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<Balloon Race>
Hypothesis



Materials
6 Erlenmeyer flasks
6 balloons
1 triple beam balance
10.5 g sodium bicarbonate
150 mL acetic acid

Procedure
1. Each Erlenmeyer flask was filled with 25 mL of acetic acid.
2. A balloon was stuffed with 0.50 g of sodium bicarbonate.
3. A balloon was stuffed with 1.00 g of sodium bicarbonate.
4. A balloon was stuffed with 1.50 g of sodium bicarbonate.
5. A balloon was stuffed with 2.00 g of sodium bicarbonate.
6. A balloon was stuffed with 2.50 g of sodium bicarbonate.
7. A balloon was stuffed with 3.00 g of sodium bicarbonate.
8. All six balloons were attached to an flask without tilting them to prevent sodium bicarbonate inside the balloons from spilling into a flask.
9. All six balloons were simultaneously straightened and carefully shaken to spill their sodium bicarbonate into the flasks.
10. The flasks were left alone until fizzling from their chemical reactions ceased.
11. The appearance or lack of remnant sodium bicarbonate in each flask was recorded.


[Data Description]


[Result Description]
The different amounts of sodium bicarbonate mixed in with a constant quantity of acetic acid illustrated the terms limiting reagent and excess reagent. The flask that resulted in the largest balloon was the one containing 2 grams of sodium bicarbonate. That is because it yielded the greatest amount of carbon dioxide from its reagents. The amount of excess reagent was the least in that flask so less reagents were wasted and more gas could be produced.

<Modest Proposal>
-statement of a need or problem
-what has failed before
-proposal
-why the proposal has merit
-why any possible objections would have no merit
-conclusion

A sound begins in a classroom as a whisper while a teacher attempts to explain the latest material coming up on a test. It grows slowly into a handful of whispers working in unison. Their sound becomes noticeable enough that the teacher's thoughts are minutely derailed from their focus on the class. Each whisper then begins to interrupt with the ability of another to be understood. They grow louder individually but seemingly working together to maintain the same volume level. Before long, the room is more like the dischord at the New York Stock Exchange and less like a true classroom. The teacher, straining to surpass the loudness of enough voices to get the message across, delivers some sort of warning remark and (in most cases) the din subsides.

This situation has probably repeated itself across countless classrooms. Teachers can attest that repeatedly shouting to get students to be quiet can lead to frustrations and sore throats. The opposite choice, being silent, works only while students are not so involved in their conversations as to render the teacher's efforts null. Violence as a means of reigning student impulses was outlawed and remains a discouraged method of control even against young children. I therefore propose that mandatory bands be enstated for all students to wear, allowing teachers to apply mild electrical shocks to

[Minor electrical shocks and tracking through RFID systems within the school or a bar code.]

Critics would perhaps call me a masochist, as I too would presumably be the subject of my own creation. However, that would prove the impartial nature behind the mechanism, similar to the guillotine's inventor being executed with it. Furthermore, repercussions would only come as a result of behaviors that everyone can learn to curb.

<Modest Proposal Final>

-statement of a need or problem
-what has failed before
-proposal
-why the proposal has merit
-why any possible objections would have no merit
-conclusion

A sound begins in a classroom as a whisper while a teacher attempts to explain the latest material coming up on a test. It grows slowly into a handful of whispers working in unison. Their sound becomes noticeable enough that the teacher's thoughts are minutely derailed from their focus on the class. Each whisper then begins to interrupt with the ability of another to be understood. They grow louder individually but seemingly working together to maintain the same volume level. Before long, the room is more like the dischord at the New York Stock Exchange and less like a true classroom. The teacher, straining to surpass the loudness of enough voices to get the message across, delivers some sort of warning remark and (in most cases) the din subsides.

This situation has probably repeated itself across countless classrooms. Teachers can attest that repeatedly shouting to get students to be quiet can lead to frustrations and sore throats. The opposite choice, being silent, works only while students are not so involved in their conversations as to render the teacher's efforts null. Violence as a means of reigning student impulses was outlawed and remains a discouraged method of control even against young children. I therefore propose that mandatory bands be enstated for all students to wear, allowing teachers to apply mild electrical shocks to misbehaving pupils.

Humans develop behaviors based on pain and satisfaction. For example, a person will not normally hold his hand to a warm stove after realizing that such an action causes pain. In the same manner, students would be reluctant to chatter during class because electrical shocks are particularly unpleasant sensations. The advantage over other means of persuation is that controlled voltages produce no marks or true harm. Electricity is merely a means of directly tapping into the nervous system for an instant. The bands would draw their power from the body's heat or other natural means so that they would never run out of power. Alternatively, rechargeable batteries in the bands could be switched out periodically to ensure their proper performance.

Limitations would prevent teachers from abusing of the system. Shocks would only be permitted every minute, with a delay to cancel the order in case the teacher unintentionally chooses to shock the wrong student or didn't want to shock anyone. The bands would register the time and place at which such disciplinary actions took place, both on the student and on the teacher's end, thereby holding teachers responsible for any abuses. In fact, the system could be improved to allow teachers to automatically take attendance in their classrooms. The bands could mark when a student enters or exits a room, meaning that cutting class would be impossible without such equipment listing off a student's whereabouts and betraying them. Note that there would be no wires involved in any of these mechanisms, as they would all function on WiFi, BlueTooth, or RFID technology.

Critics would perhaps call me a masochist, as I too would presumably be the subject of my own creation. However, that would prove the impartial nature behind the mechanism, similar to the guillotine's inventor being executed with it. Furthermore, repercussions would only come as a result of behaviors that everyone can learn to curb. Rather than submitting teachers to vocal strain and headaches, this proposal could bring a cheap relief. In addition, talkative classes have as silent victims as non-smokers subject to second-hand smoking. Quiet students may sometimes see their grades affected by a roudy class. This could help prevent such problems. The students also have reasons to want the bands. The bands could serve as witnesses to their conduct and their attendance to classes.

Students go to school to learn during class periods, not to misbehave and trouble themselves, others, and teachers. This proposal would be a giant step to achieving the perfect class: a group unwilling to express itself outside of restrictions and always following the class material. One might wonder why such a system hasn't already been implemented throughout the nation. Given that people undertake drastic measures and burdens to lessen the threat of terrorism, prevent diseases, and cut down costs, they should logically jump at the chance to raise better citizens. Free will is for the real world. In school, all life consists of the academic and performance.