Kid Nation 6

Coercion is forcing somebody to do something.  The little girl had to go help with the trash.  Taylor was forced to stay in her house.  The kids were forced to jump in the beans with the pigs.  Everybody tried to force DK to stay.

Cooperation is when people combine to achieve a common goal.  The little girl cooperated and help with the trash.  The leaders had to come together and make a decision.  Galan talked DK into staying.  Taylor cooperated and helped DK stay.

Authority is the right to command.  Taylor is taking her authority way to far.  The older kids act like they have authority just because there bigger.  The upper class does not have authority .

Kid Nation 7

Negative deviance is behavior that falls short of expectations.  Taylor wont help with them.  Some of the cooks wont do dishes.  The girl is acting like she's doing everything right when she's not.  Some of the older kids are not helping the younger kids.

Deviant is a person that breaks society's norms.  Taylor wont help with the trash.  The girl sold food that she took.  The boys broke the girls signs.  The older kid yelled at the little one.

Anomie is a social condition in which society is weak.  The election is cause the whole town to argue.  The town has been getting lazy as a whole.  There not working together s a group.  There is a lot of fighting lately.

Kid Nation 5

Group is two or more people that are in regular contact.  The yellow team is the upper class.  The two older kids hang out a lot.  Some of the younger kids chase animals together.  They all have their different religious groups that they pray with.

Primary group is a close group that emotionally support each other and seek one another out.  Some of the groups help each other pray and stuff like that.  The green group is the close and they don't really fight very much.  Some of the younger kids stick together and help each other out.  The town is closer now and are more like a group.

Conflict is interaction aimed at defeating an opponent.  The little girl wont get up and yells at the other people.  Zach and the little girl argue about who would be the better leader.  The girl is trying to take one of the leaders spots and he doesn't like her.  One of the girls keeps being mean to one of the leaders.

What is something that bothers me?

Carter Easter really bugs me.  He bugs me by always touching me when he has to say something to me.  He is also always talking to me when I'm trying to do my work and he slows me down.  He also always is in my business even more so than my parents.  The main problem is he is by me in all my classes we have.  Everything I tell him he has to tell someone else so I just stopped telling him stuff and just don't tell him anything anymore.  He also yells a lot and talks non stop and gives me headaches and makes me loose train of thought on what I'm doing.


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This summer I am playing basketball.  I am playing on the Festus team with all of the seventh graders that were undefeated.  I think this summer even though it is not school basketball I think we will still do good.  Since we are not playing school ball I think the competition will be better than before so we will get better.  We are playing at the CNR league that plays in fox and St. Louis.  Our coaches are Jeremy Moss and Collin Beffa.