Mexico Travelling Informational Project

In Spanish 1, we did a project over Mexico. Specifically, we researched the populations of states and cities, found and labeled them on a map, and looked up 10 places/things within Mexico that tourists could go and see. Out of the 10, 2 of the locations were in Nayarit, a Mexican state with a population of 1.181 million. In addition, we recorded the data from other states and cities and compared them. This includes:

Mexico City: 8.855 million

Jalisco: 8.256 million

Guadalajara: 1.495 million

Tepic: 332,863

Texas: 28.7 million

Austin: 950,715

This was when our class was reading a book called “Pobre Ana.” In it, the main character, Ana, goes on a trip to Nayarit which ties in with what we did during this project. Overall, I’ve learned much of Mexico, including the population of the biggest city, Mexico City, and the fact that it is the biggest city. Moreover, I’ve learned that the capital of Nayarit is Tepic and the capital of Jalisco is Guadalajara. When doing the slides, I gained insight into the country I would have never known. Something that stood out especially was that there’s a canyon called Copper Canyon southwest of Chihuahua. For me, that would be one of the places I’d love to visit along with Cenote Dzitnup due to me being a scenic-admiring guy. In conclusion, I learned something new about the world I live in. When learning a language, I think it’s just as important to learn about the place it’s spoken.

The slide:

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

In Malala’s life story, there are bullies referred to as the Taliban. Unlike school bullies that like stuffing kids in lockers and stealing their lunch money, the Taliban are way more serious. They will kill or beat people if they didn’t follow the rules, but what makes a bully rise to power? Something that allows a bully to rise to power in any aspect is how they can persuade people using threats, weaknesses or even blackmail.

Weaknesses are commonly pursued because they are used for power. The weaknesses can be used to blackmail any person into any action, letting the bully rise to power.

The Taliban used the earthquake that shook Mingora to control the civilians because they convinced them that Allah wasn’t pleased with their actions. They would, of course, believe them since the majority didn’t receive any education. Since the people didn’t want another devastating disaster to happen, they allowed themselves to be ruled by the Taliban in hopes that Allah would forgive them.

Threats are another way bullies gain power. It’s a way of putting fear into people’s minds.

It’s easy to let any sort of bully rise to power with the sensation of fear in someone’s head, especially if their life is on the line. “Malala Yousafzai, the Taliban said, should be killed.”

Bullies may easily rise to power by convincing people using their threats and weaknesses. Bullies are always unpleasant even if some are more serious than others. Standing up for yourselves will give a fighting chance of stopping those bullies.

Christmas gift

   The best gift that I gave the past Christmas was a Barbie Doll. I gave the toy to my little sister, Emily. She had been carrying it dragging the doll around the place, so it seemed like she wanted it. When we got back home she jumped in joy after she unwrapped it. I felt a strange feeling of proudness seeing her in such joy. Since I felt like she was getting bored just sitting around, I thought I did something really nice. That Barbie doll is what I gave this past Christmas.

 

5th grade reflection

Fifth grade was a fun year with the classes of math, social study’s, language arts, science, and reading. The year included events which we’re never going to do again like field day and going to a fieldtrip to watch Dinolight which was fun. With some early releases there to there was part of year as well as my birthday which happened in the middle of year. This year I got in trouble with either 3 or 4 marks but I hope I’ll do better next year.

Has signed all four great papers of the U.S.

Served all through the war for Independence

Elected Continental Congress on 1775

United States Congress

Roger Sherman

A Connecticut Patriot

Member of Committee of Five

Assisted in drafting the Declaration Of Independence

One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence