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The Cycle of Poverty

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What factors can lead to poverty?

One factor that can lead to poverty is your education. This is because if you dont  have a good education, it is then hard to get a good job, therefore hard to make a lot of money to support yourself. Also, your family history can lead to poverty. This is because if your family doesnt have a lot of money, then it is hard to live in a good area, which then leads to where you go to school, and if you dont go to a good school, its hard to get a good education, which makes it hard to get a job, therfore hard to make a lot of money to support yourself. Also, if your health isnt good, then you have to pay to get money for medicine, but if you dont have enough money, you are likely to get more sick, resulting in having to pay more money.

What circumstances can fuel long-term poverty?
A circumstance that can lead to long-term poverty is if you have a lot of people in your family. This is because you cant change this and the more people, the more money, therefore making there be lots of money to pay which some people dont have. Also, if one of your parents doesnt work, or they dont live with you, then there if less of an income, therefore creating less money, which people need to survive.

 

Update on Experiential Exdous

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1.What is one thing that you are excited to plan for experiential exodus? Why?

I am excited to plan the station where G-d shows phoroah his strength/wonders. This is because it is really cool to see G-d’s powers and show that to kids to educate them.

2.What has been challenging as you work on the project? Why?

It has been challenging to work without my partner. This is because it is easier to work with two minds, rather than one, because more minds = more ideas.

3.What is your favorite part of the exdous story? Why?

My favorite part is at the end when the Jews are saved by G-d. This is because the story has a good ending and I like happy endings.

Classroom Economy – Summary of Learning

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Describe your experience. Tell us about the highs and the lows.  What were your major take-aways? What did you learn? How did you like it?  

In this experience, I was the administrative assistant. This meant that I made sure that everyone wrote down their homework in their assignment notebook. I liked this job because it was fairly easy and it had skills that I feel that I’m good at. These skills include being responsible and efficient. I made $400 a week for doing this job. For my bills, I had to pay a total of $174.25 every week. I have done a good job I think of managing my money. I know this because I have a lot of money leftover. Don’t worry, I got paid and paid bills in fake money. Something that I would have changed is that I would have tried to get a new job (even though I liked my job) but just to try something new. Something that I learned is that you should try to pay the lower price at first(when you don’t have so much money), and then work your way up to the nicer products. This way you feel more accomplished because you work your way up to the top.

How did your character’s role/situation in the game affect your ability to take care of yourself? 

I feel that my character’s situation was very fortunate and I was able to take care of myself well without getting into debt, having loans, and I was very healthy. This is because I had enough money to pay my bills and to get healthy food so I wouldn’t get sick from eating unhealthy food. In addition, I had leftover money that I could save for any other additional expenses I didn’t know would come up.

What aspects of your character’s life encouraged success?  What aspects of your character’s life brought about failure?  

The aspects that encouraged success in my characters life was that my character was very responsible, efficient, and helpful. I also got a good pay. The aspects that brought failure into my characters life was that I feel that I could have maybe tried and applied to a new job and try something new even if I was successful at my current job.

What attempts did you make to improve your character’s life?  How successful were these attempts? How difficult were those attempts and why?

I feel that I didn’t try to make any attempts to make my life better because it seemed to be going well. In the future, if I were to do this again, I would have tried to apply for a new job and try something new even if I was successful at my current job.

Write a list of what you learned about poverty from this activity.  

  • It is very hard to get out of the cycle of poverty, once in it(because you need to catch up on bills and then you get even more behind due to needing to pay more bills)
  • Life isn’t fair/Life is hard(some people have more success than others)
  • It is hard to balance your money especially when you don’t have a lot(because you need to pay bills, yet still have some leftovers in case anything happens that you need money for)
  • Sometimes people will help you if you need it(people gave other people’s loans so they could pay their bills on time)

Second Attempt at Building a Racer

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Here is a Picture of the 2nd Attempt of the Spool Racer Challenge:

Given the challenge and the performance of your car on Test Drive #1, what change(s) did you make for Test Drive #2?

We made the car more sturdier by using wood, rather than cardboard. We also figured out how to connect the rubber band to the car. Lastly, we made the wheel extra sturdy so it wouldnt move in the wrong direction. We did this by attaching a mini pole and holders for the pole to go into. Then we connected the spool to the pole. Lastly, the wheel went in the front of the car.

What differences did you predict these changes would make in your cars performance? What makes you think this?

I predicted that these differences would make the car more stable/less flimsy and go faster and farther. I think this because if the object is less flimsy, it wont go everywhere, only in the right direction. This then causes it to go farther. The car goes faster because the wheel is in the front, not the back, so there is more potential energy in the front.

Think about the variables such as the size of the spool, weight of the washer or tension of the rubber band. How might these affect how far or how fast your car will go?

If the weight of the washer is heavier, then the car might go slower because there is more weight that it needs to carry. If it is lighter, the the car might go slower because there is less weight that it needs to carry.

What worked better the second time?

What worked better the second time was that we put the wheel in the front of the car. Also, using the wood helped to make it more sturdy.

What still is not quite working?

We figured out after testing our deisgn that we dont need two people to move it at first, only one. Also, the wood is too heavy, causing the car to possible be slowing down. if we did this again, we should cut off some of the wood because we dont need it all.

What questions do I have?

What is the best material to use as of the base of the car for this experiment?

What might I try next?

If we did this again, we should cut off some of the wood because we dont need it all. Also, we could have only one person start the car.

Explain the energy transfer that is taking place in the racer.

The energy transfer that is going on is that the rubber band gives off elastic energy which then turns into kinetic energy so that the car can move.

Racer Ideas and Plan

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Here is a Picture of my Partner and I’s 1st Sketched out Plan:

Here is a Picture of my Partner and I’s 1st Design Idea:

1. What do you like about your initial design?

I like the idea that the spool (wheel) is in the front of the design. This way, the wheel gives the rest of the design the force/speed it needs to go the farthest and fastest.

2. What has been challenging about the initial design?

It has been challenging to find a way to inncorporate a rubber band into our design.

3. How well did your racer perform in the first race? Did it go far? Fast?

The racer performed decently. This is because it went kind of far, and it went kind of fast. The speed was 60.33 inches per second.

4. How will you modify your design for the second race? What variables do you feel will affect how far and fast the racer goes? Why?

The design will be modified because we will include the idea of using a rubber band (which is part of the requirments for this challenge). The variables that will affect how far and fast the racer goes are the spool and rubber band. This is because the rubber band determines how far the design will go. The spool determines how fast the design will.

5. What have been your strengths and challenges during the design process?

Some strengths are that my partner and I get along very well. We also have good ideas. A challenge is fidning out a way to incorporate the rubber band into our design.

6. What questions do you have?

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