintain an orderly, civilized society, but sometimes the restrictions are too harsh.

Richy Nguyen.

Positive: Government stimulates the economy.

Negative: Government lies to you at times.

Chuong Nguyen

1 Good: regulate the economy
1 Bad: make better decision about the economy

harpreet singh

good-government helps keep order
bad- the government controls our lives

Dominick Zodiacal

The government helps and keeps the country going.

They're involved in everything you do.

Alberto Paneda

The government helps maintain the nation, but at the same time some decisions that they make are fail.

Amit

One good thing about the government is that it protects human rights.
One bad thing about the government is that is does not equalize those rights for every individual.

Romer Ibo

Government is there to keep peace and order. Government is involved with too many thing in our everyday lives.

Shirleen Yeh

the good thing about government is that they protect us
the bad thing about government is that they dont make good decisions sometimes

Vanessa Safi

The good thing about the government is that it protects us.
The bad thing about the government is that they dont make good decisions. For example, health care sucks !

Kathleen Osio

The good: We are well protected.
The bad: Insurance is too much.

Zak D Taylor

I like goverment because of how they balance their control so it's not to light and not too heavy. (Like the budlight comercial!)

What I don't like about like goverment is how they divide everyone into "parties", like the republicans are pretty much just stuborn jack-a-moles.

Avinika Shankla

Without government we wouldn't have order and things would be hectic. There wouln't be any infurastructure and people wouldn't know what rules to follow so they would be savages. So having a govenrment is a good thing.

Government can be a bad thing because the government could be currupt and out to get people.

Vinh

Government is good because it keep the country rollin'. It is bad because people die in times of badness

Marc Marquez

Something good about the government is that we have rights like freedom of speech. A bad thing about the government is that they put the country in debt.

Jesstandefer

Something good about the government is that they make sure the world doesn't get totally out of control. The bad thing about the government is they suck at budgeting money and health care SUCKS!

Samuel Mananquil

What I think what is good about government is that it keeps order and stops us from absolute chaos.
What is bad about government is that there are too many restrictions, and the government doesn't always make the best decisions.

Irving Torres

Something good about goverment is that we have rights that other countries do not have.
Something bad is that they need money, and so we have alot of budget cuts and raise in taxes.

Vivian Ly

One good thing about government is it helps protect the rights of the people.
One bad thing about government is sometimes, there's a bunch of dummies in charge):

Karen Rai

1 Good Thing: It helps us understand laws better.
1 Bad Thing: It can be confusing.

Nhi Le

The government keeps the country stable and creates laws that benefit the people.

The government's tax policies are unfair.

Fabian Phung

Government protects people. Government makes you pay taxes.

Rio Ocampo

Something good about the government is that it helps protect our rights

Something bad about the government is that it doesn't fairly distribute our tax money.

Ricky Cusi

One Good Thing: You get a better understanding of how our country works.

One Bad Thing: Too much stuff to remember about the Government.

Steven Vogel

One thing that I believe is good about government is that they can keep you safe in times of trouble. One thing that I believe is bad is the fact that they are always watching you. Knowing that is kind of creepy, kind of like big brother

Kelly Napolitano

One good thing about government is that it can keep you safe. Although, at times the govenment can become a nanny state where the government is always watching you.

Justine Ebreo

Government is good because without it, we would be fending for ourselves helpless and dying. Some of us aren't capable of surviving that way.


Government is bad because there are some aspects where a lot of manipulation is involved to serve the elitists than the common people.

Winton Nguyen

Something good about government is that they protect our rights. Something bad about government is that they make us pay taxes.