Last mystery call

This is our twenty fourth call and we are trying to guess the city their from.We asked him if he was in any big city's just to pinpoint were it would be.He answered some of our questions by saying if
the city we asked their are in too far West ,East, and North.It wasn't long till we guess the city.
Ms.Castillo actually guess it right ,it was Halifax Canada.He showed us the Atlantic ocean just outside of his window. He kinda gave us an idea of how cold it is in Canada.He actually was in a museum. He told us a little about the history of Canada and how it was founded.
We asked him a question more about present day and what language do they speak.He said that they mainly speak English and a couple other languages.We asked him why he chose that job?
and he said that he liked looking into the not so nice times in history. He explained to us that
people in HIstory wanted Canada to be a white british country.We got to know more about immigrants in Canada and how they were used in Canada history.We asked him how long did it take him to learn everything? He made it clear that he really enjoys history so he picks it up quicker.
Next question we asked him was about Canada now itself and it was "what are some big landmarks in Canada.We asked him his opinion about migration in the United States and he was unfortunately not able to answer because he works for the government. in the city he is in right now is about 4,000 people since it such a small city.

Alejandro Gonzalez

Friday March 13, 2020

New York, New York

John lives in a 1 bedroom apartment. Lives near the Empire State Building. John is a very picky eater. John walks to his job. John sometimes goes to the gym.

John was there when Nickelodeon when it first launched. He also has been in the Kid's Choice Awards. John also met Spongebob! John used to work in MTV and helped with music videos. John was so lucky to dance with Beyonce! John moved to New York in 1997 and sadly experienced 9/11.

John has his own company! John was inspired by watching lot of TV as a kid, but also he wanted to be a DJ. John worked with Ariana Grande and knew she had a big future. John's name was put as a restaurant in Zoey 101.

March 13, 2020

  

Emanuel Cung

We are talking to Ms. Garza sister about her horse and what she does.

She lives on a 30 acre farm, she helps with kids with disabilities and former military who have PTSD. 

She helps horses that are bad behaving and has an olympic horse to care for.

The kids talk about her past life as an ex-army, what it was like and whether she would join it again.

The farm was owned by a lady name Julie Robert, you can go to the website and take some classes.

Q. Do you miss Texas

A. Well yeah the food, it is very different, like they don't have brisket and Whataburger. But I do miss the family cuz we are so far from Texas.

The horses don't live in a barn, they are in a herd, but they do get aggressive around each other when it comes to food. In the herd the male would be top but when I'm out there they know that I'm in charge, we don't show aggression or yell at them.

There are two different saddles - the western saddle and English saddle. The western saddle is more heavier than the English saddle that is the like the difference.

Friday, 8:00 am

Ready for the 8:00 am call.
This will be the 22nd conference call.
24 hours ago, the students were arriving to school and getting ready to begin this adventure.
Here they are, still enjoying and working hard.
Always doing their best!

Archie Walker

Friday, 6:00 am.

These brave ladies have been up and keeping the conversations going.
Now, they are talking to Archie Walker. He is an American living in Nairobi.
He took us on a tour around the market. Colorful, lively, and noisy.

Nairobi, Kenya

Lucia Genuardi

In the Cheery Children Center, The kids prepared to play music for us. Some of the children competed at an athletics competition and couldn't make it. They played Jingle Bells for us on Flutes, Clarinets and Trumpets. They have been playing for two years. They like to play instruments because they love music. Their ages are from 10 to 11 years old.

We learned that (Jum-bo) is how you say hi in their language. Some of our kids told them how to say things in chin and in spanish. Biak taught the kids how to say hi in chin, and Sira taught them how to say "Hi how are you?" in spanish which is "Ahola, como estas".

The children where most curious about our band at Delay. They talked about UIL. Then some of our girls told them how to do "The Renegade" From Tik Tok. Then we asked them what is a dance there in which a boy danced for us. After they sang in their language for us. The boy put his hand on his hip and danced as the kids on screen chanted.

They asked us about when the Band kids practice in which we told them about band practice.
They also asked about our buses. A boy asked about how many kids we have and about subjects. In their school they have six subjects.

Antonia asked about the fruit here.  There they stay at school from 6:00 am to 5:00 Pm which is 11 hours.

First Mystery Call blog by Perla J

March 13, 2020
3:00 am

In our 24 Hour World Tour we are on our first mystery call. We narrowed it down to Asia and Australia just on knowing that they are 13 hours ahead of us! We haven't even started the call yet but are slowly getting closer to the answer just by using how many hours ahead of other continents.
For our second mystery call we are not going to be able to know the time they are in.
We noticed that they had mask on due to the Corona Virus. Right of the bat we asked them if they are from Japan and they are not.The second question we asked is "if they live in the eastern hemisphere".The second question we asked is if they were from tiyan based of their eyes and skin, and they are.They still needed to guess were we are from.They asked us if we are from Africa, but we are not .They also asked us if we are from Mexico.We still needed to find out there city so we ask them if their city starts with certain letters.We figured out that their city starts with a "K".They finally figured out we are from the united states!We guessed if there city was Kaohsiung and we were correct!They still needed to guess our state but it wasn't long till they found out.We HAD to comment on there skin and skin tone and how it was so clear!They are so PRETTY!!!!!Now that we knew each others location we got to know more about their culture!We taught them Tik Tok dances and they asked us questions they wanted to know.One of those question was what are different  celebrations do we celebrate, we listed a few such aThanksgiving and Easter. They also asked us if we liked any sports and we responded with football, basketball and volleyball.Once they got to know us better they performed for us an amazing song by Bruno Mars!We really loved their voices and instruments!Next another group went on the screen to tell us more about them. They had a presentation ready for us. The first slide was about popular snacks one of them was very known here as Boba Tea . They then started teaching us a little of their language. They gave us their Social Medias to connect with them. We then agreed to email each others social medias. Allow me just to say they are GORGEOUS !!!!! Another group came into the screen ,we first introduced our selfs to them, as one should.They told us a little about traditions in tiyan. we shared many laughs and taught them how we play "Rock, Paper, Shoot!".  They knew a lot of our slang terms in the united states. we asked them if they liked sports and they said Basketball and swimming.Our follow up question to that was are there any people they looked up to they said, Kobe Bryant <3. So at this point it was my turn to go talk to them . While we were talking Emanuel, one of our fellow peers thought a girl was cute. So me being a good friend told Jenny (the  cute girl) that he thought she was cute, and she gave a heart to him and now are friends on social media. They asked us if we play Fortnite and only a couple girls answered yes.We took a picture with them to save the memory!

Taking a break

Friday, March 13, 3:00 am

Well, our students needed to rest for a while. They have been working VERY HARD!

South Korea

Friday March 13, 2020

Pohang, South Korea 2:00 am  ( 4:00 pm in South Korea)

Brad is a missionary in South Korea. Brad met Vanny from Cambodia. Brad and Vanny are very close friends. Brad never planned to be a missionary. His dad is a school teacher. Brad always looks to his dad. Brad also was an orchestra teacher in Farmers Branch for 8 years.

Conviction - have a deep belief about something/someone.

Brad's friend's family were going to move to Cambodia. Brad has been to Cambodia, China, and South Korea.  Brad's family hasn't gone outside their apartment for 2 and half weeks. Brad has to wear a mask and gloves. Brad's family is trying to not leave their apartment.

Brad is a teacher in a small academy for people to learn English. It is hard to go outside. Brad says that the babies from South Korea are VERY CUTE !

Pohang is really not a place for tourist. Brad and his wife have seen water falls and beaches. Koreans use their throat to pronounce the words. People are still digging for treasure/artifacts. Brad has gone to Mexico, China,Philippines, and Cambodia.

From- Alejandro Gonzalez

Germany

March 13, 2020
1:00 am

In our 24 hour world tour experience we are now with our 17 call. We are with fire fighter Marcel. Marcel learned more english coming back and forth from Germany to the United States. In Germany you are allowed to drive at the age of 17 but, you first have to drive with a parent for a year and by the age of 18 you are able to drive alone. Marcel lives in south west of Germany and about 3 to 4 hours from France. One thing that Marcel misses from the United States is the trucks and cars. In Germany they drive small cars such as Mercedes, were as he likes big trucks. If he had a chance to live in the United States he would want to live Texas. Some of his favorite food places here in Texas is Texas Roadhouse, and Whataburger. Marcel actually didn't go to college and just started working right after highschool. Marcel's favorite city in Texas is San Antonio because of the Alamo, and river walk.

Salem, India- 10:00 pm

Salem, Indian

Not a typo

There is a place in Indian called Salem

Today we met a group of Indian students!! They taught us so much!!!

Some Facts We Learned:

• They have free education. 
• English is most of their second language. 
• They all speak Indie. 
• They eat this type of food called curry. 
• These students showed us that the women in their culture wear this things that look like dresses. The men wear skirts a a shirt. They look so beautiful.  
• The most important thing to us is our family. 
• Every time we speak they show us a sign that has hands clapping and a heart. 

Coach D

March 13, 2020
9:00 pm

We got pumped up and learned how to energize ourselves when we get tired!! Thank you so much!! You were so amazing, fun and full of energy!! We are set for the evening!!

Australia in the House

March 13
12:00 am
M. Garza

Film Maker

• Simon "7 continents is my goal!!"
• He needs Antarctica!!
• Simon we might know someone!!

• Student Question "Why no dialogue?"
• Boxer
• Boxer have people around him
• When you are in ring you are completely on your own.
• Wanted to show that it is sometimes a lonely road. Understand the journey, is more important. 

• Student Question "Favorite Country you filmed in?"
• Climatize quickly
• food 
• culture
• Palestine
• drank coffee
• warn torn but show how people are reliant

• Simon "I have a sense of adventure"
• It is his Australian Nature
• 3 P's- People, Pay, Project

Cambodia

March 12, 2020
M. Garza


Dear Vanny,

This letter is to you. I loved your story. You have risen from poverty and found something you love. I can't believe how positive you are. Your honesty and sharing how you grew up with my students has inspired me to be a better person. Your story was emotional and made us cry. I am fortunate and know my mom and dad. You have had a few families and finally met your mom. I am happy you have. Your family is amazing just like you. May you continue to follow your dreams!!

Paul Garza, "Don't speak nerd!"

"Don't Speak Nerd Paul!" - Ms. Garza

Ms. Garza's brother, Paul, jumped online with us tonight to talk about network security. He explained to us, in plain English, what he does at his job, and why it's important.

Fun fact: he's Ms. Garza's little brother, but he's much taller than Ms. Garza, so is he really the little brother? 🤔

We really wanted him to slide down the slide IN HIS OFFICE, but he wouldn't, even though we were trying a little peer pressure, "Go, go, go." BUT, it was a no go. Lol

Super fun call with a sibling - personal calls are the best calls. Ask Ms. Garza about the picture of the blue dress - it's highly entertaining.

Adios Ratboy!! 

Tips for Writing!!

March 12, 2020
Biak Sung

She works for/at a university.

Here are some tips:

• Main topics for writing: who, what, when, where, and why? 
• Try to find a fresh print when you're writing for a company. 
• You may have a word count limit. 
• Writers for newspapers are not doing so well because people look at stuff online now. 
• People can sue the writers so it's a huge responsibility. 
• Blogs are a way to tell stories. 
• There are no rules for writing blogs. 
• Think about what you love and write about it. 
• It's more interesting if you tell us about something you like or love to do. 
• Use websites for free images so that you don't accidentally copyright an image. 
• Use pictures to attract people. Remember that things you put online never go away! Will you regret it in the future?

Deborah Glenn, Los Angeles, CA

Blogging, Posting, Telling a Story

PRINT MEDIA:

What kinds of conversations do you read? Our students answered they read online news journals and social media, but they don't read news in print.

In today's world, what you read in print is more of a reaction to the news, an opinion piece or commentary, rather than breaking news which appears online before it ever makes it to print. Something else we find in print today are feature stories, which are stories related to the interests of people in that local or regional area.

When writing, stick with the original questions: who, what, when, where, why? If you can answer those questions, your piece will cover the most important information.

BLOG:

A blog is a way to tell stories, keep a diary, explore topics about what you're interested in. There are no formal rules for a blog, but one thing that always helps a blog is voice writing. When your particular tone or point of view really stands out, your blog could become popular and reach many people.

Any writing is better when you're writing about something you really care about it. Keep your post at 500 words or less because of limited attention spans and patience. Include fun images and pictures! Remember to use your own pictures or free pictures from the internet because of copyright issues.

Great advice from a former NYC editor! Thanks for all the good information!!

Cambodia

March 12
7:00 am
Cambodia

His name is Vanny Chan. He lives in Cambodia, Pou Senchey District. He went to school for a short period of time.

He was living in trash and also sleeping in trash too when he was young. He did not live originally with his mom or dad. He met his mom later in life. He really doesn't know his dad. 

He said he found Jesus and that helped him out of poverty. He asked God to bless him with a job so he can take care of his family. He is now an evangelist today.

Vanny has 2 kids, 1 girl and 1 boy and he is married.

Hiral Desai: San Antonio, TX

Former LHS AVID student (Go Farmers)!

AVID really pushed her to think about how she wanted to further her career after high school, got her to apply for scholarships, and helped her build a network to get a head start on advancing her education.

Houston Cougar!  Fell in love with UH.  Saw them at a college fair.  Houston actually has the world's largest medical center.  She was shocked, too!  Definitely recommends going to visit colleges before making a choice.

Currently working in a nursing department at Northeast Methodist in San Antonio.

Recommends taking advantage of career center courses in high school like Public Health, Medical Terminology, and Clinical Rotations if you want to be a nurse.  Get first-hand experience and some background on the field.

Blood and vomit never bothered her ... but sometimes the smell does!  Her emotions are on her face, and she has a bad gag reflex.  So if she knows that's something really funky with a patient, she puts some Vicks VapoRub under her nose, chews some gum, and puts on a mask so people can't see her face! :D

Ice cube in Antartica

6:25

Walk 2/3 of a mile to get where they want. They fly to New Zealand and from there they go to Antartica. Fly under the cloud so you see whole Antartica. 72 flights bring them supplies. Stay there 8 months. 9300 of elevation so not really cold but just the elevation. Get altitude sickness. Winter rooms are bigger than summer rooms. 

-Alondra