I Going To Miss Mrs. DeBolt

When second quarter starts I'm going to cry. Mrs. DeBolt is one of my favorite teachers because she's always happy and nice. She is the most fun teacher because she's not even strict like a teacher. Third hour is my favorite hour of the day because I get to come to her class and do fun stuff. When we start talking we always get off topic and end up talking about random stuff like fashion, hair, or makeup or something like that. Her class is the funnest and she's not fake like most of the other teachers. She actually talks about her personal life and her kids.

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School Uniform

Something that bothers me is school uniforms. Even though we don't have them, we should erase any doubt that we should. First of all, they tell us to be unique, but then  they want us all to wear the same clothes. Second of all, it's more expensive for school uniforms, parents would have to buy two wardrobes, one for school and one for the weekends and after school. Third, school uniforms are the total opposite of comfortable. Students will not be able to focus as much in class because they will be so uncomfortable.

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Modern Pangea

If the continents suddenly smashed back together and created a Modern Pangaea it could be good and bad. It could be bad because we are closer to the other countries, and we might have more wars. It could be because we wouldn't be able to get the ocean resources in the same places we used to. It could be good because we wouldn't necessarily have to fly to go on vacation we could just drive. If you didn't want to drive then the plane ride would be shorter because the continents are closer together. But, it could be bad because the countries will be in different spots so South America might not be tropical anymore.

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My Favorite Food

My favorite food is bacon. I love bacon because it just tastes amazing. I think it's weird how I like bacon even though I hate breakfast. I love waking up to the smell of bacon in the morning, it's the best feeling in the world. Sometimes when I want bacon I make a bacon sandwich, that consists of bacon and bread with no crust. I always eat the left over bacon after breakfast, if there is any. Also, whenever I order a burger I always ask for bacon on it. 

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Super sized Chef

Hi, I'm Hannah Templeton, a chef who makes super-sized food. Today I'm super-sizing a pizza. First I'm going to get about five pans worth of dough. Next I'm going to get five jars of pizza sauce. Then I'm going to have about ten bags of cheese, some bacon, and some pepperoni. When you put it in the oven then you put your pizza in the oven for five times as long as you normally would. Then once the pizza is done cooking I'm going to cut the pizza in 50 pieces because its just that big!

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9/11/01

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The events that happened during 9/11 were a travesty. The people on  that plane that crashed in the field were true heroes. They figured out that the plane was being hijacked took that plane and drove it into the ground. They risked their lives so that they could save others. When ever it happened I wasn't born yet but my brother was. People who were alive when that happened never forget where they where when they heard about it. Over 3,00 people died in those terrorist attacks that day.

Galveston Texas 2013

Last summer I went to Galveston, Texas, and it was amazing. When we drove up there it was a 12 hour drive. When  we finally got there it took about an hour to find a parking spot in our hotel parking lot. Then we had to get an extra room because there was a limit to how many people could stay in a room and we exceeded it. Then  we put on  our swim suits and headed down to the pool. The pool had a view of the ocean that was about a minute away. Next we headed down to the ocean and swam. While we were swimming, we found a sandbar! We swam the day away and then headed back to the hotel to go to sleep.

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Magical House For Sale

Hello, I'm a real estate agent for magical homes. I found a quaint magical little cottage in the woods, and I was wondering if you were interested in putting in an offer on it. This house is a two bedroom/one and 1/2 bath. It has a spacious kitchen that  has magical little elves that cook for you. The bathrooms have robot maids to clean it for you. But, be warned, hidden deep in the mysterious woods is a very dangerous creature.  

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Intro

My name is Hannah Templeton. I will be using this blog throughout first quarter.

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Horse Back Riding

           I love going horse back riding it's so fun. On Monday I went horse back riding with my friend Bailey. We were riding in the arena practicing for our horse show. She told me to canter on my horse, so I decided to. Bad idea, I cantered her then she came to a stop and she didn't no rather to buck or rear. So she kind of did both, I just jump off. It was kind of funny because my mom said I looked like a bull rider because I jumped off and ran to the fence. After that happened we just decided to play Simon Says. It was really fun, although  I lost a couple of times. Then before we went out of the arena she said do you want to canter again. I said no way. We also call my horse trying to fly for what my horse did.

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Something That Really Bugs Me...

         Something that really bugs me is the dress code. I mean I don't mind wearing fingertip shorts or no yoga pants. But I don't get how the teachers are aloud to if they are aloud to then we should be. It's not fair because the councilor said that were developing and we can't wear yoga pants, but the teachers are fully developed and they're aloud too. I think that if we have to follow the dress code teachers should too.  They also say that guys look at us more when they really look at the teachers more. I think that everyone should have to follow the dress code. Although some girls it's because they think it's ok because the teacher is wearing them. So the teachers and the students should follow the dress code, everyone should!

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Free Post

             I am going to tell you what I'm going to do this weekend. This weekend I'm going to spin time with my friend. On Saturday we have a subdivision sale I'm going to make lots of money, at least I hope so. I would like to sell a lot of the things I don't need, which is a lot. I can't wait to spin time with my friend maybe we can have a bonfire, and marsh marshmallows'. Hopefully we can hangout all weekend. Maybe at the garage sale we could sell lemonade. I'm going to have a lot of fun this weekend. I just can't wait any longer!

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Kid Nation 7

    In this episode of Kid Nation, I see deviance. This happens when Jared tipped over a girl's stuff just because she has a better store. Deviance is behavior that doesn't follow society's norms (expectations). Just because you're jealous or mad doesn't mean you have to be mean to that person. But Jared and that girl made up.

     Another word is primary deviance. I see this when Greg is arguing with Nathan. He was arguing because Greg was saying how the dishes should be done and Nathan thought different. Then Nathan got really upset. Primary Deviance means occasional deviant behavior that is not part of the person's lifestyle and identity, it's not frequent and will stop.

    Another word I see is social sanctions. I see this when Nathan won a gold star for working hard. He really does deserve it because he barely has fun and just works. Social Sanctions means rewards or punishments to encourage conformity to norms. I'm so glad he won a gold star.
 

Kid Nation 6

                 In this episode of Kid Nation, I see Conformity. I see it by when they all have to take the trash far away and bury it. Taylor and her friend won't help with the trash. The other kids though are doing conformity. Conformity is adjusting behavior to match group expectations.

                 Another word I see is cooperation. I see this by one of the boys stepping up and telling everyone that they need water, so he asked all the other kids who wanted to help. Most of the kids raised their hands which shows cooperation. Cooperation is interaction in which individuals or groups combine efforts to achieve a common goal.

               They all wanted one of the prizes they had won. One was fruits and vegetables or dune buggies. The leaders had to groupthink, they all thought that the dune buggy would cause fights. So they decided to pick the fruits and vegetables. Groupthink means thinking based on following the group beliefs rather than your individual ideas; it's often based on pressure from the group.

 

Kid Nation 5

                Kid Nation is different groups. A group is two or more people that are in regular contact share some ways of thinking/feeling/behaving, consider each other's behavior, and have some common interests and goals. In kid nation there's a yellow, green, blue, and red group. They all are voting for new leaders. The green group though is keeping the same leader. The rest of the groups more than likely are getting new leaders.

                The green group is a primary group. A primary group is a close group the emotionally support each other and seek one another out. I see this because the green group didn't want a new leader they love the leader they have. Although many of them think they can run most of them think they can't run as good as the leader they have. She will stay the leader no matter what.

                 In the blue group I see a conflict. A conflict is interaction aimed at defeating an opponent (competition) and increase dysfunction and working against each other. I see this between Olivia and the blue group leader. She keeps saying how she will be a better leader and how she's not a follower she's a leader. The blue group leader is afraid that Olivia will become a leader.
 
                The green leader stays a the green leader.  The blue groups leader is the same leader. The red group leader is Guylan.  The yellow groups leader is Zach. Everyone is so happy because Taylor is done being the leader.  I think that everyone is going to make a great leader.

       


          
 

Kid Nation 4

           In this episode of Kid Nation, I see ascribed status when all the kids start to fight about there religions and beliefs. Ascribed status means an assigned status someone is given rather than choosing it. They're all fighting because they're not the same religion, it shouldn't matter what religion they are. They should all just get along because that doesn't matter.

         Another vocab word I see is obligation, the leaders or someone just needs to get them all together and say that they just need to get along because you are who you are. Obligation means a duty of commitment someone needs to fulfill. Morgan finally did that she said that they're saying praying by the fire if anyone wants to come. She also said that no matter what religion she loves everyone. She really deserves a gold star.

         The teams are social interacting because no matter what religion they are they're still are working together to win a prize. Social interaction is when any relationship between two or more individuals.  The blue team won they really worked together. Red came in second and yellow is third and green came in fourth. They all completed a game so they all get one big prize. The prizes is a mini golf place or holy books. The leaders are letting the town decide which one will it be. The town picked the holy books.
 

Thoughts

I think that donating the money was a great idea. Because he said that he doesn't need a lot of money and he still kept some for himself just not as much as he donated.  He said "I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, & always want more." I agree because money doesn't buy happiness. He also probably helped a lot of people with the money he donated. Before he donated the money the people probably didn't have much food or medicine to take if they're ill. He did a great thing.


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Easter Break

             Over Easter break my friends and I were inseparable. They stayed at my house Wednesday till Saturday. We had lots of fun and most of the time we stayed up till 2 or 3 in the morning.  We also went to my Grandpa's farm and rode horses. It was my friend Hayley's first time, but for my friend Emily she had rode horses before.  It was really fun at my Grandpa's I showed them all the fun things we can do there.Friday we went to the movies. It was really fun because we got to watch a scary movie, but we started to get really scared.  We got to eat lots of popcorn and candy. We also got to have a little bonfire of our own. And we also got to cook hotdogs and make s'mores.

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Kid Nation

          In this episode of Kid Nation, I see self-concept when Greg says that he deserves the gold star. He also said that he worked the hardest. Instead Michael won the gold star. Self-Concept means the image you have of yourself as being unique and special think of you.  He gets really mad and says that he will get the gold star.

          Everyone, but a few little kids were doing a play stage. A play stage is when children play pretend and act the way others think they would act. They were doing this by having a party and chugging soda. They were basically acting like it was alcohol. The other kids who were not at the party could not sleep because the other kids were being to loud. The next day a lot of people couldn't get up because they were so tired.

         They all had to do socialization in order to win a prize. Socialization means learning how to participate in group life ( must be taught how to behave and interact with others). They did succeed and win the prize. The prizes were 40 boxes of pizza or a microwave with a big barrel of coca. The leaders decided to pick the microwave and the barrel of coca. The leaders said they needed way more then the pizza that wouldn't even last that long.

Kid Nation

              In kid nation the leaders wanted to kill a chicken for food, but they had to take a vote with the society.  Society means a group of people living in the same area and sharing common culture, but there will be differences.  They all agreed to kill the chicken and cook it for dinner.  The oldest kid there killed it. They killed two chickens, and they had to dip them in water so its easier to pick the feathers off.  The oldest kid knew how to cook the chicken, so he helped out. After they cooked it they served it, they all loved it.

             Taylor, one of the leaders, was setting off a moral. Moral is rules of behaviors that are related to right and wrong like murder is wrong and not cheating is right. She did this because she is on the yellow team and they are cooks but since its so cold there she didn't want to cook. All of the other yellow team mates were cooking, but she didn't want to she was setting a bad example.  Now its starting to get warm so hopefully everyone will do there job.

          They all have to complete this game for a value. A value is broad ideas about what is considered valuable. The thing that is valuable is a waterslide if everyone completes the game they all get the big waterslide. The blue are in first place and they completed the game they won upper class. The red are in second place and they won merchants. The yellow are in third and they're the cooks. The green are in last place and are the labors. They all didn't complete the game in time so they didn't get the waterslide or non-freezable water pumps.

           

Drama

     Drama is everywhere in our school, everywhere you go there is people gossiping and making lies.  People argue over stupid things like you like my boyfriend, so you're not my friend anymore.  It's so annoying because if it's not true it shouldn't be said.  Things should be kept to yourself because you can't really trust anyone. One minute people act like your best friend and tell you, you can tell them anything but that's a lie they're going to tell someone.  You think you can trust someone when you can't. They will either talk about you right in front of you or behind your back. Drama is just so annoying. Drama just needs to stop!

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Kid Nation

           There is 40 kids on this bus and they will be going to a place in the middle of no where for 40 days without parents or teachers. There's poor, rich, city, country, old, and young kids.  They also have 4 leaders which are kids too.  The kids have to take their stuff in wagons and walk/ carry their stuff miles and miles to get to the place they're staying at.  They got to the ranch and there's nothing there it's just empty. They have to fix up the houses to live in them and they also had to bring animals so they could survive.  

            Everyone is trying to cook and they put to much pasta in the pot and have to dump it all out. they have to work together and to basically some up what they have to do is sociology. Sociology is the study of human society, social structure, and human groups in the big picture. It does not focus on the individual. 


           Everyone is crying because they just miss home, miss their beds, and all the food they would eat. One of the girl leaders was verstehen. Verstehen means understanding the behavior of others by trying to put yourself in their place. Which a lot of the people want to go home, but they can't they're here to fix it up. One of the leaders found an old book about this town and it said that they failed the town, but whoever is reading it will not fail the town. They have to work together to make it a place they can live at.  they all have to go on separate teams. They have to play a game to see who gets what job. They have to collect water from pipes and the pipes are the color of there team. The first team who wins get the jobs that are listed. If all the teams collect water then all the kids will when a prize.  The two prizes was an out house and a T.V.

              The blue team are capitalists because they are the merchants. They are the ones that sell the goods. Capitalists means the people that own this means to produce wealth(make money).  They have the store filled with candy. Other teams have they're own stores. The host just asked the kids if anyone wants to go home.  One of the kids named Sofia won a real gold star worth 20,000 dollars.  Everyone thought it was amazing. They finally fixed up the town and got everything running smoothly.

                

 

Letter To Mrs.DeBolt

                                                                                                                                     1717 W. Main St.

                                                                                                                                     Festus, MO 63028

                                                                                                                                     April 1, 2014

 

Dear Mrs. DeBolt,

               

                           My favorite movie is the notebook I'm absolutely in love with it. I just love how no matter what they always ended up together and he never gave up on trying to have her remember him. My favorite sport is softball I absolutely love softball. My team and I got 1st last year. Its especially fun when all your friends play with you. I also have 5 brothers and sisters and I'm the oldest.

 

                          One time I was riding my horse and she wanted to run and I couldn't run while I was on her because it was my friend's first time and if my horse ran than her horse ran. I kept holding my horse back and making sure she didn't run but that didn't last to long because she kept bucking and rearing. She was trying to get me off but it didn't work until the last time she bucked and she kicked me right off.

 

                          I love to play games on the computer and make power points. I would love to learn how to do more different and cool things on the computer. I also love to change pictures and I also love to make picture different colors and add text to them.

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                                                                                                                                      Sincerely,

                                                                                                                                      Sydney  Sasenger

 

 

                  

Video Games

Yes I think games make kids more violent because in the games they just go around and kill whoever they want, and they think that's cool and that they wont get in trouble for it. What if they just go around and kill people in the real world that's not cool that's murder and no one deserves to be murdered. A guy who was in his 20's would play videogames and they were the killing kind. He then decided to go to an elementary and kill all the kids then killed himself. When kids die or kill themselves in the game they think that they're going to come back to life, so they think the same in the real world. I think that they should at list make games where you shoot animals and not humans.

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Intro

Hi! My name is Sydney Sasenger. I'll use this blog fourth quarter.

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Heart Stopper

Do you like heights? Well if you do your going to want to pay close attention to what i'm about to tell you. No one really wants to go to Kansas City for a getaway. That's all about to change when Verrückt , opening May 23rd of 2014. The Verrückt is a huge water slide. Its taller than Niagara Falls or the Statue of Liberty but before your free falling faster than 65 mph you have to climb 264 steps. Then the journey begins. Verrückt was created by the 'Wizard of Water' Jeff Henry who co-owns the theme park. Jeff is best known for coming up with sick ideas like the inland water surfing, uphill water coasters and endless tube rides. He says that the Verrückt is the best one yet!Verrückt means insane in Germany. Right now it's being tested to make sure your safe but their hoping to be open by Memorial Day Weekend. If your thinking about going go! I mean you dont want to be in a shell your whole life. Plus your going to want something to tell your friends about. Heck even bring some friends and share the experience together. 

  

1. My favorite snacks are always so extensive on the shelf's, so Tyler helps me reach them.
2. Dre propelled his car so that he could pick up Tana.
3. Justin hurtled over to Ashlynn when she fell over the stage.
4. For every holiday my mom illuminate the whole house. 
5. Before I asked Tyler for his number I was mulling.
6. Ashlynn thought Justin's drawings were radical.

Are you special?

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I think everyone has the potential to be special, but they don't always use it. Being ordinary isn't bad or anything it's just not what people look for. Like always being in a cube when you go to work there are millions of people who do that yet they are ordinary unlike people who take trash for a living. But yes there is something about everyone that makes them special whether they sing, dance, write, talk, judge, jugle. They are all special down to the one who never has their work done to the one who hasn't missed a day of school. So yes I think he is right.

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Spread The Word!

Do you know who Jesus is? If not here's your chance. Come down to Freedom Worship Center Sundays 10 a.m.-12 p.m and on Wednesdays 7 p.m-8:30 p.m. We are trying to spread the word to EVERYONE in Festus. Nothings more pure and kind and great than his love for you. I mean its pretty amazing like I'm not even kidding right now its one of the best feelings in the world. My best friend got me back in church and i love the songs i mean there church rap church rock church pop. I want everyone to know about him. I want him to live through me. I want to be able to walk in a room and everyone stare not a mean stare just a i want to be like her stare. I've never thought that my life would turn around this quick I fell him everywhere i go. I just love it so much! And if your a non-believer. Why?  I mean say there isn't a God and you live your life parting and doing what you want, but say there is a God and you do what you want and die you go to hell and you spend forever there.. Now what do you think.

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Where would you go?

Over the summer I had a choice to go through 7 different doors that lead to Narnia, Never land, Wonderland, Hogwarts, Camelot, Middle Earth, And Westors. I went through the first door and found myself in Camelot where I saw the soon to be king pull the X-caliber out of the stone witch no ordinary mad could do. Then I closed my eyes and I was in front of the seven doors I went through the second door and I was in never land where I met Tinkerbell and she took me on an adventure where we found ourselves trapped by captain hook and his crew. I was so scared but then Peter Pan came and saved us and captain hook went right off the ship as the crook was chasing him onto the water. Then Peter Pan realized we were perfect for each other and we got married. Happy Ending!  

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A Thing to Remember

Something I am 100% sure I will never forget is my true friends and my best friend. They have done so much for me and put up with me like I can't even believe it! It's just so amazing that they are still here. I learned what the meaning of "ride or die" because of them. They showed me what it felt like to do something wrong and still be loved like it is unbelievable what they've put up. We've been in ALOT of fights but we get through them. I mean what's a relationship without fights though? The one friend that I know I won't ever forget it's Ashlynn Marie Powell she's been though it all with me. She helped me find God again. She's been here since 5th grade and I'm just glad that were both finding God together.

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Windmill Power

Would you like to save energy? Well that is exactly what Jung-Chih Chiao the electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas had in mind. He came up with the idea when a gust of wind blew through his backyard. Chiao and his associate Smitha Rao bulit the prototype. He set out to create these cute micro windmills that measure out to be 1.8 millimeters at their widest point. That's so small that a bowl of rice would have have hundreds of thousands of them. Chiao estimates that because so many can be made from a single wafer the price to make one is thousands so said in other words it is more to make then its being sold for. The researcher also envisions selling them in packs of 100 for use as emergency cell phone chargers. In other words to use in case of an emergency. (not for Todd just broke up with Amanda and is trying to get with Amanda's best friend Hayley) The best part is that Chiao and Rao who are still fine-tuning the windmill are already brainstorming and teaming up with Taiwanese manufacturer WinMems Technologies Co., who are trying to bring the mini windmill to the market. Witch means that the day when we will all be proud owners of windmill chargers is not far away!

1. I still have the prototype of my project.
2. Ashlynn assert that she thought Justin looked good today. 
3. Jung-Chih Chiao wants to get a patent for his invention.
4. The Mississippi bridge is very durable. 
5. Mine and my moms relationship is some would say arduous.
6. If you've ever been to six flags and rode the Batman you have to ware a harness.
7. Tyler contemplated on how into God Bree was.
8. Cody offered me a wafer.
9. Justin couldn't withstand his job, so Ashlynn would always help him feel better. 

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My name is Breanna Owens. I'll be using this blog during third quarter.