Links to Ch. 1 of Nuclear Nebraska and article on nuclear waste.
Each person brought a social issue they thought important to class. The instructor also contributed five. We listed all the issues and then categorized them. We broke it into five categories plus two that stood alone without individual issues:
Unemployment and bringing jobs back to America
--higher minimum wage
--Federal money going into infrastructure
--sweatshops
Education
--rising tuition and book costs
--debt repayment
--online book exchange
--special needs students
Healthcare
--medical marijuana
--better healthcare options for unemployed
--healthcare for young adults
--steroids
Social inequality
--teen pregnancy
--gay marriage
--gun violence
--trafficking of children
--mentors
Haiti
--trafficking of children
--amputees from Haiti
--response time to disasters
Topics without subheads:
Global warming
Keeping nonprofits honest
After the break, the instructor went over the assignments, listed below. Most are research and reading.
Note: instructor to fill in topics here
She distributed questions for the DVD about Saul Alinsky. We attempted to pick up where we left off but there were technical issues. The instructor will check out the recording on other systems, as Robert noted that he had been in the classroom earlier and the instructor for that class had had technical issues.
To Do for Next Class:
Read the links at the top of the page, Nuclear Nebraska Ch. 1 and the accompanying article on nuclear storage.
Read Ch. 3 in Kush.
Read and research topics that you are interested in (listed above) and come prepared to advocate for the issue you think is best.
