Kid nation 4

Today we watched another kid nation. The episode starts with over whether or not God brought them there for a reason. Later the council finds a book talking about how faith is important in the town and needs to be inforced. after this the council ounouces that they are going to have a religous service which is a very conterversial subject. It seems that religion to the children gives them a certain status almost as they think dufferent religions will split kids into different groups that are looked upon differently.

Later a small child asks children there religous beliefs and the council rang the church bell to start a service but no children came. Althpugh i dont support the children not going and think they should go to church it is still there right not to as they should be able to choose whether or not to be religous or not.

Later the children make a bonfire to pray about there time there and ask God to give them face. This very much in my eyes socil interaction because the children came together to learn about there beleifs.

The next day the children had alot of fun but one of the children seperated himself from the rest of the yellow group to work but only compalined. The children were called to a showdown. The chalenge was to find puzzle pieces and put them together to look like a church. In the end blue team got 1st, red got 2nd,yellow got 3rd and green got 4th.Becuase fothis each group was assighned with different roles because all the groups now have differentm roles.

The choice the counci lhad was to choose some minny golf or holy books of different religions. The group though instead of choosing many golf chose the books. After this many children got upset and began to miss home. After this it was discovered that once again the leader of the yellows didnt do her job and even after being approached didnt do them. Because of this red green blue and some yellow had to unite to wash the dishes. The next day it snowed at he town and the council discussed who should earn the gold star and at the council meeting the only complaint was the yellows leader. after the children were asked whether or not they wanted to leave only one kid named Cody left because he missed his grandma The person who was chosen for the star was Morgan one of the younger girls. She recieved the star for working hard and not complaining.

"The poorest president"

  President Jose Mujica of Uruguay donates 90 percent of the money he makes to charity giving him only a $1,250  salary. So what do i have to say about this guy? Hes got swag! In fact instead of people calling him the poorest president they should call him the swaggiest one. I think that he is incredibly generous and deserves respect from not just all of Uruguay but the world. He says that he doesn't feel poor and that poor people are just the ones who obsess over being rich and that hes happy the way he is and i couldn't agree more.          

Dear,
Mrs Debolt

My name is Garrison Gosling but you already know that. So i'm gonna teach you about some stuff that you don't know about me. I love to research Philosophy, History and Theology, they are my favorite subjects and I actually like to research them on my own. I usually research things like Theology and History through documentary's and my own internet studies, I read books on them as well . But Philosophy is a bit harder topic to find. Because of this I do research it on the internet but mainly books. I often wonder why I got into these subjects and not sports and i think the reason is because I cannot play many. you see I was born with a couple conditions in my back, face, kidneys and 2 of my ribs that do not allow me to play sports(my conditions aren't anything serious or anything, they just dont allow me to play things that involve contact ). So because i never got into sports like Football it kinda of became a domino affect of me not like sports in general although, I do like to go to and watch a Hockey game. Because i never got into sports I guess i just became interesting in other things and i'm ok with that. I also have Dyslexia, so because of that things things like Math and English are for me to understand. It also makes me get confused easily. Although i have gotten better in English due to great tutoring i got in second grade. A lot of people ask me how I can understand things like Philosophy but not simple Math and to tell you the truth I dont really know either. a book series that helps me understand it though applies it to shows and books i like, like theirs a book called Game of Thrones and philosophy and Batman and philosophy. If you a haven't noticed yet i'm a big nerd but that's ok.


                                                                                                                                         From,
                                                                                                                                        Garrison Gosling

                                                                    Yay its Easter!!!!


My Easter was great. I got presents , hung out, i even got to wear robes to church. although i know the Easter bunny isn't real i still get presents for Easter. This year I got a new Walking Dead T shirt, some new comic books a Walking dead action figure, and some game of Thrones T shirts, all given to me by different people. On Easter Sunday i went to both my dad and my moms churches. I usually go to my moms and my dads every once and a while but its usually an occasion when i go to both back to back.

Today we watched another Kid nation. In the episode after having a hard time the children had a big party while other kids tried to sleep. The children have been definitely going threw re-socialization  because they've been coming to terms with there life in the town and have adopted new norms. So many of the children it seems have been adapting to there new lives Although that doesn't mean there's still no conflict.

That morning the children were incredibly tired after partying all night and because of this a lot of the children began fighting and began cursing which made many children uncomfortable. Although the children having been growing used to there lives at the town that hasn't stopped arguments. One of the main children causing problems has been Greg and because of him and many other children a 9:30 curfew. Later some kids played pranks on cows by chasing them. It seems that many children are using Greg and his friends as a reference group because they don't want to act like them.

Later the teams were called to play another game and each team has to catch specific Sheep in a group of Sheep. The council tells the teams which sheep they need according to a list. In the end yellow team won 1st, blue won 2nd, green won 3rd and red won last. This I see as game stage because the children have to play the game based on what other will do like how the team leaders had t o get there teams to play as they said to play. This made the children able to work together.

After this the children got a choice between Pizza and a microwave and in the end chose the microwave which caused a lot of conflict between the children. Children were also extremely angry about the curfew. The greens who are now the cooks were also angry about the conditions the kitchen was left in by the yellows.  Later on a twister came and the town went into huge damage. Although it seems it will easily recover. At a town meeting the yellow teams leader was voted for reelection but it was decided she could stay. after this a young girl named Mallory won the gold star.

Today we watched another nation episode. In the episode the kids had to kill and eat a chicken but there was a lot of arguing over it and in the end they cast a vote whether or not to kill the chicken or not. Unfortunately there was of counter cultural arguments as the animals lovers thought killing animals is barbaric but in the end they decided to kill at least 2 chickens.

Many people were scared when they killed the chickens but they over came it and took the feathers off the dead chickens. After that they cooked the chickens for dinner and were all happy. The next morning it was freezing cold and many of the yellow teams cooks refused to work out of laziness which made everyone angry. Later they decided to conserve water because almost all the water pumps got frozen. They were later able to get one of the pumps working. after this they had a town meeting and it was announced that a new composition to win a gold star would happen. The composition was a challenge to get buckets of water and put them in pipes so it could go to a water wheel. The winners get the same as usual as upper class and then it goes down to lower class. I see this as an example of subculture because there going to be sorted into different jobs depending on who wins but still part of the same culture.

In the end the blue team won first, red won second, yellow won third and green won last. in the end the children had to choose between a water slide and water pumps and chose the water pumps. In the end all the teams were happy for each other and were still happy when they won i see this as norms because its just something that there expected to do like clap and be nice.

One of the girls put herself in the chicken cage because she was an animal lover ad was forced to leave. After this the council argued about who should win the gold star and chose Michael. They also asked if anyone wanted to go and leave the town but no one did. After Michael won his star many people were angry at him because they felt like they deserved it but eventually they went back to there normal everyday life at the town.

I'm super excited for tomorrow because its the new issue of the Walking Dead. last issue ended on a cliff hanger and they say that next issue will be one o the biggest and most important issues of the series. Personally I don't think the main character Rick is gonna make it muck longer because hes had to many close calls and I just think the series would be even more popular if the fans knew how far the writers would go to keep us entertained.

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Trying to be a leader

                                                                   
Today in computer class we watched a video about a show called Kid nation about kids trying to run a town with other children but unfortunately there's a lot of chaos. Many of the children are taking to much food and not sharing with the others which is causing conflict. The children have a meeting and only one boy, Michael, was able to organize the meeting and get everyone to work together and work past the dysfunction.(this vocab word fits into the show because all the children were freaking out and arguing).

Later they found a book that told them how to organize the town into four different sections of green, blue, yellow and red. Later a day or 2 later graffiti was found and the older boys were the suspects but before they can investigate a meeting is called and the children are given new businesses to work at and are sorted into upper classes who own the business and then the other children would be sorted into a more lower class position so they will be the workers.I see this as Capitalism one of our vocab words because the upper class run things and are in charge of their independent businesses.

To sort the kids into classes all the colors are sorted into teams and play a game to collect the most water although the water they collect must be there color. In the end red won upper class, blue won merchants, yellow won cooks and green won laborers or the proletarians who work for the upper class as laborers (this is one of our vocab words) . In the end the council(who have all the power) had to choose the prizes of either an out house or a television and chose outhouses for every 5 children. The cooks made breakfast and it was actually enjoyed by the children unfortunately though the yellows refused to clean or do dishes causing more conflict. After this all the children enjoyed the out houses and had fun at the soda saloon then many went and bought candy at the candy store. Another meeting started and the only complaint was about the yellows not cleaning. after this the kids were asked if any of them wanted to leave and only one, an 8 year old named Jimmy decided  to go. After this Sofia, the girl who complained about the yellows was given the golden star which is worth $20,000.