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Today while reading through a few blogs by Cool Cat Teacher, i came across an interesting title Playground Pain Limits Classroom Gain. As i read the article it started by saying how can we make sure kids are being safe with playground horseplay, especially with bullies at roam? Kids must be watched at all times of the day, and with out adults to watch them when their at play for their recess, whats going on with the bullies and if they are harming younger children and threatening them, how can they learn with them breathing down their necks?

PLN 13

As i was going through some blogs, i decided to look through the Cool Cat Teachers blog. As i scrolled down the page a picture instantly caught my eye, it was a blog titled If My friend Scott, a double amputee can run an Ironman, whats your exercise . There was picture of a man who was running and it seemed as if instead of having calf's like most people, he had spring like legs attached to him right below the knee. This picture intrigued me enough that i instantly started to read the blog. It was a very interesting blog. A man of the name Scott Rigsby, 39. Rigsby started this whole thing by when he was a teenager and got into a truck accident, requiring him to get a double below the knee amputations. And nearly two years ago he decided to completely dedicate himself to test his limits in major triathlon races. He now is the 1st and only person in the world to complete a triathlon with two prosthetic legs. This amazing story made me think, If a man with two prosthetic legs can go out into the world and run/bike/swim a triathlon, why are we still sitting here getting fat and lazy? If he can do those things with fake legs, we have no excuse to stay at home and do nothing.

PLN 11

In the Denver Post, an article stated that in Colorado Springs a board of Olympic board members will meet on Friday to discuss a proposal to provide a new office and living quarters for Olympic athletes. I think that this idea is a great idea for the city of Colorado Springs. This is because it will help raise the population and growth of Colorado, and show that statistics are right, we are the most "Fit" state in the U.S. and this proves it by saying we can hold a training center for Olympic athletes. All in all i think that this is a great idea.

PLN 10

Today Loveland ski and snowboard area had finally opened. The resort already has an 18inch base which is extraordinary for this time of the year. Which makes me think how do this mountains have so much snow this early in winter? The answer to this question is most of the snow is from strange cold fronts in the Rockies that have brought a ton of snow to the mountains fast and early. Also some of the snow is man made. This also makes me think how much sooner could they open ski areas and how much longer could they stay open? If you think about it if they can make enough snow to have an 18inch base, and if technology keeps advancing they could make more snow more efficiently, to open the resorts faster and keep them open longer.

PLN 9

Today i was reading a post by The Denver Post named 1868 Shipwreck Found Off Alaska by Jeannette J. Lee. The article stated that a private dive team has discovered the wreckage of an American ship that sank off the south-central Alaska coast 139 years ago. The ships name was later discovered as The Torrent. It sank after tidal currents smashed it into a reef. Previous records show that all 155 people on board the ship had survived. This shipwreck is the oldest found in Alaska's history, and over 2,500 ships have been recorded that have wrecked in Alaska. This discovery makes myself and hopefully the others around me, if we can find a ship that has crashed and sunk 140 years ago what else could we find?

PLN 8

Today i while i was rummaging through the usual blogs, i came across an interesting blog tittled Three Dead in air-ambulance crash. As i read the blog it came to be an almost terrifying article, i continued through the article and it stated that at 2:11am Friday morning an emergency helicopter had toking flight for a rescue mission, headed for Alamosa, Colorado. The weather had been horrible flying weather so it was automatically a dangerous mission, it had been raining and the clouds were at low elevation. As it headed for Alamosa it had "lost control" and crashed killing three people on board, this included: a doctor, flight nurse, and paramedic. That's when it hit me "Who was flying the helicopter?". Apparently one of the three people on board had also been flying the helicopter, which made me think was this person suited for a high risked mission flight? As i pondered for a little while i thought, maybe pilots aren't getting enough training these days. If their not suited for un-expected weather then they definitely shouldn't be flying. Currently i think that anyone who is a pilot of any type of aircraft should be required to do more then the minimum to be able to fly. This is because if aircraft personnel aren't properly trained to fly in any condition they are risking many lives of the people on board and their selves.

PLN 7

Today while reading a few blogs i came across a blog about using math in life by James Holman (who happens to be my Algebra 1 teacher). As i read the article it asked detailed and significantly well thought questions, like what should we be teaching? Are there subjects that should be taught to students that would be more applicable to what they are going to see in their future? etc... So i thought to my self, should math be taught in schools today and if we do when are we going to use it? So i thought deeply for a minute or to and thought, yes math should be taught in schools today because in almost any job you have in your not so distant future you use math. My brother who is studying to be a Civil Engineer, uses math every night, he says its the most important subject you could ever learn if you want to be an engineer of any type. Also i thought even the military uses math frequently in taking measurements and wind speeds all the time for more accurate bullets. All in all the overall question is a hard question to think about.

PLN 6

While reading a blog called Is Payment for Good Grades Legitimate Motivation in This Day and Age? It asked if payment was good motivation for kids to work hard in school and get good grades. This is a good question, but i do think that it is great motivation, mainly because if it is going to get kids to try harder in school to get good grades then it should be perfectly fine. But what they do with the money is the only problem, I'm not going to go into detail but with the money they will earn could hurt them in the long run. Personally my parents don't pay me for my grades (they have only once, just to motivate me to get them better) and i wish they did not only for the money but for my GPA.