Some Stock Suggestions....

If you're having a hard time deciding which stocks to buy, the following links might provide some ideas:

http://www.thestreet.com
http://www.seekingalpha.com
http://www.fool.com

Good luck,

-Ned-

POETRY OUT LOUD

Here's the link to the actual poems......time to channel your inner Beatnik!

Blinding you with SCIENCE!!!

Hey gang, I've got one more thing to add to your Weekly to-do list: Science.

From here on out, we're going to be closely reading the science section of The Week with an eye towards a weekly comprehension quiz. These science quizzes will be given on Thursday, following your usual quiz from The Week. Good times, right?

Oh yeah, the first quiz is today.

Happy Reading!

-Ned-

Financial Analysis: Care To Try Your Hand?

What do you say we switch up your "Week" routine and throw a little financial analysis into the mix. At some point today - either from Ned, Mr. Flanagan, or Ms. Brooks - you're going to get a lesson in the basics of the marketplace.

Armed with that newly acquired knowledge, I'd like you to look at the Business section of The Week and come up with three financial recommendations based on what you read. Sound's simple enough, right?

Here's the tricky part: any fool can make obvious recommendations about which stocks to buy and sell based on what they read in the news, but it takes a truly critical thinker to make the connections that can lead to the big bucks.

Good luck.

• Read the business section of The Week.
• Based on what you've read, MAKE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STOCKS TO BUY/SELL.
  
• On a separate sheet of paper, write your recommendations down in complete sentences and be sure to let me know about which article you are writing.
• DUE THURSDAY @ 2:oo
  

Vietnam and RLA

In the next few weeks we're going to begin reading a novel about the Vietnam War. This novel will sustain us through the Winter and into the Spring when the novel, The Things They Carried, will become the focus of our region's most prestigious literary festival, "Get Lit!"

But before we get into all that however, I'd like to find out a little bit about what you already know about our involvement in Vietnam. Thus, by the the end of school today I would like you to answer the following five questions (in the comments section below this post, using Microsoft Word, or on a piece of paper) in complete sentences to the best of your knowledge. Oh yeah, don't forget to include your name!

Here goes....

1. In broad terms, please describe what happened in the Vietnam War. When did it start? When did it end? Why did the United States want to get involved in the first place? What were some of the consequences? Etc.

2. How was the reaction to the war back in the United States?

3. Do you have an opinion about the war? If so, why?

4. Were any of your family members involved in the war?

5. In what ways did the war in Vietnam forever change American culture and history?

Good luck,

-Ned-

2010 Washington State Mock Election Results

OMG!!! Here are the results!

If you feel like comparing and contrasting RiverCity's results, here's how we voted:

1082 - YES (state voted NO)

1100 - NO

1105 - NO

1107 - YES

1098 - YES

Senate - Rossi

House - McMorris-Rodgers