Congratulations Popp Point Leaders

As a teacher of sociology, this linguistic map that popped up a couple of years ago in the NY Times, which tracked where in the country do people call their fizzy drinks, "Soda," "Pop" or "Coke," was of interest to me:

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/the-soda-vs-pop-map/

Why am I posting this now? Well, later in the second semester we will examine the difficult concept of governing in a country with over 500 languages (Nigeria), but for the here and now it gives a visual that helps me give credit to the Blogging Points leaders of the first semester.

I call these Popp points in honor of the student that helped me create the first AP Government Blog WV grad Alex Popp. So here they are the extra credit popp point leaders for blogging this first semester (10 pts max.):

1. Anagha S. -- 15 (10 pts)

2. Zaic H. -- 13 (10 pts)

3. John O. -- 12 (10 pts)

4. Brian N. -- 11 (10 pts)

5. Troy H. -- 10 (10 pts)

6. Milan D. -- 8

7. Chris M. -- 7

8. Snaha R. -- 6

9. Dylan D. -- 4

9. David G. -- 4

9. Bryan H. --4

9. Jay M. -- 4

Others recieving popp points: Dylan T (3); Rachael H (3); Scott K. (3); Amina M (3); Kaitlyn B (2); TJ G (2); Ryan S. (1); Patrick Z. (1); Maggie C (1); Trisha R (1); Sara T (1).