Kid Nation 4

Status set is all the statuses someone holds.  The group leaders are the bosses of every body.  The little girl owns the one of the stores.  The upper class has no jobs.  One of the kids is helping a lot with religion.




Ascribed status is something someone is given rather than choosing it.  The green district is assigned to do the dishes. The red team is the merchant class.  The blue team is the upper class again.  The yellow team are the cooks again.



Obligation is a duty of commitment someone needs to fulfill.  The yellow team needs to cook and do dishes.  The upper class needs to help with the lower classes.  The green team has to do the dirty jobs.  The fifteen year old has to flip over the out house.

President

Jose is the president of Uruguay.  He donated 90% of his 12,500 dollars salary.  He only got 1,250 dollars of his salary.  He say I'm called the poorest president but he's says he doesn't feel poor.  I think he is one of the best president after what he did because most president don't use any of their own money to help their country.  And almost all other president get paid at least double of what he does.







Kid Nation #2

Morals are rules of behavior that are related to right and wrong.  The kids thought it was wrong to kill the chicken.  Some kids thought it was wrong that some of yellow didn't cook.  The older kid did the wrong thing and cussed at all of them and told them he deserved the gold star.  The town council thought that the older kids behavior was unacceptable.


Values are broad ideas about what is considered valuable.  The kids had to value water because the well froze up.  Some of the kids value the chickens.  They have to value there food so they have enough for every one.  The kids think the gold star is valuable.



Belief's are ideas about reality that affect behavior.  Some of the kids believed that it was bad to kill the chickens.  The older kid believed that he deserved the gold star.  Some of the kids believed that green could have finished the challenge. They belief that the upper class should help with the lower classes.

Kid Nation 3

Desocialization is the process of giving up old norms, values, attitudes, and behavior.  The leaders gave the town a curfew.  The kids might not have had to help little kids before but now they do.  The little girl realizes that everything is not all about her.  The older kid realizes the people in his town don't really like him so he has to change.




Anticipatory socialization is voulintary preparing to accept new norms, values, attitudes, and behavior.  Some of the kids had to be ok with getting the microwave and not the pizza.  Some of the kids had to accept that they weren't upper class anymore.  Some of the kids had to suck it up and clean the dishes.  The kids had to get over the girl that only cared about herself.




Looking glass stage is how you see your self based on what others think of you.  The older kid feels like a jerk after cussing at all of them.  One of the town council people know that he's annoying after everybody yells at him.  Every body tells the kid on green that he is very brave and strong for a little kid and he starts to get a better attitude and not be as homesick.  The little girl cries because she feels bad after everyone yells at her.

Basketball

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Basketball is my favorite sport.  I have been playing since I was old enough to walk.  I started playing at the YMCA when I was 4.  When I was in fourth grade I got on a select team and played on that and the y team till seventh grade.  In seventh grade I made the school team and after that I started playing on another select team in St. Louis which I'm playing on now.

Kid Nation 1

Class conflict: Means struggles between two different classes.  One of the 11 year olds is arguing with the 15 year old.  The girl with the green bandana doesn't agree with yellows decision to not do dishes.  jimmy wants to go home but everybody wanted him to stay but he decided to go home.  There is conflict on who should get the gold star.

Power means the ability to control others.  The 15 year olds try to have power over the the smaller kids.  A lot of them argued about which job they have.  They challenged each other to see what team would get the most money. The challenge was also to see what jobs they have.

Verstehen is putting your self in someone's position to understand there behavior.  Jimmy started crying because he was home sick.  A older girl put herself in his position and thought what it would be like to be 8 and not being able to see your parents.  Then she realized why he was so sad and missed his parents so much.  Some of the kids had to put themselves in the chefs position to see why they were so stressed out when they had to cook for everybody.

friendly letter

                                                                                                                      1717 west main  street
                                                                                                                      Festus, Mo 63028
                                                                                                                      April 1,2014
Dear Mrs. DeBolt,

           One of my favorite hobbies is riding my dirt bike. I also like to work on stuff. I like to work on motors in cars and motorcycles.  I don't really care when stuff brakes around my house cause  then I get to work on it.  I also like to put models together. 


          I like to ride dirt bikes.  This summer I think my dad will finally let me race at Arch View in St. Louis. I like to work on dirt bikes as much as I like to ride them.  When my dirt bike breaks sometimes my dad will let me work on it by myself.  That is a couple of the things I like to do when riding or fixing my dirt bike.


          I don't have much experence with computers besides playing games or looking up stuff.  But I think after this quarter I will be a lot better with computers and how to work them.  I have a computer at home.  It doesn't have Microsoft word and stuff like that.  I mostly use it to look up part for thing or use it to get on craigslist.

                                                                                                                               Sincearley,
                                                                                                                               Ryan Stockham

do video games make kids more violent

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Video games don't make kids more violent because most kids realize that a game is a game and that in real life they could hurt someone really bad or possible even kill them if they did what some people do in video games.  And games like grand theft auto are all fake and that in real life you could get in lots of trouble for doing the stuff that the characters in that game do.