Survival Part 2

Do you want to be the one that lives when all others will die? In order for someone to survive, they need to relax. I have alot of experience in the outdoors and adventures. There are a few essential things i always have on me when I go camping or on adventures. I always bring a knife, a lighter, a sleeping back, rope and a bottled water. You need to learn to survive, it is a key thing to learn in life.

When surviving, the first thing you want to do is find a good source of water, and once you have done that you would need to find a camp site close to the water, find a place that is a good place to live. You then want to start building your place to sleep. In between, you would need to go find food, and fire wood. Trying not to waste your energy, you need to build your bed, build your fire and find your food. When surviving the key is to stay relaxed and never panic, if you panic you will use up twice as much energy as you need to. Some skills every human should know is, how to tie knots, how to build a fire without a lighter or gasoline and how to build things with little resources. In my opinion if you can do those three things very well, you would be able to survive. 

        Your life and others should be important to you, you want to be the person to help others when you are in a survival situation. You need to learn to survive, it is a key thing to learn in life. Dont forget, to bring these tools, learn these steps and dont panic.

Zombies are coming

Do you want to be the one that lives when all others will die. In order for someone to survive, they need to relax. I have been trapped in many survival situations. There are a few essential things i always have on me when I go camping or on adventures. I always bring a knife, a lighter, a sleeping back, rope and a bottled water. 

When surviving, the first thing you want to do is find a good camp site, find a place that is a good place to live. you then want to start building your place to sleep. In between, you would need to go find food, and fire wood. Trying not to waste your energy, you need to build your bed, build your fire and find your food. You would also want to try and find a source of water so you can drink when you need to. When surviving the key is to stay relaxed and never panic, if you panic you will use up twice as much energy as you need to. Some skills every human should know is, how to tie knots, how to build a fire without a lighter or gasoline and how to build things with little resources. 

In my opinion if you can do those three things very well, you would be able to survive. If you can survive, in different locations, such as on an island, in the jungle, it would be a key thing to learn especially because we all know about global warming. 

Survival

In order for someone to survive, they need to relax. I have been trapped in many survival situations. There are a few essential things i always have on me when I go camping or on adventures. I always bring a knife, a lighter, a sleeping back, rope and a bottled water. When surviving, the first thing you want to do is find a good camp site, find a place that is a good place to live. you then want to start building your place to sleep. In between, you would need to go find food, and fire wood. Trying not to waste your energy, you need to build your bed, build your fire and find your food. You would also want to try and find a source of water so you can drink when you need to. When surviving the key is to stay relaxed and never panic, if you panic you will use up twice as much energy as you need to. Some skills every human should know is, how to tie knots, how to build a fire without a lighter or gasoline and how to build things with little resources. In my opinion if you can do those three things very well, you would be able to survive.

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How to read the tides,

As some might know i am every interesting in the ocean,sailing,fishing and the water. I love to watch the sea on the beach and watch the waves crash onto the shore, watch how they form, and all the other things that accumulate with it. I like learning new things, especially about the tides and oceans.

Forecast weather

I because i love the ocean i also love weather, i like to learn and watch the weather. I learned this from my dad. I learned how to smell when rain is coming. most people don't know that there is always a scent to everything. I can tell when a storm is coming, i can smell when it is going ot rain and i can feel when it is going to be a hot day. There is always something to learn about weather.

Survive in the wild

I also like the wilderness, i love to climb trees and love to go on adventures. I like knives,fire and so much more. I have been on adventurous before where i life for a weekend in the wild. I love it so much, i love learning how to track where i am and build things, i love to do things on my own. 

Recap of Debates

My debate topic was that social media has a positive impact on the kids today. Our group was the affirmative side in this debate. As a group i felt that we all could do with more work, we all could have been better with more practice and more effort. The first speaker had some very good points. She told them to us very well and she said them in a way we all understood. She had alot of good points that they could rebut off of. Their first speaker was very well prepared aswell. He had his points organized and read them well. Their first rebutter did an excellent job at rebutting our points. They restated facts that their firs speaker said and they rebutted them very well leaving our side shocked. Our second first rebutter did a very good job rebutting what they said, but left a little early. Their last rebutter did well at rebutting and proving some of our facts wrong or just leaving us unanswerable. Our third speaker also our last rebutter did a very good job in introducing it to a new point of view and changing things differently. He didn't do a good job at keeping his time. Our final speaker and their final speaker both concluded it very well but fell at the end. Our speaker, i believe had a strong beginning and had a very good and strong thesis, he restated their points and rebutted what their third speaker said but fell at the end. I believe i could have been more organized with my points and put more time and effort into which points were important. I believe that the time was much more appreciated than before, we like the extra 30 seconds. I also believe that both teams still have things to work on, such as timing each other and using up the time you have, predicting what the other team will say and trying to build your rebuttal off what you think they will say. Overall i think both teams did very well, and could do even better next time. For the lightening round debates, we all did good jobs making the stuff up as we go along and not have the advantage to look stuff up for facts. We all did a good job with he time except for some people. I also believe that everybody should have gone at least twice to redeem themselves if they messed up their first time or got a topic they didn't like. I would also say we need more topics that everyone likes, and some that are fun and entertaining. I would also say that people should be able to choose who they go against. 

Soacial media is a go

My debate topic is wether or not social media is a positive or negative thing for teenagers. My side is the affirmative side and we believe that social media is good for kids. I believe that social media is necessary because it is an excellent way of keeping up and communicating to people and family members.Some of our points are that it makes people feel more comfortable. It spreads information,news and important happening really quickly. It makes teens feel less shy as well as used for teachings. It is also a way to share your music,pictures and other things so your friends and family can see it. Almost every kid in the US uses social media. Social media plays a big part in the life today. It lets kids and adults around the world communicate and show pictures or videos of what they are doing. It gives people something to look at when they are bored. It lets the whole wolrd know when something trajic has happened. I didnt know Paul Walker died until i saw it on Facebook. Social media now a days is how people keep intouch with others. As technology has goteen better, more and more people use social media and dont refer to the good old fashion mailing system. We use facebook and other sights. We have gotten better with technology such as snapchat. People can send pictures of any type to another person for no longer than 10 seconds. It allows the person receiving it to see it and cant keep it forever, however you can screenshot it or replay it to your friends but the person that sent it would be able to see what you did with it. Another thing is that kids now adays are becoming smarter with technology. Kids younger than me know how to do stuff i still yet have to figure out. For example, my parents are trying to get more intop technology, and upgrade their phones to be able to be more mobile. WHen they have questions about things on their phones or compuiters, they ask me or my brother. They are after time getting used to knowing how to do stuff and figuring out but they still need help. They can use whatsapp or facebook to communciate with me to ask how to do something. another example is that my grandma and other family members now have facebook. All of us young kids are now gone to boarding school or college or live on our own and they like to see what we do. For example when ever my mom sees a picture of me she always asks me about it. This would mean i forgot to tell her about it. 

of age or under age

I believe in my opinion my group the negative side did very well. We had alot of times before the debate where we didn't know who was doing what and what we had to do until the last day, but we got it done. I think that we had some strong and very powerful facts. I think that performing our side, we didn't do too well compared to the other side. We had the ability to present more facts but we failed to do that because of our effort and the time we had. I think that the first speaker had good information, she had good strong facts but failed to have an introduction and she didn't have enough information to last the whole two minutes. Our second speaker had strong points and didn't time it well enough. She too produced it very well. Our third speaker, didn't have any information at all, he attacked the other side and never stated anything, he just said a few words to the other team and only took up ten out of the sixty seconds. Our last speaker, did a good job on restating our points, having an introduction, but I failed to look at the audience, I kept his head down and read off of my script. The other team had good communication and good planning. Their first speaker had a good introduction,specific points and did very well. Their second speaker came up and had good points but ran out of time and couldn't finish. Their third speaker didn't really have good points at all and got a little nervous at the end. Their last speaker did good at restating the points, aswell as using his time and having a good thesis. He failed to have an introduction to his statement. I think we all could do better in preparing ourselves better by getting clear points,using the time,practicing aswell as knowing and anticipating what the other side is going to say to rebut against them. We all could have done better with more preparation and more time together. I think my side could have done better by getting and setting proper facts with both logos and ethos. we could have used more organization and not jump roles around.  I would also say that both teams could have used a little more practice before the debate just to finalize the holes they had and fix the flaws. I wouldnt say one team won over the other. I would say that both sides won in some areas and lost in some areas. Some speakers did better than those on the opposing side. I would say that for the affirmative side their first speaker beat our first speaker, our second speaker beat their second speaker,our third speaker was defeated by their third speaker and our last speaker beat their last speaker, so it ends up being a tie, but i would also say that ms guarino gets the last and final say.

Debate

Our debate is wether the drinking age should be lowered or kept the same. Our group was split into two. One side found facts on the affirmative side, which is that the drinking age should be lowered, and the other side, which is the negative side, said that the drinking age should remain the same. The group i was in was the negative side, the drinking age shouldn't be lowered. My side found many good arguments to show that it should remain the same. Some facts include,development of brain,middle schoolers and younger kids would;d have easier access to alcohol,kids tend to be more responsible and mature at the age of 21, aswell as kids can go to bars and clubs where most of the occupants are intoxicated. If the drinking age was lowered to 18, children's brains have not fully developed by that point. Alcohol can cause disfunction to the brain and cause problems with emotions,organization. it can also cause the kids to make poor judgmental calls,violence,depression and even suicide. Kids now a days are always looking for alcohol. If the age was lowered to 18 that would mean that a high schooler could go out and purchase alcohol,bringing it back to their school and distributing it to the younger kids in high school and even middle school. This fact has been proven here at cheshire academy. Another point is that if the drinking age was lowered it could cause kids to make poor judgmental calls. The age of 21 is when most young adults are at college,working or out of their parents jurisdiction. They make their own calls and their own decisions. if the age was lowered,kids in high school,still under parents jurisdiction would be legible to purchase alcohol causing poor decisions, such as starting their sexual activity, or other irresponsible acts. My final point is that most kids would go to bars and clubs in which most of their patrons are under the influence. they end up driving intoxicated which increases death rate,traffic crashes or creating a violent crime scene. Some logos and ethos is that 76% of bars have sold alcohol to intoxicated patrons, and about half of drivers arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) or killed as alcohol-involved drivers in traffic crashes did their drinking at licensed establishments. Surveys show that the most common source of alcohol among 18- to 20-year olds is their 21- to 24-year-old peers. These are just some facts to show that it shouldnt be lowered. We beleive that the drinking age should not be lowered.