Final Blog Post

My experience in this online course has been a little hectic, but ultimately I was able to finish all of my work by the due dates the majority of the time. Being honest, I thought that this class was going to be much less time consuming and I had some trouble managing my time in the earlier weeks, but I was able to handle the blunt of the work once I figured out voicethread, blogger, the online quizzes, etc. This course exceeded my expectations when it came to the amount of work, and the amount of material we would be learning about. This class was organized making it easy for me to travel, play baseball, and have a life outside of this class. I liked how we got all of our due dates at the beginning of each week because I was able to figure out when exactly I would complete my work. I think that having an online class this summer was a great idea, especially for a class like Economics because it allows me to get a history credit in a short span of six weeks.  Even though I had a decent experience with this class I would probably rather take a class like economics because I think I would learn better from a face-to-face confrontation rather than learning from a voice on a youtube video. Although the Skype discussions were a little awkward, but they were helpful because it gave me a feel for how other people were handling this class.

            I didn’t know much about Economics before this class, but what I learned will help me later in life. The most valuable thing I learned in this class is how much everything costs, and that I need to manage my money better now and when I get older. I learned about how the government takes money away from you and how the economy works. I think that this class will help me in college because I know that I will be doing more independent work after high school just like I did in this class. I am glad that I took this class and I think that there should be more classes like this at Episcopal High School.

Week 5 Blog Post

The three possible topics I am considering for my final project are the effect that a major sports franchise has on a local economy, the effect that hosting a super bowl will have on the city where it is held, and how much money should be sent on major state university's athletic programs. Obviously you can see that I have a sports theme to my three topics because those would be my most knowledgeable topics to write about.

Topic 1: The effect that Major Sports teams have on a local economy

    -A countless amount of dollars are spent every week at, and around Reliant Stadium during a fall football season on tickets, concessions, tailgating, at sports bars, etc. What people do on a Sunday afternoon is revolve there whole day around watching there local team. This sports franchise makes money for the tv networks, the grocery stores, local restaurants and bars, sports apparel stores, and much more. I am considering this topic because I want to show people how much a sports franchise impacts the city it's in and its economy.

Topic 2: The effect that hosting a super bowl will have on the city where it is held

     - The city of Houston is thrilled to be the future host of the Super Bowl in 2017. Not just because we love football and we take pride from the fact that it is in our city. The Super Bowl is the single biggest sporting event year after year, which means lots of money will come with it. While Houston is a big destination when it comes to business, you normally don't see many tourists visiting Houston over cities such as Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. On Super Bowl weekend in 2017, thousands of tourists will venture to the city of Houston to watch a football game, and most importantly spend money. These tourists will buy hotel rooms, spend money at our stores and restaurants, buy our gas, and much more. Hosting a Super Bowl will make the city of Houston a lot of money and it is very important that we are receiving it in 2017.

Topic 3: How much money should be spent on the athletics of state universities?

     - Did you know that Mack Brown, the head football coach of the University of Texas, is currently the highest paid government employee in the state of Texas? You may wonder, why is Texas spending so much money on a coach rather than a top professor. Education is more important than athletics right? While this is true, the revenue that the athletic department of a major university makes for the university is nearly enough to cover the expenses that academics at a school would cost. I am thinking about choosing this topic because not only am I interested to see how much a schools athletic program means financially to a school, but I also want to show everybody why an athletic program should be taken seriously in order for a school to make more money.