Camping

Next weekend I am going to go camping with a bunch of people from my church. We are leaving next Friday and coming home next Sunday. During the weekend we are going to go in a cave, play in the creek, and we are going to go on a float trip. At the place we are going there is a huge hill that all the kids like to have a race with our bikes. We see who can go down it the fastest. The cave that they have there is really neat to go in. We go to this place every year and have a float trip and its really fun to go because we have a lot of fun. They have a tire swing that you can go on and then jump off of it over the creek and all of the kids do that for like an hour straight.

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Something that bugs me

Something that really bugs me is when people try to show off for other people. They try to make everybody think they are so cool by doing stupid things that usually just make them get hurt. They show off to all of their friends to make it look like they are the coolest person ever. It also really bugs me when people come to school with like a boot on their foot and tell everybody that they are hurt and then the next day they come to school and they are perfectly fine. They are just trying to get people to feel sorry for them. People don't really need to show off because in the end it just makes them look like a fool.

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This weekend I am going to my friends house. I am going to go with her to something at her church and then I am going to spend the night. On Saturday we are going to go outside and just do a bunch of other stuff around her house. We may go shopping, but her mom said she doesn't know for sure. Tomorrow night there is something going on at her church and she invited me to go to it with her. Some of my other friends are going to go to her house too and we are all going to go to her house afterwards to spend the night. It's going to be a lot of fun and I can't wait to go.
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Kid Nation 7

The first thing I saw in the video was a deviant because Jared was mad so he went all crazy. Divad  had a snack shop, and he was jealous that she was making money, so he decided to make one of his own. Divad's friends came up to Jared and started yelling at him and telling him that it's a stupid idea, so he yelled at them and tipped over Divad's snack stand. Divad didn't care that he tipped her snack stand over because she said that he was just jealous, and it just makes her work harder. Divad said it didn't bother her, so she just fixed her stand and continued her snack stand.

The next thing I saw in the video was primary deviance because Greg was mean to Nathan, and he is usually isn't mean. Greg is a nice person, and he likes to help out around the town, but lately he was being really mean and pushing him and not letting him help with all the chores. Greg then became nice to Nathan , and they tried to start over and become friends again. Greg made up to Nathan and told him that he knows he was being kind of mean to him, and Nathan apologized to him. When Nathan got the gold star, Greg came up to him and gave him a big hug, because he was proud of him.

The last thing I saw in the video was Social Sanctions because all the kids work toward the gold star. They have to work hard to earn the gold star, so all of the kids are trying to show the town council that they actually work, so they will get the gold star. Some kids will only work because they want the gold star, and then after they get the gold star they stop working. The gold star goes to the person who works the hardest, so people try to get attention so they will get picked. All of the kids have to work hard, so that they will get the gold star because it's worth-twenty thousand dollars. They all want the star, so they can show their parents that they worked hard while they were away from them.

Kid Nation 6

The first thing I saw in the video was coercion because the council made some people help take the trash somewhere and bury it. The trash was starting to smell, so the council decided to take it far away from the town and bury it. They picked a couple people from each district to help with it, and from the yellow district they took Taylor and Lala. Taylor did not want to help out, so she ran off and started screaming and telling them that she wasn't go to help them and that they weren't the boss of her. When she didn't come to help them, the decided to give her another punishment, but she still didn't listen to them.

The next thing I saw in the video was cooperation because each team was trying to achieve being the Upper Class. They had to work really hard to win first place, and earn a reward. The teams had to look in a big bucket of baked beans to find a bunch of cans. All the teams had to find a total of 75 cans to win the reward. The teams all have to work together and cheer their teammates on, so they will win the reward and do good. The red team won  the Upper Class because they worked really hard and they cheered on their teammates.

The last thing I saw in the video was Authority because the town council has to take authority over all the kids, so that Bonanza will be a better town. They get to boss everybody around and tell them all what to do, so that they will do things better. The kids have to listen to the council, but some of the kids don't listen to them. Some of the kids think they can do whatever they want, so they just don't do any chores. The council has to make the right decisions for everything, so they can make Bonanza a better town.  

Kid Nation 5

In this video, I saw an example of a group because all the people have to work together to make sure the town is running right and nobody gets hurt. They have to make sure they do all their jobs so everybody stays healthy and nobody will be lazy and not do any of there work. The town council is in charge of everybody, and it is there job to make sure everybody is doing what they are supposed to do. They just had an election because some of the kids were not happy with the way the town council was running the town. They think that Taylor is lazy and that she doesn't try to help the town.

I also saw conflict in this video because all the kids had to the showdown, and they all had to compete against each other. All the teams have to work together if they want to get the Upper Class. They were all trying to beat the other three teams to win first place. They had to work together and do the showdown really fast, so there team can get first place. The yellow team got first place in the showdown because they worked together, and they helped each other out.

The last thing I saw in the video is social aggregate because when they do a showdown they are in the same place, but they are not really in one big group. They are all together, but they are in their own separate districts. They still are all friends, but when they do a showdown they have to go against each other and fight for their districts. They don't really get mad when they lose because they know that they can win again next time. The kids are not together during the showdown, but they still talk to each other, and they act like friends still.

Kid Nation 4

The first thing I saw in the video is Social Structure because all the kids belong to a different religion. They were all fighting because they didn't want to have a service where all the kids were in the same room. They wanted to have a service where they split up each of the religions and put them in a separate room, so that none of the kids will fight about what they believe. The kids were pretty mad about the idea of all being together and they started arguing about that. One kid decided that they all have a bonfire and pray over the bonfire about having a better day. They said prayer brought them all closer together.

I have also seen Achieved Status because all the groups are working towards being the Upper Class. They had to do another showdown and all the groups want to be Upper Class because it pays the most money. They all had to work together to be the Upper Class because your whole group has to work together in order to finish first. The blue team won first place and Upper Class and the green team won last place and the laborers. Each group was working really hard during the Showdown, but only one team can earn first place.

Another thing I saw in the video  was Social interaction because all the kids had to work together to decide what they wanted after they all completed the Showdown. They had to communicate and decide whether they wanted the Bibles or the mini golf course. Some kids wanted the mini golf course and some wanted the Bibles. They ended up choosing the Bibles because the majority of the kids wanted the Bibles because it was more important to their religion. Some of the kids were mad because they didn't choose the mini golf course, but then they agreed because they saw that the Bibles can make you a better person.

The last thing I saw in the video was Ascribed Status because the kids don't get to choose what position they get in the town. They have to work hard to get the Upper Class position. If they got to choose what position they wanted they would all pick the Upper Class because it gets paid the most and because they don't have to work if they are Upper Class. Their positions are determined on how well they work together. If they work really well together they will get the Upper Class.