Black Jack

Yesterday in free enterprise our class was taught how to play black Jack. Some people already knew how to play, such as myself, but others had never been introduced. After everyone got the gist of how to play 12 people at a time sat down at the table around the dealer (Mr. kapptie). We each had to play four hands and try to make a profit. I wasn't very daring in my bets and would only bet one or two chips each time. In a result of that I wasn't out a lot but I also didn't gain much. It was a good day and a good experience.

Trade v.s. Investment

The difference between a trade and an investment is time and risk. An investment requires more time. If you invest in somthing it's because you willing to wait and hope that the price will keep getting better. With an investment you have to have some faith that your stock will do well. Then when It comes to a trade it's all about catch and release. Getting a good stock and selling it for a higher price. There isn't any patience in a trade, only waiting for a high point in the stock and selling it emidiently.

Source :
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/12/difference-investing-trading.asp

On Thursday all the students in my class period were instructed to wait in the hall and leave our bags in the hallway. I personally had no idea what was about to happen beyond those doors, and I got really excited for it.  Mr. Kapptie told us that it would be a different type of atmosphere in the room and to pick up as much as we could. his hint was to go for things we thought to be most valuable. after his said those words I was trying to put all the pieces together to figure out exactly what this man was about to push us into. in the middle of my thoughts the door was pushed open as all the students went rushing in from each side of the room. it seemed that we were all very determined to get in the room and start what we needed to start, not even knowing what we were supposed to do. As I stepped in the room I looked straight to the floor and there was candy and pieces of paper covering the floor, the room was dark, it was loud due to the two projectors playing two different things on the wall, and everybody was fighting for the items on the floor. The first thing I picked up was a fake 50 dollar bill and I figured sense he said to go for the most valuable items that I would want to money not the cheap candy.
I found out later that the candy would actually have good value and be worth getting. I had small pile of candy and a good handful of cash. Once everything was taken from the floor I found my self a spot on the counter to place my pile. Mr. Kapptie then told us to trade or keep, to gather whatever you thought was the best trades you could make ( like stocks ). As the values of each candy would go up and down we had to make decisions to which would be the best investments. By the end of the period I felt like I wasn't doing vey well because I didn't have the biggest pile, I had a small amount of cash and other student had large piles of candy. I turned out to have a good amount of food because I made good trade. it didn't matter the amount of stuff I had because the values of what I had was pretty high and added up.
This day was really fun and a good learning experience on how to invest and an idea on how to do stocks.

life after high school

looking towards my future and trying to figure out what im going to make of my life I have come to a few conclusions. I haven't writen plans into stone by any means but I am definently exploring my options. Before I set off for college im going to apply to several universities which have good psychology and sociology programs. I would like to obtain a job in criminal justice and be in the justice system, social services, mental health services or social science analysis. to pay for my school im going for several scholarships, grants, lokk in my savings, and student loans. I  have a 1998 achieva oldsmobil and in will keep that vehical on to college as long as it runs or i can offord a better one. when i go off for that new vehical it will be a truck, preferably a nissan titan or dodge. I would like to live in California. I dont want to live in dorms while going to the college but if I can't afford an appartment I will. An average price for dorms is 17,000 dollars a year. From my research I learned a lot on the prices and locations of my prefered schooling.

20% time

Carli and I are making a website and Facebook page to support our veterans. We have been contacting retired veterans and asking them if we could learn their stories and post them on our pages. So far we have contacted people and have set times to meet up with some of them and chat. Our goals for the end of October is to have a good build up of veterans stories. All of our main goals aren't until around Memorial Day.