Leaders

A leader has many different qualities. One of which is listening to he or her subjects and speaking for them. Making and following through with decisions is another. The leader needs to have the drive to be a leader but needs to still not be bossy or constricting.

I found that SLAMS representatives are good examples of good and selfless leaders because they join SLAMS to make the school as good as it can be for students. They miss lunch to have team meetings (for the students), they spend there time at the dance selling pizza (for students). They announce new activities and follow through with organizing them.

Conference Prep

In quarter one I am proud of not having any overdue work. I handed in all of my assignments in on time. I am also proud of the Industrial Revolution museum because it was brought in on time and it fit most of the criteria.

The most challenging thing this year for me was Accelerated Reader because I don't normally read on my free time so it was hard for me to get into a rhythm where I read daily, but I am also proud of the outcome of AR. I was proud of it because I got 100% on my book quiz.

Feedback for WOW

WOW is a necessary part of the school year, it teaches you things that can't be learned in the classroom. It is letting kids experience things for themselves instead of being lectured or even being given a project. An example of this is when we did team problem solving on the beach with Ms. Nesbitt.
It gives kids chances to go outside of their comfort zone and experience something that they wouldn't have other wise. For example, some kids thought it was a little scary to go on the big rapids, but they did it anyway, and some kids found it uncomfortable to have to sleep in a sandy cot.
It also lets kids have a break from their stressful school life, they have a chance to free there minds and relax. Yoga was an example of this, so was only having to do a journal and not having classes or homework.

So all in all WOW should be experienced by others!

End of Quarter One Feedback

I am sure that I have accomplished both of my goals, for one, I wanted to be able to read faster and I can now. For AR i read everyday for about an hour, at first I only read 25 pages a night but by the end of the quarter I was reading about 30-34 pages each night.

My second goal was to be able to write better descriptive pieces. This was also a success, by learning to show instead of telling I got to practice how to write descriptive pieces better.

Three new goals:
1. Become a better reader (more than 30 pages a night if reading for an hour)

2. Stop procrastinating (do all my homework before doing anything else)

3. Try things to my full potential (don't shoot for a B+ in class, try to get an A+)

Industrial Workers of the World Exhibit

This exhibit goes into depth about the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). The IWW thinks that all workers should be united within group or family as a class and that the wage system should be changed. It has also stood against racial discrimination between workers.

The I.W.W. was founded in June 1905 in Chicago by a group of about 200 men and women that thought that workers should be equal and should stick together as a brotherhood. These men and women strongly believed that the policies of the American Federation of Labor were unjust to the workers in America.

The I.W.W.'s first organizers included Big Bill Haywood, Daniel De Leon, Eugene V. Debs, Thomas J Hagerty, Lucy Parsons, Mary Harris Jones (commonly known as "Mother Jones"), William Trautmann, Vincent Saint John, Ralph Chaplin, and many others. In this exhibit we touch base with the achievements of some of these people.

News Peice

Strikers Killed in Mine Massacre

Strikers in coal mines in Colorado were attacked with machine guns on November 29th. John Eastenes, 34, of Lafayette, married and father of six children, died instantly. Nick Spanudakhis, 34, Lafayette, lived only a few minutes. Frank Kovich of Erie, Rene Jacques, 26, of Louisville and 21 year old Jerry Davis died hours later in the hospital. The American flag Davis carried during the strike was punctured with seventeen bullet holes and stained with his blood. Mike Vidovich of Erie, 35, lies injured in the county hospital.

The strike started on November 21^st 1927, five hundred miners came and some brought there wives and kids. They all arrived at the north gate before dawn. They carried three American flags between them. That morning the state police met them to bar there path. The miners were surprised to see even though the police were dressed in civilian clothes, they were armed with pistols, rifles, riot guns and tear gas grenades.

The strikers forced there way through the wooden gate. Hundreds of angry miners pushed forward while some scaled the fence east of the gate. The police quickly retreated 120 yards inside the fence. Louis Scherf fired two 45 caliber rounds over the heads of the strikers, which did not intimidate them. Then shortly after Scherf’s men fired shots right into the rumbling crowd. Twelve miners lay scattered on ground some moving in agony, and some not moving at all.

State police later testified that no machine guns were used in the fight. Some miners and witnesses’ testified saying machine gun were used in the fight several times. There continued to be violent confrontations during the strike. Two strike supporters were killed in Walsenburg not long ago.

1970s Stock Market Game

Yes i think that I was a successful entrepreneur for two reasons, one, because I took risks (thought out risks) and that is what an entrepreneur does. Two, because I bought low and sold high every time a bought shares.

The strategy I think was the most important was buying stock at a low price then selling it again at a higher price when the stock price is greater. This strategy is what I based most of my buying on. The second strategy that helped me was "you got to spend money to make money" because it reminded me that I have to buy a few shares and take risks if I wanted to end up with a lot of money.

After playing this game I strongly think that "buy low sell high" is the most important key to being a successful entrepreneur because when I was buying and selling stock I found that you will always make a profit, and that is what happened to me.