Florida

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//Here are some questions from Perth Amboy to our friends in Florida!!!

Florida’s Weather// Here in New Jersey our climate is the same as New York and other cities states in the in the US. We have the four seasons, as we should, meaning we have summer, spring, fall and winter. During winter we get very cold weather, and in order for you to go out side you have to be wearing a very heavy coat so it could maintain you warm wile you are out the cold. Do you have winters as we do? Dose the climate in Florida ever change? - Ambar 71a

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//Skateboarding// Hey Florida! I have been hearing on the news that you are the number one skateboarding state. Here in New Jersey we skate too, but not everyday because it is cold right now. Does Florida have as many skate parks as New Jersey? Do you have warm weather to skate almost every day? New Jersey has 13 skate parks where we hold competitions. In Florida do you see many skateboarders doing some very dangerous tricks? Here there are many skaters doing some weird and dangerous tricks in the skate parks. - Alfredo 71A

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//School Uniforms// What is your opinion on school uniforms? Does your school make you wear uniforms? If yes, why do you think schools make you wear uniforms? If no, why do you think you think your school doesn’t make you wear uniforms? My school doesn’t make us wear uniforms. I found out that 60% of schools are making teenagers and children wear school uniforms. At the moment they are taking a poll for all parents, to figure out if there will be uniforms in our school next year. In the Elementary schools in our town they have school uniforms, and about every other school. I don't want to look like everyone else. We should be able to express ourselves in however we feel free to do so. I hope there are not school uniforms. What do you think? - Jonathan 71B media type="file" key="BSosaJFlorida 2.m4a"

//Theme Parks// Hi, my name is Melissa. I know that in Florida there is a famous theme park called Disney World. Have you ever been to Disney World? How many times? Did you enjoy it? Are they other theme parks around your city? Over here in New Jersey we can go to different theme parks. The most popular are Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, Kingsburg, Seaside heights and Wildwood but they are nothing like Disney World. Do you like to go to theme parks? - Melissa C 71B

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//Tourism// I read that Tourism plays a primary role in the state's economy; in 1996 visitors to Florida spent over $48 billion! Also I heard that Walt Disney World, a massive cluster of theme parks near Orlando that is one of the world’s leading tourist attractions. Have you ever been to Walt Disney world? Do you know anybody that works there? Would you like to go there? I haven't gone to Walt Disney but i will like to. Here in Perth Amboy, I go to the park in the summer every weekend. - JodeniD 7-1B

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//State Flag and Seal// What meaning does your state flag has? Does the color represent something? Well, I just found some interesting facts about your flag. In New Jersey the state flag has a meaning. For example, the color in the background means the state coat of arms. The shield has three plow with a horse head above. The reason it has three plow with a horse head above is because in New Jersey some people in New Jersey like to ride horses. The ribbon that our flag has stands for “Liberty and Prosperity." I read that in Florida the state flag represent something. For example, the state flag represent the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers, and lake. The Florida seal stands for sun, a cabbage palmetto tree, a steamboat sailing and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers. -- Selenny 7-1 B media type="file" key="BSelenny N Florida.m4a"

//Colleges// In my state we have great colleges, but the most famous college is Rutgers University. Everybody in my school wants to go to Rutgers. Even my teacher went to Rutgers. Do you have a famous college in your state? What college do you want to go to when you grow up? - Stephanie 71-B media type="file" key="Bstephaniesflorida 2.m4a"

//Everglade National Park// I saw many exciting things on the internet about Everglade National Park. Did you ever visit the park, and how was it? Did you enjoy seeing animals you have never seen before? Did you enjoy your visit to Everglade Park and give me some reasons why. I never been to a wilderness park in New Jersey but I would love to - we live in a big city. I would love to visit Everglade Park if I had a chance to.

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//Longest River// I did some research on Florida’s longest river and it said that the longest river is st johns. I think that this river is kind of long. I would like to know if any of you have been to that river before? If so does it look big or is it just a normal river like most of them? Also if you haven’t been to that kind of river what other kind of rivers do you go to? - Joselyn 71A

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//School Projects// HEY FLORIDA STUDENTS! Just wondering, how many projects did you have so far this year, on the laptops? Were they difficult, or were they an easy grade? Do you like all your projects or are they just facts and boring lessons? Is your teacher tough on you? We have a lot of projects especially in Language Arts and Social Studies. Both the classes are very hard to pass, but so far I’m doing great! Which class do you think give out more projects? Are they mostly group projects or independent? Do you have fun with it? We have a lot of fun projects. Just recently we had a project in Language Arts and Social Studies! The one from Language Arts was about open-ended questions. We had to write a 3-4 paragraph story. Then write OEQ’s. Then answer them properly. It was a fun AND educational project. The one from Social Studies was about World religions. We had partners! My partners name was Jonathan. Anyway, we had to search information on Judaism. It was very interesting. I found out so many new and interesting things. I would like to know more about your classes and your projects. - Itxelle 71C

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//The Seminoles// I learned something really interesting from a website. The thing that I learned was that in the 1700's people called the Seminoles cam to your state. This tribe called themselves “unconquered people”. They say this because another tribe has never conquered them. I wonder if you have very heard about this tribe at all? Did you know that the Florida Indians collectively became known as Seminoles? This meant “wild people” or “runaway”. What do you think of the Seminole coming to your state? Do you think that it is weird that the name of this tribe means “wild people”? If you knew so much about this tribe what would you tell a person who doesn’t know about this tribe? Here in my state there isn’t any Indian tribe that I know about. - Joselyn 71C

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//Cyclones// I’ve read that Florida has about 473 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of Florida. Have you ever encountered one or even seen one? How was it? Was there a lot of wind and dirt flying around? And if you didn’t, what would you try and do to help people who have?

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