CE 2.2

1. What are the two potential causes of the Hidden Pines fire in Bastrop? Page A1 "New Hidden Pines..."? Two potential causes of the Hidden Pines fire include a burn pile violation and the original suspicion of am overheated shredder.

2. Why was Alan Guckian nominated for a music educators award from the Grammy Foundation, according to the man who nominated him? Page B1 "Eastside band director...." SaulPaul, the performer who nominated him, said,"The bottom line is he's awesome. He has a natural passion for it."

3. Who is the favorite to win the F1 race to be held in Austin at the Circuit of America this weekend? Page C1 "Hamilton nearing  F1 season crown" The favorite to win the F1 race this weekend is Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain.

4. Name 3 types of apples mentioned in the story on page SA1 "Fall in love with apples"
Three types of apples mentioned in the story are Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and McIntosh

5. Which of the 8 items in the "worthy of splurging" sounds like something you would like to try? Page D3 "Healthful foods are worth price tag" I think I would try the dark chocolate with ginger, real vanilla, and the wild rice.

Read the article on Page A1 "Wave of digital textbooks..."

1. Have you or your parents considered or actually purchased a textbook to compensate for the digital version you have access to? Yes, when crappy online textbooks fail I like to think my parents are the first in line for a hard copy. They support me enough to not care to much about the price, as long as it is necessary for school.

2. Has not having a textbook hurt your grades? Make sure to tell me HOW!!
I have definitely suffered bad grades due to the class resources not working online. I don't take risks like that with big grades or projects, but small homework grades that I didn't have a back up plan for, like pictures of the book on my phone, have been affected. 

3. Do you think that going all digital has been a good decisions or not? Make sure to tell me WHY!! All digital this fast is not a good idea. It's the students that suffer when school/teacher-run websites fail. It's not fair to lay that many grades on the line. I'm all for the digitalization of books, I mean less back problems for us! But until the school can be sure about the quality of their online resources, then they shouldn't be limiting the hardcopy book access.

4. Do you think this trend is going to continue in the United States? WHY??
I think the trend of online books will continue and hopefully improve to the point where we can be sure that as long as the internet is up, our book is to.

5. Why do you think the school and district decided to do away with textbooks?
I think the school district was thinking off storage. For teachers and students! Less to carry means less to worry about. It's also easier to get your books on the go.