Today I started to read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and in the beginning, Peter and Susan don't believe that Lucy actually went to Narnia. Worried that there little sister is going mad, they consult the professor. Towards the end of the converastion with him, Peter says "Well, sir, if things are real, they're there all the time." I loved the Professor's answer; " Are they?"
That really made me think about Jesus Christ. How we can't always see him but we can feel his love for us. Isn't love real? There are altogether too many Peter's in this world! Let's help other's to know that this thought is not true! I hope that nobody ever thinks that Jesus doesn't love us or that real things are there all the time.
:o) Stephanie
April 27, 2007
April 24, 2007
Sunrise
Here is a picture of the sun-rise that I took in Cardston while I was at LiberKnights. Pretty eh?
April 23, 2007
AHHH! Crawling alert!
Two day's ago (on Saturday I believe) my littlest sister crawled for the first time! Amazing eh? (By the way, she is only 7 months) lately she has enjoyed this new freedom and has gotten in all sorts of trouble (getting stuck underneath things, getting stuck in the crawling position and not knowing what to do next, etc.) Anyway's just an update from the smith family!
-Stephanie
-Stephanie
April 18, 2007
No time to say good-bye
This week, I went to a LiberKnight in Cardston. It was so amazing and inspiring and thought provoking! The book that we read was "No time to say Good-bye, by Sylvia Olson. It was about residential schools. What a scar on Canada's history! Native people are still recovering from that horror. The Simulation happened first thing. Here it is...
We were in the middle of playing a game in which we were tangled in a hopeless knot, when a man in a green shirt came and tried to get our attention. We ignored him and kept playing our game. The guy didn't seem to get the hint, and finally we listened to what he had to say. He told us that Home schooling had just been banned by the Government of Canada. He told us that our parents had rebelled in this action and that we were to be sent to a School in Hudson Bay. We wouldn't be able to see our parents until we graduated from high school, and only if we we had an 85% average. He told us to get into some vans and drive to the Cardston High school, where he would tell us what was to happen to us. When we were in the van, one of our counselors told the kids who hadn't ever been in a simulation what a simulation was (basically, we would experience something that could happen or has happened. She told us we were supposed to act as if it was a real thing and to really think of what we would do in that situation) We were almost there and she gave us a minute to get into character. As I thought, I realized that I had never said good-bye to any of my siblings that morning because we had left so early. The book title is the only thing that I could think of. No time to say good-bye. I realized that if this was a real situation, I wouldn't be able to see my family for a very long time. As I realized this, I cried. We arrived at the High School and I still couldn't stop. Tessa comforted me which made me realize (not for the first time) what a great friend she was! We walked into a room where there was tables on one side and tables on the other. The Government official told the boys to sit on the left and the girls to sit on the right. A lady put our hair into pig-tails and sat us down.
The man told us what to expect. No holidays, one letter a month (revised and edited by a teacher), he also told us that if we caused any trouble our parents would be put in jail and our siblings would be put in foster care. I didn't dare do anything! I felt so helpless. We were going to be put in buses to Calgary then we would board onto an airplane to Hudson Bay. One boy started lipping off the Guy and ended up getting another boy to do 20 push-ups. I was so mad! One of my cousins, (Denny Burton) made a break for it and got away. I was so proud of him! We all cheered him on. The Government official was hopping mad by then and told us that all of our parents were to be put in jail and Denny's brother (Christian Burton) and his neighbor (my other cousin C.J. Murray) were banned from writing letters for a whole year. Sometime during these events, I decided that I would not give the guy the satisfaction of seeing me cry, so I bit my lip and stopped. When Tessa started to cry and I had to keep thinking "Don't cry Stephanie, Don't cry." One of the counselors, Jacob, told him to stop being so mean to us. Then Jacob and the official started to fight (not physically) and one of the things that Jacob said was, "what is 16 x16?" the man said "I am the only one who is allowed to ask questions!" Then he motioned to the body guard to take him out. The body guard literally carried Jacob out.
They never came back. After a while the man walked out to see what had happened. The lady that had done our hair walked up to the front and said; "Simulation ends now." I was so surprised. It had seemed so short! Then the Man and the body guard walked back in and told us that they had sent Jacob to go and look for Denny, The funny thing was that Denny had left his shoe in the hall! He was so worried that they would catch him that he hadn't bothered to get his shoe. Jacob came back and told us that he couldn't find him. Then Wendy Creed went out and found him about a block away. He came back and put on his shoe and told us what he did. Which was basically run and hide.
We had an awesome debrief. One of my counselors said; "why is it easier to be a leader when there is a crisis? And why does it take a crisis to be a leader? Being a leader in a crisis is good, but it is harder to be a leader when there is no apparent crisis." That really stuck out to me. I resolved then and there to be a leader but not have to wait for a crisis to do it.
Anyway's there is the simulation. I just want to say to any of the people that helped organize this, Thank-you for the awsome simulation, good food, and a totally inspiring week-end!
We were in the middle of playing a game in which we were tangled in a hopeless knot, when a man in a green shirt came and tried to get our attention. We ignored him and kept playing our game. The guy didn't seem to get the hint, and finally we listened to what he had to say. He told us that Home schooling had just been banned by the Government of Canada. He told us that our parents had rebelled in this action and that we were to be sent to a School in Hudson Bay. We wouldn't be able to see our parents until we graduated from high school, and only if we we had an 85% average. He told us to get into some vans and drive to the Cardston High school, where he would tell us what was to happen to us. When we were in the van, one of our counselors told the kids who hadn't ever been in a simulation what a simulation was (basically, we would experience something that could happen or has happened. She told us we were supposed to act as if it was a real thing and to really think of what we would do in that situation) We were almost there and she gave us a minute to get into character. As I thought, I realized that I had never said good-bye to any of my siblings that morning because we had left so early. The book title is the only thing that I could think of. No time to say good-bye. I realized that if this was a real situation, I wouldn't be able to see my family for a very long time. As I realized this, I cried. We arrived at the High School and I still couldn't stop. Tessa comforted me which made me realize (not for the first time) what a great friend she was! We walked into a room where there was tables on one side and tables on the other. The Government official told the boys to sit on the left and the girls to sit on the right. A lady put our hair into pig-tails and sat us down.
The man told us what to expect. No holidays, one letter a month (revised and edited by a teacher), he also told us that if we caused any trouble our parents would be put in jail and our siblings would be put in foster care. I didn't dare do anything! I felt so helpless. We were going to be put in buses to Calgary then we would board onto an airplane to Hudson Bay. One boy started lipping off the Guy and ended up getting another boy to do 20 push-ups. I was so mad! One of my cousins, (Denny Burton) made a break for it and got away. I was so proud of him! We all cheered him on. The Government official was hopping mad by then and told us that all of our parents were to be put in jail and Denny's brother (Christian Burton) and his neighbor (my other cousin C.J. Murray) were banned from writing letters for a whole year. Sometime during these events, I decided that I would not give the guy the satisfaction of seeing me cry, so I bit my lip and stopped. When Tessa started to cry and I had to keep thinking "Don't cry Stephanie, Don't cry." One of the counselors, Jacob, told him to stop being so mean to us. Then Jacob and the official started to fight (not physically) and one of the things that Jacob said was, "what is 16 x16?" the man said "I am the only one who is allowed to ask questions!" Then he motioned to the body guard to take him out. The body guard literally carried Jacob out.
They never came back. After a while the man walked out to see what had happened. The lady that had done our hair walked up to the front and said; "Simulation ends now." I was so surprised. It had seemed so short! Then the Man and the body guard walked back in and told us that they had sent Jacob to go and look for Denny, The funny thing was that Denny had left his shoe in the hall! He was so worried that they would catch him that he hadn't bothered to get his shoe. Jacob came back and told us that he couldn't find him. Then Wendy Creed went out and found him about a block away. He came back and put on his shoe and told us what he did. Which was basically run and hide.
We had an awesome debrief. One of my counselors said; "why is it easier to be a leader when there is a crisis? And why does it take a crisis to be a leader? Being a leader in a crisis is good, but it is harder to be a leader when there is no apparent crisis." That really stuck out to me. I resolved then and there to be a leader but not have to wait for a crisis to do it.
Anyway's there is the simulation. I just want to say to any of the people that helped organize this, Thank-you for the awsome simulation, good food, and a totally inspiring week-end!
April 11, 2007
Snowman
Yesturday it snowed a good inch, and while it was sticky, me and
-Stephanie
April 10, 2007
Shakespeare Character Sketch
This week for our Shakespeare writing assignment, we are doing a character (from King Lear) sketch. I will be doing mine on the fool. And since Shakespeare never tells you if the fool is a boy or a girl I am making the fool a girl.
Love You All!
-Stephanie
Love You All!
-Stephanie
April 09, 2007
April 06, 2007
Hi Stephanie – Here’s a simple business plan outline
- Title Page (include a picture that inspires :0) )
- Contents Page
This is a list of the main headings in your plan with page numbers – Microsoft Word can actually auto-generate this for you
- Summary
- This is a high level explanation of what your business is and why its so wonderful :0)
- This is a high level explanation of what your business is and why its so wonderful :0)
- Main Body
- Define who or what type of people will likely buy your cards
- Estimate how many people are out there that will likely buy your target or how many cards you estimate you could sell in a month, 6 months or a year. Sometimes it is good to do a worst case, normal case, and best case estimate.
- Describe the products you're going to try and sell. Example: Cards, what types of cards, size, colors, medium, how you will produce them, how long they will take to make etc.
- List the stores and places where you can potentially sell your cards.
- List the people you will approach for advice i.e. your mentors
- Financials
- Make a list of the expected expenses
- Make a price list for how much you plan to sell your product(s) for.
- Make a list of the expected expenses
- Describe any others that sell a similar product, how much they sell for, where they sell and any other details about potential competitors
- Lay out a calendar plan for the activities you plan to do to produce your product, approach the people you need help from, advertise your product etc. for the next 6 months or year.
- For each activity you plan to do, describe how much time it will take, how much help you will need, how much it will cost and how you will follow up to see the results from that action
- Example: Event A: Approach Tammy and discuss with her whether and when I can display and sell your cards in her shop. I anticipate that I will have 50 cards ready to display and sell for $3.00 a piece. 1 week after dropping off the cards, I will contact Tami and find out how well they are selling and if more are needed.
- Example: Event A: Approach Tammy and discuss with her whether and when I can display and sell your cards in her shop. I anticipate that I will have 50 cards ready to display and sell for $3.00 a piece. 1 week after dropping off the cards, I will contact Tami and find out how well they are selling and if more are needed.
- Define who or what type of people will likely buy your cards
- Acknowledgements and reference to sources you used to create your business plan
- Example – Joanne Marie as a mentor
- Example – Joanne Marie as a mentor
- Appendices
- additional detailed reference material, examples, statistics, spreadsheets, etc., for reference and not central to the main presentation of your plan
- Example – Comparison chart of what other types of carts sell for, a list of stores that sell cards that could be approached etc.
- additional detailed reference material, examples, statistics, spreadsheets, etc., for reference and not central to the main presentation of your plan
I think it is a great idea you have and I love that your thinking about taking charge of your own money situation.
Love, Dad
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