Ryan’s Blog

[Our assembly today] was very………………… interesting. The peer mediators had great voices “lean on me when your not strong and ill be your friend I help you carey on”[ —] I love that song Rougen should also know the lyrics he always sings it on the bus. The I care award was well deserved to every one who got it. I thought the rap was kinda funny yet informative. The only thing that I really liked was the song still it was the best part “lean on me when your not strong.” OK I’m done. To sum it up it was pretty good.

                What do tennis rackets, tooth paste and tires all have in common? They are all made from oil or petroleum. Our entire economy runs on oil and also depends on oil. Oil is about 25 % of the world’s economy and is also a very valuble resource. It is used to run cars, trucks, boats, planes, and trains. We use oil for almost everything, like heating, industry, manufacturing and for fuel.

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CO/W

 Most of what we import and export is transported by truck and other fuel burning vehicles. I am sure you see that if we do not have petroleum, our trade industry shuts down. The world’s oil supplies are not unending. You may be surprised to learn that the oil is running out.  Its estimated that there are 2.6 trillion barrels left in the ground, but not all of it will be easy to get. When oil is being pumped, about half of it can be removed then the rest becomes more difficult and expensive. This halfway point is called the peak. Scientists think that the oil supply on earth will peak around 2030. After that, we will need to find other ways to run our planet.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickoil.html

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Dear Ryan,

I want to tell you about all of the changes that Kemal Ataturk, “the father of the Turks” has made in our country. Kemal felt that
Turkey needed to be more modern. He wanted people to wear clothing that is more modern and even made a law against wearing a fez. He felt that changing what people wore on their heads might change what was in their heads. The lives of women have been changed by new laws also. Kemal did not want women to wear veils or hide their faces in public. He felt men and women should be equal. He thought women should vote, go to school, and get jobs in business and in government. I guess these changes will be good for the women but I think some men will have a difficult time getting used to it.

Some of the other changes Kemal made were to move the capitol from
Istanbul to
Ankara, and to introduce a new alphabet. The new alphabet was based on the Roman alphabet. Kemal Ataturk died earlier this year but he will always be remembered for the changes he made in our country.

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/ataturk.htm