April 10

Hyperinflation in Venezuela

Why are they experiencing hyperinflation?

Due to authority price control and plunge old prices, which caused oil companies to bankrupt. The government made the decision to start printing money the prices rose like a streak, unemployment inflated, and GDP crashed.

Social Impact

Venezuelans have been relocating to find work and supplies elsewhere, and population growth has decreased. Over 1 million children has faced challenges in obtaining education. They’ve suffered from 1,331 deaths from COVID-19.

Economic Impact

From subsidies for those that have low income at the moment to health services, the bills value fell, the cost of imported goods rose. Venezuelans started to exchange their bolĂ­vares to US dollars when they crossed the border.

Political Impact

According to cfr.org, “Venezuela is one of the most violent countries in the world, with a homicide rate around 60 per 100,000 inhabitants”. Years of corruption, malfeasance, and cronyism over 50% of Venezuelan population live in poverty.

Do I Believe Venezuela has potential in having a global impact

Yes, I see a progress that their hyperinflation has been going down over the years. If they keep it up Venezuela can go back to being the country it once was. The government has to stop thinking about just him and think about the people he’s serving for. With help from the community this country will be unstoppable once they encourage other that violence isn’t the answer.

graph of Venezuela Hyperinflation

March 1

My Opinion on Globalism

Globalism is movement and exchanges of human beings, goods, services, economics, technologies, or cultural practices all over the world.

I think Globalism is bad, it has led to celebration of individualism, particularly in the wakes by the way Germany used it, they took advantage of the benefits globalism had. Chancellor of Germany took land from eastern and southern Africa which was apart of the scramble for Africa. Great Britain also took advantage of globalism being greedy by controlling the more popular regions in southern Africa. By Britain wanting to expand the British African Empire from cape town to Cairo and deciding to annex the Boer Republic the Boer War broke out. The British ended up winning and annexed the two republics.

Overall, Globalism is bad many countries took advantage of it going around invading other countries, changing their rules, and creating conflict. People were so use to the rules and freedom they had until countries wanted to come in and take over trying to split Africa. If all of this would’ve been avoided the wars wouldn’t have happened and racial segregation wouldn’t have started.

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December 10

Republican or Democrat?

Do you think Donald Trump should’ve won?

After Trump found out he lost he demand the states to recount and Georgia ended up turning blue. After Biden won trump stated on twitter, “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA”. Knowing that he knows he lost and twitting this shows the doesn’t want to leave the white house. Trump tried to ruin Biden reputation by saying Biden want a lockdown and bringing up his past. It didn’t work because a lockdown is needed and his past has nothing to do with his future now. Donald Trump life began to turned around after he lost the election, it all started to come to reality to him. He owes more than $1 billion dollars. He made a dozen loans and owes $162 million to his skyscraper in San Fransisco.

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Biden 2020

Biden has promised us less anger, more hope and light. We will be having a lockdown soon to stop the spread of the corona virus. According to CNN politics Biden states, “Take this chance to heal, to be reborn, to unite. A path of hope and light”. Biden will soon heal the United States from this virus to where we will not have to go out in pubic with a mask on and we can hang around a group of friends without thinking about getting sick. During the election Biden stated on twitter, “Keep the Faith folks”. Seeing a lot of states turn red made many people nervous, seeing his tweet gave faith. Biden had a large support from females once he was announced president of the United States. Biden will get sworn into the White House on January 20th, 2021.

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November 2

Shipwrecked

The Dangerous Game and The “Hunting” Blog makes a connection in many ways.

For one, both of the stories consist of hunters. A legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on an island and has to survive with a couple friends he met on the island. The “Hunting” Blog explains how to hunt and catch your pray. Bob and the friends he made on the island play a game called “Cat and Mouse”, just a preview of what they will do in order to catch their pray. Hunting is not practical, it is a skill that benefits humans that wants to hunt for fresh food or lives in the wild.

The Dangerous Game and The “Fear” Blog makes a connection in many ways

They both make a connection because the fear blog talks people becoming scared when they don’t know what to do, what’s going to happen to them, or is nervous. The Dangerous Game relates to fear a lot because Bob is shipwrecked on an Island and he is nervous because he isn’t used to the surroundings. By him being on this island and didn’t know he would be there he panics because he didn’t see this coming.

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October 22

#5 Choosing A Reed

This comes in steps when it comes to picking a reed.

Step 1: Choose a Strength, Reeds comes in a number format which is 1-5, the higher the numbers the harder the reed. Each reed helps you play different and makes you sound more fluent. If you are a beginner never use a hard reed first it’s best to start off with a 1.5 or a 2 because it’s softer and easier to use when it comes to blowing air.

Step 2: Decide on a Cut, Reeds come in 2 different cuts Regular cut and french file cuts. The cut doesn’t matter to a beginner but ask you start to want to play a nice sound all the way through you will start to decide on your cuts because french file cuts are preferred. Regular cut reeds are bright sound mouthpieces as well.

Step 3: Buying a Bulk, which means buy as many that comes with a pack for explain a box of reeds that have 10 in them. You cab go online to amazon to buy them but if you need them right away go to a local music store. It case it cracks, becomes dull, or loses its color. Have at least 3 reeds with you incase you are in need of a new one, its great to have responsibility when it comes to having reeds.

Step 4: Maintaining your reeds, When you are done with your reeds put them in a safe place so they can dry properly and don’t break. Reeds are like a new pair of shoes, need to be broken in over time. Pay attention for waterlogged reeds, reed that look wet, streaky, and almost set- through. Switch the reed out as often as you can.

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October 22

#4. Cover All Of Your Holes and the CORRECT notes.

Covering all of your holes is one of the most important things you have to learn when it comes to playing a clarinet. If you don’t cover all of your holes you will squeak. Making sure you know your notes is important when it comes to covering your holes because every note sounds different in a way. Never rest your pinky when it comes to playing because you need your pinky to play at times and if its not playing and you accidentally move it makes the wrong sound.

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October 22

#3 Use Lots Of Air When You Play

A clarinet is a small instrument, but it takes a lot of air to make a good sound. The technique in using a lot of air is to sit in your. chair a certain way which is sitting all the way back with your feet planted on the ground. When you are sitting back your lung capacity increases and your ab muscles gets stronger. If you feel like you are sitting the proper way ask your teacher for feedback.

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October 21

#2 Toneing

Toning helps a lot because you can know if you are flat, sharp, or just right. In my class we would use an app to let use know if we were correct or time so we wouldn’t waste time in class to tone everyone. If you are flat it’s best for you to pull out, if you are sharp you have to push in.

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October 21

#1 Practice

Practicing makes perfect, don’t just practice when you have after school practice or in school practice. If you have any notes you need to get better at you should take your time and practice them when you have free time like on the weekends or school breaks.

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