Friday, Rocktober 12, 2018

Grade 12: Economics, the Enterprise System, and Finance

“Economics, the Enterprise System, and Finance” examines the principles of the United States free market economy in a global context. Students will examine their individual responsibility for managing their personal finances. Students will analyze the role of supply and demand in determining the prices individuals and businesses face in the product and factor markets, and the global nature of these markets. Students will study changes to the workforce in the United States,

and the role of entrepreneurs in our economy, as well as the effects of globalization. Students will explore the challenges facing the United States free market economy in a global environment and various policy-making opportunities available to government to address these challenges.

12.E1 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ECONOMY: Individuals should set personal financial goals, recognize their income needs and debt obligations, and know how to utilize effective budgeting, borrowing, and investment strategies to maximize well-being.

12.E1a In making economic decisions in any role, individuals should consider the set of opportunities that they have, their resources (e.g., income and wealth), their preferences, and their ethics.

Plan of the Day

Rebel Pride, Starts inside!

Today we will clean up the remaining presentations and discuss some aspects of professionalism (college and career realities).

Importance of Physics

A college physics professor was explaining a particularly complicated concept to his class when a pre-med student interrupted him. “Why do we have to learn this stuff?” one young man blurted out.

“To save lives,” the professor responded.

A few minutes later the student spoke up again. “So how does physics save lives?”

The professor stared at the student for a long time without saying a word. Finally, the professor continued, “Physics saves lives because it keeps certain people out of medical school.”

R.O.E!!!! (This rules the world).
College Default Rates and Reasons

Real Life in Cartoon Form

Economic Values Clarification (Finish discussion)

What is a resume? Why do you need one?
What is a cover letter? How is it different from a resume?

Media Strategies

Negative Attitudes Pushed by Media/Advertisers

Slides of Older Print Advertisements

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US 11:

1. Turner's "Frontier Thesis" (Theory) as a mechanism for mastering the challenge of "outside information". What are "frontiers"? Are they always physical? Mental? Political? Technological?

2. Give time for essay work

NEW ESSAY DUE DATE IS END OF CLASS MONDAY 10/15/18 (due to PSAT and lockdown drills)