Math Review

 

While the tip is a little generous, I think my kiddos had fun! We looked at the websites for Red Lobster and Olive Garden. These restaurant sites will list foods and their prices. From there, my students made meals, made up tax & tip. They created word problems and situations and then solved! Their test scores are way better!

 

 

Visitors!

So, while I wait to get the Great Depression letters from my students - here are some drawings from my students. Buggy Buzzy is a frequent visitor that brightens up the day! 

Not sure I'd like to eat these chips! 

Yes, my children, I understand.

Bacon is Better than Trump

Solving the Great Depression

"Don't keep everything"

"Try and find stuff that would be useful"

"Sell some of your stuff that you don't need"

"Start somewhere new and get a house somewhere"

"Try to make your own clothes"

"Do your own farming, don't hire people to help"

"Give people what they need to start somewhere so they do not starve"

"Make more businesses so people have jobs"

"Calm people down and give them goodies"

"Try to get more goods on the market"

"Give vets their money sooner"

"See what people want"

"People need to use their resources like plant seeds and grow things"

"The gov't needs to pay other companies to give all the workers a job or give a paycheck for them to work instead of firing them"

"People should stop spending all their money on stuff they don't need"

"The gov't needs to give more"

"The gov't should pay store owners and companies so they can give a check instead of firing workers"

"Give out blanket to people that don't have a house/shelter"

"Don't spend a lot of your money"

"Move somewhere else"

"Make your own food"

"Give them charity"

"People should work harder"

"open up soup lines"

"Make sure the vets have a job"

"Open up more jobs"

"Give vets their $1,000" (Bonus army)

"Have people that have money give the poor food"

"The banks have to get their money back"

"The gov't has to help out"

"People need to stop lollygagging about and get to it"

"Start your own farm"

"make your own store"

"Get another job"

"Help other people"

"the gov't should give out money"

Are you in or out?

This Thanksgiving break, I'm very thankful for my amazing family. Being together on holidays and celebrating what holds us together is heartwarming. Personally, I get together for two Thanksgiving celebrations, one with my great great aunt & 2nd cousins, and the other with my "immediate" family. In this country, I know that it is rare that there are large families who spend hours together on a regular basis, much less knowing who your second cousins are AND spending Thanksgiving with them. It's always been something that I've been so lucky to have!

While I celebrate all of these blessings, there are two things that are bothering me. First, this year really exemplifies the pre-Christmas rush. Have we skipped over Halloween and Thanksgiving? Have we dismissed the thought of what binds us together? Society has become so terribly individualistic that we have forgotten about others. People become so focused on deals, sales, and material things, that Christmas shopping has overshadowed not one, but two holidays.

Secondly, as the granddaughter of an immigrant to this country, I am uneasy in finding a clear answer to letting refugees in. Where will they live, what will they do, will they eventually become citizens? What is the plan? Yes, people in such terrible positions should be helped - but what are the logistics? Can the nation sustain a large influx? Is there a screening process? What rights will they have? How will those rights be protected? So many questions. In the Thanksgiving spirit, I am thankful for that I have and would like to extend what liberties I have to those who don't. But, it's a more complicated process and national reputations do get in the way.

Who should have the right to vote?

Recently, I asked my 8th grade students to tell me who should have the right to vote after finishing up the Progressive Era Unit. I've adjusted for spelling. This is what they said:


"I think people over 21 should vote. No, I don't think you should vote in jail because you are punished. Illegal immigrants should vote because no matter who you are you should vote. If you are 21, then you are more responsible. Everyone over 21 should vote because you are human"

"Women should have the right to vote. You should be allowed to vote when you are 16. You should not be allowed to vote in jail because you did something bad to get in there. People are not allowed here to vote if they are illegal immigrants"

"Everyone should have the right to vote because all people think differently. People in jail should have the right to vote and illegal immigrants should have the right to vote. Everyone should have the right to vote"

"The people that are allowed to vote should be men and women. They should be men and women who are not in jail, illegal immigrants or people under the age of 18. Illegal immigrants should't vote because they aren't American citizens until they are made citizens. Women should have the right to vote because they've done a lot."

"Everybody should have the right to vote. You should be 18 years old to vote. You should be able to vote if you are in jail. No illegal immigrants should be able to vote. Women should be able to vote."

"Kids over 12 should be able to vote because we have rights just as older people. At 13 we have just as much rights as 18 year olds. People in jail should not have the right to vote because you are in there because you did something wrong so you should not have a say. Yes, immigrants should have the right to vote because they have as much a say."