Monday, January 7. 2019

Today's schedule is ABCD

B.C. Labour Market Outlook (2018-2028)

A & D Blocks Human Geography - This week we begin our last topic for Human Geography - urbanization. Our focus this week will be on the services we find in rural and urban communities. Services account for more than two-thirds of GDP in most developed countries, compared to less than one-half in most developing countries. Services cluster in developed countries because more people who can buy services live there. The service sector of the economy is subdivided into three types: consumer services, business services, and public services and each of these sectors is divided into several major sub sectors. So our key issue for the day is "Where Are Services Distributed"? You'll have a few questions to answer for me:

1. Define consumer services
2. What are the four main types of consumer services, and provide an example of each
3. Define business services
4. What are the three types of business services, and provide an example of each
5. Explain how the service sector contributed to the 2008 Recession. and...
6. In most communities, the largest employers other than the local government are consumer services. What are the largest consumer services in the Comox Valley? (You can Google “largest employers Courtenay or Comox Valley” to find out.)

B Block Criminology - Today we are in the Learning Commons/Library for out next blog: "Outlaw Folk Hero" or "Punk Kid Criminal"? So, first you'll need to watch the 48 Hour Mystery episode on the "Barefoot Bandit"

Every society creates its own heroes and villains and has the option to frame them in a way that says something about it. So what does the "outlaw folk-hero" status that Colt Harris-Moore has gained say about who we hold up as heroes or villains in our modern crime-media saturated society?
In an article by Paul Ibbetson he states:

Juan McCartney and Mike Melia of the Associated Press say that Harris-Moore has built his reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. Of course thieves don’t “build” as they have no time for such labors. They are too busy stealing what others have built. Even with the factual terminology in place, one cannot say that Harris-Moore even managed steal a reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. No, to be factual it must be said that this young man’s celebrity status was a gift from the media, paid for by modern society.

After watching the 48 Hours Mystery on Colton Harris Moore, take a read of this NPR article on Harris-Moore and take a read of this interview with Colton Harris-Moore then answer the following on the online chatroom thread  'Outlaw Folk Hero' or 'Punk Kid Criminal'?