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Welcome 8B – The Phoenix Force team

It’s a Fabulous year…because you are here!  For the first time ever in Rickards history this blog was created for you!  Please remember all cyber rules and use this opportunity to build your team and your academics!

15 Responses to “Welcome 8B – The Phoenix Force team”

  1. Larry, I really liked your political cartoon. Who can describe the symbolism and satire expressed in his cartoon???

    Felecia, I thought I was reading an actual published article!!! Great insights!!!

    Angela, I thought your writing was very thoughtful and well written.

    Mr. B. - November 13, 2008 at 4:20 pm

  2. Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to say that Larry did a wonderful job on his Presidential Reaction picture. His looks really good and I know that he is proud of it too. : > Also, Felicia did an AWESOME job on her article….. she even has the newspaper outline!!!! Well, they both are very smart and EXTREMELY talented. GOOD JOB TO BOTH OF YOU AND I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS!!!!! I also want to send a shout out to my WONDERFUL and AWESOME teachers on 8B…. I know this is going to be a good year, especially with the best teachers in 8th grade…!!! {A.K.A-Ms.Ferron, Ms.Couillard, Mr.Benick, Ms.Hargrove, and Mrs.King!!!} : >$m!l3!!!!

    From,
    K3LLY G.

    Kelly G - November 18, 2008 at 3:26 pm

  3. Larry T. in my 2nd hr class asked me how our government increases the amount of money for the US. Since I want more students to use this blog, I thought it would be a good idea to answer his question here.
    The flow of money is influenced by the Federal Reserve. Think of this as a place where banks throughout the US go to borrow money for themselves. The Federal Reserve charges them interest to borrow this money. The Fed. just lowered the interest rate to 1% because this will entice banks to borrow more money from the Fed. Then the money that is borrowed is lent out to consumers (you and I) in the form of loans for cars and homes. Because our economy is poor right now, the Fed wants banks to borrow more, they get their 1% interest, then banks can lend money to consumers and charge them 3% for example, and make a 2 % profit off that money. If the Fed lends out more money, that leads to more consumer spending and that will improve our economy (hopefully). Hope that answers your question.

    MR B - November 25, 2008 at 1:37 am

  4. EXTRA CREDIT!!!!! The first 3 students will receive extra credit for answering this question
    “At the bottom of the US Constitution name the state which is NOT listed. Why do you think this happened?”

    Mr. B - November 26, 2008 at 12:15 am

  5. Umm Mr.Bennick i have a question.. how does the federal reserve get money ? and why doesnt the united states treasury just print more money??

    Nathalie - November 26, 2008 at 1:19 am

  6. Goooooo 8B!!!!! Larry, Felicia, and Angela i love your work. Larry that pictures so cool. Felicia awesome article on Obama. Angela totally Awesome poem tooo.

    I think larry cartoon represents Obama rising over McCain and achieveing his goal of becomeing President and the first African American President in History or that McCains a shrimp and Obamas taller lol jk jk<3

    Elizabeth Chupp - November 26, 2008 at 1:26 am

  7. This is my answer to Mr.B’s question about Larry’s political cartoon….

    In this cartoon, there are many factors that can tell us that Obama was superior to McCain. For example, one thing that really caught my attention was how the scoreboard shows the number of electoral votes that each candidate recieved. Symbolism is shown in the cartoon. You can see symbolism because it shows how Obama was higher than McCain in the ‘08 elections. There was also a fan in the backround of the cartoon that was holding a poster with the word “change” on it. This also shows symbolism because “change” was what Obama promised during his whole campaign.

    Freddy Renteria - November 26, 2008 at 3:47 am

  8. Hey Mr.B i have a question how do hey make the money? do they print it?

    daniel walter - November 26, 2008 at 6:27 pm

  9. HOORAY FOR EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!! This one’s for the extra credit dated 11/26…..

    The state of Rhode Island didn’t sign the constitution. I believe it was because the farmers who ran their government didn’t want to get a stronger central government because they thought that they wouldn’t make as much money selling crops.

    Jaleecia P a.k.a. Jelly - November 27, 2008 at 12:03 am

  10. Mr.Benick i have your answer for your question….For the symbol for Larry’s drawing which is the phoenix..The phoenix represents the sun and ressurection

    Anthony Lamarca - November 27, 2008 at 6:14 pm

  11. This is for Mr.B’s extra credit :

    At the bottom of the U.S. Constitution, the state wich is not listed is Rhode Island. I think this happened because Rhode Island did not have any representatives to ratify the U.S. Constitution.Rhode Island did not have a population as large as the other states. At the time, the population wasn’t large because there were more rural areas than highly populated areas.

    Freddy Renteria - November 28, 2008 at 12:08 am

  12. It like Larry,s drawing means Obama slammed dunk the election and also McMane arms repersent the effcts of being prisoner of war. Mr.Benick extra credit and Happy Thanksgiving

    steven dinnen - November 28, 2008 at 2:17 am

  13. DEAR Mr.Benick the answer to your question is that Obama was the most likely to win and he slammed dunked on Mcaign

    austin sluder - December 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm

  14. i really like larrys political carttoon .
    i think he did great :)

    karina sanchez - December 28, 2008 at 4:14 pm

  15. wow ! i think that the cartton represents the fact that Obama is wiining the election .
    also, that mccain has no game ? :)
    lol?

    karina sanchez - December 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm


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