Week 3 HMWK and Readings: The National Debt

"The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to be careful to prevent their growth in our own."
-----John Adams, First Address to Congress, Nov. 23, 1797


After we finish our discussion on gentrification we are going to try to take a stab at the national debt. All of the federal government's efforts to stem the tide of the financial meltdown have added hundreds of billions of dollars to an already staggering national debt, a sum that is expected to double over the next 10 years to more than $23 trillion.

Good times....
Well, your homework is fairly straightfoward.
1.) read the attached article
2.) get a hold of the NY Times article (click here) budget puzzle game
3.) answer the questions and complete the puzzle.

As always, print-outs will be made available. Best of luck.

Week 2: Gentrification

Week 1 answers to intelligent design and evolution are due by the 2nd half of class tonight.
Week 2 questions and readings will be handed out tonight and are now posted on the blog. They are due by the second-half of class on Week 3. Best of luck.

Your First Impression

Please read the two attached articles (HMWK Readings Week 1) on the debate between evolution and intelligent design. The questions poised to these articles are listed in the "HMWK question" section. You may work on this assignment over the week and/or complete it during the first half of class next Thursday. This is your "Thin-Slice" writing moment. Do not take it lightly.