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Investing in Stocks!

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My last day of investing!! (Also the one bad day) 🙁

I had mentioned this in another blog, but I had read a book called “The Westing Game.” At one point in the game a character named Turtle had decided to invest in stocks. This inspired my class to also invest in stocks using formulas and fake money to simulate investing in stocks. Not counterfeit money, just fake money!!! Anyways, something that I was glad I invested in was Lululemon and General electric. Even though I may have lost money on Lulu on the last day of checking, it always produces a high stock rate! With general electric, it always went up even if it didn’t produce as much as I hoped! One company I regret investing in is Starbucks. It didn’t make too much money, and it doesn’t produce an average higher stock rate. I had learned that even if something looks really promising, just try to think about the consequences. I enjoyed this project though! I also enjoy the winner and loser announcement celebration! (Who won the most and who lost the most on the last day). It was short but funny! 

Projects this year!!

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The book that was made!!(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵).                                                                                        The first book I read with my Language Arts class would be The Last Cuentista, by Donna Barba Higuera.  This book was about a 12 year old girl, Petra Peña and her family are meant to relocate after Earth is destroyed. In a 370-year journey, children are mysteriously reprogrammed and adults were purged, Petra becomes the lone messenger of the forbidden stories from Earth and her grandmother’s Mexican cuentos. She tries to reawaken these controlled people on her journey and tries to find her family after breaking contact with each other. The overall theme of this story is to remember where you came from and bring your experiences with you. It talks about how someone’s culture should be told, in any different way. In this book, I learned about culture through cuentos.  (<— personal belief)
At one point in the school year, classes had been assigned to make an ideal world. The world of all a person’s desires. An ideal world based on their ideas and philosophy, even. I had made a world based on an escape, creativity, music, passion, you get the gist. “Another important part is the city of Ariana. This is also in Cupidau. Ariana was known as the god of equality and testimony. They had protected their people during their intense war, Ragna. Ariana was battling the god of mischief and suffering, Alessandra. Alessandra had disappeared after the war ended, but never died. Her offspring, Zolay had kept her promise for when she returned, they shall hellfire upon Cupidau. Nobody knows anything more about this except the ruler of Musille.” (<— Small part of my ideal world) Now at the time I really enjoyed doing this and I still love the fact that I got to express myself with a creative project like this! I hope that I can write creative assignments again. At the time I was really focused on making a Greek Mythology based world with my own principles mixed into it. (I was extremely invested in Greek Mythology which inspired the theme for this. I still like Greek mythology! Just not as much as I did earlier in the year.) I really enjoy creative writing experiences! I think this was an expressive idea and I’m glad I was able to do this. 
This year I also did a really cool collaboration with an Artist/ Collagist. Her name is Peg Gignoux. https://gignouxart.com ( <— her page, check it out, it’s awesome!! 😋) Me and other students had created a book using akua ink printing, collage, folding/cutting, putting on covers. I had a lot of fun with this! It was a challenge for me because I like to sketch and draw things more than collaging but I enjoyed this nonetheless! 
This year’s projects have been fun and creative, I hope I am able to do projects like these in the future!

 

 

Window or Mirror

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I’m currently reading the book Exit by Belinda Bauer. My book is mostly a window but it’s also a mirror because I’m not making contracts with others to make sure I’m not responsible for somebody’s death.  Though, I recently found out that the main character had lost someone very dear to him. I can relate to this big time. This is definitely a mystery thriller with a twist to it. I chose this book because I enjoy mystery and as soon as I saw this book I checked it out like Lightning McQueen. I often find mirror books somehow, I don’t even try to but it’s like I’m a magnet to those kinds of books. I wish I could find a book that I completely relate to, but I’ll keep searching!

Wisdom Tales

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Wisdom Tales

The Wild Strawberry 🍓 

Ari is on the left I am on the right

I was assigned a project for the book Wisdom Tales, which contains… Well, tales with morals/lessons. I decided to choose the tale The Wild Strawberry which is a Japanese folklore story with a man, two mice, two tigers, a vine, and a strawberry.

The moral of this story was that at the brink of death, you appreciate your final moments and everything that you’ve had. Anyways, I had decided to work with my lovely friend, Ari on this project. The picture above is us showing our presentation. We were able to choose stop motion, a comic strip, a play, and an essay sort of form. Me and Ari chose to do a play and by using a few props, we were able to be somewhat successful.

A summary of this story would be very simple. A man was running away from a tiger when he had decided to grab onto a vine which the tiger couldn’t reach him, before his hopes could be restored, another tiger was below him. Then, he noticed two mice nibbling on the vine, and in his very last moments, he noticed a strawberry. Never had he tasted such an exquisite strawberry…

My Backpack!

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     (My backpack!<33 Very proud of the design.)
During the summer, a book called Finding Someplace was assigned for me to read. In this book the main character, Reesie, goes through a traumatic experience in her home city, New Orleans. Reesie’s birthday was coming up and all was well until a disaster struck on her special day. Hurricane Katrina had rushed through New Orleans and she was in the middle of it. She had limited time to pack and only had her backpack to store things inside of. Reesie had to think fast and know what’s important and what wasn’t. This was life or death for her. She had to leave everything behind if she wanted to get through this hurricane.

Now if the same event occurred in Durham, North Carolina, and I had to think rationally and fast, what would I pack? And why would I pack that certain item? Well for starters, I would pack a blanket because I need warmth. Secondly, I would bring a generator, a flashlight, and my phone because I need light and contact with family and friends. Third of all, I would bring feminine care, first aid kit, and toiletries because I want to stay clean; this is a very important one. Then I would bring important papers for financial purposes and also for ID purposes. Also snacks, a water filter, and two water bottles filled with water. Last but not least, if room, my cat, Love. Or I would put a leash on her and carry her around because I love her. If there is more room my other cat Luna, and just carry my puppy, Maxamus. To sum it all up, pack what’s essential, not something that could be unuseful, just like what Reesie did. It’s how she survived. Now here’s a question, what would you pack, and why?