Earning Money

In the book walking with wolf, we learned about the ways that they built industry and an economy in Monteverde. A thing that they had built that relates to its industry and economy is the dairy farm. There were three reasons why they decided to create a dairy farm. They were because they needed a way to make money on their new land, it was a good use of farmland, and also because Wolf grew up on a dairy farm.

My way of earning money is by having a job at McDonald’s and making handmade earrings to sell. I have been working at McDonald’s for a year now and I have never been written up or never called out for anything, not even once. I have been making earrings since July of 2010 and will be continuing to create them for this fundraising until we arrive in Costa Rica. I will then be selling them throughout a different blog. I will keep you updated so you know when and where to check out my new creations.

If you would like to buy any of these wonderful earrings that I have created then you can contact me through commenting on the blog or sending an email to me at bnewell.student@gmail.com.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there.

Some plans for our trip!!!

Recently, our class has started talking about our plans for our Costa Rica trip. We have just bought our plane tickets so we now know that we are definitely going to Costa Rica. This is making me feel very excited and anxious though because I want to go to Costa Rica but I've never left my family for this long.

Another thing we have talked about is what we will be doing while we arrive to Costa Rica. Some things we want to do is go horseback riding, zip-lining, and kayaking. Some things we plan on doing is going to the beaches in Costa Rica and staying in Monteverde with my teacher's friend, Rena.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/ or our class, please visit our FaceBook or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio-35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there.

Papa Gino's Night

Our class is hosting a fundraising night at Papa Gino's. This will be taking place on January 20, 2011 at 2800 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth, N.H. 03841. We are doing this because we are trying to raise the last bit of money that we need and any money we earn will be very helpful to us.

UPDATE!

I would just like to start this entry off by saying thank you to everyone who has supported us so far on this journey we are trying to accomplish. We couldn't have done it without the support and donations we have received from all of you.

I would just like to apologize for not blogging recently. We have been so busy raking houses that we haven't had much time to do anything else. We have been spending in school and out of school time with raking and it has even taking up weekends for some especially for our teacher Bryan. So I bet you are wondering how many houses we have raked and how much money we have made on raking these houses. We have raked twenty-five houses and made roughly $3,800.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/ or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there.

We're Live!

Our Facebook account is up and running and our PayPal account is accepting online donations. Look for our article in the Portsmouth Herald/ Seacoast Online over the weekend. We are hiring out for leaf raking October 23rd - November 7th. Please consider supporting us and check us out at http://sites.google.com/site/listeracademycostaricaclass. Have a great weekend.

Costa Rica Transportation Which is a Form of my Entertainment

What are your needs versus your wants? Well, if I had the choice to compare Costa Rica and the United States I could tell you that their wants and needs for transportation are completely different. In Costa Rica, they have all different forms of transportation that they need like ATV's, Motorcycles, etc. that we as United States citizens use for entertainment purposes.

In the book Walking with Wolf, it was stated that "Since the 1990s, motorcycles, ATVs and four-wheel-drive vehicles have taken over the roadways, but walking always was and still remains an important form of transportation." In the United States this statement would be the complete oppostite.

For example, in the state of Maine they're doing a project right now called rails-to-trails. It started in 1987 in down-east Maine, when the Maine Department of Transportation wanted to preserve this railroad track for further use. Now the community is deciding that they want to destroy it in order to make it accessible to ATV'ers, Motorcyclists, bicyclers, hikers, snowmobilers, walkers and cross-country skiers. This community wanted to have this project completed by September 2010 and on September 21, 2010 it was completed and ready for opening.

Personally, I use ATVs and motorcycles for entertainment purposes. I have never needed them to get me anywhere or do anything for me. I know people in the United States that need them for transportation purposes and for hunting. Compared to Costa Rica, the United States has a very low ratio of people that need ATV’s and motorcycles as necessities.

When I arrive in Costa Rica I won't be able to wait to see their forms of transportation. I will be so excited because I love being around and on ATVs and Motorcycles. It will be such a great experience to live the life of a Costa Rican, or Tico, for ten days.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801

The Art of the Chainsaw

What interests me outside of school is music and entertainment. In the book Walking with Wolf , Wolf states that "That was one I always liked: I enjoyed the art of working with a chainsaw. What with all its dangers and even with close calls I had, why, nonetheless, it's something that I got great satisfaction from. I loved to hear the trees come down." It is interesting to see how the Costa Ricans or "ticos" used to enjoy doing this as entertainment and how they still use it as entertainment.

At the Deerfield fair that happened this weekend in Deerfield, NH, they had chainsaw carvings which is a form of chainsaw art. It is an interesting thing to see how chainsaw art is still used as entertainment today and how chainsaw art is an entertaining thing to people throughout the world.

I am looking forward to begin reading chapter 6 from the book Walking with Wolf. I can't wait to find out what other events or things they do for entertainment in Costa Rica. It is interesting to see how they can take the smallest things and turn them into something fun and exciting, or what is known as being entertainment. I guess we will have to wait and see what goes on in the upcoming chapters to find out what other things they do for entertainment.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, or our class, please send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801