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Where Do You Come From?
September 22, 2008 | Tagged cities, social studies | 33 Comments
Thanks to an excellent recommendation from Sue Waters, I decided to write a post to the visitors of our class blog who come from different parts of the US and the world. We are in Las Vegas, so it is very hot in the summer and we have mild winters. Gambling is everywhere here, even in our grocery stores, and we live in a 24 hour town.
Please leave us a note telling us where you come from and a little bit about what it is like where you live.
To my students: if you have LIVED in another place besides Las Vegas, and remember that place, you are welcome to tell us about it!
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I’m from Perth, Western Australia which is the second most isolated capital city in the World. The place you can bet money in our State is our Scasino — unlike some States in Australia that allow betting in hotels and clubs.
What’s unique? Well it is a long way from any where — and a long way to see any thing
. Western Australia is famous for it’s pristine beaches and is in the middle of a resource boom so we have lots of people coming to live here.
Sorry for weird terms used but the spam filter is blocking a couple of those terms — which is good to know that it works.
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Wow, it must be really weird living in Las Vegas with all the gamblers & tourists around.
I live in Dunedin, New Zealand. Dunedin is a small city about 120,000 people. We have a big university here so a lot of the people who live here are students. It’s very cold here and we get a lot of rain. We have beautiful beaches but the sea is usually too cold to swim in except right in the heart of summer. We have wonderful wild life like seals, albatross, penguins & dolphins. Here are some photos.
yellow-eyed penguin: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92632631@N00/2128555168/in/set-72157607382217738/
albatross: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92632631@N00/2544507354/
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Hi,
I am from Glasgow in Scotland. There is a little betting here but nothing like Las Vegas, I visited a friend there about 30 years ago!
Although Scotland’s biggest city Glasgow is very near to quiet bits of beautiful country side where you can feel quite alone. I love walking in the hill near by and not seeing anyone all day but I also like living in the city.
It is a lot cooler in Scotland than in Las Vegas and rains quite often, this helps keep everything green.
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Hiya *:-) I’m Lee Allan Sanders and I work for a large university system as an online course developer and project manager. My work place is right on the Pacific Ocean in the central California coast region. My home is in the mountains above the ocean about 10 miles inland, but the coastal weather still affects us a lot and we have Redwood trees everywhere.
What is unique is the influence of all the open space, air movement, tidal movement and mental health that the proximity to the pacific offers. We would not live by the ocean if there were not also the big, wonderful, ancient trees though.
Make noise! Have fun! Learn lots!
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Hello,
I am from Long Island, NY. We live in a temperate climate, which means we have four distinct seasons. We are just starting fall here. Long Island is a suburb of New York City and I teach only 20 minutes away from Manhattan. We often travel into the city to see Broadway shows, go to great restaurants, or tour the different neighborhoods. I like living on Long Island, which boasts some of the best beaches in the country.
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Hello All,
I live on the east coast of the United States. I am orginally from NYC, the Bronx and moved to Massachusetts 12 years ago and been here ever since. I live in Central MA in a town named Oxford. It is only an hour drive from Boston.
We enjoy all 4 seasons here. I really enjoy the season we are in now, fall. The leaves have not fully changed, but as each day passes, the leaves on the trees are changing to yellows, reds and orange. Also, since it is fall, there are a lot of fall festivals in neighboring towns and fun activities like apple picking, pumpkin picking with family and friends. Love to make apple pies or apple crisps with the apples I pick with my kids.
So, hi to all in Las Vegas…nice to meet you all.
-Angela
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Hi, I’m from Omaha, Nebraska. Some people think that Omaha is all farmland with cows running around loose all day.
That’s not at all true, and many kids in Omaha have never even seen a farm in person.
Actually, Omaha is the largest city in Nebraska, with a population of over 800,000 in the surrounding metropolitan area (includes all of Omaha’s suburbs). One of the most successful (and richest) business people in the world, Warren Buffett, lives here and started his business in Omaha.
Omaha is very hot and humid in the summer (usually around 90-100 degrees) and extremely cold and snowy in the winter (varies from below zero to 30ish degrees).
I love Omaha, but I also really love to travel and have been to Las Vegas many times. Even though I don’t really gamble, I love Las Vegas for golf and staying in the great hotels!
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Hey there.
I’m from Queensland in Australia (the opposite side of the country to Sue Waters. Queensland’s got a big range of climates – everything from dry deserts to tropical rainforest. I live in a sub-tropical part, on the coast. It gets very humid and hot in summer, but quite cool in winter.
The unique thing about where I live? I live just up the road from Australia Zoo – the zoo started by Steve Irwin and home to his family. And we have the Glasshouse Mountains – some very strange remnants of the areas volcanic past (http://www.glasshousemountains.com.au/mountains.htm)
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Hello! I’m writing from Richmond, Virginia, which is also very hot in the summer and pleasant in the winter. Unlike Las Vegas, however, it is also very humid. Richmond is an interesting mix of deciduous and evergreen trees, and the fall is generally very colorful. Unfortunately, we have been suffering through a drought for the last two years, which makes the leaves turn brown too early. Tropical storm Hanna did bring some rain, though.
Richmond is located on the James River, upriver from Jamestown, and is very proud of its history. Every Thanksgiving, Native Americans bring game to the governor. The church where Patrick Henry said “Give me liberty or give me death!” is still in use. Thomas Jefferson designed the state capitol building. And, of course, there are constant reminders of the War Between the States. I had never before lived in a place where the residents are so conscious of their history.
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Hi, from Portugal!
I live by the sea, at Cascais, near Lisbon, in a small touristic village where we enjoy mild winter and dry and hot summer. Unfortunately, both drought and fires have devastated our forests, thus we are loosing our green landscape. Portuguese people loves to look towards the ocean and wonder about what could be in the distance, beyond the horizon.
My father used to tell us “Las Vegas tales” as he travelled several times to this amazing town while working as a textile engineer.
@john, hi, I’ve been in Glasgow a few times and I never saw such a beautiful countryside anywhere else; I ‘ll never forget having sailed in the last steam boat crossing a lake and visiting the small town of Danoon.
Ines
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I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I teach ESL at the University of Minnesota and I love it! My students are from all over the world and every semester we have a good time talking about the cold weather here. My students from the Middle East and Southeast Asia seem to dislike our cold winters the most…but no one hates cold winters more than me!
But, aside from some very cold temps in the winter, Minneapolis is a beautiful city. In the summer, it’s really green and there are lots of lakes (in the city!) to enjoy. I also enjoy biking around on all the great bike trails here.
I noticed that Michelle Baldwin wrote from Omaha. I just visited Omaha this weekend and I had a great time. It took us about 6 hours to drive there from Minneapolis. My friends and I spent some time in Old Market and enjoyed some great food there.
I’ve never been to Las Vegas though. Someday, I’d like to run the Las Vegas marathon, though!
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I have only lived in Las Vegas but i have been to Arizona, Oregon, and Florida. I mostly go to Arizona though. I want to go to New York one day and see the Statue Of Liberty and Niagera Falls
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I live in a small town in the western part of Massachusetts. It’s very rural, less than 1000 people. I live in the Berkshires, but compared to the Rockies- they are tiny hills. It;s New England, so we have beautiful fall weather now, chilly nights and nice days, but winter is cold and usually pretty snowy.
I teach in a small private school in the corner of the state. We have kids from Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. I teach science to grades 1-3 and computer to grades 6-9. It’s a prek-9 school. It’s a pretty place to work, down the hill from Kripalu- a yoga place and around the corner from Tanglewood, where the Boston Pops play all summer.
I love living in New England and have lived in NH, Maine, and Massachusetts all my life. I get nervous traveling to cities- we don’t have any stop lights, and only 2 stores- a small grocery store and a hardware store- so I’m not used to having so many people around. I’ve never been to Las Vegas, layovers in the airport don’t count, I guess. I usually go to the Gulf coast on vacation to get back to the ocean and enjoy the warm weather a few months before it gets to where I live. The only “bad” part about living out in the sticks is that we have no cell phone service, no cable and cann only get internet with dial up or satellite!
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I live in Hamilton New Zealand which is one of our main cities. Is it situated in the main dairying region and is very green and lush. We are just beginning our spring and we start daylight saving in the weekend, ready for summer. We will have long evenings to enjoy the outdoors.
I work with teachers in 10 schools to help them use technology with their students. We now have classes beginning to use blogs and wikis as learning tools.
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Hi there.
I live in Nelson Bay in Australia. We are on the Mid North coast of New South Wales, about 2 1/2 hours North of Sydney. Our nearest major City is Newcastle, which is a Coal Port. We are near the Hunter Valley ( a wine Making area) and lots of Coal Mines.
Though I am not a Teacher, I am a Techie at a K-12 College. An associate (Lisa-Gaye) and I have been blogging for some time. We live in Paradise (close to wonderful beaches etc.) and have called our combined Blog “Paradise Unplugged.” We have been pushing blogging at every opportunity to our staff and other Teachers are just starting to grab hold of this great thing to do. We will have Blogs next year for our Senior History and English classes, as well as all of our Junior (Elementary?) School Classes.
Look up Nelson Bay or Port Stephens and see how wonderful our part of the world is, or check out our blogs http://tftandlgw.edublogs.org, http://lgwilliams.edublogs.org, or http://tech4teaching.edublogs.org
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I come from the lower Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. I have a large, natural bush backyard. Check out this slideshow to see some of my plants:
http://www.slideshare.net/etalbert/aust-bush-garden-v2
I am a high school principal, working now in an information technology role. When I was teaching I taught German, French and Italian.
I have been to Las Vegas and liked it. We travelled to Death Valley and that was spectacular! Elaine
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Hello,
I live in Aboyne and teach in Banchory. These are to the West of Aberdeen in Scotland. Aberdeen is on the coast and is a city with many links to the oil industry. However, we are 30 miles west along the river Dee valley. This area is sometimes known as Royal Deeside because the royal family stay in Balmoral castle in the Summer. I live on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park which has pinewods, birchwoods and heather moorland as well as mountains and rare species such as Capercaillie and water voles. Today it is 14 oC.
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I wasn’t born in Las Vegas, I was born in Reno N.V.
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Well I was born in Las Vegas. But I have been to many places. I have been to New York. I have been to Canada and also Pakistan. I have also been to Los Angelos in California. Some people might think I have been to a lot of places but I haven’t really compared to everyone else. This may shock you, but I have never been to Disney Land or Disney World. My family just never gets the chance to go. My sisters and my mom and dad have gone. But that was before I was born. I hoped I get to travel a lot more though. I also hope my ears can pop faster too.
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I was born in Queens, New York. New York’s nickname, is the Big Apple. I moved to Nevada when I was 3 years old. In New York there are alot of malls to shop in. There are alot of beaches where you can collect lots of shells. When your at the beach, you usually see jellyfish, EWW!
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I was born in Jamaca Hospital in Queens,New York.I spent 8 years living in NY and I was 8 when I moved here.When I moved here I was sad because I left friends and family behind.But I met new friends and cheered up a little bit.But I can’t help missing NY.
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I have lived here my whole life but i have been to a lot of places. I have stayed in this country but hopefully i can see more of the world someday. ps go to http://www.adriannaw.edublogs.org and see my blog
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Hi, I am from Searcy, Arkansas. Searcy is about 45 miles north of Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas. As you know, Arkansas is a very large producer of rice and soybean crops. I teach middle school math to 7th & 8th graders at Pangburn High School. I’d love for you to stop by our class blog, http://www.macsclass.edublogs.org I have been talking to students about Global Audiences and it would be cool for them to see how this whole collaboration thing works!
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I live in Bethany, CT–take a look at the satellite image and let me know if it is similar or different from Las Vegas!
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=bethany,+CT&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ll=41.441697,-73.00518&spn=0.116071,0.2211&z=12&iwloc=addr
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I’m from Omaha , Nebraska.It has really nice weather and you always have somthing to do.I like catching frogs.
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Gidday from country Victoria, Australia, about 200km (120 miles) north of Melbourne. Our town has about 6000 people in it and about a third of the kids at school live on surrounding farms. Most of the farms around here are dairy, beef or orchards. My family and I live on a small beef farm, although we have no stock at the moment because we are in drought.
Our school year starts in late January and finishes in mid-December, so we are soon to start our final term of the year. My grade 5/6 class started our blog in January but lately we have been branching out into wikis too. There’s a lot for us to learn! You can visit our blog or wiki at http://56c2008.edublogs.org and http://56c2008.pbwikis.com.
I’m keeping an eye on your book recommendations page – I love to hear what kids are reading.
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I come from tijuana, Baja California, That’s a very cool place to hang out in because they sell fat crayon bubble gum.
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i live in las veags i pretty much dont go in places it stinks.
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I was born in Las Vegas,MEXICO,NEUVO LEON.
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I’m from Wellington, New Zealand and I’m a national ICT advisor to schools. Many people call this city ‘windy wellington’ and it certainly can be at times. Still, there is also the saying that ‘you can’t beat Wellington on a good day’ and with the sun out and the sea calm it is a beautiful place. Wellington is built around a bay and ferrys sail from here to the South Island.
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I’m from Bangkok,Thailand. Bangkok is a really hot,but has god foods.
if you want to tell us how it is over in Las Vagus you can blog it on our blog at http://room202.edublogs.org.
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I’m from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and I live on the little island below the mainland of Australia. We are the anchor that keeps the big island from floating away. To get in or out of Tasmania you have to fly or go by boat overnight from Devonport.
Tasmania is a lovely green state but because of drought we are very dry looking at the moment. Our state is very famous for its forests and National Parks. We are very strict about our quarantine laws so you cannot bring any fresh food into the state especially fruit and vegetables as they might bring in diseases that could wipe out some of our crops.
I personally have travelled to many countries during my lifetime but I always return to Tassie.
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Hi Mrs Kulikowski Your blog is so good my blog is not as good as yours. I come from country Victoria in Australia. Its a great place to live. If you want to find out more about Victoria I have a great post on my blog with heaps of hyperlinks. Please visit my blog and leave a comment. hope you don’t mind if I put you on my Blog roll.
Got to run See Ya Later Stacey stubc08
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