French blog of my time in France.

When I was in France I went to a French camp. I stayed at an apartment my family rented for 1 month. I have 3 videos and I wrote about what I did in the camp. Click on this link to see my journal. This video contains footage from the three times the class went on a field trip.
We went to a TinTin museum for the first week. The 2nd we went to an art museum. The 3rd week is the Catacombs in Paris.

The Life of Tin-Tin from GCE Lab School on Vimeo.

Ensuring That Kids Have An Education

         For my project for MDGs we were studying about humanity and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Access to education should be considered a right because it fulfills one of the levels on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The purpose of this essay was to say if kids education should count as a right. I learned that many people want to go to school but can't because of money. The part of this project that was the most challenging was trying to find ways to help children so they can go to school. The thing I am most proud of is the ways I found out how to help children. 

AA, The Skylight In GCE Lab School, (2015.)

      “The goal of a human rights-based approach to education is simple: to assure every child a quality education that respects and promotes her or his right to dignity and optimum development” (United Nations Human Rights). Every child means full inclusion of children with disabilities. According to Human Rights Education in Primary and Secondary School Systems, “approximately 80 percent of the world’s disabled population lives in developing countries.” (United Nations Human Rights.) Ensuring that all children complete school should count as a human right.

           Inclusion in a regular school builds up the kids’ confidence. Confidence relates to one of Maslow's needs called esteem. Maslow’s needs is a triangle of five things that you need to accomplish in order to live you life fully. If you don’t go to school you can still get some jobs, but the ones that are interesting and that pay a lot of money won’t accept you. If you get a job where you don’t get a lot of money because you did not go to school you will have to have a lot of jobs. When children with disabilities are included all students self-esteem is increased because everyone develops a better understanding of themselves and others. Without achievement or good job offers you won't have good self-esteem.You will have to ask friends for money if you can’t pay for rent or food. You also might have to live in a friend's basement since you can’t get a lot of jobs. This will mean you have more difficulty achieve earning the respect of others. If disabled kids are not included in the other kids education they will not have the same opportunity for respect from others.

        In fact everyone should have a good education so they can have an opportunity for an interesting and challenging job. Lots of good jobs want you to of graduate school high school and college. If you don’t have an education you may think you might not know how to use a computer or read you might also think biting is good to do because they might not know what is right or wrong. Can may act like an animal Because they might not know how to act. None of the jobs would want to hire you. So that is why it is good to have an education. Early childhood education that includes everyone will eventually increase earnings and create jobs for all around the world.

          "There are many ways to achieve giving everyone access to primary education." As a matter of fact my idea on how to give everyone an education is if you can’t afford it you can get a certain amount of years for school for free and services for disabled students need to be free in all schools. By including everyone you can increase achievement. When every student has an individual learning plan, both disabled students and gifted students everyone will achieve more. Equal access to education can be fulfilled.... by a school being built just for the people who have a disability It will be for anyone who wants to go to a normal school but does not have the money. The school can be anywhere where many people who can’t afford it live.This is a way how we can fulfill all children to have a good education.

          Access to education should be considered a right because if fulfills one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. If child education is considered a right, then everyone can have a good job. Everyone should have an education if you can’t afford it you can get a certain amount of years for school for free. This is why i think child education should count as a right. Then everyone will be happy even the kids.



Work Cited
"Human Rights Education in Primary and Secondary School Systems: A Self-assessment Guide for Governments." United Nation Human Rights. United Nation, 2012. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

"The Benefits of Inclusive Education." PBS. PBS, 13 Sept. 2015. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

"Why a Good Education Benefits Us All -- Even If You're Long past Being a Student." TED Blog, May 2013. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

“Together we learn better: inclusive schools benefit all children.” Inclusive Schools Network. Web. September 16 2015.

How Much Water Am I Using?

The class is H2O or Water. This is a STEAM course. My poster is intended to show that in the U.S. we use more water per person on a daily basis than some poor areas of the world. When I was calculating my total sum of water per day, I was very surprised at how much I was using. What I learned in class is that water is rare. That we have to conserve water. I was really proud of how I calulated my sum. 

AA. How Much Water am I Using Bus Ad. (2015)

For hygiene 30 gallons 30%, drinking/food 10 gallons 10%, laundry 20 gallons 20% and cleaning 20 gallons 20%. The country I looked up for comparison to see how many gallons of water they use per person is Uganda. The average person in Uganda uses 10 gallons of water per day. In Uganda the amount of water used for food and drinking was the same amount as me, 10 gallons. Overall I use about 70 gallons per day more then they do. It would take me to 2 hours and 4 minutes to carry water from the nearby water source. In the USA there are 550 gallons of water use per average person per day. If I had to do that before school and after school I would take 4 hours and 8 minutes. I would have to cut down or do my homework earlier. If I did this every day I would take 64 trips for one morning. If the USA uses 525 more gallons than Uganda we could cut down on taking showers and we could give the extra water to a many families in Uganda. If we compare the water usage around the world, in places where there is an abundance of water they use too much. In other places that barely have any and they don’t get much. Many people use too much in the USA and others places. If we don’t take 30-minute showers or use water to give plants food and just let the rain feed them we would save much water. We can use the extra of water and give it to other places that need it more. The blue line on the map above stretches from the USA Uganda.

Sources:

"Average Water Use Per Person Per Day." Average Water Use Per Person Per Day. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.



"File:Map of USA with State Names.svg." - Wikimedia Commons. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.