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Pressure Groups/Petitions/Civil Disobedience

Pressure Groups/Lobbyists

Pressure groups have mostly good things about them. Pressure groups are good because they give people a chance to be heard and join a group with people that believe the same things as them. They are also good because they make the government. Another advantage of pressure groups is that they usually fight for good things like the environment or food or things like that. One downside of pressure groups is that the people in these pressure groups are usually very passionate about their cause and will go to great measures to get what they want. For example, some animal activist pressure groups have gone into labs that use animals and break things and vandalize things.

 

Petitions

Petitions are a very good way of getting the government to listen to an idea if, you can get lots of signatures. The advantages of a petition are that it is a law that the government has to look at the petition as long as you get enough signatures. If the petitions have a lot of signatures, the government will look at it and take it into consideration instead of just ignoring it. One disadvantage of petitions is that just because the government is required to look at it, doesn’t mean they have to do anything about it. Lots of work could go into a petition just for the government to look at it and pass by it because they don’t agree.

 

Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience can be useful but, is usually not a good idea. Civil disobedience is good in a way, it shows the government that you don’t agree with something they did and might give them some incentive to re-evaluate the law or whatever it is that you are protesting. The downside of civil disobedience is that in lots of cases you are breaking a law to protest something. While breaking the law you could go to jail, be fined, or even get hurt like Viola Desmond. Civil disobedience also won’t do very much unless there are lots of people protesting. If just one person is protesting something, the government won’t care. In order for civil disobedience to work, there have to be multiple people dedicated to it.

 

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The Hunger Games

In The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins writes about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a poor district in a country run by a corrupt president. Katniss is put into a “game” where the participants are forced to fight until there is only one survivor. In the game, Katniss shows defiance by forcing the president to let two people out of the game alive. With that defiance, she sparked a rebellion that would eventually go on to take over the country and take down the President. Before Katniss showed defiance, no one in the country would’ve even considered to stand up to the government and the President who did anything he could to stay in power. When humans have too much power in positions of authority, it may get inside their head and can make them do anything to keep that power. This series shows that when something is corrupt, a single person can stand up and create change in the world for the betterment of society.

The Hunger Games trilogy: Impossible to put down

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Junk Food Project

My favorite fast food thing is definitely the mcdouble at McDonald’s. It’s just 2 beef patties with cheese, onions, pickles, and ketchup. I like it because it’s really tasty and simple and it’s just my go-to when I’m eating out. The McDouble has 23 grams of fat which is about half of the recommended daily value. It’s not good to have half the recommended in one burger because people will usually eat 2 when they have a McDouble. If you have 2 McDoubles at once you will be eating all of the recommended daily intake which is bad because too much fat is linked to heart disease and stroke. The McDouble can be put into a healthy diet but if it’s eaten too much it is bad for you.

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May Lab Reflection – Perogies

I chose to reflect on this lab because it was my favorite lab in this class so far. The perogies we made were really good and I love perogies so I was happy to make and eat them. I didn’t enjoy making the perogies because it was really hard to keep them from falling apart but I did enjoy them after they were done. The product did turn out the way we wanted and it helped to just follow the recipe for the best possible outcome. My group worked very well together on this project, as we had no problems dividing the work up and making sure everyone had an equally important job. We did although have problems keeping the perogies together, we fixed that by just pinching them shut hard. If I were to do this lab again I would do it the exact same way because it turned out great in the end.

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Chili Cook Off Reflection

In the chili cook-off, my group made a spicy chili. We used beef, tomatoes, black and kidney beans, onions, red peppers, chili powder, tomato paste and some spices like paprika. Overall the chili did turn out pretty good and we were happy with the taste. We did run into a few problems when cooking our chili considering the consistency of the chili. When we were making it, we noticed that it was really dry and not a good chili consistency. To make it runnier, we added a lot of tomato paste and it got to the consistency we wanted. We also ran into another problem the day we were going to be judged. As we were heating it up we noticed it was a little runny so we added a spoonful of cornstarch and it got thicker. The same day we also noticed it wasn’t quite as spicy as we wanted it so we gradually added hot sauce until it was what we wanted. Overall we were happy with the taste of our chili but if we were to make it again we would most likely add some bacon just to give it a bit more flavor.

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Noodles At Home

Part 1:

Breakfast Pasta: http://cherryonmysundae.com/2014/04/breakfast-pasta.html                                         Linguini with scrambled eggs, garlic, parsley, and parmesan.

breakfast pasta

One Pot Pizza Pasta: http://damndelicious.net/2014/08/16/one-pot-pizza-pasta-bake/                             Pasta with Italian sausage, cheese, tomato sauce, and pepperoni

One Pot Pizza Pasta Bake - An easy crowd-pleasing one pot meal that the whole family will love! Everyone will be begging for seconds!

Spaghetti: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/213266/meat-lovers-slow-cooker-spaghetti-sauce/?internalSource=hn_carousel%2002_Meat-Lover%27s%20Slow%20Cooker%20Spaghetti%20Sauce&referringId=505&referringContentType=recipe%20hub&referringPosition=carousel%2002                                                                                           Noodles with tomato sauce, sausage, and parmesan.

 

 

 

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March/April Lab Reflection – Easter Egg Cookies

I chose to reflect on this lab because it was very delicious and probably my favorite lab. It had the little chocolate egg inside the chocolate cookie and I love chocolate. I enjoyed this lab a lot because at the end it tasted really good. The product did turn out the way we wanted. The main thing that we had to do was make sure that the whole chocolate egg was covered so that it wouldn’t leak out. My group did work well together in the lab. We only had 2 of us that day so we split it all equally and it worked out very well. If I were to do this lab again, I would do everything the exact same way so that the cookies end up like they did the first time.