Thurs 3/13

Journal 32 (3/13/08)
-Do you think that what people do on their own time should determine if they should be hired or fired?

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wed 3/12

Journal 31 (3/12/08)
- Have you ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong? Tell us about it. If not then tell us when everything went right.

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Tuesday 3/11

Journal 30 (3/11/08)
- Many California Teachers could lose their jobs as school districts scramble to cut about  204 million dollars, or 5 percent, from their budgets amid a mounting state budget crisis.

- School officials say they have mulled options including laying off teachers, increasing class size, cutting security guards and eliminating music programs.

- State law requires that school districts approve budgets in June, but they must give layoff notices to teachers in danger of losing their positions by March 15

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What are your thoughts about this? How would you solve the budget problem?

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Thurs 3/6

Journal 29 (3/06/08)

March 6, 1992

Michaelangelo Virus Strikes

Concerns over the Michelangelo virus sparked a scare among everyone from personal computer users to world governments. As many as 5 million computers reportedly were at danger of contracting the virus, set to erase data on the March 6 anniversary of the artist's birth. In fact, Michelangelo spread to only a few thousand machines.

What is a computer virus? How does it spread? What can you do to avoid it?
Have you ever had a virus on your PC? If you did what happened? How did you fix it?

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Wed 3/5

Journal 28 (3/05/08)
Mobile phones are evolving into multi-functional devices. If you could design a new cell phone what features would it have? How would this be different from the phones out today?

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Tuesday 3/4

Journal 27 (3/04/08)
Happy National Sportsmanship Day! Have you ever heard of this? What is sportsmanship to you? Why is it important?

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Monday 3/3

Journal 26 (3/03/08)
What are your thoughts about this move? Which room do you like more? Why?

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