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EC #13: A Super Bowl Special!
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Deadline for entries: Saturday, February 6, 11:59 P.M.
The Saints. The Colts. Two high-powered offenses. How many points do you think both teams will combine for in the Super Bowl? 60? More? Less?

EC #13: A Super Bowl Special!
Deadline for entries: Saturday, February 6, 11:59 P.M.
The Saints. The Colts. Two high-powered offenses. How many points do you think both teams will combine for in the Super Bowl? 60? More? Less?
Three points for entering: send an email to Murdock stating how many points will be scored in Sunday's Super Bowl. The closest seven students will receive extra extra-credit (seven to the student whose guess in the closest, six for the second-place guess, and so forth).
Responses only accepted via email (don't forget to sign your email with your name; either click on the email link or copy/paste the address):murdockm001@hawaii.rr.com
EC #12: Caption Contest #8
Deadline for entries: Saturday, February 6, 11:59 P.M.
Five points extra credit + more if your response places amongst the favorites when we vote in class.The extra credit? Write a humorous caption for the following cartoon: What is the alien doctor saying to his/her/its patient? Responses will be printed anonymously and your peers will vote for their favorites.
All responses must be spellchecked and most-likely proofread.
All responses will be kept anonymous during the vote.
Responses only accepted via email (don't forget to sign your email with your name; either click on the email link or copy/paste the address):murdockm001@hawaii.rr.com
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EC #11: Caption Contest #7
Deadline for entries: Friday, January 22, 11:59 P.M.

No Extra Credit Currently Available
See Ya'EC #11: Caption Contest #7
Deadline for entries: Friday, January 22, 11:59 P.M.
10th grade students: you may only enter if you turned in 2010!AoW #17: Inventions on time.
AP students: you may only enter if you posted the magazine and podcast reviews on time.
Five points extra credit + more if your response places amongst the favorites when we vote in class.The extra credit? Write a humorous caption for the following cartoon: What is the woman in the dryer saying to the woman outside the dryer? Responses will be printed anonymously and your peers will vote for their favorites.
All responses must be spellchecked and most-likely proofread.
All responses will be kept anonymous during the vote.
Responses only accepted via email (don't forget to sign your email with your name; either click on the email link or copy/paste the address):murdockm001@hawaii.rr.com
Must be received by Friday, January 22, 11:59 P.M.
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EC #10: Eternal Object
Available until Sunday, December 13, 8:00 P.M.

March 2009 Eternal Object: Given that humans and all their stuff will eventually disappear, what would you like to see last (nearly) forever?
March 2009 Memorable Song: What song or album will you always remember?
Extra Credit opportunities NOT currently available: more in 2010!opportunity currently available!

gladwell article review
Gladwell – “What I.Q. Doesn’t Tell You About Race”
In this article, Gladwell argues that ethnic IQ differences are merely circumstantial. Gladwell claims that the mind is more like a muscle then we had ever imagined. The more it is exercised, the stronger it gets. Also, he brings up the Flynn effect. An effect that documents how much smarter we’ve been getting every year. Apparently, we are much smarter then our grandparents. And our grandparents are far smarter then they’re grandparents. Many factors were assessed, but the point was to prove that race has nothing to do with intelligence, and he did just that. He takes in to consideration culture, domestic background, and economic background. He claims that blacks, Hispanics, etc. are all disadvantaged in those areas, so they score lower because IQ test content is less relevant to them.

Podcast review
Connor Purington
Period 1

“This American Life” Podcast #397

This entire podcast was fairly grim. The host basically got together a bunch of predictions for the year 2010, not just vague predictions, specific predictions. He told us about how a girl named Lisa is going to die, and how the rest of his year will be thrown off balance. Also, there are predictions about 6th graders, the middle east, and the economy. I get the feeling this was an awkward 1st “American life” podcast to watch. Nothing was all that enthusiastic and except for the select few, 2010 is gonna suck and we’re going to have another civil war.