Blog #18 Command Inspection Reflection

Hi again cadets. You did a great job on the first half of our Gold Star Inspection this week. Out of 100 possible points, your team effort scored a 98 so that is really awesome.  Your task this week is to post a "Reflection" on our site about how you feel after passing the inspection.  Your reflection must be at least one full paragraph with at least 5 sentences. If you write more, then you will gain extra credit. Once you have posted your reflection, make sure that you post any Positive Video that you want to our site. Remember to comment on your peer's work and you will be finished for this week.  Good luck and I look forward to seeing all of your comments.

Blog #17 Eating for a Healthy You

Good Morning Cadets.  We are going to tackle a new subject for some of you and that is the art of Eating Healthy, or You Are What You Eat!  Your task this week is to use the form out of your Cadet Reference Guide and keep track of every single thing that you eat every day for an entire week. Calorie Worksheet PDF  . While you are doing this, you must keep track of your calories that you consume and write them down on the form as well.  You must post a link/URL to our site for a video or document that supports eating healthy and lastly, you must comment on at least one of your peer's work.  Remember when commenting to give positive re-enforcement with your words.  Good luck and here is my Video.

Blog #16 Vacation and Bullying Project

Good day cadets. Here's hoping that you are enjoying your week off from school. To finish your school/class project on Bullying, remember that your poster must be at least 2 feet x 3 feet and must use facts from the internet as well as facts from our class. You may work with a fellow cadet from the other LET1 class but make sure that you put both of your names on the project to get full credit for your work. You may also turn in a Project that is all of your own work but please try to team up with another cadet that you know will work with you. Either way, please post your sites/URL's where you found your information to our site and remember to comment on your peer's work. I am excited and look forward to seeing your presentation in class when you turn in your work. Enjoy this week off and try not to get to cold, have fun and see you next Monday when you return to class. Extra credit if you can take a picture of your work and post it to our blog as well.

Blog #15 Bullying and what you can do...

Welcome back to the second semester of JROTC.  We are getting ready for our Honor Unit Inspection and continuing on with our lesson so we will finish this week on "Bullying" and move into how our brain works.  You task is to watch the following video and once you have completed it, you must go out and do something positive for another student in the school that might be being bullied, show your support for them. Once you have done this selfless act, you must come back and post your experience online and detail how it made you feel. You must then post a story or video relating for paying forward acts of kindness and lastly you must comment on one of your peers.  I DARE YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Blog #14 What I've Learned About Myself...

You are halfway completed with you final this week and you last task is to prepare for your essay tomorrow. Your task is to write at least a one page essay on how you have improved as a student/cadet over the past 4 months. Also state why you are planning on staying with the program and how has it helped you as a young student. Remember to use the 14 leadership traits and 7 Army Values to support your work. I know that some of you will be leaving JROTC at the end of the year so your input will be invaluable to making our program a better one for future cadets. Thanks again for your work and progress and I look forward to your award ceremony this next month. 

Blog #13 Cyber Bullying and Karma takes over...

We are almost finished with this semester and since we are learning about Bullying this week, your task is to find an article/news story that is about bullying and post it to our blog. If possible, try to find a story with a positive outcome like the following story. Once you have completed your assignment remember to comment about the story that you posted and make sure that you provide positive feedback on at least one of your peer's work as well. Good luck with this assignment and remember that Cyber Bullying is up to 77% nationwide. Thanks again for your continued hard work for those cadets that participate.

Blog #12 A Healthy and Happy New Year to All...

Happy New Year cadets and I hope that you had a wonderful time off. If you made your Goal/New Year Resolution, you are a large part of the population in the U.S. As you know, if your resolution is not achievable, you will not be successful with your goal and will stop trying by the end of January. To help you out, just remember that it only takes 30 days to make something become a habit. So if you walk 1 mile each day for the next 30 days, you will start to enjoy your walks and will be more likely to keep walking and want to become more involved in other exercise. What are you going to do this semester to improve your fitness? What is your goal and how will you achieve it? Post your answer and add your video/URL that supports your goal. Don't forget to comment on a peer's work and let's start 2015 off with a Healthy New Year!