Darien’s Blog

I read Rachel C’s blog post about “if I could go anywhere in the world.” I really liked it because she would go to the poor regions of Africa and she would help the people there gain there health and knowledge.I recently talked to Rachel and she would also like to see the animals on her trip. I think that it is really nice of her to help others.

This is a picture of a lion inAfrica.

Some people love to grow their own produce because it is fun and you are outside getting fresh air and exercise. According to Sally the scientist “It is safer to grow your own vegetables.” Imagine making a salad and having pride by saying”I grew those veggies in my garden!”And you are very proud of your self . Wouldn’t you agree that growing a garden is also cheaper? You can just go outside and pick your harvest instead of paying a couple dollar’s for what you want.People like to grow gardens and as a result they make your yard look as beautiful as a summer’s sunset. In my experience, I could tell you that gardens can be very pretty because my grandparents grow a beautiful garden each year.

Did you know that oil is the most important traded item between countries?Lots of things we use today are made from oil. Scientists say we only have about 2,600,000,000,000 barrels left in the ground. Did you know one barrel can hold 42 gallons of oil? We also have oil shale. Oil shale is rock with oil in it. It must be heated up to a very hot temperature of 900 degrees Fahrenheit to give up its oil. When we pump oil we get the first half out easy,then the other half gets hard and is more expensive to get out of the ground. According to Paul Roberts we have already gotten out all of the easy oil, which is oil in places that are easy to get to. Since we have gotten it all we will have to drill in the Caspian Sea, Siberia and the frozen Tundra. This is what we learned from the Crude Awakening article.

This is a picture of oil shale.

Dear Emily,

Here in Turkey when we go out in public, we wear a veil to cover our face.  The men wear fezzes which are hats with no brims so they can touch there forehead on the ground while praying. When Kemal Ataturk became our new president he banned the wearing of fezzes and veils. But some good things for women did happen too, women could now vote, get jobs in business and government and go to school. This happened because Kemal wanted us to be a modern nation, and in modern nations men and women are treated equal.