The Achevement GAP

1)what can students do to close the achievement GAP?
The students should not give up on any class even it's hard to learn.Don't give up if the teacher give up on YOU.They should also spend more time on study than any other things. If the home work are hard,they can go ask teacher for help. students can work together, that way, they can help each other and learn from others.


2)what can teachers do to close the achievement GAP?
Teachers should spend more time on those students who having trouble to learn. help them until they get the lesson. teacher can't just give up on students so easily, they should at least try their best to keep it up.

3)what can school do to close the achievement GAP?
the school can give more breaks to students. Like every Friday give them half day of free time, students will feel so tired after all the hard work they have done in school, a half day break will be perfect for them, it can relax their brains and bodies. students will like learn more if they can have breaks!!


4)what can parents do to close the achievement GAP?
parents should always ask their childes about their home work and grades. everyday when they come back from school, that's the first thing parents have to do. it can help parents know better about how their child doing at school..

Got Skills? (study)

a) From your reading, list three study habits that you think are most important?

1)study for half hour then go take a break and study for another half hour.

2)study together with friends.

3)study in school when you with teacher.


b) What is the easiest Study Habit you found? It doesn't have to be from a) Why is it an easy habit to follow?
study half hour then finish . because you are done.


c) What is the hardest Study Habit?It doesn't have to be from a) Why is it hard habit to follow?



d) What is one thing that you can do for one class to improve this week? Explain.

Grades & Nike

a) What one class are you doing better in this semester? Any thoughts why?



b) What one class are you doing worse in this semester? Any thoughts why?



c) Is Nike buying or selling Bauer?



d) What business is Bauer in?


e) How much did Nike pay for Bauer?


f) Nike is moving away from hockey and moving more toward what sport?


g) Does the article say Nike will get back the money is used to Bauer?


h) In your opinion does this move, make Nike look good or bad? Why?

Grades and Apple

What is your GPA?
1.44

b) Is it greater than it was last Semester?
no,it went down

c) What specifically can you do this week to prepare for your next quiz or test?
study the notes and go to office hour. also ask teachers for help if I don't get the problem.

APPLE

d) Who is the author of this article?
the author is John C. Dvorak.

e) We saw a video of Steve Jobs at MacWorld last week. What does MacWorld highlight?
the apple company have made a new type of laptop. they named it macbook air. it's 3 pound and it also 0.76inches thin.

f) Did Apple Stock go up or down after MacWorld?
it went up 2.61%

g) The trend in laptops is to use laptops instead of what?
it's used instead of desktop machines in both homes and offices.

h) Does the author think the MacBook Air will succeed?
not much because,
It doesn't have a PC Card slot and sports but a single USB connector
i) How many USB connectors does a MacBook Air have?
only one

j) Can you replaced or swap out the battery?
NO,
The batteries cannot be removed or swapped out, and the machine is just underpowered.
k) At the end of the article the author says why he thinks people were disapointed. Explain.
because the only good thing about macbook air is that it's very thin,it only has one USB and it had problem with replace or swap the battery.

l) Find a comment at the bottom that you find interesting. Explain what the commentor is saying.
I wonder if they can make better laptops.

You're Not In Middle School Anymore

Write a paragraph explaining how you think this high school is different from your middle school experience. Be specific.

This high school was very different from my mid school because the teacher teach me new things and it's very useful. They hope we all go to college and graduate from there. these teacher also had work very hard to help us to get better grades. they also are kind to me so I like them!!!!

Mentor

Knowing what you know now, what would you have told an incoming freshman? Imagine that you are writing to a freshman coming to this school in August of 2007. What advice would you give.........

well the first thing they have to is pay attention to all class, then they need do the home work teacher give.

Break

What I did in break was stay home played video games and watch TV.I also went to visit my father's friends. I went the mall with my mom and her friends. I got a PSP for gift.