What is ASF?
What is ASF? What things do producers need to know about ASF? What symptoms might a pig with ASF display? Is there a danger for those traveling outside of the US? Can ASF be spread by humans? If so, what precautions should be taken? In what country or countries is ASF a problem currently? How might ASF affect crop production – especially soybean production and demand in the US?
For today:
What goals do you have for yourself over the next twelve months? Where do you hope to be living, going to school working etc. one year from now? What do you hope is different in your life by this time next year? What do you hope to accomplish in the next 12 months? What things will be different, what things do you think will remain the same? What things or people will you have to say goodbye to over the next year? How do you feel about that?
Your post is due Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Why do people feel they have the right to be mean to others or speak abusively about them? I was raised to be respectful to others, whether I agreed with them or not. How can we, as high school students and staff affect change in the behavior of our student body? What can or should be done to mandate the appropriate behavior and treatment of all within our walls? What about that same type of behavior on social media and outside of our building? What can you do as one person to help your peers and teachers feel safer at school? What do you see as the cause for the lack of respect displayed here? Is West Central an isolated community, or has the lack of respect increased everywhere?
Your post is due Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Learning to deal with disappointment.
There’s a pretty infamous list of Abraham Lincoln’s failures throughout his life. I’ve always considered our 16th President to be one of the most successful and integral to the strength and success of our country. It’s really hard to think of him as being a failure.
Here’s a brief list of some of Abraham Lincoln’s failures (along with a few successes):
No matter how old we are, we’re all going to face multiple disappointments throughout our lives. These can range from minor letdowns (not getting included by friends in an activity), to major life events (not being accepted to your top-choice college).
Disappointments are part of growing up and part of day to day life, and although it’s painful to watch our dreams getting dashed or witnessing our friends suffer when things don’t go their way, disappointment can actually be good for us, especially when we can learn how to bounce back so we can cope better for future letdowns. I’ll try to remember that part about disappointment being good for me the next time things don’t go exactly the way I planned them!
Tell me about the disappointments you’ve survived this year or throughout your high school career. What did you learn from them? How did you deal with them, grow from them? Did those disappointments change your goals or plans for the future? Have past failures led you to consequent success? Are their failures in your past, that today, don’t seem like that big of a deal? Are their failures that caused you to throw up your hands and simply give up at something because it didn’t come easy right away?
Your post is due Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Describe your most challenging experience in convincing a parent, teacher or coach to accept a new idea. Hoe did you do it ad what was the outcome? Were you willing to step forward to sell a idea while still showing respect for authority? What were your key points that needed to be made to sell your idea? How did you keep from undermining your elder’s authority??
Your post is due Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Read article number 2
What is article one about? Who is involved? What did the USDA under secretary say at UNL? What is the second article about? How do livestock producers feel about this issue? Who is the NCBA? What is their position on the issue?
What are your thoughts?
Your post is due Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Some of you may have heard me talk about my Dad on occaision. Born and raised in Ohio, his father was a Judge, his mother was a housewife, and according to my Dad, the worst cook in the world! My father had Rheumatic Fever as a child. The disease causes the heart to function inefficiently. As a result, he was a pretty sickly child. He was homeschooled and did not attend public school until the 7th grade. By that time he was healthy enough to make it through a full day of school but not strong enough to pursue his dreams of playing football and basketball. While in high school he excelled in band – he played the Clarinet, was involved in drama, and student government. He double majored in English and Biology and you’ll find his name on records of scores on the MCAT (test you take to get into medical school). He spent 27 years in school (beginning from 7th grade!) He helped to develop the Oral Polio vaccine during a residency with Salk and Sabin (the guys that got the credit). When he and my mother decided to get married he told her because of the lasting results of his bout with Rheumatic Fever that he probably wouldn’t live past 50.
He turned 50 in April of 1979, had open heart surgery in June of that year. He turned 60 in 1989, had another open heart surgery in October of that year. He spent his 70th birthday riding a donkey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with my mother and some family friends. Two weeks later, I got the call that he had not woken up and was hospitalized in San Francisco. He passed away the next day at 70 years and 2 weeks of age.
The things that make my father my hero are his love for education, his will to live that gave him and my mother as well as my brother and I 20 bonus years to enjoy him. His sense of humor was the best. He was a great teacher, with more patience than anyone I’ve ever known. He loved my mother! He set a great example for how a marriage should look and how a man should treat a woman. Family was the most important thing in the world to him. His academic accomplishments are something I’ve always been proud of, but his role as a father and friend in my life are what I’m most grateful for.
Your turn:
Your blog post is due Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Tell me about a time when you had to use persuasion or a persuasive argument to help someone to see things your way? What was the situation? What did you do and say? Why was there resistance to your way of thinking? In the end, were you able to persuade them? Has a friend or family member every used persuasion to convince you to do something you originally didn’t want to do or thought was a bad idea? Tell me all about it.
Your post is due Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Which body or bodies of the US government is featured in this story? How much money is included in the legislation and which state or states will it benefit? The White House argued that the bill included too much aid for what area? What is the early estimate of losses and damage in the heartland? What would the disaster bill make available to some of the wealthiest producers? Which weather related issues are to blame for losses in Nebraska? Can flood damaged grain be used for food or livestock feed? Does the USDA provide protection for stored grain and livestock losses?
Your post is due Friday, March 29, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
Recall a time when you were assigned what you considered to be a complex project. What was the project? What steps did you take to prepare for and finish the project? Were you happy with the outcome? What one step would you have done differently? Did you have a partner that either did or did not do their fair share of the work?
Your post is due Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
