Accounting Week

This week all we pretty much did was accounting.  At first I liked accounting because it was not so hard, then it got a lot more detailed and I did not like it anymore.  However, the quiz was not that bad because I kind of like to do things like we did, that have a lot of steps, organization, and something repetitive- it is kind of like when you are cleaning something and it has to be perfect so OCD.  The good thing was that my trial balance balanced at the end perfectly!  This week we also got a new seating arrangement but that was not bad.  Then next week we have mid-terms and I know that this accounting stuff will be on there which will make the exam soo long, but it should not be that bad.  On a side note, Seniors, after mid-terms we only have like five or six weeks not nine :) That is the good news!  I am really glad that we were able to drag out accounting before the mid-term instead of rushing it because it would have been a lot worse and harder if it were rushed.  This week for the thought question on Thursday we had to make a story of some sort with the words that Mrs. Weser gave us and it is always really hard to come up with a decent story on the spot or in that short amount of time.  However, Pablo's Poem was actually really good.  He made the poem in like ten minutes using all of the words he needed and it was still so good.  Also for the thought question on Friday we had to read the headlining article.  My article was about Snapchat and it it was really interesting because that is the new biggest thing in America.  Snapchat has over one hundred million users and Disney world is actually using one of the largest friended user on Snapchat.  This man has 240,000 friends so they have him go to the Halloween parties every night from Labor Day till October 31st and he dresses as soup.  He stands outside to take pictures with people and kids and shows how fast that someone else takes a picture of it off snapchat and it posts it somewhere else.  Hope everyone has a good weekend :)

Monopoly Week

This week in business we started learning about Accounting which at first I did not seem like it would be interesting but it is more interesting then I thought it would be just a lot of work.  So Monday we took notes on accounting and learned some of the things we need to do to be successful in accounting.  We learned the equation, assets = liabilities + owner's equity and how to balance it.  The balancing part was very easy, just some simple math.  Then we learned about the ways to record every transaction which was a little confusing at first but it is easier now, however, there is a lot to remember to write down.  We did a worksheet on that to teach us how to record the information and by the end of the class we were playing monopoly.  Well my group never really started that day because we could not figure the money situation at all and then we only had one die when we should have had two.  Then on Wednesday we played monopoly the whole class and it got so chaotic because I was constantly writing transactions down.  When I would be buying a piece of property someone else would be landing on my other property and have to pay me so I would have to write a lot at one, I got through two whole pages of transactions.  I like playing monopoly in class because one, it is a game and two, it is really laid back you just have to remember to write down every time you get money or lose money.  Also, it seems like Danielle's group is doing really well with their sales for the week, so that's good!  I bought a donut from them today and it was really good!  I think that they are going to be very successful, good luck!

The Lorax Week

Well this week we started off on Monday by finishing the Lorax so we could answer the questions write the essay.  Everyday when we watched the Lorax we also watched it in Advanced Biology so we got to watch it twice in one day.  But I did not really mind because I kind of liked the movie.  So when it came to the paper it was actually kind of easy to write on because there was so much information that could be incorporated, however, I also had to look on the internet for information on real life business examples for the paper.  I think the essay went well!  Then on Tuesday we presented our Business Law projects which i actually liked, it was interesting.  I thought everyone did really good on their presentations and made good questions!  Then on Wednesday we took the quiz which was not bad at all and it was really nice of Mrs. Weser to let us use our notes on the quiz for five minutes because I did not know the question on the taxes.  For the rest of the class since no one was there we watched Shark Tank which was fun because the show is really interesting.   But I think that the show can be really hard to watch because of that one guy that is realllly mean.  I really thought the bed heater was a fantastic idea it was just the price he was asking was way too much.  I do not know anyone that would pay five hundred dollars for that so I think that if he priced it at around two hundred dollars then he would be very successful.  I also thought the chap stick was a clever idea but like the sharks said it was not good for a business, it still needed to work some things out.  Then on Thursday, today I stayed home because I was sick ;(  I got up for school but did not feel too well but I decided to try and go anyways.  First, I live by a port so one of those eighteen wheelers broke down and it took me forever to even get on 164 to get to school so I would be late anyways.  Then I got all the way to Jefferson and I felt so sick I had to turn around and go home.  Now, I am wishing that it would snow a lot so we would not have school tomorrow but it is not gonna snow a lot I feel so that's sad ;(  I also thought this week would feel forever because all the days we had off but it actually went by really fast.