Finals

Next week every one in the middle school has to do the... FINALS! I don't like the idea of finals. It just stresses me out so much. I mean one day we one study guide then the next we get 2 and they are all due the very next day. you have to worry about getting them all done in time and worry about studying to get good grades on the finals. I just think that maybe we should just one small test in each class instead of these big finals that really impact your grade. I don't think that we should ever have finals. Parents stress out about you getting a good grade as well so they make you study like crazy. You don't get to play with any thing until you study for an hour. Or they tell you that you cant have your tablet or phone until you study for an hour.


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Something That Bugs Me

One thing that really bugs me is my brother. Because every time I try to study or do homework he wont leave me a lone. Also if I am just trying to have some peace and quit while I watch my movie then he will come and bother me. Or if I just doing nothing then hi will still come and bother me. No mater what I do about it he always will come back and bother me. Sometimes I go into my parents bedroom and lock myself in there so that he cant get to me. Or I'll just yell at him to leave me alone.

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Graduation Day

Last weekend I went up to Illinois for my sister's graduation. Me and my parents left on Friday afternoon. We got to my sister's apartment around 9:45. I spent the I and my parents went to a hotel. The next day we all went to my sister's graduation in a big auditorium. And we stay there for 3 hours waiting for the graduation to be over. But the good news is in a few weeks my sister is moving back to Festus.

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Kid Nation 7

Deviance: In this episode I saw deviance. Because Taylor would go against every thing that the council asked her to do. She would ruin every thing she did. Like when she didn't help with the trash, and when she had to do her punishment, refilling the water tower, she would get 2 buckets of water she would just dump them over. She wouldn't do anything like her job or help any one.

Social Sanctions: In this episode I saw social sanctions. Because every week the town holds a show down and each team competes against each other. And if all the teams get enough then the town gets a big reward. Also they can make a better town. And if they work hard enough they might just get a gold star. If they teams also get to be upper class, merchants, cooks, and the labors but the don't get to choose it depends how well the do in the weekly show down.





 
Primary Deviance: In this episode I saw primary deviance. Since they have a weekly show down, they get new jobs every time. So they don't keep their job that long. They just get the job done even if they know that they wont have it for long. They get different jobs every other week so that they can mix it up so that know is just having the same job.  If every one kept the same job then some people would have a lot more money than others like the labors or the cooks.

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Cooperation: I saw cooperation. Because in the town every one just throws it on the ground. The trash is just piling up. The council decided to have a couple of people to carry it far away from the town and bury it. Every one was so happy that the trash was being taken away. So the council and the rest of the town cooperated about the trash problem and what had to be done to help clean up the town.

Conformity: I saw coercion. Because the town council pick a few kids to help with the trash. But Taylor and Abby didn't want to help. Taylor didn't help at all. Abby decided that she didn't want to be punished, so she went to go help the other kids. So she didn't have to be punished. she changed her ways to help ever one with the trash.

Authority : I saw authority. Because there are four kids who are the town council. They chose what is best for the town and what their reward is that they can get from the showdowns. They get to chose what happens in the town like who gets the gold star and if there are different activities in the town. They get to chose who does what part of the job that each team has. Like if your team is the cooks then the council gets to chose who of that teams does the dishes are cooks.

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Conflict: In this episode I saw conflict. In this episode the council member of the blue team was having a conflict with one of the girls who was going to run against him for the spot in the council. Also Taylor, the council member of the yellow team, was having conflict with another member, Zack, who was running against her for her spot in the council. It was also the same for the red team.









Group: In this episode I saw group. Because on the green team no one wanted to run against the council member of their team. They thought that no one on their team could do a better job than Lauran could. They didn't want to because they thought that she would do they best out of all of them on their team. They didn't think that anyone on their team could do better than her.

Out-Group: In this episode I saw out-group. Because each week the have a weekly showdown. In the showdown each team has to work just with their team members. But each team has to compete against each other. But if all the teams win they do get a prize, even though they do have to compete against each others team.


Secondary Group: In this episode I saw secondary group. Because everyone wants to make this town work out. They all agree to try and win the showdowns to win prizes to make the town run and work better. They try not to fight but it doesn't always work out in the end. even though people fight they end up getting along. They all do their jobs to help out the town so that it stays working and stays clean.  :)