Bull Shoals Lake

I'm really excited for this weekend because it is the first time I get to go to my "lake house" in a small town down by Arkansas when the water won't be freezing cold! They are holding a 5k as well so I am also excited about that; hopefully I win. Usually my birthday falls on Memorial Day, but this year I don't get to celebrate it at the lake. This is also the first time I get to bring a friend down there with me. Last time she was invited but couldn't go. We always take my dog on walks down there because the scenery is beautiful! My sister and I always walk down to the bluffs and sit on the very edge of them to watch the sunset (If we have already come back in from the boat).

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Something That Bugs Me

One thing that really bugs me is dress code in school. Yes, I know that we have to wear appropriate clothes to school and I respect that, but some of the rules aren't fair to people like me. The shorts rule is one example of that. I have outrageously long arms and I can hardly get away with some gym shorts that I have. I know it is a priority to look professional in school, yet that is what people tell me. If they want me to look professional, I can't wear basketball shorts to school everyday. Also I understand that girls can't wear spaghetti strap tank tops. I also understand the rule about leggings. It just really bugs me that the shirt sleeves are measured by a ruler and the shorts are measured by how long your arms are.

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Six Flags

I have plans for the weekend to go to six flags with my friend. I haven't been in a while; I think the last time I went was during the summer last year. Most people go to Six Flags like every weekend in the summer, but I don't like to do that because it would get boring after a while. My favorite ride there is Batman and Superman even though I know absolutely nothing about super heroes. I also like all the wooden rides. Every time I go, I always get a huge cone of ice cream which sometimes makes me feel not-so-great. I have always loved roller coasters but my sister hasn't. One time when she was only three years old, my mom tied a giant bun on her head so she would be old enough to ride Screamin' Eagle. That traumatized her forever.

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Kid Nation 7

The first thing I have seen in this video is deviance. When Jared knocked over Divad's entire snack shop, it was behavior that does not follow society's expectations. A lot of Divad's friends offered to help her, but she said it was okay and that she could do it herself. She also said to Jared when he apologized that she understood and there "was no hard feelings." She was very cooperative when this happened to her because if it was me I would have freaked out and gotten Jared back. Divad was very understanding even if Jared is a deviant.

I have also seen in this video stigma. Because Taylor is very negative about a lot of things like cleaning, cooking, or really anything to help the town, she has an undesirable trait that is used to negatively label a person. All those times she has said no or made people very mad has left a bad impression on her. Another example was when Greg got really mad about not getting the gold star earlier in the season, and because or this, the council and pretty much the whole town had a different idea about how Greg really was. There is a lot of stigma going around in this city because everyone has their own opinion about each other.

The last thing I have seen in this video is social sanctions. The gold star is a reward for doing a lot of great things for the city. The council doesn't really give much punishments, only if they refuse to do something that could benefit the town like when Taylor refused to help. I think the gold star really effects how someone might act. It is definitely an example of social sanctions because the gold star is a reward that encourages conformity to norms.

Kid Nation 6

The first thing I have seen in this video is cooperation. As we all know, the trash in the town is getting VERY disgusting. Individuals are combining efforts to achieve a common goal.; each district has picked a couple of hardworking people to bury the trash far away. Taylor and Leila however are not cooperating when they were picked to help out. After a while, Leila decided that it would be best to go with the council and help dig the hole for the trash, and she didn't have to deal with the punishment for not cooperating. Since Taylor didn't even work her punishment, the whole town has to cooperate with filling the barrel with water.

I have also seen the Iron Law of Oligarchy because it seems as if the council is gaining more and more power as time goes on. The town council has never punished anyone for not doing their job, but when Taylor didn't cooperate, they made her carry the water. Also, the town council has the decision to pick which prize they get for collecting all 75 cans. The council also has the power over picking the person for the gold star. There are some people who are working extra hard because they know that the council might pick them for the gold star.

Another thing I have seen in this video is social exchange. A lot of kids in Bananza City are working extra hard to get the gold star. This is an example of social exchange because they are performing a voluntary action while expecting something in return. Another example was when Leila went back out to help with the trash because she was expecting not to have a punishment. But really the main conflict between people in Kid Nation is the gold star. It caused much conflict with Greg and the council members earlier in the season, but I think that Greg has been much better with cooperation, which is why he got the gold star in episode 5.

Kid Nation 5

In this video I have seen an example of a group. The whole town is a group because they work together in regular contact, and share some ways of thinking. They also have to consider each others behavior, and they have some common interests and goals. Also, there are groups inside groups: the districts. It must be very hard to work with each others different ideas and goals, but if they want to make this town work out, they have to learn how to cooperate with the changes. Changing the council members is going to be a great way to learn these ways.

I have also seen Social Category because each group shares a different characteristic. For example, each district has a certain job that they are responsible to do for Bananza City. The laborers, cooks, merchants, and upper class are these characteristics. Also, it is clear to most people watching that the yellow district has some annoying people, including the district leader. The green district is a very hardworking group of people. It is clear that each district has different characteristics.

Another thing I have seen is many examples of conflict because of the re-elections. There is a lot of interaction aimed at defeating an opponent. Zach really wants to win over the town and have them vote for him because he believes he can make the town better. Taylor has been putting up posters about how she is going to do a better job as a leader, however she has said that in the past. Zach ended up winning the election, but he said he doesn't have any more power then the rest of them. I believe he is going to make the town a better town and really help out a lot.

Kid Nation 4

The first thing I have seen in this video is status. Each person has their own status depending on what they believe; some people are Christians and some are Jews. The council is trying to get everyone together to have one service, and every single one of the kids disagree. However, Morgan is trying to get some people at a bonfire to have a prayer and show everyone that different religions can come together in ways. Yes, I understand that each child might have his or her beliefs, but during the bonfire many people realized that they have gone so far in building this town that they can't have it all fall apart.

Another thing I have seen in this episode of Kid Nation is ascribed status and obligation. The showdown is what assigns each district their jobs by giving the first place upper class, second place merchants, and so on. Of course, everyone wants to be the upper class, so everyone is going to try their hardest. No one wants to be the laborers, though. No matter what, someone has to do the dirty work, but people have to try their very best so they won't have to be the ones to clean toilets.

One of the last things I have seen in this video is role. The whole point of creating the districts was to make sure everyone did their jobs properly. Taylor is the main problem because she isn't playing her role correctly and many of the other people from other districts are having to step up and help out. The gold star is another important part of role. Some people are working extra hard for the reward. They aren't only playing their part in the community, but they are doing extra.

Poorest President

Some people are amazing. People like Uruguay Jose Mujica who donate 90% of their salary to charity make my day. I love to hear about all the kind things people are doing these days because not a lot of people have a heart. he was absolutely correct when he said, "Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive salary and always want more." I don't think anyone else has the heart to donate almost all of the money they make to someone who needs it more than they do. I bet that his money is going to an amazing cause and will definitely help someone in need.

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Cold Water Challenge

I bet you have seen on Facebook or Instagram a lot of people doing the cold water challenge. This was created to raise money for charity. If you choose to jump in freezing cold water, you only have to pay a small amount of money, but if you don't jump in the cold water, you have to pay about a hundred dollars to charity. The other day I was challenged by Melissa. So far, I don't know where I'm going to do it. My neighbor was also challenged, so we are going to do it together, but her pool isn't open yet. I think that the cold water challenge was a good idea to start, and I'm glad that people are actually participating. This idea spread quickly, and a lot of people have been challenged more then once.

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Kid Nation 3

In this video I have first seen examples of socialization because Greg needs to learn how to behave with the little kids. Mallory's parents do not approve of cursing, and that is something that Greg has been doing. He needs to know that the council was strongly thinking about giving the gold star to him, so he can't just throw it all away. Also, the council has decided on a curfew for the kids; some children don't agree, but they need to learn to participate in  a group life.

The second thing I have seen in this video is self-concept because some people have good images of themselves based on what they have accomplished. The council has an easy time trusting Michael because of the image he has made of himself. Also, Greg thinks he has made a good image on the council members until the morning where he woke everyone up by rolling on the little kids. Greg was cursing and acting like a complete idiot. Because of the image he has made on himself, the council will have a hard time trusting him as the person to give the gold star to.

The last thing I have seen in this video is de-socialization and re-socialization because during the last showdown, a lot of the districts were reassigned to a new job. The red district, the old merchants, have to be the laborers. Before they were even merchants, they were upper class, and it will be hard to move down to the lowest class. But for the green district, for example, they get to move up to the cooks. All of the districts have to change their way of life in a small way, but they have to learn to change their ways and sometimes give something up.

Kid Nation

In this episode, culture is being shown because some people believe that they should kill the chickens and use them as meat, and then they will have protein in their bodies. On the other hand, some people think that killing the chickens is cruel. These people are not born knowing what they believe. This event is causing conflict between the people who want to kill the chickens and those who don't, but they have to think about the other kids sometimes.

Also, I have seen examples of formal sanctions because the council gives rewards to the people they think deserve it. One example of a reward they give is the gold star, but you have to make sure you are working hard for the reward. The council is thinking about giving the gold star to Michael because he gave a speech to encourage the rest of the town during the first episode, and he also thought of the idea to pour hot water over the frozen faucet. They also are thinking about giving the star to Greg because he has been such a big help and people look up to him since he's the oldest and he helped cooking the chickens.

The last thing I have seen in Kid Nation are examples of norms because even though each district has their own job to do, it is normal to help other people when they need it. The yellow district are the cooks, but the green district usually helps the yellow team because they are much younger. We are all responsible for each of our own responsibilities although it is usual and polite for people to help out. Also, Greg helped out with killing the chicken because he knew the proper way to do it, but it was probably the cook's job. It is normal to help people when the are in need.

Saturday

Saturday was my friend, Allison's, birthday party. When I got there, we played in the road with chalk. When cars drove by people looked at us funny, but we didn't care. We soon got bored, so we went on a walk to her neighbors house and jumped on their trampoline. We ate pizza, and then we went outside to play basketball. One time, the basketball rolled in a big ditch with at least a foot of mud. We took turns putting on boots and splashing around in the mud; some of us got stuck a couple times. The best part was when we went to see Divergent. I have already seen it, but it was fun to go with a bunch of friends. The movie was awesome! When we came home, we went in her basement and played ping pong for a while. The cake was awesome. We watched the movie Frozen, and then went to bed. I had an awesome Saturday!


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Kid Nation

In this video, perspective is being used because the town council has a different point of view than the rest of the group. They have to look for the person who will receive the gold star. Also, each one of the people on the council have a different background. For example, one is a boy scout, one is a pageant queen, one is a spelling bee champion, and the last one is all about being responsible. Because of this, they are all going to be watching carefully for the person who deserves the gold star, but they might be looking for different qualities.

Also, in this video I have seen examples of power. The town council has power over everyone, but they have to keep things organized and make sure people agree on their decisions. They are the ones who have to make sure everyone has enough food, water, supplies, and they are comfortable with the situation. Also, the kids who earn $1 will have power because they don't have to do any chores; they can just pitch in whenever they want.

The final thing I have seen in this video is an example of class conflict. Each district receives a different amount of money. the people who clean only have 10 cents, even if they do a lot of work. This system might create disagreements, but it helps children understand how the world really works. Most people don't like it when the leaders act like they are in a higher position than them, and it would be better if they acted like friends, even if the amount of money the make causes conflict. it is going to be hard for them to get used to the system because they have never experienced something like this before.
                                                                                                                                                                 

Friendly Letter

 

                                                                                                      1717 West Main Street

                                                                                                      Festus, Mo 63028

                                                                                                      April 1, 2014

 

 

Dear Mrs.DeBolt.,

 

          I love to play basketball, run cross country, and play softball. My favorite sport, however, is track. So far, the season has been going great and I am excited for the other seasons ahead of me! I have an awesome family. The craziest person in my family is my grandma. One time, she used my pogo stick and fell on the picnic table. She goes tubing with my grandpa, and she was the one who taught me how to water ski. She is still able to, today.

 

         The coolest thing about me is water skiing. I think it is one of the most fun and exciting things you can do in your free time, but not everyone has the opportunity to do it, which is why I love it so much. I wish everyone was able to experience it! Just a couple summers ago is when I learned how,  and since then I have come a long way! This is the one thing I look forward to in the summer!

 

          Technology has grown so much in a short period of time. In this class, I would like to learn more about the new technology and where the world is headed with new creations. It would also be fun to learn about some of the newest products that are still being worked on! I'm sure that whatever we do will be fun.

 

                                                                                                    Sincerely,

                                                                                                    Madelyn Welsh

Video Games

In my opinion, video games can make kids more violent, but that is not always the case. If kids play the game 24/7, then yes, they will be more violent. Video games should only be played in someone's spare time, which is what they were made for. Parents should not allow their kids to play a certain game all the time because they will eventually begin to choose to play the game rather than do what they are supposed to be doing, like homework. Most video games are unrealistic, so you don't have to worry much about a zombie apocalypse or your child wanting to run around with a gun and shoot people in allies.

 

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Intro

Hi. My name is Maddie Welsh. I'll use this blog fourth quarter.

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Kid Nation

Kids are going to fix up a old town and make there own town and survive. No adults, only kids. 4 kids are going to be the town council, they are trying to keep the town in order. 40 days worth of food and there are gold starts worth 20k or $20,000. The kidscan leave if they want. There are trobles the kids need to deal with. All of the kids need to become acustom to this life. Everyone needs to work together to have food ect. Farming is needed to get food like eggs and milk. If arguing breaks out it destroys the kids. The kids have been split up in to 4 teams red, green, blue, yellow. Greg and Blane put chalk like grifid  on the door. Jobs have been put out. team vs team. Challanges are out and red is 1st blue is 2nd blue yellow is 3th green is last, the town gained the extra reward. the town can choose between t.v or outhouses. The council chose the extra 7 outhouses. yellow is cooks and made good food. There are stores open now and items are able to be bought. Younger kids are hunting jackrabbits. Town meetings are being held and people mary go home. Jimi left and a gold star has been given out to Sophia. The person who recives the gold star can call their parents. At the end the kids took shots of rootbeer, I wonder how they came up with that. Why do parents drink in front of there kids?

Plant vs. Zombies Garden Warfare

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is a game that is like Battlefield but its not people it's plants and zombies. The game is based off the stratagy defence games of Plants vs. Zombies and the second verson of plants vs zombies where you defend yourself from zombies with plants. The game is third person where you fight zombies if your plants or your fighting plants as zombies. I bought the game 3/12/14 and there are differnt gamemodes. One is basic online, garden ops, and I belive more.

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What bugs me

Something that bugs me is glitches. When i am playing something like Minecraft and a mob glitches and kills me I get angry, the same goes with other games. Games like Call of Duty has lots of glitches, Battlefield also has a lot of glitches. Some glitches can be good but may be rare such as endless of a resource in Minecraft. When I play Minecraft I see a lot of the same type of glitch such as seeing a mob go underground then poping up right in front of me.

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Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans is a online game that is a stratagy defence game. I belive that Clash of Clans is stratagy defence game because you have a base to defend and you attack other peoples bases for resources. The goal of Clash of Clans is to be the best in the game and stay like that. You can make you trrops, defences, resource colectors, adn normal buildings better. There are special heros in the game whos names are archer queen and barbariean king. spells can be used to hurt the enemys defences or help your troops.

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Being Special

I think everyone can be special if they want to be special. The fact is that everyone is special in there own way. Someone may be special at sports while another person is special at stratagy based things. The potential of having a special thing you are good at and others aren't good at is always possible, take chess for example i may be good at chess while some of my friends may not be good at chess.

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Dogs

My dogs can act very weird. My dogs, whos names are Harley and Abby, will bark their heads off or lick you to death literally, bite you and draw blood, ect. But it seems like they know when eachother need things like when Abby needed to go out, Harley woke my parents up and he didn't need to go outside to use the bathroom for dogs which is our yard. My dad said something like when our dogs sniff eachother, they know what the other needs. Dogs can be delicate and can be very mean such as if you make Harley mad he may bite you or lick you.

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Middle Earth

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I would choose door 6, and it would probally take me to Middle Earth. If door 6 didn't take me to Middle Earth, I would keep going through doors such as door 4 or door 7. I would go to Middle Earth because my two favorite books/movies are LOTR and Harry Potter. Middle Earth is like a fantacy fictio paradice. Hogwarts is also fanticy fiction,but i perfer Middle Earth, for the action and all of the battles. 

Festus Middle School

I think I will not forget about my middle shcool year because I am in classes with friends and this is the first year in what feels like forever I went to a different school in Festus district. Middle school is a better school than the others because this is the first year i could beat someone around my age in chess who i am not related to. Also middle school food taste good insetad of other schools foods.

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Mini Windmills

Jung-Chih Chiao made the smallest windmill I've heard of in my entire life. These micro windmills stand only 2 mm tall with 1.8 mm wide with blades smaller then that, but it may save lives and charge devices or maybe with enough windmills you could power a house. These wind mills are like one giant turbine worth on most likely thousands of these windmills. This tiny windmill is also able to withstand strong winds. around 1000 of these windmills can be made from 1 single wafer(not the food type of wafer the metal kind of wafer).

1. Chopping a tree with a ax is very arduous.
2. Some materials are very durable while others aren't.
3. My prototype in Halo Reach for a cannon didn't work.
4. When my friend a was betrayed, he blamed me but I was very assert with him about where I was so I couldn't have betray him.
5. When I was harnessing the power from the armor the alien downed me.
6. The wafer alloy was so small and thin it split from the ax.
7. The base was contemplated so much I got bored.
8. I was patent from the leader of the clan.
9. I was able to withstand the elites energy swords.

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Intro

My name is Drew Collins. I'll be using this blog during third quarter.

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