Poor President

I think the president was just trying to be nice. He donated a lot of his money to charity which is a really nice thing to do. He said he doesn't feel poor because poor people always just want more of everything and he doesn't want more. Even after he gave away most of his money, he still has more money than most people do. He doesn't seem to upset that he only has one thousand dollars left when he did have twelve thousand dollars left. He is not poor because he has a lot of things, and poor people don't have a lot of things.


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Cold Water Challenge

 

Lately a lot of people have been doing the cold water challenge. The cold water challenge is where you jump into like a creek or pool that is really cold. It is really cold and when you jump in your body is so shocked because the water is so cold. I tried the cold water challenge last night and the water was freezing cold. I didn't expect the water to be that cold and whenever I got out of the pool it was actually really warm outside. If somebody calls you out to do the cold water challenge you have to do it within 24 hours or you have to pay like 100 dollars to the charity that they picked. If somebody does call you out and you do it then you only have to pay 10 dollars to the charity that you picked. This is the first year that I have actually heard of the cold water challenge but I guess it has been around for a couple of years.

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Kid Nation 3

In this video, I saw an example of imitation stage because all the kids were acting like adults and pretending they were at a bar. They all stayed up really late and had a party in one of the shops. They were drinking root beer and acting like it was beer because they were trying to act like their parents. They were up really late and they didn't get enough sleep, so they were all really crabby and angry in the morning.

I also saw anticipatory socialization in this video, because some of the kids were willing to accept some of the new rules. The town council made a new law that the kids had a curfew of 9:30. Some of the kids were complaining, but the other kids didn't really care and they just accepted it. One of the kids even stood up for what he thought about having to go to bed early. The older kids were mad because they like going to bed late.

In this video, I also saw an example of desocialization because the kids had to give up some of their old norms, attitudes, and behaviors. When they did the showdown if they all got done within five minutes they got a choice between something that they need and something that they want. Their choices were between 40 boxes of pizza and a microwave with some cocoa powder. The town council chose the microwave with some cocoa powder. Some of the kids had to give up their regular decisions and not get to eat the pizza.

Kid Nation

In this video, culture is shown because all the kids were arguing about whether or not to kill the chickens, so they can have some protein in their bodies. Some kids wanted to kill the chickens and some did not want to. One kid did not want to kill the chickens, so she told the Town Council that she was going to leave the town if they killed the chickens. Then some kids went in the chicken pin to protect the chickens, but they ended up killing the chickens and having them for dinner anyway.

Also in this video, I saw informal Sanctions because the green team lost the showdown and everybody still congratulated them. Even though the green team caused them to not get the water slide or the extra pumps nobody was mad at them. All the other teams were clapping for them and telling them how to do the showdown when they could have just ignored them and made fun of them because they got last place. The green team was still really happy that the got last place because everybody was so happy for them.

The last thing I saw in Kid Nation was formal sanctions because when they do a showdown they get prizes if they win. All the teams have to compete against each other to see who wins the jobs. If all the teams finish within an hour they get to choose between a fun prize and a prize that they actually need. One time they had to choose between a porter potty and a T.V, but they ended up choosing the porter potty because they needed that. The other time they had to choose between a waterslide and a water pump, but they didn't get to choose anything because the green team didn't finish within an hour. 

Real Estate-Agent

All day I have to take people around neighborhoods to look at magical homes. They think they are so cool, but I think they are just really boring. It's just the same things over and over again. In all the houses they have little dwarfs that do everything for them and they have little doors that can lead them to secret places like Narnia. They also have buttons that they can press that will lead them to anything in the world that they want and robots that will do their homework and clean their room within seconds. The houses are always neon colors like bright blue, neon green, and hot pink. The colors of the houses are kind of cool, but other than that they are just the same stuff every time.


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Kid Nation

In this video, power is being used when the town council gets to be in control of all of the kids. Their job is to watch the kids, see who is helping out the most, comfort the kids, and  to be a leader for all the kids. They also have to keep everything under control and make sure all the kids are doing good and not fighting. Sometimes the leaders didn't do their job how the kids wanted them to and it caused a conflict so other kids had to step in and act like a leader.

Also, in this video I saw class conflict because some kids did not like how they did some things so it caused the kids to start fighting. They eventually split the kids up into districts and each district had a different job to do. At breakfast, the kids started fighting because some kids ate all the breakfast and didn't leave any for the rest of them. Also, kids were causing conflict because some districts hardly did any work and they got a lot of money while some kids did a lot of work and only got a nickel.

The last thing I saw in this video was perspective because the town council was made up of four people that like totally different things, yet they still get along and don't fight. They have to work together to figure out which kid they wanted to give the gold star to. The town council has to talk at the town meetings and figure out which kid they think has shown the most responsibility.

Friendly Letter

                                                                                                                                 1717 W. Main St.

                                                                                                                                 Festus, MO 63028

                                                                                                                                 April 1, 2014

Dear Mrs. DeBolt,

 

          My favorite movie is the Hunger Games series and Frozen. I like to do a lot of things outdoors like running, playing basketball, hiking and other sports. My favorite color is blue, which a lot of people know. Almost everything I own is blue because I love it so much. Every summer I go to Branson five times with other families that I know. When we are in Branson we spend most of our time at Silver Dollar City and White Water. The rest of the time is spent in the pool or doing other fun things like riding bumper boats or go-carts.

 

          An interesting story about me is when I got to go to Wyoming. My family went there about four years ago and it was really cool because we got to see all the mountains, lakes, and other amazing sites. I also got to see some animals I have never seen before like Buffalo and Elk. One time we had to stop driving because there Buffalo crossing the street and we didn't want to run over them. I cant wait to go back there some time!

 

          I do not have very much experience with computers and I am not very good with them either. In this class, I want to learn how to type, which we are already doing, and I want to learn how to do all kinds of things with the computer.

 

                                                                                                                                  Sincerely,

                                                                                                                                  Melissa Wolk   

     

         

              

Video Games

I think video games do not make kids more violent. Video games are just a way for kids to play games outside of school for fun. Kids are in school for most of the day, so when they get home they want to go play video games and beat up zombies. Kids don't want to hurt actual people. They just want to have a way they can have fun.

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