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Student of the Month Interview

1.) What are some steps you have taken to win this award? Study hard, pay attention in class, and respect people. It also helps to join lot of clubs and get to know people. 2.) Was it difficult to maintain schoolwork and after-school activities? Yes, at first. After a while it gets easier because it becomes part of your routine. 3.) What qualities do you have that gave you the role of student of the month. I get good grades and I have a good relationship with my teachers and peers. 4.) Is being the student of the month difficult for you? It's not really difficult, it's really just an award I've received. 5.) What advice would you have for your fellow classmates to be successful in school? Always take notes, they help a lot. Pay attention in class because without effort, you won't do as well as you can. 6.) What is something you do everyday to help you stay organized? I have a planner that I put everything in and I write everything down ...

Current Events Quiz

1.) 3 inches 2.) Betty W. Hwang, Douglas Gibbons, Stephanie Gharakhanian, Sarah Mills, and Julie Ann Nitsch 3.) Transocean, Technip-FMC, and Diamond Offshore Drilling 4.) Novak Djokvic won the mens' and Naomi Osaka for the womens' 5.) The Mountain, Isle of the Dogs, and Jurassic World. Long Response 1.) The American Honey Bee Protection Agency partnered up with BAE, a military contractor site, by getting permission to place hives on their property. The company is doing this to "burnish" its image and attract young talent. They have began to planting milk weed around their land and donating to Texas by Nature, a Laura Bush Organization. Thanks to all of this, the American Honey Bee Protection Agency has been able to populate bees in more urban areas. 2.) 140 acres were dedicated to helping bees. The more bees that the AHBPA can fit into an urban area will help with teaching people about bees and their importance with pollination. 3.) The TRIGR system (Targe...

Ethics Case Studies

Aaargh! Pirates! Summary: In this article, the author talks about music being leaked. Many news sources will report the story and give people access to the illegal music. The story questions whether or not it would be better for the news to just stay quiet about the situations. Personally, I think that news sources should be reporting these incidents, but without any links. When they report it, the story may help bring the illegal music down by bringing attention to it. As long as the author leaves out any links to the illegal music, I think it is perfectly fine for them to publish an article. Publishing Drunk Drivers' Photos Summary: This story is about taking action to stop drunk driving. By taking and publishing photos of drunk drivers, less people are going to risk getting caught driving under the influence. The article questions whether this is taking things too far. I think that having your photo posted in a newspaper is a fair punishment for drunk driving. Howeve...