Egypt

Use reading from class as the basis for answering the following questions.  Attached is the link to the article if necessary.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/31/egypt.protests.qanda/index.html?hpt=T1

While asking for change is clearly what the protesters want.  What do you think Eyptian President Hosni Mubarak should do to end the protests?  Be specific in your explanation.

Also what role if any should the US play in ending this conflict?

Globalization

Watch the attached video link on globalization.  We will discuss it along with the questions in in class on Wednesday.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcE2ufqtzyk

Teachers grading parents?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/26/florida.grading.parents/index.html

Read the attached article.  Do you think it would be a good idea for teachers to grade parents? Why or why not?

State of the Union Address

During the State of the Union Address President Obama said,

"We need to outinnovate, outeducate and outbuild the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our government. That's how our people will prosper. That's how we'll win the future."

What specific ideas do you have to help the United States economy to prosper?

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