ELC!

So, as you probably know(if you read my earlier post) our eighth grade class went up to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center (ELC) for a week, and we had a great time! Some things that we did were rock climbing, hiking, a ropes course, and a lot of walking! It was my room's chaperon's birthday the second day we were there, so we surprised her by decorating the day room and the outside of the door! It was so cool! She really appreciated it! The ropes course was thirty feet up and had a lot of things in it like a wooden bridge, a wire with "railings", two logs, a single wire without "railings", a single log, and then you came back down to the ground on a zip line! It was so much fun! The last day I was there I went on a superior view hike where we hiked to the top of a mountain and saw Lake Superior. It was so pretty! The teachers tried to play a prank on us the last night we were there, but we found out and totally blew it! Some of my class had no idea what even happened! Including me :)! We also had a class about beavers and stream study. In beavers we walked down 200 plus stairs and looked for signs of beavers. We saw a lot of beaver trails(also called drags), a beaver lodge, and a dam. If you followed the drags you could see a lot of the wood being chewed up. It was pretty cool. In stream study we took samples of Sawmill Creek to see how much life is there. Then we started seeing what life we could find. A couple people caught some crayfish. We did lots of other stuff, but it would take me WAY too long to type it all! We had an awesome time, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go!

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Jobs

Work isn't always fun, but it can be. This is another assignment for my 21st century class. I'm writing about jobs and what kind of job I might want to work when I get older. Work at school seems different than out of school because I feel like I'm more pressured to get my schoolwork done than my work out of school. You don't always have to be payed for work, but if you're not payed, to me it doesn't seem like work. If you really love your job, it isn't really work. I would really enjoy being a baker or photographer. I love cooking in the kitchen and taking pictures of flowers, my dogs, my friends, and random stuff.

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Field Trip!

My eighth grade class leaves for an awesome field trip this Monday! I can't wait! We load the buses at 5 a.m. Monday morning :(, but from there on it's five days full of fun(and sleep:P)! We'll get there around 11 or 12, eat, then go to our first activity! By the end of the week I'm sure I'll be REALLY tired! I'll post afterwards and let you know how it was. I'm sure it'll be great!

Images

I'm posting to tell you about what I know and what I've learned about using photos on my blog and in my projects. I realize that I've probably been using pictures that I'm not supposed to be using. Ever since starting my blog I've been trying my best to give credit to the people I got the pictures from. Creative Commons is a great way to get pictures. There are so many different types of pictures, there's really no need to go out and use a copyrighted picture. Creative Commons allows me to use pictures easily, as long as I give attribution to the creator. I will do my best not to use a copyrighted image again.

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I Spend Money....

For 21st century I have to write about some ways I spend money. The most common thing I spend money on is probably clothes and jewelry. I probably also spend a lot of money on random lotions and lip gloss that I will probably never use. One way I could change and save some money is to think before I buy: Am I going to use this? That will probably save me a lot of money, and keep me from buying things I will forget about later and never use.

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Health Care

As another 21st assignment I have to right about the new health care law. The new law is called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It states that anyone who doesn't have health care by 2014 must pay a fine. Some people think that it is a good idea, but others believe that it goes against the constitution by forcing some people to buy something. The Supreme Court's final decision is due out in June, and will most likely have a major effect on the upcoming election.

:-(

Sadly my vacation is over, and I have to leave sunny Florida for good old Minnesota. But all good things come to an end, right? I had a great time! One of my favorite things about Disney is that there are lots of parks you can go to. One of them is called Epcot. Epcot's cool because it has this thing called the "World Showcase." The world showcase has little areas on some major places in th e world. They also have different foods from each place. I love trying foods I never would have had before. This trip I had swordfish and even caviar!