1) Movie Marathon: All you need are your best friends, favorite movies, and tasty snacks. Try making something besides boring, traditional popcorn. What about berry-orange sorbet or chocolate-dipped pretzels? These treats are fun and easy to make, and they taste great!

2) Hang out with Friends: Of course, this is an obvious thing to do over break. But how about inviting someone different this time, like that friendly guy/girl in your class? Invite a nice school friend over and do something fun together. (Baking/decorating cupcakes, skateboarding, hanging out at the mall)

3) Crafts: If you’re creative and artsy, then try an awesome arts and crafts project. Some cool suggestions: Dress up your converse with animal print and doodles, or create a movie t-shirt.

So, whatever you choose to do over break, make sure it’s interesting and entertaining. Have fun!

Recipes: http://busycooks.about.com/od/candyandsnackmixes/r/candycanes.htm

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/berry-orange-sorbet-684007/

http://parentingteens.about.com/od/craftwearables/ss/movietshirtcraft.htm

Sources:

http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/02/10/video-of-woolly-mammoth-surfaces/

http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=9758426

Opponents have said that the ordinance will hurt consumers and small businesses because they don’t have the same buying power as the bigger stores. For this, the San Jose ordinance, proposed four years ago by San Jose Councilman Kansen Chu, permits retailers to provide single-use paper bags that contain a minimum of 40 percent recycled content. Except, they must charge shoppers a fee of 10 cents per bag, which would be increased to 25 cents in two years. And, there would be exceptions for retailers that provide plastic or paper bags for meat and bulky produce.

Now, some stores are helping out. Safeway, for instance, plans to give away one free reusable bag per customer while supplies last at San Jose stores.

President Obama is the first black president in the U.S. He is a Harvard graduate and Nobel Peace Prize winner. During his presidency, he  has eliminated  many Al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama Bin-Laden, created an unpopular health-care bill, and  jump started the economy again. The economy is recovering, but very slowly. During this year’s State of  the Union, Obama outlined his policies for restoring the American dream. President Obama plans to invest huge amounts of money in the infrastructure, manufacturing, auto, and tourism industry. He has already given many loans to the auto companies in the last three years. Thanks to him, General Motors is the number one car provider in the world. The banks also  received stimulus form his administration. Many Americans think the President spent too much money on the unreliable and unstable banks. They feel that he wasted money that should have been used on middle-class citizens. Republicans blame him for the U.S. Debt Crisis. This makes people wonder if Obama will be capable of spending money in a wiser way in order to reduce the deficit.

On the issue of energy, he wants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by thirty- five percent and he is a huge supporter of plug-in hybrids.  Obama gave a five- hundred million dollar loan to a company named Solyndra that makes solar panels and later the company went bankrupt.  Many Americans are angry at Obama’s outrageous spending. Again and again, Obama seems to lavishly fund unstable companies. A lot of the people near the Gulf of Mexico disapprove the Obama administration’s handling of the BP oil spill. The administration didn’t react very fast to the spill. By the time they took action, many animals died, the oil reached the shores, and families, engaged in fish trade, lost their businesses.

Obama’s policies on the economy might not be that popular, but his foreign policy is creditable. Obama has been very successful at eliminating terrorism around the world, and ending wars. Obama is well-known for eliminating Osama Bin-Laden. Obama culminated the eleven-year search for this top Al-Qaeda leader through a risky Navy Seal mission. He has  also killed many Somalian pirates and saved  many Americans. Last year, Obama ended the Iraq war and if he gets reelected he plans to end the Afghanistan war too.  During the Arab Springs, Obama helped establish a no-fly zone in Libya. To stop Iran from creating more and more nuclear weapons, he promises to isolate Iran through sanctions. Many people like Obama’s foreign policy because it focuses on ending wars. This way lives will not be lost, troops can come back home, and the government will stop wasting money on the military  and spend it on useful things such as education, research, and general welfare.

Four years ago, President Obama became the first black president and he promised to restore the American Dream. At the time of his inauguration, the economy was stagnating and there seemed to be no solution for fixing the country. Till now, he has not been able to fulfill his promise. The unemployment rate is at 8.6% and forty-two million Americans face poverty everyday. But Obama is getting close to reviving the country. The unemployment rate has been dropping consistently and he has put a stop to the Iraq war. What can Obama do to restore not just the dream, but to make it a reality? He is a young, ambitious president with the vision for making America great. Perhaps he needs another four years.