Kid nation 2

Values- some of the children believed that they shouldn't kill the chickens because chickens are their friends and not food. others believe that they should kill the chickens because they need protein. they finally agreed to kill two chickens and cook them. they put the chicken into a stew and everyone got some.

society- the children working together is a society and they are split up into four different groups. the groups are green, yellow, red, and blue and they work together to get their jobs done to make the town a better place. the blue is the upper class, red is the merchants, yellow is the cooks, and green is the laborers. upper class gets $1.00, the mechants get $0.50, cooks get $0.25, and laborers get $0.10.

culture- The children have to adjust to new values while they are working to make the town a better place. They all have certain jobs to do. They have races to get jobs done to split into the four groups. The group to come in first is the upper class, the second group to cross the finish line is the merchants, third is cooks, and fourth is laborers.  

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On my birthday, I went to Petco with my family and i picked out a baby guinea pig. The next day my brother decided that he wanted a guinea pig, so we went back to Petco and picked out another one. We had a cage for them but they grew a lot faster than we thought so on Saturday, we went and bought them a new cage. It is a big cage and has two levels. It has a ramp that connects the two levels but they refuse to use it.

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                                                                                                                       April 1,2014                           Dear Mrs. Debolt,

       Hi, my name is Abby. My favorite time of the year is summer. My favorite things to do in summer are swim, fish, and catch snakes. My favorite animal is a snake. Last summer I went to Black River with my brother and my grandpa, and we found two snakes. I picked them up and my grandpa told me to put them down because they were poisonous. I told him that they weren't poisonous and that they were just water snakes, so we took them home and kept them as pets.

       Now I will tell you some other things such as my favorite food, my favorite sports, and my favorite place to go on vacation. My favorite food is Chinese food. I love honey chicken from the Oriental Buffet here in Festus. I love all sports, but My favorite sports are basketball and soccer. I played basketball this year for the Festus team. I play soccer every fall before school starts for Our Lady Festus. My favorite place to go on vacation is Daytona Beach, Florida.

       I do not really like messing with computers other than to comment on posts and make power points. I don't really like typing a whole lot, I would rather text on my phone. I am not very good with computers but that is probably because I don't have a computer at home. My parents have a laptop but I use my phone for internet.

     
     

kid nation is a group of kids in the middle of nowhere. They are trying to show that kids of all ages can get together and get more organized. The older children think they can rule the town because the are bigger and stronger. the kids are splitting up into groups to to certain jobs and make money to show who is better. they are trying to prove that the younger kids can beat the older kids. they are trying to show that they can do their jobs in a small amount of time to get a big reward. they did their jobs in an hour so now they have eight restrooms instead of one. now that they have their money from doing their jobs, they have opened up a store to sell candy and soda.

Do video games make kids more violent?

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I think that some video games make kids more violent, but that doesn't mean that all video games are bad for kids. Some video games have ratings on them so its is up to the child's parent to decide if they want to let them play that game or not. Although some video games are not good for some children, some are educational and have benefits to them. Some people believe that all video games are bad, but some people including myself do believe that there are a lot of educational games that are good for little kids.

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Hi my name is Abby Tidwell. I'll be using this blog fourth quarter.

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Kid Nation

power- In kid nation there are 40 kids trying to turn an old pioneer town that had been trashed into a better place in 40 days. There are no adults to help with anything. There are 4 children that are in charge to keep the other children doing their jobs. They have control over the children working in the town. They are the group of children that hold a meeting every week. They give a gold star worth 20,000 dollars to the kid who works the hardest at every meeting.

symbol- The gold star is a symbol that indicates who works the hardest at the end of each week. Everyone has a chance to win the gold star, they just have to prove that they are the hardest worker. The gold star is worth twenty thousand dollars and it shows who is capable of the most work. Some kids may be older than the others, but that doesn't mean that they are going to get the gold star. Anyone can get it whether you are the youngest or the oldest. The gold star proves who is really the strongest kid there.

manifest function- Giving the gold star to someone every week is a manifest function because they are trying to do something nice to the hardest worker. They are giving the hardest worker 20,000 dollars for coming to the city to help fix it into a nicer place. Not everyone will get a gold star, but the people who stand out to the council that are doing the best job will. Only one person will get a gold star every week.