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October 17th & October 18th, 2006

What is the hardest thing for you about taking a Standardized (EOG) type test?  Why?

 
October 13th & October 16th, 2006
Where is the first place you go when you want to find the answer to a question you can’t answer?   Why do you go there first?
 
October 11th & October 12th, 2006

Technology:

After seeing the video on flight do you think you might like to fly an airplane someday?
Why?    Explain.

Careers:

Do you feel like you’re ready to write your first resume?
Why?  Why not?

October 9th & October 10th, 2006 Technology:
After looking at the videos and websites about rockets?
How do you know what you know about rockets?
Give Examples!

 

Careers:

What’s wrong with this resume?
Why?

Billy Joe Bob

 

(919)877-9000

 

Objective: Get a Job

 

Work History

Mechanic, at BP

Jiffy Lube

Michael Jordan

K-Mart

 

Edecation

Ocean High Diploma

Technical College

 

References: Call my old jobs man or my dad Joe Bob Sr.

 

Things can do: torque wrench, tire computer, engine obd computer.

October 5th and October 6th, 2006

Technology:

What do you think are some safety concerns we need to have with regard to launching rockets next week?  Why? Explain

 

Careers:

Do you know what a “Resume” is?  What do you use it for?
If you don’t know go to www.wikipedia.org and look it up.
Then tell me what it is…
 
October 3rd and October 4th, 2006

Technology:

What was your first memory about Space Exploration?  Why do you believe you remember it? 

For Example: Mr. Maxson’s first memory is of the early Moon Missions.  Your’s might be something about the Space Shuttle.


 

Careers:

What do you believe is Mr. Maxson’s least favorite part of the job application process? Why? 

What do you believe will be your least favorite part? Why?

September 29th and October 2, 2006
I’ve heard many students over the past 6 years say how Lowe’s Grove is a poor school with no money: please click on
--Trenchtown Reading Center-- 
in the lesson links.
Look through it and especially pay attention to the pictures. 
For Warm-up please write 1 paragraph on your thoughts about the reading center and how it looks compared to what we have to work with here at Lowe’s Grove.

 

September 27th and 28th, 2006 Technology:
How much would you say that you know about Space Travel?
How Do you Know?

Careers:

Get a McDonalds’ job application from Mr. Maxson and fill it out.  Do the best you can to fill in all the information as neatly as possible, you must finish this at warm-up time today.
September 25th and 26th, 2006 Technology:
Have you ever flown on an airplane before? 
If you have, tell me about it, if you haven’t tell me why or why not you’d like to try flying someday. 
Give Examples, at least a 5 sentence paragraph please.

Careers

What do you believe is the most important thing to remember about finding a job?

 

September 21st and 22nd, 2006
 
What do you believe that most American’s are most afraid of the most? 
Why do you think that?
 
September 19th and 20th, 2006
How would you define self-discipline?

How do you know what self-discipline is? 

It’s Ok not to know.

 
September 15th and 18th, 2006
Why do you think some students in Mr. Maxson’s classes are having trouble finding the “Lessons” section of the class webpage and doing their daily assignments without
Mr. Maxson having to yell at them, call their parents, or block all websites including email except for the ones needed for the lesson?

 

September 13th and 14th, 2006 Technology:
How much would you say you know about Computers?  Why? 
What are some examples of what you know?
How do you know?

Careers:

What do you think is the most unsafe job/Career?  Why?
 September 11th and 12th, 2006 
Using the “How Do You Know Links” define the following 5 terms:

pessimist
optimist
valance
mechanism
-ology 

Special link to enter them in

"How Do You Know" warm-up

September 7th and 8th, 2006
How do you know most of what you know?  Why?

 

September 5th and 6th, 2006
What is the most inappropriate thing you’ve ever seen happen in school?  Why?

 

Beginning of the Fall 06 Semester  Note card for Mr. Maxson

 Getting to know you… getting to know Mr. Maxson