Planning 10 Outline

Planning 10                      Course Outline

Mrs. Hermanson

Room 201

Planning 10 and Grad Transitions are required for graduation.

The aim of planning 10 is to enable students to develop the skills they need to become self-directed individuals who set goals, make thoughtful decisions, and take responsibility for pursuing their goals throughout life.  Planning 10 provides opportunities for student to:

·  plan for successful learning in the Graduation Program

·  explore a wide range of post-secondary education and career options

·  think critically about health issues and decisions

·  develop financial literacy skills related to pursuing their education and career goals

·  begin planning for their transition beyond secondary school

By the end of the course students will:

Þ     become informed decision makers, able to understand the effects of their choices on themselves and others

Þ     develop an understanding of their personal responsibility for attaining and maintaining their health and financial well-being

Þ     develop an understanding of education and career choices

Þ     demonstrate the attitudes, skills, and knowledge that enable them to plan for the successful transition from secondary school to their adult lives

Þ     be able to access information and analyze it for accuracy, bias and relevance

Students will start Graduation Transitions (4 credits) in Planning 10 and complete the program before graduation.

The course will be divided into four major sections:

1. The Graduation Program
2. Education and Careers
3. Health
4. Finances

Most of the time will be spent focusing on Education/Careers and Health. 

Attendance and participation are important to this course.  Information will be presented daily and assignments will have deadlines. Students must come prepared to work every class. 

This means you will need to bring:

Þ     A pencil/pen or both

Þ     A binder with loose leaf paper

Optional equipment:

Þ     Pencil Crayons/Felt pens

Þ     Scissors

Þ     Glue stick

Assessment:

·  80% for Term 1 and 2

·  20% for a Final Project

There will be numerous assignments, projects, quizzes and tests during the semester.  Within each term, marks will be assigned as follows:

Þ     20% Tests and Quizzes

Þ     80% Assignments/homework (projects, worksheets, class discussions, computer work, reflections, etc.)

During Planning 10 we watch 2-3 feature films. The following is a list of films that we may view in this course:

·  Door to Door: The Story of Bill Porter ( special needs, overcoming obstacles)

·  Philadelphia ( HIV/AIDS, discrimination)

·  The Sololist ( homelessness/ mental health)

·  Sicko ( health care)

·  Juno ( family planning/sexual health)

·  Save the Last Dance ( relationships, racism)

·  Bend It Like Beckham ( stereotyping, diversity)

·  Super Size Me ( health/diet)

·  Mean Girls (cliques, relationships)

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Response #3: Why Why Why are people still texting and driving?? Should fines be heavier? What do you think about this issue?

Distracted drivers still a plague on roads despite ban

Drivers are still talking and texting on the road in large numbers, despite the year-old ban on the use of handheld devices.

One year after B.C.'s distracted driving ban kicked in, there's little sign the threat of fines are helping drivers keep their eyes on the road and off their electronic gadgets.

"There's a high percentage of people still using their cellphones whenever they're driving," RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said.

Police issued 32,000 tickets province-wide since the ban on handheld use of cellphones and similar devices began in February 2010, worth a total of $5.2 million in $167 fines.

Distracted driving remained a factor in 32 per cent of all fatal crashes in B.C.'s RCMP-enforced jurisdictions in the past year.

In the Lower Mainland, it's linked to 48 per cent of traffic deaths – a total of 45 people killed by distracted drivers since the new law took effect.

That doesn't necessarily mean a distracted driver who caused a deadly crash was talking on a cellphone or texting.

"It means they were doing something that took their eyes off the road," Chung said. "Looking for a CD on the floor, playing with an iPod or maybe they spilled a cup of coffee and were wiping it up, not watching where they are going."

Playing video games and programming GPS units is also a problem, he said.

"The worst thing I've seen is people looking down and texting when they're making a left turn."

Distracted drivers have been hit waiting mid-intersection to turn left when their green light goes yellow and then red. Others stopped at red lights can get rear-ended if the light turns green without them responding.

In addition to the fines, drivers caught texting or emailing also get three penalty points against their insurance.

RCMP Traffic Services Supt. Norm Gaumont suggested a review may be needed to examine whether the distracted driving penalties are stiff enough.

“If you look at our statistics, it’s clear the public doesn’t realize just how dangerous it can be if you don’t have your full focus on the road,” he said.

BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation executive director Allan Lamb said it's "unbelievable" large numbers of drivers still talk and text.

He said everyone should rethink their near-compulsive need to be constantly plugged in and available to employers, friends and family.

He said businesses and organizations with employees who must drive on the job should develop a policy on distracted driving.

Enforcement of such policies can be a problem, however, as even ICBC discovered in recent weeks.

Private investigators hired by ICBC continued using handheld videocameras while driving to spy on an Abbotsford man suing for damages from a crash. The tactic apparently continued until well into 2010 – after the ban took effect – until a judge criticized the practice and officials vowed it would change.

ICBC had long had guidelines requiring all employees and contractors to drive safely and obey traffic laws.

Technically, a handheld video camera is not on the list of specifically banned devices, so police could not issue a ticket under the new law, although they could pursue a charge under the Motor Vehicle Act of driving without due care and attention.

A policing blitz throughout February is now underway to step up enforcement of the law.

Officers will be on the lookout not just for phone and gadget users, but also drivers putting on makeup while driving or reading a book or newspaper, even though those are not ticketable under the new law.

Police may be disguised in garb like mascot costumes to snare violators.