The magic 7

The article “Educational Leadership” has facts that I strongly believe in. The article, written by Tony Wagner, tells the truth about what students need to learn. He talks to businesses and people about what students will need to do in order to thrive in the new world of work. He makes seven major points that every student should know.
The quote, “Yesterday’s answers won’t solve today’s problems” really stuck out to me. I am used to memorizing material in order to get a good grade in class. For example in history class, how will all that history help us thrive? The only answer that I can come up with is so that we will not make the same mistakes as some people did in the past. I think that is reasonable and all, but that does not just go to me. It challenges me to know all that history then apply it to my life and how it can be helpful in today’s workforce.
Another one of the seven points that I find very interesting is the one entitled agility and adaptability. This is something that I find I cannot do well. For example when the due date of a big project is changed, it throws me off. I did the work and I would like to turn it in that day not waits another day or two. On the other hand, I can adapt well to other circumstances. If there is a new teacher, for example, I get to know how they do things pretty quick.
All of the seven skills challenge my fellow classmates and me. Even though we do not realize how much we need all the skills the teachers are teaching us; we do understand that teachers are preparing us for the modern workforce.
I really hope that my classes are not like any of the ones that Mr. Wagner interviewed. I do not think that we are, but then I have found myself doing the same thing as some of those kids did in their classrooms. I know that my teachers are trying to teach to these seven points, but I do not think we understand what we are learning about.
Reading this article has changed my views on school. I used to just go to school and everything leads up to a big test. That test determines what grade you will get. Now I think more about understanding the material they cover and how it relates to the jobs they are preparing us for. Teachers are really helping us with more than pure knowledge. They are helping us view the bigger picture.

my foods are whats causing illness?

In the blog 10 foods most likely to make you sick; It says that, “Some of the healthiest foods may also be the most likely to cause food-borne illness.” When it says that I automatically think that there is no way that some of the healthiest foods could be causing so many problems. I was wrong because some results favor the quote. “Eggs, involved in 352 outbreaks and 11,163 reported cases of illness.” This quote is ridiculous. How can it be that eggs can cause that much illness? That made me think about some ways that this could be possible. One of the most obvious possibilities is that people just eat the egg raw. After doing some research I found out that raw eggs are an excellent health tonic. This blew my theory right out the door in a heartbeat. Maybe eggs just went bad a lot quicker than people thought. This could be a good explanation because you could forget about them then eat them when it is too late and not even notice. This idea also ties into the category of leaving the eggs out of the refrigerator which is a very bad idea. Another food that was on the list was potatoes coming in at number three with 108 outbreaks and 3,659 cases of illness. Potatoes are some of my favorite foods. I also looked at what the web had to say on potatoes. One of the most interesting things that I found was that “Potatoes are good for you as long as you prepare them in a healthy manner. Boiled and baked potatoes are good for you, French fries and potato chips are not.” This really challenges me to think about this and take this into affect every time that I cook or my mom cooks. This because it makes me do more, but I will still stay healthy at the same time. Finally, to make the right choices when I want a snack. I do not want to end up with an illness or an outbreak from potato chips. That is why I will think before I just let my stomach choose and go right for those yummy bags of potato chips.

2016 olympics bids start at 1$

The 2016 Olympics is something that is a big deal to all. Even if countries are not Seeing Eye to eye at that point everyone still gathers for this huge event. In this article it talks about the pros and cons of the selected places for the 2016 Olympics to be. Those top competitors are Chicago, Madrid, Rio, and Tokyo.
One of the top competitors is, right here, in Chicago Illinois. Some pros, as listed in the blog, are that the United States has not held an event since 1996. Also that Chicago’s airport has all the world wide airplanes. This brings up some conversation about some other countries that have not held one for longer that that. This could really benefit us for a couple reasons. Having home field advantage has a big factor believe it or not. This also challenges our president since he has strong ties from Chicago anyway. But also this challenges all of us because if we did not have the fans turn out than it would be a huge waste of time and money. This probably would never happen because it is such a big deal, but still have to take it into affect. Chicago is one going to be one of the top two in my mind.
Madrid would be really cool to hold the Olympic Games there, but in my mind it does not have as good of a chance as some of these other. The same way as Tokyo. In my mind it just seems too crowded and they would have no place to fit these large stadiums. Rio, on the other hand, in my mind has the best chance against all of these other places. As it is said in the blog it has never hosted an Olympic games. Also it has the highest budget. This is really important that every country can agree on one. We really do not want to have a fight about where they should be. It should be a time of fun not fighting. Even though Brazil is hosting the World Cup in 2012; Rio still should get its chance to show off at their home court. Even though the decision is not up to me; I really wish it was. Since I do not have this opportunity I can only hope that Rio is picked.