Wednesday, May 11, 2016

current events 6.1

1. treasury secretary announced that they are going to change the $20 bill from President Andrew Jackson to Harriet Tubman, A former slaves and the greatest hide and seek player in the world. this will change the Currensy because not only will there be presidents on the bills but also important history figures. Using a Broadway brat musical about the first Treasury Secretary might excite the Fanbase. 

2. To state officials in a city employee were accused of covering up evidence of lead contamination. This is a rare case because the people who were accused were charged for being personally bad at their job but there wasn't any correction involved. The mayor plans to fill jugs with the tapwater this week and drink it for 30 days to show that it is safe. I think that the mayor doing this will help the situation.
3. Quinton and Trump campaign darn big your rated because of the big wins in New York. Clinton now has the majority of the delegates she needs to get the democratic nomination. Trump has also been doing well on the Republican race. Clinton's went to New York which is a state that she has represented before definitely helped her and wasn't a good thing to happen for Sanders.
4.Texas teachers union sued the head of the state education agency because of the new evaluation system that takes in teacher scores and students performance on standardized tests. The lawsuit seeks to block the Texas education agency from implementing the system. It is scheduled to take effect on July 1. AISD is adopting it's own system. The union is concerned that this new standards will encourage school districts to valuate teachers based on statistical analysis which means that they are measuring students improvement over time.
5. Volkswagen makes a deal to pay you ask customers. The government and private lawyers have reached an agreement for the company to spend just over 1 billion to compensate owners because the diesel powered cars cheated on emissions tests. Still others could receive money due to violations of the clean air act. They still have to make a payment because I need to help Volkswagen pay their debt.
6. There was a story about a dog that was surfing in Port A at a festival which raises awareness for dogs that need to be adopted. I liked the article because I think it's important for people to adopt dogs rather than spending large amount of money on purebred animals.

1 comment:

  1. 1. This answer has the right information in it but you don't answer the question directly. It's like you are lifting phrases from the story that you know is the right part of the story without applying them to the assigned question. This is especially true of the last sentence.
    2. Corruption not correction. It's not the mayor, it's the governor. Big difference. How is it that you and Claire both put mayor instead of governor? Makes me think someone is copying off of someone.
    3. " Quinton and Trump campaign darn big your rated" ??? This is gibberish. You also did not answer the whole question.
    4. This answer glosses over important details. It's unclear from what you write why the union is upset about this evaluation system.
    5. You should probably have mentioned that the Clean Air Act payment could be $20 billion more than the $1 billion they have agreed to pay defrauded customers.
    6. Good.

    90 - 15 for being late = 75

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