We are starting a unit on Imperialism. Today we looked at how a celebrity talk show host and comedian, Trevor Noah (who is from South Africa) has been impacted by the legacy of imperialism. We looked at some excerpts from his autobiography, "Born a Crime," and watched a brief interview with him. Trevor Noah explained his unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable with prison time. As a child, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical rule, Trevor and his mother were finally able to live openly as mother and son living freely to embrace the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
We discussed you how can optimize your branding and marketing to meet the needs of a global market. We talked about the importance of proper translation and how to use universally understood pictures. We also finalized our business graphic making sure to appeal to the global market.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Cameron like this international aspects and global view of business. We will do more in the future with this topic.
We reviewed the basics of Human Resources and employment demand.
We did some practice interview questions and discussed what employers should look for in workers. New topics included turnover and how it can be very costly and how to avoid it.
Assignment
Reseach Job Postings
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Cameron liked answering the interview questions and opened up about his personality and strong points. He did refer to himself as "cocky" and I said it's okay to be confident but being cocky is not something to boast about. I tried to explain that if he wants to be in the lime light, he should set a good example as a role model and have a polite and positive attitude.
We reviewed Tuesday's assisgnment and the elements of a job posting. New topics included staffing requirements and training. We discussed why the benefits offered must be competitive and how feedback and evaluations can reduce turnover. We also learned about the 'fiscal year', workers comp, and different benefits.
USA training on customer service, company morals, employee of the month, employee competitions, expectations and feedback -
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
We were virtual and he did a great job with the new concepts.
In today's class, Cameron worked on an activity that covered the topic of cellular respiration. He read a passage that covered everything we've learned so far about cellular respiration, which was then followed by a series of true/false and written questions that were based off of the material in the passage. Cameron did very well answering the questions.
Today we reviewed greetings in Spanish, and the different ways to introduce yourself to others. Also, we began to study the numbers, days of the week, and months of the year.
5-1 The Absolute Value function – We learned that the axis of symmetry is the vertical line that passes through the vertex. We learned to calculate and interpret the rate of change of an absolute value function over a specified interval.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
