Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

“What are the things that you think are so essential in the classroom that they can’t be outsourced to a virtual space? (Do they still exist? Will they always exist?) I really want to know.” -Ben Wilkoff

I really like this question. It makes me think that even though I dislike school because we have to get up early in the morning and things such as that, school is perfect for communicating. When we go to school, we communicate with everyone there whether it is talking about Friday night at the movies with your friends or discussing a math problem with your teacher, you are always talking which always helps your verbal skills. If you are home and do all your homework on the computer, then all your social skills are in the toilet because all the talking you might do is yelling at your computer if it shuts down while you are in the middle or typing your essay. That brings me into my other point; computers aren’t reliable as much as teachers are. When you are talking to your teacher and asking a question, he or she doesn’t just shut down and not work so you don’t have an answer (unless they are very sick). However, computers are very likely to do that. It has happened to me and I have lost all my work. In the future, I’m not sure if a computer or system can be created with all the technology to be as efficient as school, teachers, and books have been. On the other hand, maybe people who love to work with computers will be able to find a system that is equivalent to school, because so far in my eyes, no other educational thing can beat school. I do think schools will also become more efficient because everything is changing now and hopefully our superintendent will be able to change some things around the school system to make it easier for students and teachers lives, and that’s just my opinion.

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George Washinton was our first president and our podcast says all about his great accomplishments

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If this man was still alive, he would be 716 years old! He was born in Paris and was a french poet and composer. Do you know who I am talking about? His name is Philippe de Vitry and he was famous for his beautiful poetry and motets. Even though he wrote many poems, he wrote much more motets. He also established a new form of mensural notation. His birthday is on October 31 which is the day I wrote this post. Biographic stories of his life are sketchy. He is referred to as “Magister” in his biographies and went to the University of Paris. Vitry has been most famous in music history for writing the Ars Nova (1322), a treatise on music, which gave its name to the music of the entire era. Vitry did so much in the 70 years he lived, however, unfortunately, he died on June 9, 1361. He will always be remembered by his work.

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This is the question I sent to igxglobal…

“I have a quick question and I hope you can get back to me, my mom works for your company by the way! I always wondered, because your an office manager, how does your job relate to making firewalls? Thank you. Willy Wonka”

When he responded he wrote,

“As office managerI basically run the office.  I am responsible to pay all the bills.  I collect the money from our clients.  I oversee the process of receiving purchase orders and statements of work from clients, making sure our technical services division provides the services listed on the statements of work, making sure all products are ordered from our vendors and then making sure clients are invoiced.  There are also many internal processes I oversee to make sure our clients are satisfied, we represent our vendor partners properly and our employees are happy.  As office manager, you wear many hats.

Let me explain a little about our company.  We are integrators of technology.  This means we can go into a company, assess its computer network and determine if it is secure.  We are familiar with various types of security products so we can build your network to prevent anyone from hacking in and stealing data.  We are also one of about 55 companies in the US that is authorized by Visa and Mastercard to perform a PCI audit.  This audit will tell a company that accepts Visa or Mastercard if their network is safe.  I’m sure you have heard stories about peoples identity being stolen!!  The products we sell and the services we provide can prevent someone from stealing data even if they lose their laptop!!!”

The reason I picked this company was because I was always interested i computers and I wanted to learn more, and maybe because my mom works there. I chose the question to relate to this man’s job. His response was not what I expected. I expected my job is only for the checks for the other emplyees or I only control the money. His job includes so much more andI am happy that I did this post. It made me realize that some jobs can’t be what they seem. You can be called a business leader and you do so much more than run your own business. I hope to do more research on both the business leaders and mom’s company.

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I’m sorry if any of you have heard this story already, but I read it in the news paper this morning.

A grandmother was left at home with her grandson while the 2 year old’s mother went to work. By the way the grandson and the 2 year old are the same people. Anyway, the grandmother had to give the little boy a bath and put him to bed and so she filled the bath tub up a little bit and put him in. She walked out of the room and when she came back her grandson was dead in the bath tub. She ran around the house crying and called her daughter and told her that her son had died and that she killed him. Did i forget to tell you that this is a really sad story?? =( So she called the police and said that she killed her grandson and needed to go to jail. Is it just me or is that really silly? So, the next day, the grandmother had to go to court to do all the trial thing stuff. When her daughter went into the bathroom to see if her mother was in there, she found her hanging from the ceiling. The grandmother committed suicide because she felt so guilty about killing her grandson. Now, I want your opinion, I think the grandmother did a very silly thing by committing suicide. What do you think? Do you think the death was the grandmother’s fault? Comment and see what other people think! =)

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My dream is to be a very successful physical therapist. I know that sounds really silly, but when I was growing up, my parents and their friends would always want a neck massage (don’t ask why =) so when I gave it to them, they would say, “WOW!!! That was amazing, you have really strong hands and fingers!” I decided to be a physical therapist and I know there are many obstacles standing in my way. First, I will have to go through college. In college, I have to get many degrees to get a physical therapist degree. Also in college, I need to get about a 3.0 GPA, this might be hard so me, maybe, if college is too difficult. Last, if I get through college, my business is another challenge. If customers don’t like my service I can become bankrupt. If I don’t own my own business, then I can get fired from my job if I am not an excellent employee. In physical therapy, if you make one mistake it can screw up a person’s body which can be pretty bad.

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Question- Should students involved in extracurricular activities be tested for drugs?

I strongly fell that students involved in extracurricular activities should not be tested for drugs because the students parents should only be able to tell their kids if they should do drugs or not. Parents already agreed to let their kids participate in health class and that program tells you what can happen to you if you do drugs, but it is not telling you to not do drugs. Last, if kids are involved with extracurricular activities, wouldn’t they be too busy to even think about doing drugs? Also, if kids have friends that do drugs, maybe their parents should be more involved with their kids life and try to talk some sense into them.

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Life would be so much fun! I am always worried about failing and having everyone against me, but I keep telling myself that if I think of failing I will. So, I have spent almost every morning worrying if I forgot any homework so school. If I wasn’t afraid I probably be more on track and ahead of my school work because my mind is focused on the work and not about what i’m forgetting.

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