Writing Final Exams

I forgot the works and exam about writing 3, but I remember I had thought this class, writing is not easy. I really suffer from computer. I am really not good at using computers. And I also not good at typing, so I passed so much time to type few words. I did not do Typing Home Work and Book Review early, so I had to do many after. I really regret this. I thought I had to do all works early and I was lazy, so I decided I will do home works early.

At this term, writing 4, I really regret my act. I decided I will do home works early but I did not do it in this term. I did few Typing Home Work only. I did not do Book Reviews and post blogs. So I had to do many home works at last. I should have done all of home works early. When I did home works every week, I did not suffer from my home works.

I recommend you who take this class to do your home works early. If you do home works every week, you should post only blogs. You do not have to do Typing Home Work and Book Reviews. And I recommend you to post your blogs when you played with your friend, experienced something special and so on. So you do not have to post many blogs later. I think you will be able to convert words that you think to English immediately when you write that you usually experienced as a diary. This class will help your English growth. So I recommend you should join this class seriously.

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About Minnesota 8

 I will write about Canoe. We did canoe and enjoyed it but it was so long time and we did not know how long will be row the canoe, so we felt boring after. I will introduce about canoe. Canoes come in many different shapes and sizes, and they've been made of all kinds of materials, from paper to concrete. No matter how much they differ, though, they all share certain bits and pieces. We're going to look at some of them here.
 I will introduce the common canoe. The two seats are not the same. One is wider than the other and its set further back from its end. Most canoes are symmetrical: the front end of the canoe is the same shape as the back end. But paddlers aren't symmetrical. Our front ends don't look much like our back ends. And the two paddlers in a tandem canoe have to face the same way. When two paddlers are seated in a tandem canoe, therefore, they both face the front end of the boat, or the bow, and the bow paddler has to squeeze his legs into a narrow, tapered space. So his seat has to be pushed back. The paddler in the rear of the boat-that's the stern- has a much easier time of it. She's got all the room in the world for her legs. So her seat can be closer to her end of the boat. We rode a boat that can seat about 3 people. It was so thin, so I felt very uneasiness and I felt we might be fell in the river. But we did not fell in the river.

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Coming of age Celebration

 This day was our coming of age celebration. I got up at 5 AM. This day,I had to go to hair salon to make my hair arrangement and put me Kimono. I was arranged by beautician. His talk was very interesting. I and he talked a lot in the beauty salon. After he arranged my hair, I went to an old woman to make me put on Kimono. I wore my Kimono when I took Maedori before. The woman was not good at put Kimono. My Kimono is black color and the price was so high. My grandparent bought me the Kimono and an Obi. In addition, they bought me a Geta and a bag. I took Maedori in Yatsushiro because my grandparent live in there. So, I and my family visited grandparent to take Maedori the day before the day taking Maedori. Next day, in the morning, I and my mother and grandmother got up at 5:30 AM and went to hair salon.The hair salon is very good at putting Kimono. There is my grandparent's favorite hair salon. After finished my hair make, we went back home. And we went to a photo studio soon. I was taken many pictures at there. I was taken pictures in a room and outside. I was taken pictures alone and with families. I was taken a lot of pictures. So I got really tired. After took pictures, we went to Gofukuten that selling Kimonos and sold me a Kimono to show me put on the Kimono. After that, we went to the another grandparent house in Ashikita to show them that I wearing Kimono. They said me beautiful and cute. I was so happy. I had never took pictures with my grandparent. We moved by car, so I couldn't leaned the back seat. It was so hard to me. I got really tired. When we arrived grandparent's home in Ashikita, my grandparent were in farm, so my mother called them and I show them my Kimono. They said me I am beautifuland very nice. I took some pictures with all of members. I was glad but I am not feel good because we have to go back to Yatsushiro to do party with my grandparent and family. I was putting on Kimono while the party. The dishes was very high quality and very delicious. Cook cut us stake and fishes in front of us. The dessert was so delicious! I was surprised very much. I would like to eat a lot, but I couldn't eat so much because I was putting on Kimono. I wanted to eat a lot. I was tired this day very much.

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About Minnesota 7

This time, I will write about volunteerism. We went SMFC.　I have done a volunteer when I was a junior high and high school student. So, I will talk about volunteerism. Many Americans Volunteer to make a difference in their community. Many Americans feel pride and satisfaction because of what they can accomplish when they volunteer. Volunteers share their time and talent to solve problems, strengthen communities, improve lives lives and to connect with others. Some research even shows that volunteering may have health benefits as well as social benefits. Older volunteers are the most likely to have health benefits because volunteering provides them with physical and social activity and a sense of purpose at a time when their social roles are changing. A new study shows that adults who never volunteered spend an average of 436 more hours per year watching TV than adults who volunteer. Minnesota is ranked 3rd in the nation for the largest percentage of the population who volunteers: 39.7%. The US government relies on volunteers to provide social services that the government can't provide. Many corporations and foundations financially support programs staffed by volunteers that make a difference in the community, nation and world. Many companies give employees time off to volunteer in the community. Young people are encouraged to volunteer as a way to gain skills that will later be used in the workforce. Volunteer experience is seen as an asset on resumes for collage entrance and for jobs. Many schools require service learning projects, where students must volunteer and use skills learned in school in a meaningful way. Young children may go to Trick or Treating for Unicef and older children might visit with elderly people, listen to their personal stories and then compare what is heard to what has been learned in history  class. Here you can see the areas where you are most likely to see volunteers. In Japan, there are few activities about volunteers.
 FMSC means Feed My Starving  Children. FMSC is a Christian organization that has been feeding children around the world since 1991. More than 94% of the money donated goes to the food programs and 6% goes to fundraising, administration and overhead costs. Individuals, churches, foundations and corporations give money. The meals are donated and cost about 17 cents a meal to produce since 1991. More than 94% of the money donated goes to the food programs and 6% goes to fundraising, administration and overhead costs. Individuals, churches, foundations and corporations give money. The meals are donated and the cost about 17 cents a meal to produce since much of the food preparation is done by volunteers. Many things are considered when determining who receives the food. It targets feeding programs to the children who are in the most serve circumstances, suffering from severe malnutrition and threatened with death from starvation. The food is given regardless of the faith. Food has been sent to over 60 countries including Haiti, Sudan, Jamaica, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Tanzania, Liberia, Ghana, Guatemala, Malawi, Cambodia, India and Indonesia. I learned the food was designed by food scientists at Cargill and General Mills to meet the needs of 4-8 year old malnourished child. Each meal has 20 different vitamins and minerals that a child needs each day. The ingredients are soy, rice, vegetables, vitamins and minerals and vegetarian chicken flavoring mix. The food is made with boiling water and is culturally acceptable. Feed my Starving Children is committed to encouraging people of all faiths to participate in their mission. They work with other humanitarian organizations to transport and distribute the food. They support long term feeding programs. We enjoyed this program, and packing food. I would like to do this.

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About Minnesota 6

 This time, I will talk about primary elections. Today's class was too difficult to understand. We suffered from this class. A presidential candidate first makes on official announcement that he or she is running for president. Then, he or she or someone else on his or her behalf must file papers with the federal elections commission, which regulates the election process. Candidates usually make these announcements at least a year before the presidential election. Often there are several candidates in each political party running for president. Some states have primary elections and others have caucuses. These take place in late winter or early spring. A primary election looks very much like a general election: Voters get ballots that list the names of the people running for president that belong to their political party and then go to a polling place and vote for one of those people. A caucus is a gathering of people from the same political party who discuss the issues and the candidates at a central location and then cost their votes for candidates running in the same political party. And I learned each political party will chose one candidate in November at a national convention for that political party that takes place in the summer. Each state chooses a group of people to represent the state at the national convention. These delegates cast their votes for the candidate who was the top vote - getter in that state. I heard a system called the Electoral Collage is used in the United States to elect our president. Sometimes the candidate with fewer popular votes wins an election. There have been several presidents elected who did not win the popular vote because they received fewer electoral votes. The authors of the U.S. Constitution as a compromise created the Electoral Collage. Some politicians believed that a popular vote was not a good idea because many people were uninformed and unable to make a good decision when voting. Others did not want to give Congress the power to choose a president. The Electoral Collage was created to let the people vote for electors who then voted for the presidential candidate. And I heard each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. senators plus the number of its U.S. representatives. I learned currently, the Electoral Collage includes 538 electors, 535 for the total number of congressional members, and three who represent Washington, D.C., as allowed by the 23rd Amendment. Minnesota has 10 votes in the electoral collage. How is it possible for a candidate to have the majority of the people votes but to lose the election? Do you know? Here is another example: let's say that total of 2 million people vote in South and North Dakota for candidate A, and this is the majority, and that 1 million people vote in Georgia for candidate B, and this is the majority for the state, the candidate B wins the presidential Elections, as North and South Dakota have combined 6 electoral votes and Georgia has 15 electoral votes. I did not know of all about that. On the Monday following the second Wednesday in December, the electors of each state meet in their respective state capitals to officially cast their votes for president and vise president. These votes are then sealed and sent to the president of the Senate, who on January 6th opens and reads the votes in the presence of both houses of congress. I heard the winner is sworn into office at noon on January 20th. I learned presidential elections take place on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November. I thought why it is. In 1845 most Americans were farmers. Congress felt that November was the most convenient month because in November harvest was over and the weather was still mild enough for travel. At that time citizens had to vote at the country seat. For many people it meant travel by horseback or buggy and then a stay overnight. I was surprised. And because Sunday was reserved for church, Monday was not possible. Congress wanted to make sure that the elections never fell on November 1st, which is a Hold Day of Obligation for Catholic voters. And business people did their books for the previous month on the first of each month. Thus, the second week in November was chosen. I really did not know these things. I would like to know more details about elections and so on. Thank you!

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About nickels

This time, I will talk about the dime and the the nickel. Do you know them?
The dime shows a portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt. it was related on his birthday the year after he died. I did not know that. Shortly after his death in 1945, citizens began writing to the Treasury Department requesting his likeness be depicted on a coin. The dime was a good choice because Roosevelt supported the march of dimes, a program that raised funds for research to find a cure for Polio. Roosevelt contracted the Polio virus when he was 39 years old. It is too young. I saw a lot of dimes and it was so small. I could count what cents it is.  And I will write about nickel. Since 2006, the image of Thomas Jefferson has been on the nickel. Did you know that? Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and the first Secretary of State. I did not know. I leaned He is the author of the Declaration of Independence and an advocate of the separation of church and state. The portrait showed Jefferson's own handwriting, debuted on the 2005 nickels.

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About Minnesota 5

 This time, I will write about quarter. I have corrected quarters for the long time. This time, I will write about thing that we learned. A quarter is one- fourth of a dollar or 25 cents. Each quarters commemorate the 50 states. The quarters are issued in the same order in which the states were admitted to the Union. In 2008, the last states to join the Union were represented in the new quarters that were issued. In 2009 the new quarters will represented the District of Columbia and five US territories: The commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, The US Virgin Island, and The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island. I saw the Guam's.
 The second quarter to be released in 2005 commemorated the State of Minnesota, "Land of 10,000 Lakes." On may 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state admitted into the Union, and consequently it was the 32nd coin to be issued in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program. The design features a tree-lined lake with two people fishing. I didn't notice for the first time. A loon on the water, and a texture outline of the state surrounding its nickname, " Land of 10,000 Lakes." People who lived in Minnesota suggested ideas to represent our state. In fact, there were a lot of lakes.
 It was decided that the quarter should represent the natural beauty of the state. Lakes in Minnesota offer outdoor recreation and provide homes for the state bird: the loon. Minnesota is also home to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This one-million acre wilderness area was established by Congress in 1978, and contains more than 1,500 miles of canoe routes and nearly 2,200 designated campsites. Notice the Norway pine on the quarter, the state tree. I learned about this tree from my host mother.

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