Vocabulary

- In very lab that we do in science, we have to have a good observation about it's happening.



- The teenagers always emphasize at their games.

- When the gangs hit him, his first reaction was RUN!



- We have to define the words in the vocabulary quiz.


- His senior year speech was tersely, and everybody loved it.



- Our army was very good, they made a breach at the enemy's wall.

- He riveted on the book he is reading because the book is so good.



- The securities have to keep vigil 24/24 at my apartment.

Lit. Focus: Camp Harmony

9/ Extend "Camp Harmony" is told from the first-person point of view - that is, using the word I. What information might a third-person account include that Sone's cannot?

The story "Camp Harmony" is in the first-person perspective. So if the story is in the third-person perspective, we would know other people's feelings about the camp as well, not just only Sone's. We would know more how other people see things, feel things around them, how they think about the camp.

Opportunities to achieve wealth in a market economy

Linda 8P3 & 8P7
December 14th, 2010

Opportunities to achieve wealth in a market economy

Governments can never have full control over an economy. For an efficient economy, people need to take responsibility for their actions, use their energy and creativity for their well being and the benefits of the whole society. Through competition and giving people a chance to make one’s own choices, a market economy, though not perfect, has given many countries the best opportunity to achieve wealth.

In a market economy, strong competition among businesses does not allow them to stay the same, but they have to change and make the best of their products. At first, there are phones that we can call only, and then we have phones which we can also text with. Then phones have cameras to take pictures with, and now, there are touch screen phones. Of course, most people nowadays buy the touch phones because it’s new and modern. The more new and modern the products are, the more people will buy it, and also, the money that the companies will get from the products increases. For that reason, companies have to make more new products. The better products they have, the better their position in competition with other companies which are in the same industry. In a market economy, the price of a product is the price at which the companies are willing to sell, and which consumers are willing to buy. Therefore, new and more modern products will enjoy higher price and bring more profit.

Market economy gives the businesses their freedom to make their own choices and decisions, allow the business people to have more creativity on inventing new products. One example is the US, which has always been a market economy since the early 1800’s. From the World Culture and Geography textbook, “The United States has a market economy, in which individuals and businesses can make their own choices about what to buy and sell.” People traded by themselves, make their own businesses. Producers make products from what the clients usually buy then they will set their own prices for the products. In market economy, people can make their own decisions in business. Businesses decide the wage to pay the workers, and the price of their products. Businesses pay a lot of money to the creative people so they would think of and invent more new and creative products for the companies. Like the Google Inc., they give their employees a 10% pay raise and a $1,000 bonus next year to keep the good and creative employees. Then the companies would sell the products and clients would buy it at a higher price and the companies would make lots of money. People whom do businesses can be more creative with their works and make their own choices on making the products.

In the “How much land does a man need” story – by Leo Tolstoy, Pahóm, a Russian peasant, was very rich by buying, selling, and negotiating to have cheaper price lands. He moved to a larger land and had grown the crops a lot then sold it to get money. This land business made him a lot wealthier. This story shows how the market economy helps citizens make their own decisions in business, work with full personal responsibility, and how it can help them become wealthy and live a happy life. If we have a good opportunity in business, we have to use it immediately so we won’t miss the big chance and we will get lots of money from the opportunity.

Market economy helps businessman understand and have more experience in businesses because they will have to make their own decisions, have their own responsibility about what they chose to do. Market economy helps lots of countries or people become wealthier in different ways. People who do businesses can be more open minded with their creativity and it will help, not only a country, but the whole nation becomes richer and stronger.

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RTL project!

The Wise Old Woman! on Prezi

This is mine and David's project. we also did the essay:

The story “The Wise Old Woman” is about an emperor who has sent all old people from the village to die in the mountains. However, a young farmer disobeyed the emperor and hid his old mother in the basement. Then, Lord Higa threatened the village to be destroyed and he gave them complete three challenging tasks if they wanted to be free. The old woman solved all three tasks and Lord Higa began to gain respect for old people. This folktale has many themes however we think that the theme is “wisdom comes from experiences.”
Wisdom can help you solve many problems. In the story, the village was to be destroyed by Lord Higa. He would let them alone only if they would complete three problems. The quote “I have kept my aged mother hidden beneath the floor of my house, and it is she who solved each of your problems,” (pg.212) shows that the old mother was able to come up with an answer to each problem through her wisdom. Because she solved all the problems, it shows that experience can help you solve many challenges in life.
Experiences and wisdom can also help us a lot in our lives and sometimes, it might also save our life. “The Wise Old Woman” told us about how the old mother solved the problems from the Lord Higa and she saved the whole village from being conquered. ““Even in such a small village there is much wisdom,” he declared, “and its people should be allowed to live in peace.”” (pg. 212).
This quote shows that thanks to the old mother, the village had not been harmed and asked to do the hard requests anymore. Wisdom can not only protect you from being harmed but also from being killed.
The story “The Wise Old Woman” is about an old woman that is very wise and she saves the whole village. She had a lot of experiences already from her past, so she knows how to do all Lord Higa’s requests. This story teaches us a very important lesson which is “Wisdom comes from experiences.” Because this is a folktale, we recommend it to small children at the age of 6 and 6th graders and all people who love traditional Japanese folktales.

Vocabulary

- I had been mesmerized by this computer game. I kept playing and playing it all over again.

- Her grades on the grade book are flawless.

- The patients are very stoically even if they are hurting really badly.

- When i stepped into the shoe store, i got very chaotic because there were so many shoes with so many colors to look at.

- When i saw him smoke, i tried to dissuade him from doing it because it's not good for his health.

- We negotiated with each other about the book price until we both found the fair price.

- The corps found out who was the one who tried to assassinate her.

- The ceremony in Hanoi was planned to commemorate "1000 Years of Thang Long - Hanoi".

- I tried to mimicking their traditional style.

- They always say I resembles to my mom more than my dad.

Literary - Gentleman of Río en Medio

9. Literary Skills Review: Point of View

I think if Don Anselmo were the narrator, he would tell us more about how he felt about the tree, or why he wanted to sell the land. He could also share his feelings about the customers and why he didn't increase the price. But in the other side, we won't be able to know how other people felt about Don Anselmo and what he wore.