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Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Immigration Debate

Thank you for your comments and opinions in our class debate today. I really appreciated your willingness to examine this very challenging topic from different perspectives. Special kudos on this point to Shaw-Well done!  Let's continue our discussion on the blog. Feel free to comment more on today's topic:

How can we protect our borders from illegal immigrants but still remain true to the freedoms and principles that define what it means to be 'An American'?

< Family Seal Activity Be 'VERY' careful and ensure that you follow the WILF for this assignment.

Your seal 'must' include the following:


  • clear balance of between 4-8 appropriate SYMBOLS organized in a symmetrical way

  • a title

  • a  motto

  • whole seal inside a shape

  • each symbol clearly named AND explained

  • NEATLY presented.

  • No writing inside seal apart from the motto

I strongly suggest that you do avery rough draft copy for Friday.

Don't forget to study for your spelling test on Friday. Remember study 'smart' not hard!

29 comments:

  1. Hi does anybody know what our math homework is?

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  2. Bekah it is page 9 or lesson 1.9

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  3. America is a country of freedom, and peace, at least it is true for now. With the new law that Arizona is trying to pass, thousands of people could be jailed just because they look like an illegal immigrant. In the video above, the person going for, or trying to enforce the law, clearly states that they can arrest you if you either look like an immigrant, or have no papers to prove that you are able to live in the state. If a nine year old child like myself was walking in Arizona, police would just have the right to do whatever they want to, and throw me into prison because I don't have my identification papers on me, or my passport. Is that fair? I think that this is a terrible idea, and I hope this doesn't get passed.

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  4. I belive that the law is right in some ways but wrong in others. Think about it the right things about this law being passed is that the illegal immigrants are using our money to pay for things they need but if they are coming here as an illegal immigrant they should try and find there own job at least! The second thing thats good about the law is people shouldn't be allowed here if they are just going to hurt our country in phyiscal and in mind ways because that is not right. If these people that do bad things were not in our country things would be much nicer. Though there are some bad things like Garuruv said if someone was walking down the streets without there paper work that does not give them the right to make them live a country that they had tried so hard to get here. Also poilce should not have the right to dig through your house just because of the color of your skin and thats about it!

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  5. Mr. Buxton today when you were checking my spelling you told me to watch a certain video it had a blue backround with black font and i can not find it can you tell me where it is on your blog???????

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  6. I thought we believed in equal rights. the officers are judging people on the color of there skin. And also people wold not usually have there papers with them.I mean wold you have your papers with you when you are walking around the neighborhood? any way I don't think this is a great idea.

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  7. You have a point on this Bekah. People shouldn't enter Arizona , or any place illegally. Though this law is going to help protect the borders, so illegal immigrants can't come in, but this is going to affect the people who are here LEGALLY as well! It will affect their freedoms. Just because someone looks like an illegal immigrant, they can be treated differently and unfairly which is against the American right of Freedom for everyone.

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  8. It is going against the constitution.

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  9. scroll down to bottom of page or look in archives on left

    +1 Gauruv

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  10. Well Gauruv you are right it will really affect the americans and their rights i think you made a good point by stating that

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  11. I have just debated with my mom about the new law passed and she likes the law and says a policman can not go through your house just because he or she wants to or at least its not legall!

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  13. Sophie, Great minds think alike!!!!!

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  14. Mr buxton would this be a correct appositive the foregin boy,who was from england, did not speak engilish.

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  15. yes, if you capitalized your proper nouns!

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  16. Mr. Buxton,
    On Wednesday you told me to watch the appositive video. Where is it on the blog????
    does any body know???

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  18. What is our Science hW Anybody!!!

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  19. in archives on right side of blog lauren

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  20. I agree with Gauruv. It's not fair to be arrested just because you LOOK LIKE you are an immigrant. And I think tat's against our Consitution.

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