Kid Nation 4

In this episode of Kid Nation, I see ascribed status shown when the red team held up to their job and did labor work. The red team earned this by getting done with the challenge last. The yellow team also was held up to their job because they were the upper class. They earned it so that was their ascribed status. An ascribed status is an assigned status someone is given rather than choosing it.

The next vocabulary word displayed in this episode is, social structure because each kid has their own religion and believes in their own things. Social structure is the patterned relations between large social groups and social network ties between individuals or organizations. Some of the pioneers are Christian, Hindu, or Jewish. The thing is no one will have the same religion and that's why social structure is shown.

In this episode social solidarity is shown when the whole city earned the big prize for the day. Social solidarity is the degree to which society is unified that can withstand obstacles. Well, the city with stood mental obstacles including the religion problem the council had. Their solution was when the whole city completed their challenge, they earned a library filled with holy books instead of getting the golf course. To me, this is an example of social solidary.

The city council has a status set. Status set is all the statuses someone holds. The council's status in Bananza City is council member and pioneer.

Poorest Prestident

Some people believe that poor is when you don't have expensive items, I however agree with the President of Jose Mujica. He believes that, "Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more." I completely agree because you don't have to have everything to be "rich." Someone's rich might be a loving family or something little. So, I believe what he did was a great thing. Helping others is a main part of being president, even if you aren't the richest one.

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Free Post (break)

Over my break I did lots of stuff, I was pretty busy. On Wednesday, Alyssa came over and spent the night. On Thursday I went to baseball games and then to an Easter egg hunt where I spent the night with my friend. Then on Friday I spent time at home and played with my dogs. Finally on Saturday I went to the zoo with Alyssa and Kaia. Afterwards, I went to Alyssa's house and saw her pet ducks! When Easter finally came I had a huge headache and layed in bead all day so I ended up missing a kickball game my family played. When I finally felt better I got up and visited with the whole family. On Monday, I played with my cousins all day and procrastinated getting my math homework done. Then I finally told myself to do it and right as I was finishing, my neighbor came over and took my sister and me to get ice cream.

Kid Nation 3

   In Kid Nation episode 3, I see imitation stage when the kids decided to have a party. The kids were then imitating the adults of the old west. The imitation stage is when children imitate the behavior of others without understanding the actions (monkey see, monkey do). Because of the kids actions, there are now consequences.

   I also see resocialization. The process of adopting new norms, values, attitudes, and behavior. I see this when the city council told the whole town that they needed a bed time. Even though the kids disagreed, the town needed to resocialize to make the town better.

   While herding sheep, the pioneers showed play stage. Play stage is when children play pretend and act the way they think others will act. The kids herded as they thought adults would. There plan kind of worked, but they still got there work done .

   The kids looked at the council as a reference group. A reference group is a group whose norms and values are used to guide behavior. It's a group with whom you identify. (like 8th graders look up to high schoolers at this time)

KId Nation Episode 2

        On Kid Nation episode 2, beliefs are shown when three of the kids said it was wrong to kill the chickens. The kids believed killing chickens is wrong because they are living too. Believes are ideas about reality that affect behavior (can be religious or just something we think will happen). Even though the council already cooked some of the chickens, Emily is still being rebellious and won't detach herself from the chickens.

        In this episode I saw Society when the city council decided to kill the chickens. Society was when all the pioneers came together and gave their opinions on whether or not to kill the chickens for protein. To me that's society because they all came together and worked as one. Even though the council fights sometimes, the pioneers always come together in the end.

        In this episode, I see culture when I see the whole town working together doing old town things. Culture means knowledge, language, values, customs, beliefs, & physical objects shared &taught by members of a society. (not born knowing) The culture in the old west would be like cowboys and cowgirls. Another custom in there culture would be getting all the water and lots of labor work.

Free Post (Drama)

       Drama is everywhere now a days. It's at school, home, and even in public. Drama is where you either spread rumor and/or talk about people behind their back. Middle school is full of drama. Most adults aren't aware of all the drama being spread through out the day. Even though most tell you to ,"stay away from as much drama as possible." It's actually really hard. I would say at least 50% of things said at school are drama related. If it's not about what happened over the weekend, then it's about things someone said, but if it's not then it about relationships. Drama is hard to stay away from, and easy to be involved it.

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Friendly Letter

                                                                                                    1717 W. Main St.

                                                                                                    Festus, MO 63028

                                                                                                    April 7, 2014

 

 

Dear Mrs. Debolt,

   

        My favorite color is orange. The thing is I can never find the exact color orange I like. I love bright neon orange that's a little subtle. Kind of like a fresh orange.

 

        How I spend my weekends is either at home or with my friends. When I'm at home I like to play with my pets, I have four dogs and one cat. When I'm with my friends we usually go to the movies, the mall, or just hang out at home. Most of the time I like to go to my friends house, though.

 

        My technology experience is mostly to deal with an iPhone, Microsoft word, Microsoft PowerPoint or even just googling things. On an iPhone I know how to update settings, download apps, ect. On Microsoft Word I know how to change a bunch of things from changing font all the way to adding pictures. On Microsoft PowerPoint I know the most about. I can add animations, add pictures change backgrounds, ect.

 

                                                                                     Sincerely,

                                                                                     Kaitlynn Prater

 



Kid Nation

The green team leader showed verstehen when the yellow team leader was upset. She calmed her down so she felt better. Vestehen means understanding the behavior of others by trying to put your self in their place. To me, that was real vestehen of her.

In kid nation, power was shown when the city council took charge and controlled all of the fourty kids. Now, all fourty kids are divided into four teams and Bonanza City is much more under control because of the power used. Power means The ability to control others. Teamwork is a big part of power because

The blue team, at the moment, are capitalists because they are the merchants. Capitalists are the people that own the means to produce wealth. They run the stores and sell the item each kid wants. There is candy, books, and one bike. So far, they teams earned a little spending money and bought candy and other things they might enjoy.