Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Great Depression

We have been learning about the Great Depression in preparation for our novel study Bud, Not Buddy.  What lessons do you think we learned as a country as a result of these hard times?  Do you think our country will ever face anything like this again? Why or why not?

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  1. My name is Gianna, I think that it could happen, but then again this happened about 80 years ago so it is less likely to happen.

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  2. my name is sydney justice and i do not think this would happen again because it was a long time ago and it is not likely to happen again.

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  4. my name is gage i think that the great depression was obout the stock market droped and everyone was in debt. i think we leared a lesson because in the roaring 20's credit was introduced and everyone bought things like cars clothes drinks. now we learned to use our money wisely

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    1. SOME people use there money wisely. Some people may not though. And some people just might have not a lot of money and therefore debt. What I think was the main problem in the Great Depression was that the few people who had money didn't put it in banks and therefore they couldn't reopen them.

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  5. my name is maya i do not think we will ever face this again because i think we have learned our lesson and i think we faced our lesson and i think it was relly hard times in the great depression!

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  6. my name is Landon no because this happend before our time and we have not been having any hard times.

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  7. My name is Bonham I think we learned to use our credit wisley instead of using most of it all at one time and not being able to pay back later.

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  8. hey my name is lydia and i think that it was hard in the great depression and people went hungry and lost there home and got cold. and lost there job.

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  9. my name is aliya...i do think something likethis tradegy could happen but different.

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  10. my nane is Caleb i thank that the gratr depression will not happen ageen because it happend 80 years ago

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  11. My name is Shawna and i think it could not happen again. Since it's already happened we all know what would happen if we all took our money out of the banks. I'm glad we went through The Great Depression because if the Great Depression hadn't happened there would be a chance of it happening again.

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  12. My name is Dezium Quinn I think that the great depression is horrble and it was obout the stock market droped and everyone was in debt. I think we leared A lesson or tow.

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  13. my name is Jasmine and i think it would not happen again because it happened a long time ago. We leared to use everything.

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  14. luis uriostegui valadazSeptember 6, 2012 at 12:19 PM

    my name is luis i think the great depression was opend the peple lost then money in the banke some peple was baner in the 1940 the peple get job and bank was get meney.

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  15. my name is victor and i think it would not happen agian because it was about 50 years ago. it mostly would not happen agian.

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  16. My name is savannah, i think it will happen because it was a long time ago and we do not know when it is going to happen agin.

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  17. my name is dezium quinn i think that the grat derprer was obout the stock market droped and everyone was in debt.

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  18. Hi i'm ethan,i think that the depression will happen agin becuse someone will envent somting better than the cridt and go cazy sepending the mony on things they want insted of things they need, and all the banks will go bankrupt and evryone will go bankrupt, well lets face it, the economy is not doing so good right now, so we're kinda in a small depression.

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  19. The great depression had a huge impact on the country. People were living in shanties almost nobody had a job. All the banks fell and went out of buisness. Buy now we have improved and know to use money properly. We also learned as a country that having credit does not mean your rich.

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  20. HI I AM DESTINI I AM NOT SHER IF THE GREAT DEPRESSION WILL
    HAPEN AGAIN BUT IT MITE HAPEN AGAIN.

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  21. I think it could defintly happen again because it had all started with the gas prices going up and the gas prices have oviously gone up.

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  22. It IS possible that it could happen again. Are economy right now isn't that great. It may either get better or lead to something like the Great Depression. But even if it WERE to lead to something like that, it would probably take a long time, and probably won't be as serious as the Great Depression.

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  23. My name is Erin Jaehn, I don't think it will happen again because now people know what credit is and how to use it. so i don't think it will happen again.

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  24. My name is Mitchell Peragine. I think the Great Depression is going to happen again because the economy is falling.

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  25. my name is Jasmine and i think that the great depression will not happen again because it happened along time ago but it could if the stock market crashed again.I think the country leaned to use evertything wisely.

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  26. My name is Laylah I believe that the Great Depression could happen again because the U.S.economy is living on borrowed time $ 8 trillion federal debt and social security crisis. These are imbalances that could very easily cause a recession that could lead to another Great Depression.

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  27. I changed my mind i think the great depression is likely to happen again if the stock market crashs again. I think the country learned to use evertything wisely.

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  28. My name is griffin i think it probly wont happen again because we are wiser with money.

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  29. Hi i am Chyanna Bregler i think we have learned are lesson and it will not happen again if we all remember it

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  30. Hey my name is Aaron Heatherly and i think it would'nt happen again.But if does I would have expected it because of our ecnomney right now.

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  31. I'm rachel and I think it will not happen again because things have changed.

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  32. I think it could happen again most people use money wisely but with gas prices and stores prices rising up it might happen, and with so many people that have lost their homes, our economy is not in good shape right now, and it will take alot of hard work for us to get out of debt as a nation.

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  33. I love the way you guys are thinking! I can't wait to talk more about this tomorrow in class!

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  34. My name is Jacob Galloway. I do not think the great depression will happen again. I think that our government will take care of the banks.

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    1. my name is michaela harness,i think the great depression will happen again because history repeats it self.

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  35. Im Arnulfo and i think it will happen again because everything is to
    expensive

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  36. I think that it will happen again because more people are being let go from there jobs and they are losing more and more money and the banks are going to put us in debt.

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  37. My name is Morgan Hall. I think maybe the Great Depression will happen again one day because people are losing there jobs and the stock market has almost crashed a couple of times in the past. I think that our country has learned how to make the stock market and our country run better then in the past.

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  38. My name is Haley Watts. I don't think our country has a learned a lesson, because I think they could be doing things differently. I do think we could go into another depression, because of the taxes, food, clothes,etc. The prices on them are getting higher.

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  39. I definitely think that our country to go to another great depression because we have recently been through some tough economic times and our country is still recovering.

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  40. Im Arnulfo i think it will happen again because everything is too expansive

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  41. My name is Haley Daleo and I think that it will happen again but it was long ago and we are going through some hard stuff.I know that the gas prices are raising and we're at least lucky for the dollar tree,lol.:-)

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  42. I am Jesse and I think that it might happen again because things are to expansive,for example gas.

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  43. I dont think it could happen again because it happened a long time ago like80 years ago but it could happen if the stock marcket carshesd.

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  44. I think our country cant go threw another great depresion because Obama and Romnie are really going to mess up our economy if their one gets elected

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  45. my name is Morgan and i do not think it could happen agian because our econoomy is built pretty welll.

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  46. My name is Bryan barboza. I think the country is wiser about the money we spend on our needs and the stock market will improve as the years go by. The lessons we learned as a country are not to spend our debt,and money gas.

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  47. The Great Depression was a disaster because the stock market crashed, people lost their jobs, lost their money, their farms,and banks failed. I think if President Obama is re-elected we could face part-2 of the Great Depression. (by Kyle Splawn)

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  48. I think that in around 100 years it would be posible for somthing like the great depression to happen agian.

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  49. Good evening, This comment is from Mr. Sacho. I definitely believe that this tragedy could happen again. People do NOT learn from past mistakes, in my opinion. Our country is in a bad situation currently, and it is not the result of just one event, man, woman or political party. We are in this situation together, and hopefully, if CONGRESS, and the rest of the government, can get together, we may pull ourselves out of this. I have recently read, "A walk in the Woods", "The Last Child in the Woods", and "A short History of Almost Everything". I would recommend these to all of you once you are in Middle or High School. Mr. Sacho

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  50. My name is Brandon and i do not think this whould happen again because we should have leared from our mistakes and that hoover made the economy worse back then. So if the presidents whould look back at hoovers bad mistakes and see what happen they should not make us go through that again.

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  51. I think that it is possible that our country could have another deppretion. It probably will not happen again because people have learnd something from the hard times in the past. However families are having strugling fincialy now.

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  52. This is Damian Morgan I do think it is going to happen again because people are not getting paid enough at their jobs, and some people do not even have jobs.

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  53. My name is Dylan and I believe that our country learned their lesson about how to use credit. I think it won't happen again because people use their credit for stuff they really need.

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  54. Hey i am KYLE i think people had a hard time in the time so no i don't think it will.

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  55. hi im Gillian i dont think it would happen again because the U.S.A has learned their lesson about credit!!!!

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  56. My name is Zidyan I don't think it wouldn't happen because people use thier credit for things they really need.

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  57. Hi my name is Briitani Gash and i thinkit will...Not happen againg because when Martin Luther King had that "I have a dream" it changed EVERYTHING! But we still have to put a lot of pressure and hard work to not make it happen.

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  58. Martin Luther King had nothing to do with the Great Depression, he came after The Great Depression had happened and was involved with The Civil Rights Movement not this.
    c;

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  59. i tink it could happen again if we dont watch out for what we do and i am not shore if it will be wores or better

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