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Community & Friendship

Community & Friendship

I was successful as a teammate because I think I worked well with the others and listened to their ideas as they listened to mine. I also encouraged people and did not blame people for what they did. The reason that we were so successful on the different activities is because all of us did this and that gave us the opportunity to succeed. For example, when someone messed up on the maze, we all were sad but we didn’t blame them. We stopped and encouraged them and then tried again and succeeded. Also, when we were doing the marble luge, we all had different ideas but we listened to each other and came up with a better one using everyone’s ideas.

I was successful as a friend because of the same reasons like encouraging people and not blaming them. That helped our team because it kept our friendships together and we were able to get through the problem when something happened and we had to redo it again. The entire team also did this and that is what had kept us together and we did not get frustrated at someone or at the activity. I think that the activity also helped us bond because we were able to begin to trust each other and we formed friendships because of this. We were able to find each other’s strengths and weaknesses and we are a stronger team because of it. For example, when we had first messed up on the second part of the hog call, we worked as friends and kindly corrected them.

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Time Capsule: Career Research

Career Research

 

When I grow up, I would like to be a professional soccer player. I would join a professional soccer league, hopefully in the U.K., where I would be able to make more money than in a minor league or the U.S. soccer league. When I retire from soccer, I would like to be a software developer. The pay for a professional soccer player ranges from $60,000 to $6,000,000 a year. If I play for the U.K., I would be make about $2,500,000 a year. The average pay for a software developer is $99,000 a year. I would be able to go to a college and play soccer for the college that I attend while I earn my degree in software engineering. Playing professional soccer would be a way to make money as soon as I get out of college until I am about 35 and retire from soccer. Then I would be able to continue working as a software developer to earn my living. It would be a great way to be able to retire early from software developing at about 50-55.

I would like to be a soccer player because I love the sport and devote most of my free time practicing or playing soccer games. It would be a great way to continue following my passion to play soccer after I graduate college. It is also a well-paying sport and is played around the world. That would give me more of an opportunity to find a team that I could play for. The job of professional athlete is projected to see an employment growth of about 7% by 2022. This would give me more of a chance at getting a job. To become a soccer player I only need a high school diploma or higher.

The reason I would like to be a software developer is because I love computers and my dad has helped teach me many things about computers. It would be great if I could use those skills to earn money. I also find it really fun to be able to design things for computers like the actual software. I can think of nothing better to do after my soccer career than spending my time as a software developer. I need a career to fall back on if I am unable to play soccer professionally or when I retire. The software developer career is expected to grow 22% by 2022 which would give me a better chance to get a job then compared to now. I would need a bachelor’s degree or higher to be a software developer. I think both of these jobs would be a great way to spend my adult life.

 

Sources:

http://screamer.deadspin.com/chart-the-average-player-salaries-in-soccer-leagues-ar-1658856283

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A Snip of my Culture-Verse

When I was 9, I travelled to India to attend my cousin Jatish’s wedding. His wedding was very different compared to the weddings I had attended here in the United States. The biggest difference I noticed was the ceremony was in a different language. The weddings I went to in the United States were all Christian weddings and this was a Hindu wedding. The cultural universal is religion and shared beliefs. It was very interesting because I was able to experience a different culture and religion. I was able to see firsthand my father’s culture compared to my mother’s culture. This has helped me as I got older because I am able to understand things from different perspectives.

 

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Daily Life-Crafts and Trade

Daily Life- Crafts and Trade

By: Nikhil Shetty

Different types of craftspeople and what they made

  • There are different types of craftspeople and they made different things. Some of the main craftspeople were sandal maker, stone carvers, leather workers, metalworkers, sculptors, weavers, carpenters, jewelers, potters, and painters.
  • Some of the things they created were statues made of bronze, glass, and clay.
  • They also made jewelry with gold and stones.
  • Some of the materials they used were stone, clay, plant matter like wood and fibers, animal matter; bone, ivory, feathers. They soon also started making things with metals such as gold, silver, copper, tin, bronze, and finally iron.

What they traded

  • They traded the statues that they made of bronze, glass, and clay
  • Also, they traded jewelry made of gold and stones as well as highly finished furniture
  • Grains, gold, copper, linen, gemstones, and various minerals were materials that were exchanged
  • They received things like timber, iron, silver, tin, and lead
  • They never traded for currency or coins

How craftsmen were brought up and trained. Also selected

  • Most craftspeople were men
  • They were mainly taught at a young age because of the skill required to make the items they mad.
  • When they were taught, they were often went to school at Pharaoh’s palace with royal children

Trading with different civilizations

  • Some countries they traded with was Lebanon, Afghanistan, central Africa, Syria, Crete, and Mesopotamia
  • The Egyptian’s were the wealthiest country of that time
  • When they traded, they received items they lacked like timber, iron, silver, tin, and lead
  • Cities that were right along the Nile were the best for trading as they could take a boat to many different places to trade.

Citations:

Traded items Egyptian Crafts

(Image).http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/images/life43.jpg.9/16/15.Web.

(Image).http://egypt-trade.wikidot.com/local–resized-images/start/Cedar%20Wood.jpg/thumbnail.jpg.9/16/15.Web.

Hamilton R.Ancient Egypt: The Kingdom of the Pharaohs. Parragon Publishing.2007.Print

 

 

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Favorite Character From Seedfolks

So far in the book, my favorite character has become Sam. He is my favorite character because I liked how he wanted to change the world and make everyone feel that there are still kind people in the world. I also really liked how he is able to notice things that still separate people like the chicken wire and fences and is frowning upon them and wanting to fix them. Another thing that makes him my favorite character is that he always has a smile on his face and believes that smiling to people is his job in the world. I can relate to him because I want everyone to be happy and notice that there are still many kind people in the world who want everyone to be treated equal.