Surpirse?

Good evening viewers,

As much as I regret to inform everyone, though it may not be surprising, I got absolutely nothing done over this break. I really wanted to, but it was so short and I was so busy, I didn't have time for anything related to this project. I'll try and do something in the next couple of days to have something to report back with, but chances are nothings going to happen. I'm kind of disappointed, but oh well.

Thanks,

Cherie :)

Thursday - Only one day left ! :D

Hello,

There is only a few minutes left, so I figured I blog. There is only one full class left, and I am both excited and worried. I've been working on re-doing my notes, except in a different format. I got my proposal done, and I really think I did a good job with that.

I just hope I will actually work on this over break

That's all the time I have.

Thanks,

Cherie.

Today !

Hello Everyone!

I'm kind of surprised of what I got done today. I honestly haven't done much in this class in a while, but today I got a good amount of my pre-writing questions done. I also did a few notes, but not many, because the rest of they them needed to be answered by interviews.

I was planning on doing some work over the past weekend but the robotics competition that took up most of the time left me in terrible condition on the only day left that I had to work. Although I didn't work on it, I am pretty caught up on what needs to be done so far.

So, overall today was a pretty okay day!

Thanks,

Cherie :)

Broken Computer ?!

Good Morning!

Ive kind of been set back because my computer is broken and I have to go across the hall to work but they're are other distracting children from another class in here. I thought that I updated this regularly but apparently I haven't been blogging to much. The past week we were working on a presentation to let the class know what are graduation projects are about. I waited to the very end to present mine, and just went yesterday, which I think I did an okay job on.

Today were supposed to be working on your notes. I don't have to many done and that's mainly because I haven't been doing much in this class at all. Perhaps my procrastinating is the reason I now have a 'B' in this and every other class, except for maybe like two. But my notes are also not all the way done because a lot of my questions have to be answered through interviews.

I guess I'm going to go work on my notes now and perhaps actually get some work done.

Thanks,

Cherie

Borrrrrrrrrrrring...

I haven't done any updating in a while so I'll just spend the rest of the class doing that. I've pretty much got everything done that was on the checklist that we were given, except my webliography. I only have two done, but I'm sure I'll be able to finish it later tonight. I'm not sure that my sites are all usable, so I'll probably have to try and find like 2 more.

There really isn't much else to update on because today was a short class, and I've pretty much covered everything that I've done. Everything else with my project is going pretty well, and I'm pretty sure that this topic is a definite, and there will be no changing late into the trimester.

Thanks,

Cherie.

Did You Know..?

• There are over 340 illegal dumps or vacant lot in Allegheny County. (Article - Allegheny County has the most illegal dumpsites)
  


• Allegheny County has more than twice as many illegal dumps as any of the five other Western Pennsylvania counties recently studied. (Article - Allegheny County has the most illegal dumpsites)
  


• People can be fined up to $25,000 for illegal dumping and even can be imprisoned for up to 90 days. (Article - Allegheny County has the most illegal dumpsites)


• Businesses, whether small or big, are the ones who do the most dumping. (ILLEGAL DUMPING PREVENTION)
  
• Illegal Dumps can bring down the property values of the houses surrounding it. (Environmental, Health, and Economic Effects of Illegal Dumping)
  
• Illegal dumps are sometimes set on fire to get rid of the waste, and since most illegal dumps can be found in wooden areas, a fire forest is most times inevitable. Even if the dump isn’t in a wooden area, it can put the surrounding buildings or houses in extreme danger. (Environmental, Health, and Economic Effects of Illegal Dumping)
  
• The laws against illegal dumping aren’t really put into effect and there really is no record of people who actually go caught doing. ( Article - Allegheny County has the most illegal dumpsites)
  
• Abandon lots are usually easily accessible to children and animals, and with all the things that can be inside the illegal dumps and lots, the outcome of them going in or around could be fatal. (Illegal Dumping)

Foundation Questions

Hello,

This is just an update of what my essential question is and what my foundation questions are.

Essential Question:
How can a community improve when a abandon lot is removed?

Foundation Questions:
1. What does the city do with illegal dump sites that aren’t cleaned up?
2. What are the consequences for illegal dumping?
3. What are the effects of an illegal dump site on a community?
4. How do those things change when the illegal dump site is cleaned?
5. What are people’s feelings of illegal dump site?
6. How do those feelings change when a illegal dump site is cleaned?
7. How long does it usually take to revitalize a whole illegal dump site?
8. What are good ways to go about rounding up volunteers?
9. How would you find out if a lot is owned?
10. Do you have to get permission to clean up a lot, owned or not?
11. Who is most likely to illegally dump?