Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

1. How is the life of sweatshop workers in L.A. the same as those in Indonesia? How is it different?

2. Why is it that poor immigrants (newcomers) end up working at sweatshops? Why don’t they work as lawyers or doctors or at Mcdonalds?

3. Predict what’s going to happen by the end of this movie


1.ans: because they get little pay

2.ans:beacause the dont have the right papers.

3.ans:they are still going to work a swaet shops or get the right papers.

1. Who does Forever 21 blame for the sweatshops? Why?

2. What’s wrong with Forever 21′s argument?

3. Why do the workers continue to protest even if it means they might lose their jobs?


1.ans: they blame them for their clothes that they have to sell.


2.ans: forever 21's argument is wrong because it doesn't make sense.


3.ans: because they dont have the
papers.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

my fishbowl

below, you'll find my fishbowl. the toughest part for me was trying to get the fish to move.





Learn more about this project
1.What does it mean to “make a decent living”? What should you be able to afford to buy?

ans: to make a different living is to make a good amount of money so you can buy what ever you want.

2.Where do your sneakers come from? Who makes them?

ans: nike

3.What is a sweatshop (take a guess, even if you have no idea)?

ans: i think it means to be in a shop and you are doing hard work.

Friday, October 8, 2010

behind the swoosh 3

i work really hard to make a dollar. i work to make shoes for more than 12 hours i feel alot of pain in my heart that i cannot supply my family, home, or myself. i work hard for everything i have wich isnt a lot i love to work but for more than i get. i love to work for nike but not for almost free .

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

nike swoosh

1.How much do Nike workers make in Indonesia each day? How many hours a day do they work?

ans:they get 1.25 a day. half the day

2.What is life like for Indonesian Nike workers at home?

ans: a lot of people live in one house.

3.Why won’t Nike talk to Jim or Leslie or let them visit the shoe factory?

ans:because they dont want the people to know how to make the shoes and they dont want them to notice how hard they work for a dollar.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

which is the lie


one day it as the championship game and the other team forfet because they did not have enough people to play.







 for my birthday i had to move and i was mad.








i started buying school supplies the day it started. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

1. Do you think consumers (people who buy things) have the right to sue McDonalds for selling unhealthy food? Why or why not?

ans:NO,i think McDonalds has the right to sell unhealthy food and the consumers do not have the right to sue because if they do not like McDonalds then they do not have to buy the food.

2. McDonalds is the largest owner of private playgrounds in the world. What other ways  does McDonalds use to market their food to children?

ans:chidren are very interested in the happy meals because it comes with a toy.

3.How many calories do you think a healthy kid should eat in a day (clickhere for a clue)?  According to the movie, how many calories are in a Super Size fries?  How about a Double Gulp soda?

ans:i think a healthy kid should only have about 100 calories a day.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

My name is Troy and these are my 5 secrets.one of the secrets is that the factory farms feed the animals too much antibiotics.my second one is that they feed cavs dead cow blood.they also feed them growth hormone.my forth one is they make the cows stay in poop all day.my last one is that the factory is really feeding the people biotics when we buy

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

1. How are dairy farms different from dairy factories?
Ans:dairy factories do not take care of their animals and when we eat the meat it is not healthy to us.Dairy farms take care of their animals and it is good for us to eat

2. What is RBGH and what does it do?
Ans:RBGH is a needle that can make you fatter and it makes the animals bigger so they can have more meat

3. What is the milk replacer fed to calves (baby cows) made out of? Why is this bad (besides just being gross)?

Ans:They replace it with cow blood and it is bad because it is not good to take in blood from another cow like that.

4. Can you do anything to make a difference as a consumer (someone who buys things)?

Ans:We can make a difference by buying the right food and not from factories.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Q:how do factory farms threat animals differently then family farms?

Ans:They treat them differently because family farms do things manually but factory farms do things with machines and factory farms keep the animals in tight places and give them too many antibiotics when they get sick.

Q:Why are animals fed antibiotics in factory farms and why is this dangerous?

Ans:Animals are fed antibiotics for when they get sick and it is dangerous because some bateria do not die and they get bigger and humans eat it.

Q:What happens to animal excrement (poop) in factory farms?

Ans:In factory farms the animal poop does not get picked up the animals have to sit in their own poop without getting it picked up.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010