Mark O’Neal
3/13/14
CYOA Reflection:
We did a lot of interesting things in our week in the financial class with Mr.Hensley. The first day Mr.Hensley was at a field trip, so we, the students who didn’t get to go, had a different assignment to work on. The students who did get to go on the trip got to witness a shark like scenario where students pitched their business ideas and the sharks evaluated them on that and chose whether or not to fund their cause. The students who stayed behind, however, got to start planning their own business. The teacher for the day gave us our assignment, but didn’t make it as clear as I would have liked it to have been. We were told that we would be making a commercial for our business after we made portfolios for people who would be investing and learning the world of finance. My group did the portfolios, but we didn’t get to do the video. This was actually a good thing because the instructions for that day weren’t entirely accurate and we did something completely different the next days. On Tuesday, we played simulation where we bought theoretical wheat from our classmates and tried to make a profit in doing so. I made a total of nineteen dollars in profit which was actually pretty good for the class. After that we got back to work where we left off the day before. Instead of making a commercial, we were to make a video that explained logs and compound interest in the world of finances. We got the entire script planned out and were ready to film, but we ended up going to Von's to analyze the way that their business was established and how it impacted the consumers. We looked at the way things were positioned, where they were located and how we found the product. I analyzed the baked goods section, or more specifically, the donuts. I learned that the bakery is in the worst possible location in the store. It is in the far back left corner of the store behind every other aisle in what could be much better light. It is not an attractive location, and they don’t do much in the way of promotion for it. I learned that they could change a few key things to make their bakery more successful, but it’s still good the way it is, so nothing will change. After that, we were heading back to school, but the owner of the SuperCuts branch wanted to talk to us about what having a business is like, so we got a short lesson from her that explained what it was like to open your own franchise. That was neat, but it didn’t give us any more time to work on our video. I did that at home, but it was too long, so we did it again the next day. On Thursday, we got a lecture from Mr.Hensley about business, so that took up a good piece of time. After that, we got back to work on the video. We went to a quiet place and began working on our video. After somewhere around five tries, we finally made a successful video. After that, we went to MXN and compared the way that they run business to the way that Vons does. There are a lot of differences in the two businesses, actually. They do the same thing in providing food for their patrons, but the way that they do it is very different. For example, MXN encourages their customers to spend time in the establishment and soak up the environment while Vons encourages the customer to get their items and leave so as to not cause too much traffic. MXN is set up so that there are narrow walkways that all lead to seating while Vons has a lot of broad lanes that all lead to either the back of the store, or the cash registers. When we came back from that, we continued on the video. We filmed our intro and began the editing process. At that point, we were having a lot of difficulty exporting the video, so we just decided to finish it in class and have something to work on the next day. The next day we started off by talking about what it is to get burnt out on something and how you can avoid that. We answered a few questions about it, then got back to work on the video. We had everything done except the ending. We didn’t have long to work before our lunch, so we had to subside and finish later. After lunch, we went to the local food court and discussed how business there would work. We talked about the perks of owning a business in a food court as well as the negatives. After learning about how a business is run in a lot of different styles and environments, we were told to make a video. We had the video assignment the whole time, but now it was really time to get down to work and finish it.
Alex Goddard, Alex Stroes and myself all worked together and made a video as to why you should properly invest instead of leaving your money in a bank account. Our video was successful and it is now on YouTube. If you would like to watch the video and get a sense of what we did that week, then click the link below.
Here is the link to the mathematic video that we made over the week. I hope you enjoy.
3/13/14
CYOA Reflection:
We did a lot of interesting things in our week in the financial class with Mr.Hensley. The first day Mr.Hensley was at a field trip, so we, the students who didn’t get to go, had a different assignment to work on. The students who did get to go on the trip got to witness a shark like scenario where students pitched their business ideas and the sharks evaluated them on that and chose whether or not to fund their cause. The students who stayed behind, however, got to start planning their own business. The teacher for the day gave us our assignment, but didn’t make it as clear as I would have liked it to have been. We were told that we would be making a commercial for our business after we made portfolios for people who would be investing and learning the world of finance. My group did the portfolios, but we didn’t get to do the video. This was actually a good thing because the instructions for that day weren’t entirely accurate and we did something completely different the next days. On Tuesday, we played simulation where we bought theoretical wheat from our classmates and tried to make a profit in doing so. I made a total of nineteen dollars in profit which was actually pretty good for the class. After that we got back to work where we left off the day before. Instead of making a commercial, we were to make a video that explained logs and compound interest in the world of finances. We got the entire script planned out and were ready to film, but we ended up going to Von's to analyze the way that their business was established and how it impacted the consumers. We looked at the way things were positioned, where they were located and how we found the product. I analyzed the baked goods section, or more specifically, the donuts. I learned that the bakery is in the worst possible location in the store. It is in the far back left corner of the store behind every other aisle in what could be much better light. It is not an attractive location, and they don’t do much in the way of promotion for it. I learned that they could change a few key things to make their bakery more successful, but it’s still good the way it is, so nothing will change. After that, we were heading back to school, but the owner of the SuperCuts branch wanted to talk to us about what having a business is like, so we got a short lesson from her that explained what it was like to open your own franchise. That was neat, but it didn’t give us any more time to work on our video. I did that at home, but it was too long, so we did it again the next day. On Thursday, we got a lecture from Mr.Hensley about business, so that took up a good piece of time. After that, we got back to work on the video. We went to a quiet place and began working on our video. After somewhere around five tries, we finally made a successful video. After that, we went to MXN and compared the way that they run business to the way that Vons does. There are a lot of differences in the two businesses, actually. They do the same thing in providing food for their patrons, but the way that they do it is very different. For example, MXN encourages their customers to spend time in the establishment and soak up the environment while Vons encourages the customer to get their items and leave so as to not cause too much traffic. MXN is set up so that there are narrow walkways that all lead to seating while Vons has a lot of broad lanes that all lead to either the back of the store, or the cash registers. When we came back from that, we continued on the video. We filmed our intro and began the editing process. At that point, we were having a lot of difficulty exporting the video, so we just decided to finish it in class and have something to work on the next day. The next day we started off by talking about what it is to get burnt out on something and how you can avoid that. We answered a few questions about it, then got back to work on the video. We had everything done except the ending. We didn’t have long to work before our lunch, so we had to subside and finish later. After lunch, we went to the local food court and discussed how business there would work. We talked about the perks of owning a business in a food court as well as the negatives. After learning about how a business is run in a lot of different styles and environments, we were told to make a video. We had the video assignment the whole time, but now it was really time to get down to work and finish it.
Alex Goddard, Alex Stroes and myself all worked together and made a video as to why you should properly invest instead of leaving your money in a bank account. Our video was successful and it is now on YouTube. If you would like to watch the video and get a sense of what we did that week, then click the link below.
Here is the link to the mathematic video that we made over the week. I hope you enjoy.