Today's schedule is B-A-D-C
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll finish watching the Discovery Channel mocumentary "Supervolcano". While the video is on it would be wise for you to claim all of your work from the "out bin" especially considering that you have your unit final tomorrow and the work that you completed is on the test. Please spend some time preparing for your test as it will be your first major mark of term four.
A & D - Criminology 12 - Today, we'll continue last week's Power Point presentation on the history of crime and law (today looking looking at Hammurabi, the Mosaic Code and the development of Common Law in England). We'll learn what Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Mala in Se and Mala Prohibitum mean along with taking a look at the differences between Indictable, Summary Conviction and Absolute Liability Offences. We'll see what defences you can use and what the goals of criminal law are for society. You'll need to work on question at the end of class and then tomorrow we'll discuss crime trends and how we tabulate crime statistics (UCR, PRVS, Self-Reports). Don't forget to e-mail me your blogsite addresses for Monday's blog entry assignment. The question at the end of the class is...
In order to stay safe from crime, would you want to live in a country that has harsh penalties that are swift, certain, and severe or would you be willing to risk crime being done to you and not have harsh penalties for criminals that are swift, certain, and severe? Why?
Think about California's "Three Strikes" law - California Penal Code Section 667. This law states if you have been convicted of two previous "violent" or "serious" felonies that the sentence for any new felony conviction (not just a serious or violent felony) is life imprisonment with the minimum term being 25 years. Look at this law in the light of "swift, certain, and severe"
C - Geography 12 - Today we'll continue our look at weather, the best topic ever! Like every day in our unit, we'll start by looking at the synoptic chart for North America and begin to understand weather station plots. The two sites we'll use are the Weather Office (Environment Canada) and Data Streme.
For the rest of the class we'll look at the composition and vertical structure of the atmosphere focusing on the bottom two layers (Troposphere and Stratosphere) through this we'll complete the Atmosphere in the Vertical activity along with the questions on ozone. I'm so excited to be starting weather! Hail, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes are four on "the list" get ready, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
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