Community+Service+Learning

What is a citizen?

A citizen is a legal member of a nation who follows the laws set by their nation.

What do you think a community is? A community is a group of people that join together.

What community do you identify with most? The community I identify with most is the Malden High School community, because I am a student there and I spend most of my days at school.

When you think about your community, how does it make you feel? When I think about my community, I feel happy about the resources, but am troubled by the problems.

How can some of the problems be addressed with the resources? The resources, which are teachers and friends, can help with the problems, the homework, fights, and class choices.

What makes something a community? To have a community, you must have members.

10-21-10

Types of Governement

Representative Democracy Summary: Government where people vote for others to make laws for them Strength: Different opinions can all be heard and voted on Weakness: Not everyone has same opinions on laws, representatives make all the decisions, may not vote in your favor.

Direct Democracy Summary:Government where everyone has equal say in choices Strength: Everyone is included, everyone has the chance to change laws Weakness: Many conflicting opinions, hard to make decisions

Theocracy Summary: Government where God is the leader Strength: Laws don't have to be made by citizens. Weakness: Not really a government, more associated with religion

Single Party State Summary: Government where a dictator rules, and people have no voice Strength: One person makes all the decisions Weakness: The rest of the citizens can not make any decisions

The best type of government is the representative government, because everyone has a say in the laws, and decisions can be made without much hassle because citizens are all being represented by another person.

5 Problems in Community, How to Effect 11-14-10

1. Lack of funds for clubs Start fundraisers to raise money

2. Students bullying others, Racism Hold an assembly where the problems are addressed, stick up for the victims whenever I see bullying in action

3. Too many people smoking Go to people's houses and pass out pamphlets that illustrate the harmful effects of smoking

4. Students doing poorly in school Tutor students that need help

5. People dealing and using drugs Join an anti-drug club and pass out pamphlets about drugs

What I can do to help stop crime?

I can go to people's houses and tell them to call 911 immediately if they ever witness a crime, and how important it is that they do so.

Do Now: What are some issues we can work on? 12-15-10 We can work on trying to stop bullying and crimes such as theft in school, because school is supposed to be a safe place, and this problem is a contradiction to the school's job. Poor Grades- help students improve their grades to at least C level Create more clubs in school, try to get every student involved in an activity Attendance- make sure that students aren't absent or late so much that they fail a class or receive detention Student drug dealing- stop students from selling and using drugs Make the school budget higher so we can afford to use for money for the students

School Budget: We can raise money for the school by having fundraisers By the end of this, the school will have enough money to have better school lunches, more field trips

Stealing: making everyone have more respect for eachother and eachother's belongings There will be little to no stealing in the school People will feel safe leaving their belongings in a classroom People will give whatever they find that is not theirs to the lost and found Hallway patrols build more trust Stronger locks be aware of why its bad to steal punishment for stealing make sure all lockers have locks on them