Creative Cooking With a Focus on Pudding - Thursday, 3rd Period

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Soda machines add water and carbon dioxide to a premade syrup. It's a very fixed, mechanical process. And there's certainly no room for any bubbling before the mixing happens.

Thus, there was no valid reason for loud bubbling and hissing coming from the Home Ec room.

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Civics, Thursday, March 2, 2017

[heroic_jawline]

"The President is the Chief Executive for the country," Steve began, "but that doesn't mean he does everything himself--there's way too much going on for one man, however orange, to handle. That's why Cabinet positions have been established--but they don't have anything to do with furniture."

Tony continued to struggle very had to keep from laughing at the shade there.

"The Cabinet is, essentially, a group of advisers for the president who assist him or her in governing. Or they should be doing that. They should also be upholding both laws and the Constitution at the will of the people, not just the rich people, but I digress!"

He cheerfully digressed.

"And they should be upholding the will of the American people, something else that shouldn't have to be explained, and yet here we are," Steve said, frowning hard. "When the Cabinet meets, it's the President, the Vice President, and the heads of the 15 executive departments, assuming they have been approved by the US Senate."

"The President has the ability to appoint 'temporary' department heads from within the departments. Guess how common that is these days," Tony muttered. "There is also a law prohibiting appointing relatives to the Cabinet. Let's wait and see how long that holds up this term."

So much shade today, class. "The 15 departments are State, Treasury, Justice, Health and Human Services, War--now Defense--, Transportation, Energy, and um--" Steve began.

"Homeland Security, Veteran Affairs, the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor..." Tony tilted his head, reaching for the rest. "Housing and Urban Development and... Education. How did I almost forget the last one after that horrible appointment managed to pass?"

"Your brain trying to repress it," Steve said, nodding. "These men and women advise the President on the areas their departments are experts in to help him make rational, thoughtful decisions. They are also consulted in major speeches like the State of the Union address and adjustments to national policy. Unless the President, apparently, doesn't feel like it."

"Are the consulted on tweets, though?" Tony Stark, asking the real questions.

Steve laughed. "I don't think the dictionary is consulted on some of the tweets. All right today, decide which of the 15 departments you'd most like to work for and what you'd expect in terms of expertise of the secretary of that department."

And then your teachers will pull up the current Cabinet's resumes and cry. Sound fun?