Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Journal 1


-If PAS is considering an economy, then, the producer will be teachers who provide knowledge to the students. On the other hand, the students will be the consumers who pay money for the service, which is learning knowledge from the teachers. The service is produce from the educated teachers who had learned the fundamental knowledge from each respected academic subject areas. CEO, who is the head of the school, is both producer and consumer. CEO is responsible for paying salaries for every teacher she hires, and provide (buy) necessary materials for student or teachers to learn, such as tables, computers, test books, white boards, and many other learning-related materials. Moreover, CEO is also the one who makes the choices; she is responsible for the risks and the choices she makes.

-In PAS, student council is an example of a group who reflects self-interests to school, which is consider a small society. For example, some of the members in student council think that school lunch isn’t good. Therefore, they provide microwave food during lunch. This example represents the benefits originally were made for oneself also benefits the society as a whole, because other students who are not in the student council can also having this benefit.