A Block Legal Studies - Today you have a Criminal Law Unit test. The test will cover chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the All About Law text (Introduction to Criminal Law; The Police - Investigation, Arrest, and Bringing the Accused to Trial; and Trial Procedures). The test will have: 20 True/False questions; 15 Multiple Choice questions; 15 Matching questions; and 4 Short Answer questions. I am certain that you will do extra well on this test. No lawyer works in isolation and today neither will you, you may not use notes, however, you may collaborate with colleagues on the test. You'll have as much time as you need for the test however it should only take 45-50 minutes to complete.
B Block Criminology - Today I'm going to show you a television show called White Collar. Before we do, however What is it that makes a successful business person and what kind of ethical behaviour is valued by corporate culture?
From USA network:
White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist and an FBI agent who have been playing cat and mouse for years. Neal Caffery (Matt Boomer), a charming criminal mastermind, is finally caught by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay). When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his long-lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternate plan: He'll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can't be found on the right side of the law.
The episode I’d like you to show is called Hard Sell from season 1, which deals with stock manipulation and churning the value of stock in a boiler room (metaphor). From tv.com...
The scam is a "pump and dump", in which a group of "junior Gordon Gekkos" is selling bad stock. The guy in charge buys a large amount of dollar stocks, and has his men inflate the price by selling it over the phone. When the price peaks, guy in charge dumps the stock and leaves the buyers holding worthless shares. The average person loses $30,000, and some victims have lost their homes. The boiler room is mobile, moving to a new location after each stock dump
What is the "Profit Motive"
From the Harvard Business Review How to Scandal-Proof Your Company and What I’ve Learned About White-Collar Crime From GL Analytics Do Scandals & Fraud Come From Poor Culture?
C Block Human Geography - So, language. From Babbel magazine..."Why is Language Important?"
Language made the transmission of culture possible. As it stands today, it’s the basis of our entire worldview and way of life. Everything ranging from social norms to customs, shared histories, mythologies, religions and art forms are transmitted and mediated through languageCultural identity is heavily tied up with language and language is ultimately important because it is the primary means through which humans have the ability to communicate and interact with one another. From the Assembly of First Nations "Languages and Culture"
Our languages allow us to share and communicate culture, world views, knowledge systems, values, traditions, customs, history, spirituality, and social and political identity to future generations. Our languages are living; they come from the land and they’re integral to our sense of self and a key aspect of self-determination.
From yesterday, you'll need to look at language families from pages 146-149 of the Cultural Landscape book in order to fill in a chart for me. To help you may also use the following online texts:
D Block Physical Geography - Today we look at stream profiles, deltas, and floodplains. We are focusing on the erosive action of rivers along with the land forms that they create. You will need to copy a meandering stream profile and a diagram on oxbow lake formation. We'll start by looking at flooding along the Mississippi. Stretching across more than 1.245-million square miles (40% of the Continental USA), 31 states, and two Canadian provinces, The Mississippi is the fourth largest river in the world. In 2019, spring floods broke records in many parts of the Mississippi River basin. River levels peaked at record highs in 75 locations in the Missouri River basin alone, and constant high water weakened levees until they collapsed. The United States federal government estimated the floods along the Mississippi caused $20 billion in damages. At least 14 people died. |
| Young, when he was young, in Memphis on the Mississippi |
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