APGov: Biggest E.C. Opportunity of the Year!!

This Saturday at 8am the W-L Social Studies Department will be hosting an AP Mock Exam in the school cafeteria.  This exam is your opportunity to experience the administration of an AP exam before you take the real thing next month.  If you choose to take advantage of this opportunity, you will earn 3 points added on to your fourth quarter grade.  For example, if you earn a grade of 77 in the fourth quarter (normally a C+) your grade will be increased to a 80 (a B!).

The exam takes about three hours to administer and you'll be out the door and enjoying the weekend before noon!

Interesting Healthcare Idea

New App!

Listen to the story titled "Patient Advocates Fear Bias in Wellness Incentives" from the NPR program Morning Edition. You'll need to use the NPR News app on your iPod to listen to this story. After listening to the story, answer the following questions in the comment section of this blog post:

1. How does Safeway attempt to save money on providing health insurance to its employees?

2. Has Safeway's strategy saved money for the company?

3. Why do some organizations criticize the Safeway strategy?

4. Could the federal government institute such a program? Should the federal government institute such a program?