College freshman advice

Hi Guys n Gals,

I have created a Wallwisher wall. It is a simple web page where we all can post and view our messages easily.

So simply go to http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/collegeadvice and post your message there.

You may be wondering, what you are posting? Good question! Your job is to find 3 pieces of advice from adults who have been to and graduated from college. You are to ask them the following question:

What is one piece of advice you would give to a recently graduated high school senior entering their first year in college?

After you have 3 pieces of advice from 3 different adults, choose the best one and post it to Wallwisher for your peers to see!

Make sure you double check for spelling and give credit to the person whose quote you are sharing. Also, put your first name on your post-it so I can give you credit. Duh!

You have until tomorrow at 1:50pm to do this! Happy Posting!
Mrs. Ash

Also,

Read the article found here: http://www.economist.com/node/21525840 and answer the following questions on your own paper! Yes, your own paper...not on the blog. Be prepared to discuss your answers tomorrow!

1. Define: exonerate, upshot, subsequent, illicit, obscure, naïve, jurisdiction, corroborate
2. What is the difference between a confession to cops and a guilty plea?
3. What do experimenters think their studies show about the ability to get people to falsely plead guilty? Are the studies a good test of this question? Why or why not?
4. Do you think you would ever plead guilty to something you hadn’t done? Have you ever done this?
5. Why do you think people in the ALT key experiment were more likely to confess if another person claimed to have seen the transgression?
6. What are some reasons to allow police to pretend to have proof of a person’s guilt? What are some reasons to ban this practice?
7. Is it a good idea to allow police to pretend to have evidence of someone’s guilt to get that person to confess? Would it be a good idea if people were highly unlikely to falsely confess to a crime?
8. What are the reasons a detective might want to tell a suspect that DNA or fingerprint evidence has been found but not yet analyzed?
9. “Though a lot of jurisdictions require corroborating evidence, in practice self-condemnation is pretty damning.” Why does self-condemnation hurt a defendant so much even if the jurisdiction requires other evidence to convict?
10. Which is more important, making an innocent person doesn’t go to jail or making sure a guilty person doesn’t go free?
11. What effect should a confession have? What if the defendant later takes back the confession?
12. Could an innocent person ever be made to believe that he or she was guilty?