We're almost there! -Reflective post!!!

Well this week has gone by pretty fast in my book.  Its been a pretty good one though, at least for me.  Econ is going well and I found out I have an 87 in agl 2!! Super happy about that one.   But back to econ, its goin.  The supreme admin is sick, she probably caught some virus...who knows.  But we are learning more about investments and banking and everything we need to know about it all.  We are just learning all the basics to survive on our own, and know stuff so we don't look stupid later on.  Mainly this week we have learned about personal banking, and the different account, and the pros and cons of them.  We also on thursday learned about different types of insurance, which is also helpful to know a little about.  All together its good, econ is always fun and enjoyable.  But stay tuned till next time for more exciting econ adventures!

Thanks
-Boomer

Its December!! Reflective blog!!!!

Alright so its now December, crazy right?  Anyways recently in econ we have now moved into personal finance.   We now have the Weserville currency, and more recently we have banking, bank cards, check, statements, bills, paychecks, everything money.  This has been quite interesting, and for some quite eye opening.  We have learned how to balance a checkbook, and how to keep a check register.  Yesterday we had to buy cell phones, and pick out plans.  This again for many including myself was eye opening.  I new smart phones were expensive, but their full retail price is a different story.  Most smart phones full retail price is at least $450 or more.  This is what I didn't see coming.  I did learn though that although TMobile is the best deal, but it has the worst coverage.  Verizon has the best coverage but is the most the expensive and the most contract locking in and binding.  So all in all its been a good week and econ continues to be interesting and engaging and fun as always!

-Boomer

Weekly blog! Its Reflective!

This week has been pretty good!  Seems like it has gone by pretty fast.  My birthday was this thursday, I turned 17!  It was a great birthday!  In econ this week though we have started to transition from economics to personal finance.  We are currently learning about currency, how money works, how its made, and just different things about it.  Weserville now has a currency!  All the great people of Weserville have been given some money and everyone will be issued their paychecks on Friday.  Everything has value now, if I want to eat, I have to pay, if I want to leave I have to pay.  I don't know how much I'll like this, but thus far I do, and it does seem quite interesting.  I look forward to seeing how this all plays out.  The Supreme Admin has also given us a challenge that is due Monday, where she has given us a paper clip which we have to trade for something else, and keep that going and see how good of an end product you can end up with.  Then on Monday we will all gather and see who got the best final trade!

Till the next blog

-Boomer

It happened...

Yes it happened.  The thing/event has happened.

Reflective Blog!!! Weserville!!!

This week has been an interesting week for me, I have been tried all week, and can't win with homework.  All I want to do is just sleep....zzzzzz   In econ, I returned to discover the absolute horror that awaited me.  For I missed the epic hugely important, life transforming debate on Friday due to other previously committed too engagements.   But back to the point here, I missed the debate, and the debate ended in the town voting against building a Wal-Mart.  This will end poorly for the town of Weserville.  Weserville has a very small economy, and would do nothing but benefit from the Wal-Mart.  It remains to see how Weserville will go on to continue to survive with such a small economy.  Hopefully Weserville will survive and succeed in the future, that is my prayer for it.  Until the next post!  Dont die!

-Boomer

Reflective blog!!! Town hall!

So this week has been pretty good, we just got back from what seemed to be a pretty short weekend after our midterms.  They were pretty tough.  It was nice to have a weekend without homework for once.  But this week we came back to econ, and we were told that the infamous and great Walmart wants to build a store in our Weserville!  Yes this is a very big deal!  So therefore the infamous and also famous Supreme Admin has directed our econ class to divide into groups of pro and anti Wally World.  We are having a town hall meeting today (Friday November 2), and it is there that we will decide whether or not Wally World will come to Weserville....  There will also be a Wally World representaive at the meeting to console the towns people and help push for Walmart to be Built.  So stay tuned and listen in for the answer.  Will Wally World succeed and come to town? Or will they fail and be run out of town, not to be seen again?

Reflective blog!! Shutdown-We're back World!

So on Wednesday (October 16, 2013) night Congress finally reopened the United States Government, by reaching a consensus on the budget and passing one.  They also somehow, as though it was a miracle, also came together and agreed to raise the debt ceiling, preventing the government from defaulting on its debt.  This is all very huge and big for several reasons, A) they have been at each others throats for 16 days now, unable to agree on anything.  B) considering that they were not only able to agree on a budget (big deal for them you know) but also able to agree to raise the debt ceiling, on the same night!  Thats a pretty big deal for this congress.  Also with the government reopening, this means hundreds of thousands of U.S. government employees can go back to work and get paid!  The stock market has reacted well and is currently doing very well!  People can now go to the national park, museums, and zoos!  Veterans are happy to get their benefits back and are no longer about to storm D.C.  Many groups are now calling off their protests of the government shutdown.  Overall people still aren't thrilled with our government, but they are happy that America is still here and things are back to normal and that they don't have to move to Europe.

Keep on reading! Stay strong!

-Boomer