Month: May 2018

We Walk For Water

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Every day girls must walk hours to collect clean water.
We’re the generation who can change this.

Twenty awesome grade 7 students in Me to We walked for water on Thursday, May 24th, 2018 during their lunchtime.  Each of them committed to collecting $25 in pledges.  Twenty-five dollars gives one person water for life.

  1.  I am proud of this because… I was able make an effort to understand the struggle of young females having to walk miles just to get water. The fact that I was able to replicate it, even if it was on a smaller scale. Definitely makes me proud that I tried to get an understanding and experience something new.
  2. Something new that I learned and understand better… One thing that I learned is the struggle is real. And when we were walking it wasn’t easy. I thought I going to be able to breeze though laps, but I couldn’t. I had to take my time and catch my breathe, and the fact that people do this everyday, for longer is astonishing and admirable.
  3. My biggest challenge was… I believe that the hardest hurdle was keeping myself motivated, remembering what am I doing can make a difference, and acting on that motivation to push myself further, and further. Finishing those laps really meant something to me.
  4.  I still have questions and uncertainties about… How they set up. How do they get ready to make this journey everyday. What is their mindset? How do they have the motivation to do that everyday that’s my greatest question?

We Walk For Water

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Every day girls must walk hours to collect clean water.
We’re the generation who can change this.

Twenty awesome grade 7 students in Me to We walked for water on Thursday, May 24th, 2018 during their lunchtime.  Each of them committed to collecting $25 in pledges.  Twenty-five dollars gives one person water for life.

1. I am proud of this because…

I am proud because not only did I walk holding heavy jugs of water like women and children in Sierra Leone, but I was able to raise money!

2. Something new that I learned and understand better…

I understand the pain it brings them. Even though I had only been walking for 25 minutes my shoulders, arms, and legs felt sore and heavy, like someone had been throwing rocks at my back. That is peoples daily. It really made me re-think how much we take water for granted.

3. My biggest challenge was

My biggest challenge was walking with two large jugs, and trying to do as many as laps as I could. The pain that grows on you is absolutely terrible.

4. I still have questions and uncertainties about… 

I have no questions. I just know that this is a huge problem and I am happy that I can help someone, even just one person makes a difference.

We Walk for Water

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https://www.we.org/we-schools/program/campaigns/we-walk-for-water/

Every day girls must walk hours to collect clean water.
We’re the generation who can change this.

Twenty awesome grade 7 students in Me to We walked for water on Thursday, May 24th, 2018 during their lunchtime.  Each of them committed to collecting $25 in pledges.  Twenty-five dollars gives one person water for life.

  1.  I am proud of this because…
  2. Something new that I learned and understand better…
  3. My biggest challenge was…
  4. I still have questions and uncertainties about…

Young Entrepreneurs Show – Draft

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The Young Entrepreneurs Show was truly amazing. 

I learned that I can do anything if i put my mind and my grind to it.

Here is my evaluation!

 

WHAT DID YOU ENJOY?

Watching people use my product and play with the stress balls really REALLY filled my heart with joy ^_^

WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

I learned that the decoration of your table will really come into play! If it’s an attractive table it grabs more attention and more people will come to it ^_^

WHAT WAS ONE PROBLEM YOU HAD? HOW DID YOU OVERCOME IT?

My one problem was people stopped coming to my table after school, i got kind of a panic attack but i stayed calm. I overcame my problem by advertising! I let out the word that i had amazing stress balls and it really worked!! ^_^

 

Young Entrepreneurs: considering your success (Part A)

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Congratulations!  Now that you have finished your Young Entrepreneur marketplace, you can consider your success and learn from your experience.

[Trademark by PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs, an educational program designed for grades 4-8 classrooms.  PowerPlay Strategies Incorporated, Surrey, B.C.]   www.powerplayforsuccess.com    (Thanks Mr. Baldin for introducing this to our school c/o Vancity).

1.  What did you enjoy? 

2.  What did you learn?

3.  What was one problem you had?  How did you overcome it?

Young Entrepreneurs: evaluating your product (Part B)

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You must also consider the success of your product.  Remember, the amount of money you made is not what’s most important.  The main goal with this program was to have fun learning about business.

  1.  Begin by telling us your business name and slogan (do you have a pic?)
  2. How do you feel about the product you selected for your business?
  3. What are some tips that you could use to select a product to sell in the future?
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