Poor Pesident

I think that this man is very generous. He donated a lot of his salary to charity and only kept a fraction of it. People say he is poor but he is very wealthy and very kind. He helps people that need help and does very little for himself. I think that Jose Mujica is a nice man, and thats why he is pesident. We need more presidents, and people like him.




                                                

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Over the weekend I saw some really good movies. I saw four different movies, some I saw for the first time. The movies I saw were "Twenty-One Jump Street", "Transendent", "Anger Managment", and my favorite movie that i saw was "White Chicks".

                                                    
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Kid Nation 3

  In this video I saw SOCIALIZATION when most of the kids partied and the rest of the other people stayed in their bunks so they wouldn't be tired. They made the smart choice. They weren't tired. but some of the kidds that partied weren't tired either.

   I also saw LOOKING-GLASS SELF when Greg cussed at the kids and they started talking about him. He started thinking about what they thought of him. He was getting mad because ofwhat everybody thought of him. He got madder when that happened.

   I also saw TOTAL INSTATUTIONS when all 40 kids were driven out to Banaza City. They are all away from society. they aren't anywhere near close to their families. They have no conections to anybody outside of Banaza City unless they get a gold star.

Kid Nation Part 2

           The first thing I saw was CULTURE; I saw this when the kids were afriad of killing the chickens and the other kids want to kill them. This is an example of culture because some of the kids aren't costom to killing chickens or watching them die. But at the same time other people are able to watch and/or butcher them. Some of the littler kids were running away and crying.

           I also saw INFORMAL SANCTIONS because the teams were awarded jobs and money for finishing the contest. The host of the show would asign the teams jobs based on what place they got in the showdown. They also get golden stars from the counsil. They also get a giant reward if everybody finishes in an hour.

           In this video I saw VALUES. I saw this when they were cheering for the green team so the could get the water slide. They thought that the slide was important. They didn't know what was in the box though. It was a water pump. That was important. But they didn't get it so...  oh well.

Kid Nation

In this video the council is using power to help everybody work together and not fight. And whoever is the most respectful, helpful, and the one thats the best at controlling different situations. The one that can do all of that, gets a pure golden star.

 Michael uses a different perspective to keep everybody from fighting. He gives a speach to make everybody understand that they aren't fighting for thereselves, but for everybody there. So if one person fights sombodyelse, they won't be able to help eachother.

We also saw class conflict when the green, red, blue, and yellow teams fight. When they are in compotitions. Sometimes they fight against the different groups and they vandalize the different teams cabins. s is what startsthi the conflict.

Friendly Letter

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                                                                                                                                  April 1, 2014

Dear Mrs. DeBolt,
   
            My favorite movie is the movie "8 Mile" with Eminem. I like this movie because it has rap in it. I love rap music because it has no tune, its just words, that way I never mess up. My favorite colors are white and black. The sports I like to play are baskeball and football. I like these because I can play them whenever I want. Plus I have a basketball net at both of my houses so that I can practice everyday.

           Something interesting about me is that I am adopted. I went through 5 foster homes from the time I was 2 to the time I was 5. I have always wanted to meet the people that fostered me just to show them how great I turned out to be. I just want to see them so I can ask them, "Why?"

           I don't have a computer, but I help my dad with his when he needs help. I think that I am pretty good with What I want to learn in this class is how to take apart a computer and put it together again. (thats probaly not going to happe though)

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Video Games

Do video games make kids more violent? I don't think so. I think this because there are different things games want you to acheive. Like the game "Cooking Mama", it is a cooking game. It wouldn't make you want to go cook something. Or all of the racing games, it doesn't make you want to race somebody all of the sudden. So all of the shooting games wouldnt make you want to be violent.

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