Stocks


I invested $20,000 in the following companies on February 17, 2021:

Apple, Disney, FaceBook, Amazon, Target. They where the companies I thought of.

By May 25, 2021, I gained:

$58.7

I learned a lot about the Stock Market. For example, it is very stressful, chaotic, and unpredictable. But, it is also very rewarding. For example, one week you can lose $300 and the next day, you make $10,000! I truly enjoy this experience. And now I have experience in the stock market so that if I do ever decide to invest my own money, I know how to do it.

Tree Book

 

Hello again! Hannah here! Today I am going to be telling you about my tree book project. A tree book is a book that has covers that look like tree trunks and there are two flaps on the inside so stick things to. They kind of look like pages.

Mine was blue. I am a fully remote student so in the beginning it was a bit difficult, but I was able to come on campus a few times, just to sort out the kinks and to do anything that I couldn’t do at home.

The first thing that we did was we had to fold the books into this right shape. Then we had to cut a hole in the seam. This would be used later to stick things to it, such as my wishes and my roots poem, which I will explain later. We glued down the ends of the tree book next. 

The next thing that we did required me to go into school. We did a bit of collaging. We took a bunch of scrap paper and then glued them to the inside of the paper. This part took a long time because every time I would stop and say I was done, somebody would find something and then I would have to keep on gluing.

While everything was drying, we wrote one of four things that will be put on our tree books. This one was called Salute to My Roots. I wrote this on my grandfather who passed away last april. I will include the poem at the end of the post. The next writing piece was my Life list. It is where you write down your goals in life, near or far in the future. I will also include this at the end of the post. Second to last is my When This is Over poem. It is a poem I wrote about when we are all allowed to get together in public without masks. It is also at the bottom of the post. And finally we have my wishes. Those are all the things I want to accomplish. It is also at the bottom of the post. 

Once we glued everything onto the tree book, we brought them all to the Frank Gallery in Chapel Hill, where they were put in an exhibit. My family (me, my parents, and my little sister) went to see it. Then we went to get chick-fil-a. We had a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed my experience.

 

Salute To My Roots

 

I never really heard my grandfather talk. Ever since I was little, I have never really heard him speak. He wasn’t always this way. My mom said that he used to talk more often. When I was about two months old, my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. And so, like most cancer patients do, he went through chemotherapy. And for a while it seemed to work. But the cancer came back. So, back into chemotherapy. It worked, and for a while he was fine. During this time, I was about eight years old. I didn’t know he was sick. All I knew was that, he needed help walking sometimes, and that he would fall. 

 

But as time went on, I noticed that something changed. He started to engage with us more. When they visited, he helped me with my math homework. Then we went to the Greensboro Museum. It’s more of a park, but nonetheless we had fun. As we were waiting in line to get tickets so I could ride the zipline with my dad, my little sister, sitting in her red wagon, looked up at my grandfather and said, “Poppy, get in the wagon so I can push you,” and without even thinking, he hoisted himself of the bench he was sitting on and started to lift his leg to put in the wagon. My dad stopped him, of course. There were so many ways that this could have resulted in disaster. But it was just a truly sweet moment and what makes this extra special is that was the last time I saw my grandfather. Unfortunately, the cancer came back, and he went into a coma. On April 11th, 2021, Arthur Elman, Poppy, passed away in his sleep. So in conclusion, my grandfather was caring, smart, goofy, and most importantly, he loved us so much.

 

Life List

 

Things I want to do: go to Paris, visit my cousins by the end of the year, adopt a dog from a rescue shelter, meet Tye Friis in person.

 

Goals that I have:  get better at organizing myself, fully train Lily, Cooper, and Winnie

 

Things I want to accomplish:  own my own coffee shop/dog shelter, feed a refugee camp, climb Mount Everest, Live to see the turn of the century, have some sort of meaning, act in at least one movie.

 

Want I want my family to look like by the time I am 40: partner, 2 adopted children, 3 dogs, 6 chickens, and 10 fish

 

Where I want to live: on a farm in North Carolina

 

When this is Over 

 

When this is over 

I will never take for granted again

Saying hi to a stranger 

Gobbling down food at a restaurant

The rush of bubbles floating past my face in the neighborhood pool

The warm glow of a friend’s smile

The sun on my face

Waking up early on a Monday morning

The sweet breath of a puppy retrieving a ball 

Smelling the sweet nectar from a flower

Laughing at the family dinner table

Running with a friend

The feel of the wood in my hands as you ascend your favorite tree

Dancing at the end of the movie 

The sweet taste of ice cream from downtown 

Pointing out all the stars in the sky

Racing to the top of a hill

The first line of the play 

Soaring through the air on a trampoline 

A long lecture 

Tracing my hand in chalk

The smell of the Thanksgiving turkey 

Cheering on family at a race

 

When this is over 

May we flood the streets

In joyous celebration

That we are now free

May we never again

Take for granted

The lives that we live

Every single

Day

 

Wishes

 

I wish to be successful in life

I wish for my sister to be successful in life

I wish my mom didn’t have to work as hard as she does

I wish my dad would talk to his friends more

I wish that I will get to see my family soon

I sometimes wish that our leaders acted like adults instead of petty children 

I wish that people use common sense more often

 

 

 

 

February Habit

Hello everyone! As you probably guessed by the title of this blog, I am going to be talking about my past daily habits and my new daily habit. So for November and December, I planked, increasing the time by 10 seconds every day. My next daily habit was to bake three treats every week and I kept up with that pretty well because if I wasn’t baking I was meal prepping for the next day. I actually improved my baking skills, so that I am now at the point where I can start to make my own recipes. Now for my new daily habit. My new daily habit is going to be…………………………… DOG TRAINING! I am going to be training my neighbors’ dogs for 20-30 minutes every day! I even got a clicker (which I am trained and know how to use)

And that is what my new daily habit is.

 

Baking

Hey everyone! Today’s post is about baking. Since Hanukkah is over tomorrow, I thought I would share a recipe for my jelly-donut cookies. I recently perfected my recipe,  which is shown below. They aren’t kosher, so these aren’t for conservative Jews. They are delicious, but they are very thick, like biscuits, so they hold heat in longer so be careful. Hope you enjoy, and have a happy holiday season.

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup butter (room temperature)

1/2 cup powered sugar

1 tsp vanilla flavor

1/2 tsp baking salt

milk as needed

Preheat oven to 350°F

preheat oven to 350°F

Mix butter and sugar thoroughly.once mixed together thoroughly add flour, salt, vanilla flavoring. Once that is thoroughly mixed add milk. Shape into thumbprint cookies and add your favorite jam. Cooking oven for 16 minutes. Let cool and enjoy.

 

 

Wisdom Tales: Feathers

Four things that you should know about my wisdom tale.

1. The wisdom tale that I chose is called Feathers. I picked it because I really like the moral, especially since people nowadays think that when they say ‘no offense’, they think that that makes whatever they’re about to say not offensive.Well, it doesn’t. And it makes me upset that people will say that and then believe that their words don’t have consequences, when they very much too.

2.I used Comic Life to create this comic. It is a very interesting app and I enjoyed using it to create this comic. It was a lot of fun. I recommend it for anybody who wants to do a more abstract version of a project that they have been assigned.

3.The definition of a wisdom tale is a story house down through generations that usually has a moral.

4.The reason I enjoyed this project was because it was very abstract and it wasn’t like “you have to use slides” or “you have to use Keynote” and “you have to do research on this project” no, this is very artistic and I got to do a lot of drawing which I enjoy so thank you ,Miss Donnelly, for assigning me this project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote learning week


Hello everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about the remote learning week at my school. I felt that the work load was perfect! It was enough to challenge me, but not so much that I have to stay up late to finish. My favorite lesson probably was the LA lessons because I enjoyed seeing everybody’s pets when we were planking. I enjoyed the rest of the classes as well, because I am a fully remote student, and when you’re in a class, you feel kind of left out. For example, if someone makes a funny joke, and everyone laughs, and as a remote student, you don’t hear the joke, but you do hear everyone laughing, and it makes you feel left out. But when we were all online, when someone made a joke, everyone heard it. So overall, I very much enjoyed the fully remote week!!

What I am grateful for

Hello everyone! As Thanksgiving gets closer, and many of us are encouraged to stay home, including myself, we are getting tired of this virus. But here is a good way to get it off your mind. Instead of thinking of what you want, or need, we should think about what we are grateful for. I am grateful that I have a roof over my head, and food in my belly. I am glad I have the resources to bake cheesecake, cookies, and pies. I am happy that everyone I love is safe, and I know it sounds cheesy, like extra extra extra nachos cheesy, but I am grateful for my family.

What I Am Reading

 

Hello fellow graphic novel lovers! I am here today, and I am going to be talking about Big Nate: Flips Out by Lincoln Pierce. I sincerely enjoyed all the books in the Big Nate series, but this one is my favorite by far. Here is the blurb on the back of the book, so you know what it’s about. “Nate and Francis are best pals, unshakable amigos, they never let each other down….. until now. When Nate get Francis in BIG trouble he needs to fix it, and fast! Can Nate clean up his act? Or is someone else out to ruin everything- big time.” -Lincoln Pierce

That’s all for now!

Hannah