Internship Makeup #2: 1-17-19
The BIS Internship Experience
- 100% completion will result in the student receiving a 5 for TODAY – anything less will be marked accordingly. STARTING Jan. 22nd, completed Internship Makeups will be worth 3.5 / 5.
- There will be no redos
- The assignment must be complete (with quality) during 3rd and mini periods
Part 1: Current Events
Complete the following in a new Word document:
CNN Student News (list this as a heading in your Word doc)
- Watch CNN Student News for today, January 17th, 2019
- Write a summary of the entire broadcast from today by defining all the national and international news that is shown. Tell the who(s), what(s), where(s), when(s), why(s) and how(s)
- Write a pargraph detailing your reaction(s) to the segment
New York Times Learning Network (list this as a heading in your Word doc)
- Teaching and Learning About Martin Luther King Jr. With The New York Times
- Scroll down the page to find #2: Protesting Injustice in Our World
- Read the excerpts from this section: Teaching Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Freddie Gray and The Art of the Protest
- Write a half-page response: Do you have to be disobedient if you want justice? How else can you fight injustice?
- Should Everyone Go to College?
- The Misguided Priorities of Our Educational System
- Answer the questions that fall under "Students, read the entire article, then tell us:
- Do you think everyone should go to college? Or should our society offer students more alternatives to higher education? Why?
- Is what Mr. Cass describes in this Op-Ed article true in your school? Is it mostly focused on preparing students for college — by, for example, emphasizing academic achievement, providing college counselors, offering trips to college campuses and giving application help? Is there any support for students who don’t plan to attend college? Or are they mostly on their own in figuring out what they will do after high school?
- Mr. Cass writes, “We spend too much money on college students and not enough on everyone else.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
- Mr. Cass offers one idea for a non-college pathway that includes a combination of traditional high school, a vocational program, a subsidized internship and paid work. What do you think of this model? If you were to design a high school that prepared students for the range of post-high school options, not just college, what would it look like? What classes, extracurricular activities, work opportunities and other resources would the school offer and why?
- (The following question refers to a quote from a reader) Do you agree with this argument? Is a college degree a key to social mobility? If there were more alternatives to college, do you believe it would make society more or less equitable? Why?
Remember to complete all the work and submit via Synergy Dropbox under the appropriate Internship Make Up (IMU) Week in order to get full credit!
NOTE: There is no absolute rule; very short or long paragraphs can work when used by an experienced writer. However, as a guideline, paragraphs should usually be no less that 3-5 sentences long.
