I chose the H.R.3126 bill, which is the Consumer Financial Protection agency Act, because Americans has a debt problem and this bill seems like an act that can prevent it.

I chose H.B.1393, which is the Legalization of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. I chose this bill because it seems like a very debatable bill. People may not want it legalized because they may become addicted to it and others may want it legal because it can reieve pain. 

I don't think much is going to happen with the consumer financial bill because the government gets money when people are in debt. I think the legalization of medical marijuana may become a law in the near future becausethe people will want it.

I chose the H.R.3126 bill, which is the Consumer Financial Protection agency Act, because Americans has a debt problem and this bill seems like an act that can prevent it.

I chose H.B.1393, which is the Legalization of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. I chose this bill because it seems like a very debatable bill. People may not want it legalized because they may become addicted to it and others may want it legal because it can reieve pain. 

I don't think much is going to happen with the consumer financial bill because the government gets money when people are in debt. I think the legalization of medical marijuana may become a law in the near future becausethe people will want it.

While going throughout my life, the same question happens to pop up every single year “What is the point of school”. I myself have asked this question of what the point of school was. In my earlier years I’ve probably been asking the question to be stubborn towards the teacher, but as I got older I’ve wanted to know the answer. I went about discovering the answer most people avoid by asking teachers and my parents. But the one person who I really needed to ask was myself. 

Throughout the semester my classmates and I have been reading about educators and their perspective on “What is the point of school is” or “What the point of school should be”.  By reading the different types of perspectives varying from Deborah Meier’s vision of democratic education to President Obama’s speech on the first day of school, I’ve formulated my own vision of school. The purpose of my school would have a focus on the arts and the normal math, reading, and science following after it. In an agreement with Ken Robinson, I believe the arts would help students discover what they truly love and inspire to be when they get older. The arts include of drama, art (such as painting and drawling), and music. Not only will they help guide students in choosing their career choice, but also give them a little down time from the standard subjects. There would be a total of 6-8 classes total depending on how many classes the student wants to take 6 being the minimum and 8 being the highest. I am also a where that all students may not have an interest in the arts, which is why the standard teachings will be taught.

Students would have the option in choosing the classes that most interest them. The students will also have up to the first two weeks of school to change the art class they're in if they don't find interest in them. But the standard subjects would be taught the normal way depending on the grade the student's in.  

Link to vido:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEkBjCNAJ68

This is my group ad

Here's my new portfolio that I did over. But I forgot to get the snowball from you after school so it still has no sound 

Here's my Humanities portfolio about the things I remember most about . I couldn't record because my mike didn't work so I just wrote down what I was going to say under the slides...you'll see it. So I thought there was no point in making it into a movie since I don't have my voice in it...So HERE YOU ARE ENJOY!!     

                                    Tyrell Thompson
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                     Language Autobiography

“Tyrell you can’t be going around talking to people any ol way you want to, there’s some that you have to speak to intelligently and clearly.” When I was young my mother told me ever since that I would have to talk a different way around different people. When I was in elementary school she told me that I have to talk intelligent to my teachers and not try to say umm or huh. I asked her why I couldn’t say that and she responded “Because you want to be betrayed as an intelligent young man because there are some stereotypes for black men.” Even now I have to code switch from when I’m at home to when I’m in school.
I’m not going to say the same thing to one of my peers to my teacher. For example if I wanted to call someone my age I would probably say “Yo come mere”, but if I was talking to a teacher I would go over to them and say “excuse me Mr. or Mrs. Whatever.” I even talk different to my parents then I would do to my teachers. I would tell a teacher “awww man why you drawlin”, but I wouldn’t say that to my mother. I would say “mother (if I wanted some thing) your not being fair”.
     My mother believes that just because I may act lazy when I’m at home, that I’m going to act lazy when I’m at school or I’m going to act lazy when I get a job. For the record I have had jobs and I have not acted lazy while I was there because when I’m at home I’m more relaxed. When I’m outside of my relaxed/comfort zone, I act different because I try my best to make a good first impression. For an example if I went out for a job I wouldn’t say “yo homie wassup?”, I would say “hello sir how is your day going?”.
There are just some things that you shouldn’t do or say around certain people because what you say and do can determine how that person feels about you. Even though it may not be true that’s how that person portrays you. I hear a lot of people say they don’t code switch, that they’re not going to change who they are for anybody. In my opinion I believe that is stupid because like I said before if your applying for a job you wouldn’t talk the way you would with your friend because if you did you would most likely not get the job. America is run on what the higher society or politicians believe is “correct English.” Even though I don’t believe that there is necessarily a such thing as correct English I have to use what they think is correct English to survive later on in life. So I’m glad that my mother told me when I was young that I would have to change the way I say and do things around different people. Now I know that code switching is a great tool that I can use in my life.