It Makes You Want It

May15

                  Frontal Lobe

The frontal lobe of the of the brain activates when you inhale cocaine. The same thing happens to your brain when you see advertisements on status brands like Apple advertising a new Apple watch. Car companies make consumers feel like they will be someone cool if they have a nice car. Being cool doesn’t mean that you are a good person to interact with anymore, now people think that as long as you have a something cool/expensive like a car makes you cool. I agree with their opinion that brands don’t say anything about you because i don’t think buying a specific brands makes you cool, I just think that it separates rich from poor. Some brands that are considered cool for teenagers are Apple, Nike, Adidas, Levis, Hollister, etc.

 

You feel the most pain of paying for something when you physically see the cash going into the register  or when you see your balance going down on your checking account. It feels bad because you see the money you had go away in a instant on something you might not require to live. It doesn’t feel as bad when you spend money when you are just swiping and have to pay until the end of the month. When all you have to do is swipe to buy something you feel like it doesn’t take anything from you until you actually go pay it at the end of the month.

Companies will use human psychology to their advantage by telling customers that they will not have to pay it instantly in one payment. They will be allowed to pay later on and in smaller payments so customers don’t feel like they are giving all the money they have away. When you buy something like a phone and you have time to pay it then the companies will time, but at the end they will hit you with interest and you just end up losing more money. Credit cards make people feel like the money isn’t coming straight from your pocket so that you don’t feel remorse for spending it.

Reflective Blog Post

Apr17

Bad Choices

In this research about bad choices teens do I learned a lot about looking out for signs of drug usage or depression. I learned about reasons that make teens make bad choices and what things like drugs can do to someone. Through the project I learned that it is always good to have someone that gives you advice because if a kid has the impression that they are lonely than they will tend to break the rules getting them in trouble or even worse a drug addiction. The generation teens are growing up in right now is very dangerous because they are exposed to drugs and gangs.

Drugs

The general idea of teens doing drugs is much more than just drinking alcohol after school with their “friends”. Teen are afraid of what others might say about them if they don’t consume the drugs their friends are taking. Drugs like tobacco and alcohol have a very negative effect o n anyone taking it. It is always important to tell your kids about the dangers of drugs. To help avoid a teenager from getting into drugs it is important to not only talk to them about staying away from drugs, but keeping distance from people who they believe is their friends who will just get them in trouble. It is important for a parent to tell their kid not only that you love them, but that you trust them and if they are ever stuck in a situation you will be there to help them.

Vandalism

Vandalism hurts the community and the people in it because when people vandalize private property or parks someone has to come and clean it up. I learned that vandalism in the community take money away from funds that go to school or activities the community offers. A lot of teens who join gangs are often jumped in by their “friends” and become part of an association where they are forced to do thing like consuming drugs, assaulting people, and destroying property. Setting curfews on teens and talking to them about responsibility could be the best thing to do when they are getting into vandalism. These 2 topics can evantually affect a teens health affecting their life in school and at home.

Uncovering Inequality

Apr7

Telling a Friend

If I went home and told a friend about the movie about inequality i would tell him that we should be paying more attention to our economics because we are stuck in tough situation were we owe trillions of dollars in debt. I would tell my friend that we would be effected by this because the government will need the people to  contribute to help pay the debt and there could be cuts in programs. The government will not be able to fund money for scholarships and for healthcare.

Thoughts

This film made me feel like if the cycle that the U.S is going through could have been prevented if the 9/11 disaster didn’t happen. The debt the U.S has holds everyone in a hole that is really complicated to get out of. I also feel like the wealthy people in the country are getting too rich and are taking all the money from the poor. I also feel like it shouldn’t be legal for people to fund a candidates campaign and be able to change the law so that it favors to them.

Bankers Closet

Feb6
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                                                        Wells Fargo

Banks

On our conversation with Erick Javier and I asked him, “does the bank use our money while it sits in a account?”. He told use that the bank does not tangibly take our money, but you keep money on deposit and you keep it on the books and re-invest and use deposits so the is a solid amount of money the can use. Not like liquid accounts which you can’t take any money from your account. What happens if the bank does not have enough money to give back to the people? Can you take money out of liquid accounts for emergencies? What I found about the banks not having enough capital to pay back all the money at once to everyone then the bank would collapse because it does have enough to give back everyones money, that is why it is regulated in how often or how much a day you can take from your account. If you need your money for an emergency to get it out of the liquid account earlier than supposed then you will be having to pay a penalty. I found this activity really helpful and taught me a lot of things about the banks and how they work. It was overall a helpful assignment.

Discrimination on Hispanics

Dec10

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What

The conflict with discrimination on Hispanics is a big problem because it affects the well being of the people who live in the U.S even if they are immigrants from other countries. Some reasons for controversy could be that it is ok to discriminate others because of their legal status or because of their ethnicity. We found that some states in the U.S have worse discrimination than others, for example in the article “The Worst States for Hispanics” they explain that discrimination varies in states because of the Hispanic population and the unemployment rate. People involved in this conflict are obviously Hispanics, but the discriminant can be anyone, and be any race. Most of the time the discriminant will be white.

Why

There are many factors that cause this situation to happen. One thing that causes this is that Hispanics can be seen as lazy, rapist, drug dealers, and mean by some people. The ignorance of people is what makes Hispanics get discriminated and not treated equally. The discriminant might think he/she is more powerful than Hispanics because of the legal status of some Hispanics which according to Quora 81% of the Hispanics in the U.S are illegal immigrants. People who discriminate Hispanics feel that the Hispanics won’t stand up for themselves because some might not be able to speak English or won’t be for their convenience to call the police. The effect of the discrimination/ racial profiling is that is happening with Hispanics can create problems between races. Hispanics might feel as if they aren’t free in a country where freedom is everything.

Solution

There are many ways to trying to solute the problem and getting the discriminates in trouble isn’t going to solute anything because it will only make them more angry. We want to promote peace by creating shirts that say Hispanic/white/black/Asian/ and human. The word human will be circled in our shirt giving out a message that the race isn’t what we should look at because we are just the human race. These shirts will be sold for $10 in room E19 during lunch. When a lot of people start seeing the shirts and notice the discrimination problem with Latinos in the U.S is really bad then they will want to help the situation by promoting our same race shirt. The discriminators will notice people who now stand up for races being discriminated and they will stop being unfair to Latinos.

Some Tricks

Nov10

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Properties

Physics is the nature and properties of matter and energy. Physics takes a big part of mountain biking because the energy you and your bike have when coming to the ground can be too much for you to control or your bike won’t be able to handle the impact. Doing tricks is not an easy thing because you need to have fast reflexes and have very good stability. Any stunts done on a bike can be very dangerous and can result in injury if done incorrectly. The key to getting better at stunts is practice. You need to practice a lot and lose the fear of heights or just falling. The kinetic energy you have while being in the air can be enough to seriously injure you.

Types of Tricks

There are many types of tricks for mountain biking ranging from easy to difficult. When you master the simple tricks like bunny hops or manuals then you will be able to start doing 180’s and 360’s. Learning the simple maneuvers first is important because they are the base of the more complex maneuvers. Stunts are not necessarily important for being able to mountain bike, but doing stunts will make you look more professional and talented. One thing you might need to know how to do would be being able to bunny hop (jump) over a ditch or being able to maintain your balance in mid-air. In other words, you will need to be able to maneuver over or around a hazard you might come across on a trail.

Think Wise

Being wise about the decisions you make is very important and unwise moves can result in serious injury. Sometimes it is okay to try and do things you’ve never tried; however, you need to avoid the urge of trying a stunt that is almost certainly impossible for you to do at the moment because you can get seriously injured. This is not just something to keep you from getting better because you should always try to get better at what you love doing, but you should always care for yourself. Something that should always go through your head while mountain biking should be asking yourself,”Is this safe for me to do?”

 

 

Small Buisness

Nov4

Our Experience

Throughout this project we experienced the expenses and necessities of having or starting a business. We noticed that a business not only requires money for the product being sold, but also money for permits and being able to maintain the business running. A business requires you to employ personnel to open/ close down the shop and you will need people in the customer service area. I experienced that working with partners in the same business can be complicated because of the fairness of profit. There can be a conflict when someone thinks they aren’t getting enough profit for the amount of work they put in.

How We’ll Get Better?

As a group we faced a couple of problems that made it challenging for us. For example organization, time management and lack of experience in starting a business. We did research on start up companies. We learned what the first steps are that you should take when creating a brand business. For our advertisement we struggled due to the fact that we all didn’t have time to meet up and film. We also struggled in editing the videos, but we managed to put the video together in the way we wanted it.

About Advertisement Video    

In our advertisement video we showed how our supplements will help many people who aren’t  as strong as they want to be. Our supplement in the video help people get energy, strength, agility, and speed by simply drinking the supplement and working out as hard as they can.

Video

About the Elevator Pitch

In our elevator pitch we discussed our business plan with Bill Gates so hat he has a broad understanding about our business. The point of the elevator pitch is that he funds our business so we can get it started.

Pitch 

Business Plan

Our business plan contains our calculations of how much it will cost us to start our business and keep it running until Shred is making profit. This business plan contains the positions each one of us will take and what our business will contain.

Plan

 

Mountain Biking

Oct27

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Why Mountain Bike?

Mountain Biking is something that I have really enjoyed since I started doing it around 2 years ago. Mountain biking asks of many abilities like being enjoyable, mentally strong, and most importantly physically strong. To mountain bike you need a bike capable of keeping up with up the trail. A person should have a fast reaction time and be able to make fast and safe decisions. Most important of all, you need to be able to enjoy the sport and try your best at it.

What I am going to get out of this will be improving my agility and achieving great cardiovascular fitness. Mountain biking isn’t for everyone because if you can’t have a strong mentality, then you won’t be able to accomplish goals like making it up a mountain. Some people might not have the physical capacity required for mountain biking because of some reasons like being overweight, having physical disabilities, or just being lazy. My goal is to be able to improve my physical condition to make it up a mountain without struggling and benefiting from this by loosing weight.

History of Moutain Biking

According to Google, a mountain bike should be equipped with a light sturdy frame, deep-threaded tires, multiple gears, and designed for mountain terrain. This sport roots in California and wasn’t until the late 1970’s and early 1980’s that road bicycle companies started designing mountain bikes. Mountain biking is full of ditches, bumps, rocks, and ramps.

Biking Enthusiasts

The biking enthusiasts often look down on having to bike up the mountain, but when the challenge is over then the adrenalinizing part of it is up, going down the mountain. Riding down the mountain depending on the difficulty of the trail is very exciting, but also dangerous. As your adrenaline rushes through your body it makes you want to ride faster down the mountain. The bike’s shock absorbents take an important role in riding down the mountain at high speeds because of the rocks and uneven grounds that force your bike to absorb the ditches and rocks so that you have a smoother ride and don’t get thrown off the bike. Wearing a helmet is most important thing because falling and breaking a bone isn’t as bad as hitting your head against a rock and possibly causing a concussion or even death. I will ride safely by wearing a helmet every time I get on my bike to ride some trails.

Physical Wellness

Oct12

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Physical Wellness Defined

Physical wellness is the proper care of our bodies for optimal health and functioning(University of New Hampshire). Physical wellness is something important and everyone should this because having physical wellness might be the key for someone to be emotionally well. You can have physical wellness by making good choices when it comes to alcohol, nutrition,  and sleep. I think that some people will be emotionally, and socially well if they have physical wellness. People will feel good about them selves if they are physically well and they will have the courage to begin a social life if they are confident with their bodies.

Having physical wellness when it comes to alcohol means that should drink little portions of alcohol so minimize the risk of negative consequences and know your limits and stick to them.  The University of New Hampshire states that you can have a good nutrition by staying hydrated to be able to perform well, eat a lot fruits and vegetables through out the day, and consume vitamins needed. Having good amounts of sleep is also important to physical wellness because sleeping helps regulate weight and helps maintain mental health allowing you to retain information.

My Personal Physical Wellness

My personal physical wellness is having control of alcohol, a good nutrition, and being physically active. Alcohol is in my physical wellness because I don’t drink it because I am a minor and not allowed to, and if I was allowed to i would have my limits. Nutrition is just one of those things that are available for me because there is always home made and healthy food in my home. Nutrition is not challenging for me because I enjoy eating vegetables and fruits. I am always physically active because I ride my bike to work and then go to the gym everyday after work. Sometime being physically active helps me feel energetic.

I am working on improving my Physical wellness by continuing my routine and not drinking alcohol. I can fix my nutrition my eliminating more sugars and fats from my diet. I am going to start adding more vegetables in my diet so get vitamins and nutrients. Lastly I will be even more physically active by riding my bike instead of driving whenever I can.