The first class I had was Thursday, Sept. 8th because I recently just added the course. I actually like it! We sat in a circle for discussion and I've never actually had a class like this one. The first question asked was "Why is the stock market down?" and I actually had no idea. I'm not very bright in economic terms and concepts yet. My first instinct was Hurricane Irene, but that actually wasn't a huge factor in our economy at all. Another guess was the recession, but I've only heard that our nation was in trouble without actually knowing what it meant. A recession is two quarters of negative to 0 gain. At least that's what I remember!
Another interesting topic discussed, that actually came about out of nowhere, was the possibility of our government having secrets and actually staging events. A lot of students agreed that the Kennedy assassination was a hoax, but I never really looked into it before. National Treasure is a great movie that points out secrets in our nation that tell stories from centuries before, love it. One thing I do believe is that our first moon landing was set up. This is because I watched a whole television show on it when I was younger and never got it out of my head. Who knows?
I have read a bunch of articles in Business Week so far and I like learning about our nation and its businesses, so I'm excited to discuss it further with my class. It makes me feel more business savvy.
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