Life Problems (2nd Period) by Benjamin Chang

Life Problems (2nd Period) by Benjamin Chang https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2021-04-15 08:55:38 UTC 2025-10-28 23:02:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Mr. Chang changb8 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1420139050 Glaring Problem: Too many students use their phones during class, which negatively affects their ability to learn, as well as the ability of those around them to learn and focus. This can also lead to students doing poorly in school, which affects their opportunities after high school and overall happiness

Possible Solution: Require all students to place their phones in an airtight safe and then before class starts, lock the safe and put the key in my pocket.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?):

It wouldn't be worth it because it would create a hostile, authoritarian vibe where students are likely to see me as unreasonably demanding and strict, with a possibility that they would resent me and hate coming to my class. Many students would probably refuse to put their phones in the safe and just keep it on their person, which also means the problem wouldn't get solved. ]]> 2021-04-15 08:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1420139050 Joshua Sah https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426002893 Glaring Problem: I procrastinate a lot and it is not good. This results in a lot of late nights doing schoolwork and even zeros and missing assignments.

Possible Solution: A possible solution to this is locking all of my devices and handing them over to my parents until I finish all of my work.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth it Or Not Worth It?): This is not the best solution because there is often too much homework to do in one sitting and I would need a break. Also, I would not be able to do all of my work since it is distance learning.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426002893 Alexander Threeths https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003082 Glaring problem: My dog waking me up at 3 in the morning to go pee.

Possible Solution: To let her sleep in someone else’s room.

Worth It Or Not Worth It?:
It is not worth it because I like sleeping with a dog next to me.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003082 Energy tranjonathan9561 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003220 Glaring Problem: My sleep schedule is a bust, I have zero motivation, and I think I have carpel tunnel. The only thing I want to do is listen to deep fried remixes of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

Possible Solution: Coffee. Never tried it but heard it's effective.

All Magic comes at a cost: Caffeine is known to damage sleep patterns and it doesn't actually give energy it just prevents someone from falling asleep. My routine is already completely a mess so further injury will not help me. Should be used strategically.]]> 2021-04-16 15:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003220 Bryan Tapiador tapiadorbryan9127 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003233 Glaring problem: Sleeping too late because of your phone.

Possible solution: You can set a timer on your phone where you can't use it anymore. I'm pretty sure there's a setting where you can turn off some apps after using it for some time.

Worth or not worth: I think this could work because you wouldn't have the blue light in your face anymore and have a better chance to sleep earlier.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003233 Sem Verkerk https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003679 Glaring Problem: Some people don’t recycle/bring their plastic or glass bottles to a recycling place. We currently have a ton of plastic and 🤬 in the ocean and we’re trying to clean it up. However, if we have people that are adding to the trash cleaning it up will be near impossible.

Possible Solution: Encourage recycling, make recycling places more accessible for people so that they can recycle their plastic items.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?): I think in the long run this would be worth it, if we somehow could make the trash stop flowing into the ocean then we could possibly clean the ocean.]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003679 Suha Zariya https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003908 Glaring Problem: The problem I have chosen is staying up too late at night because I’m talking to or texting my friends. This is a problem because it leads me to have a horrible sleep schedule, and makes me extremely groggy in the mornings. This results in me being very sluggish in my first few classes and not getting as much work done, thus creating more homework and stress for me during the week
Possible Solution: One possible solution would be to stop using my phone after 4 pm. This would disable me from talking to my friends too late at night, whilst somewhat maintaining my social life.
All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?):

It would not be worth it because oftentimes, the people I work with (on school projects, my classmates, etc.) contact me on my phone to discuss projects, homework, etc., occurring after 4 pm most days. This may lead to my grades declining. Additionally, some days, I get off from class at 4 pm meaning that I would not be able to have any time (at all to talk to my friends that day, thus diminishing my social life. Although my phone may be a distraction at times, it is also a useful tool, which will be taken away for about 3 days of the week, which in my opinion is quite counterproductive. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426003908 Nia Verma https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426004480 Glaring Problem: A simple problem that many people have is not remembering their passwords for online accounts. They are unable to log in to their account to do their task because they can’t, for the life of them, seem to recall their password.

Possible Solution:
- Writing down your password on a piece of paper.

- Saving your password on the computer.

Worth it or not worth it?: Both methods are risky because there can be many hackers who are able to get your password once saved on a computer. Writing it down is also tricky because the paper could easily slip out of your pocket or get lost.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426004480 Sachin Bhandari https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426004756 Glaring Problem: Many people die from dehydration every day. On an annual scale about 225 people die from dehydration. And although it doesn’t seem like a lot, I feel as if something as simple as drinking more water shouldn’t be avoided.

Possible Solution: Health experts commonly recommended to the general public that drinking half a gallon would be sufficient enough to not get dehydrated. So, everyone in their household is responsible to drink a half a gallon and record their data to the government.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?) : I don’t think that it would be worth it because this would deteriorate the perception about the government. I see this as an act of generosity from the government, as it doesn’t want any of its people to die from dehydration. But, I just know how the people would react to the government requiring daily data from them.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426004756 Ann Jojo https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005226 Glaring Problem: Ocean Acidification is causing small fishes and crustaceans to die causing the bigger fish in the ocean to not have a food source. Ocean Acidification is the ocean’s water becoming more acidic due to CO2 in our air. Not only are we polluting the ground but also oceans, risking the life of aquatic animals.

Possible Solution: Since big fishes are not the only consumers of fishes, many humans rely on them too. I think we should make it illegal to consume fish. Because of the acidity of the water, many ocean life is struggling to reproduce and with humans being predators for them, they will evenly die out.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?): I think this is extremely worth this as bringing down the ocean’s acidity is important because the ocean is where most of the air we breathe comes from. So temporality taking away a small privilege of consuming fish is the start of the journy to keep ocean life rich and healthy. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005226 Jonathan Amat https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005251 Glaring Problem: Too many students wake up late in the afternoon and lose out time on their day. Their “solution” to waking up late, is sleeping even later. This is a huge problem as you miss out on everything happening around you while you are asleep.

Possible Solution: Have classes make you check-in every morning at a reasonable time, for example 9am, even on non-school days to make sure you are awake.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?):
I believe this isn’t worth it as this is very demanding from schools, and I feel that students will hate school even more because they are controlling their life.]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005251 Vincent Ngo https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005299 Glaring Problem: Companies that make junk food have made their products extremely cheap. This encourages people of all backgrounds to consume soda/candy/junk food especially the lower class who can only afford soda and candy. This is a problem because this obviously promotes unhealthier lifestyles.

Possible Solution: Enforcing a sugar tax on junk food and/or lowering the prices of more organic, healthier food.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It or Not Worth It?)

This would be somewhat worth it if it came to be that healthier food was cheaper now but it still wouldn’t do anything for the lower class who likely don’t want to/can’t cook their own meals at home. So it would work somewhat at discouraging people from eating junk food but that only solves half the problem for the people in the lower class. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005299 Vincent Do dovincent3214 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005337 Problem: Too much plastic packaging for fruits. This is a problem because over the years, pollution has increased. Some of this pollution is on plastic pollution and how much plastic humans use up.

Solution: To reduce plastic use in fruit packaging, just don’t manufacture plastic casings for fruit.

Worth it?: There are benefits and losses to doing this. Benefits are things like using less plastic and in turn, you’re less likely to throw any plastic away at all in fruit packaging. The losses would be things like the way factories need to change their machine to stop making them. There could be other problems like the health risk around leaving fruits in the open when lessing them but I feel like that could be fixed by making smaller reusable containers that stay in the store. This would overall be worth it because the benefits of removing plastic packaging outweigh the losses. This doesn’t mention the thought that more people would start to eat fruit as well which is also good.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005337 Leland Jacobson jacobsonleland2878 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005364 Glaring Problem: Climate Change is a glaring problem in our society today. If we let the problem go too far out of control there would be massive problems like heat waves, droughts, or even floods. The more people put off this issue the worse the heat waves and droughts will get.

Possible Solution: The solution I came up with to stop climate change would be to stop the burning of oil and fossil fuels. This would help because if the leading cause of climate change were to stop it would probably stabilize.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?): This solution wouldn’t be worth it because a lot of businesses would go out of business and would protest the change. This is because a lot of their factories use the burning of fossil fuels that the solution would prevent.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005364 norrissavannah3141 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005668 Glaring Problem: In a world that revolves around technology, it can sometimes become overwhelming. Passwords are needed on every account, and their requirements differ from site to site. With so many passwords and so much on our minds, it can be difficult to remember all of our passwords.
Solution: There is already a solution of saving your password on the website, but what if it becomes compromised. There is also the idea of writing them down on a piece of paper or in your notes, but what if you lose it or can’t find it quick enough. A better solution would be to install a chip in our brain with all of our usernames and passwords, creating instant and easy access when needed.
Worth it?: For the tech-lovers, this may seem worth it since they’re constantly creating new passwords. However, this solution could malfunction and create everlasting effects on the person who had the chip installed. Some people could also become too dependent on the chip and become lazy, or even misuse the chip to their advantage.]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005668 Timothy Chan chantimothy2912 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005690 Glaring Problem: Many people don’t eat breakfast in the morning. This is a problem because some would say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. People might also be hungry in the morning and have less injury due to not eating breakfast.

Possible Solution: People could get up a little earlier and eat something small like yogurt just so they have something in their stomach.

Solution: I think it’s worth it because it takes less than 5 minutes to eat something small and it won’t really affect your schedule.]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005690 Homework https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005846 Too much homework, there is a lot of homework across many classes, enough to where missing a day or two could pile enough up to make it seem impossible to finish.

Teachers assign less homework

Worth it, it would make everyone’s job easier ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426005846 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006227 Glaring Problem: America is still dealing with COVID, and it’s still keeping us from going back to school. We’ve done online work for over a year, and it’s easy for our mental health to deteriorate when we’ve been staring at a screen for that long.

Possible Solution:
Make it mandatory to be vaccinated if you want to return to work or school.

Worth it?
Worth it. We’ll be able to return to normal life without spreading COVID. Most people are willing to get the vaccine anyway because it means they can resume their normal life. They won’t have to be stuck at home doing work on a computer for hours. It works out for everyone, because people have the choice to not get vaccinated. If people like at-home work, then they don’t have to get it. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006227 scheidowen2965 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006229 Glaring Problem: Having to stop while moving takes up a lot of your valuable time. Normally you have to slow down to stop completely instead of just stopping instantly.

Possible Solution: Spikes on all moving things that you can plunge into the floor when you want to stop.

All Magic Comes with a Price: This is not worth it because there would be so many more rear-end collisions from old people with slow reaction times. People would also get lots of whiplash from stopping so suddenly. There would be a lot of potholes around which could make the spikes not effective. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006229 vanhamjeremy3468 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006245 People being ugly is a problem because then they have a chance to be self conscious and can develop depression, as well as they may not be able to find a mate later in life, which means they cant have kids and the human race in its entirety might go extinct | The un-ugly beam. It is a wand/beam that instantly makes the user stunning. | This would not be worth it because it would just raise the average people's looks by a large amount, which would raise the bar for people too feel that they are ‘ugly’, which ultimately makes the problem worse]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426006245 Aditi Bordia https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007193 Glaring Problem: Teens are not getting enough sleep because they are falling asleep later due to homework and it’s a struggle to wake up earlier for school. This isn’t good because sleep is very vital.

Possible Solution: A possible solution is to be assigned less homework. There can be a requirement as to how much a teacher can assign every day/week.

Overall, it is worth it because students will be getting more sleep. This will allow them to retain information easier. Students will likely be more prepared for school in the mornings as well, and school timings wouldn’t have to change.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007193 Nicolas Shaw https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007461 Glaring Problem:
I have a big problem with procrastination. I usually always wait to do things to the last minute and it almost always ends up biting me in the but because I may not be totally prepared for anything or I’ll just end up stressing myself out trying to finish things when I could’ve started it earlier.

Possible Solution:
Once the assignment is assigned, I lock every single app that could lead to me getting distracted and make it impossible for me to do anything else other than the assignment.

Worth it?:
This seems like a really good idea but I feel like based off of the way I learn, how I do work, and how I just function, there is no guarantee nor is there a guarantee that this will be very helpful. I am very easily distracted and I don’t really have a good sense of time/time passage and sometimes in order for me to be able to focus, I might need a background noise that plays. Because of that, I just don’t think that method would help me nor do I think that I would be able to do that with the way I learn and work.]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007461 Arata Ishikawa ishikawaarata3745 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007867 Glaring Problem: Many people in the world, especially in the Bay Area have a problem with affordable housing. While wages decrease, housing prices increase, causing many families and people to be displaced. This can put an increased amount of stress, and financial burden upon those who fall into this problem. They then must either find a place elsewhere to live, or get stuck in a cycle of poverty.

Possible Solution: We can change housing prices to a lower value in which these people can afford to live in. With cheaper housing, citizens won’t have to worry about affordability, and the financial decisions about their current shelter.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?) It may not be worth it because by changing house prices to be cheaper, more people will be encouraged to buy these houses. However, we may not have enough money, workers, and land/space to even build the necessary amount of houses to compensate for this decision. This can lead to more government/state debt, and a very dense city.

]]> 2021-04-16 15:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426007867 Ada Avila https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426008935 I have horrible time management skills. I know I have to get things done, and I stress about them, but I procrastinate way too often. So I am procrastinating, scrolling on tiktok or watching Netflix while stressing about the work I don’t want to do. When I end up having to do it later, I feel rushed and overwhelmed. It’s an extremely stressful problem

| A possible solution could be making a schedule. After school, I could have a 45 min break, and then do 1.5 hours of work, and then a 45 min break, and then more work until I run out of time or work. I think this would allow me to mix in relaxation in moderation with the hard work.
| I think that I would stress about keeping to the schedule and worry when I go off schedule, but it would be worth it for the amount of work I could get done. I waste so much time and this could be a way of getting it back. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426008935 Xiao Qi Lee https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426010310 Glaring Problem:
Over half a million people in the U.S are homeless, and it is even more crucial to help them as the pandemic continues to survive. If they do not get help to get away from their harsh environments and basic necessities/resources, deaths and suffering will only pile up

A possible solution could be for the government to spend a couple percent of their sometimes over 50% of $3.8 billion that they normally use for the military

It is worth it because I doubt our military is so starved of resources and budget, that if just some of that amount is allocated somewhere else, the effects will be so dramatic that everyone dies. And this way, we can get homeless people off the streets]]> 2021-04-16 15:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426010310 Ethan Pham https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426011145 Problem: One problem I notice is cheating on tests and quizzes. As a TA at my Viet school, I notice the students in my class bring out their phones and use google translate in order to get good grades on the tests. These people are in the older beginner classes, so they are clearly being forced to do it. They just want good grades so their parents don’t get mad at them. It’s a problem because they aren’t learning anything.

Solutions: A possible solution would be to collect devices for the day, and only give it out for breaks.

This solution isn’t worth it because some students don’t participate in this, and it isn’t right to punish them. Also some of these students might have emergencies, and taking their devices would be bad. ]]> 2021-04-16 15:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426011145 https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426024498 2021-04-16 15:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426024498 Sarah Chettupalli https://padlet.com/changb8/ic14w2z3kegggym2/wish/1426028128 Glaring problem: if you're a very short basketball player it is more likely you won't be able to make the team, your height will always will be an obstacle or the problem

Solutions: The odds of becoming a NBA player favors a taller player versus a shorter one. But height shouldn't limit your basketball potential. You can use your advantages because you are much more quicker and faster than everyone else.

All are derived from hard work and dedication. You could talk to your coach about it seen what they have to say, after excel at your skills Ball-Handling and Driving to the Basket. Every coach and every team needs players who have those abilities, no matter what height they are.

All Magic Comes with a Price (Worth It Or Not Worth It?) Yes it is worth it because anything is possible, there are many nba basketball players such as Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues, The 5-foot, 3-inch tall point guard overcame his unusually short stature to become a fantastic NBA player. 5-foot, 5-inch tall combo guard Earl Boykin overcame his stature to become a well-respected NBA starter throughout his 14-year NBA career. Being short is okay, there are no excuses! All you can ask of yourself in life is to give it your all every second that you get and be okay with the results. If you truly work hard on your game every single day, you will be able to do some amazing things on the court no matter your height!

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