Extensions and reflections

Extensions Lesson 26

1) Write down an important issue that you, your community, your school, or your family is facing right now. Maybe it's bullying at school, a dress code, or a community issue.

Issue/problem:
I can't think of any real big issues right at the moment, but one small thing to start with is that the cafeteria food in the cafeteria is too expensive. Ever since I started buying lunch, I've noticed myself being broke most of the time and having the money for the rest of the time (you get what I mean?) and after doing the math, I realized that all of the money is going into lunch!! I mean, a burger for $3.75?? Come on! And then if you say that, then some people will be like "Go to the Dogpound and get a pizza" but in case you forgot, pizza is $2.25, and it's for a tiny piece. I say we should have cheaper food, yeah!

Organize a group of four or five people to discuss the issue you chose. Individually, think of ways to improve or change the problem.

1. Fill in the thought bubbles below with the different solutions each of you come up with.

1. Less staff, the food cost includes the service from the staff, well, maybe we can get more volunteers at lunch so we don't need as many payed staff.
2. Cheaper food, if it's hard and expensive to make (ex. Haitian rice, baked chicken, stake...) then don't make it, get more simple, yet filling foods for less.
3. Lower the cost, just lower it, forget about profit or whatever, the lower your cost is, the more people you'll get.
4. Shut it down, don't tempt us, okay?

2. Use your imagination to brainstorm new ideas.

I think the best idea we have is the cheaper foods thing, would you like to have a filling sandwich or a tiny morcel of cavear each for the same price??

3. Together decide which solution will make the biggest difference. Write your group's idea in the solution box

I think the best idea will be the cheaper food, no more fancy stuff that doesn't get us full, we are all growing, get us a hardcore lunch!

Reflection
Is there anyone in your extended family that you could get along with better? What can you do to start making things better between the two of you?

My cousins, all of them. One reason is because I haven't had any contact with them with them in the last 7 years, and I've always had the idea of how evil they were. They're three boys who are all older than I am, and all of them are pretty mean. I think I should on some cases get in touch with them, if my parents allows it of course, they say my cousins are back influences. But I think if I actually got to know my cousins now, after we've all been children, I think I could get along with them better.

My usual blog:
SO MUCH TO DO!!!!

Hey, just on another great note, I started following Rick Riordan's blog today. He's the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Apparently he's working on another Camp Half-Blood series, and it'll have old characters from the Percy Jackson series and new ones, which is like the coolest thing ever!! And it's coming out in the fall!! Which is really close compared to the Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices (Which, BTW, is still my favourite books, but Percy Jackson is definitely second up), which are coming out in August, the Infernal Devices, and City of Fallen Angels isn't coming out until March next year, so I have to wait forever on that one!!

Quote of the day:
"Men don't consume pink beverages, now be gone woman, and get me something brown" The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Ha, never gets old.