Politics StudioPolitics Studio

Mr. Milner

UNCSA

2009

Introductions

• Name(s)

• Birthday

• Art

• Home town

My Introduction

• Name(s) Mister

• Birthday August 31

• Art Belly Dancing

• Home town Oh! Winston-Salem

Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie

• I’m a teacher

• I live in Winston-Salem

• I won a gold medal at the Olympics in synchronized swimming

Two Truths and a Lie

• I have six chickens

• I have one wife

• I won a Grammy in 2007 for yodeling

Two Truths and a Lie

• I have acted in front of 2000 people

• I have danced in front of 500 people

• I have sung in front of 1008 people

Two Truths and a Lie

• I have lived in a city that is an island

• I have taught over 1000 students in seven schools in three states in fifteen years

• I have walked on a medieval pilgrimage route across Egypt

Three Truths and no Lie

• The average American consumes 12 pounds of chocolate a year

• Damages paid by the Kellogg Company in 1995 after an Ohio man claimed a flaming Pop-Tart ignited his kitchen: $2400

• Percentage of U.S. men who own a pair of Dockers Khakis: 73%

UNC School of the Arts

How do dancers learn to dance?

How do actors learn to act?

How do musicians learn to play?

How do painters learn to paint?

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Practice! Practice! Practice!

Citizens

How do we learn to be good citizens?

How do we learn about government and politics?

How do we learn to eat?

Practice! Practice! Practice!

Thank You!

Now sit back and enjoy the ride!

Homework

• Fill in your student information sheet

• Read your syllabus and be prepared to ask questions about it tomorrow

• Go daily to http://www.politicsstudio.wetpaint.com

• Ask questions!

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Have Fun Stormin’ The Castle