We thought a greater "Thank You" was in order to Penelope Green at the New York Times news paper for her fantastic story.
Thank you Penelope!
Monday, January 29, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Barons Before Bedtime - New York Times Newspaper Article
We made the New York Times today! Click the link below to see the whole story!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/garden/25kids.html?ex=1327381200&en=046d0b5b3691d22e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Kelsey & Karly
Friday, January 19, 2007
The Interview!
Today was really exciting! Karly and I were interviewed this morning by a reproter from the New York Times! We were on the phone for a really long time, and I enjoyed talking to her. She asked a lot of questions, and then she sceduled a photographer to come and take pictures of us after school. When the photographer came, Karly and I were energized! We sat and took pictures for a really long time......we changed where we were sitting multiple times, and our cheeks were really sore from smiling so much! As she was taking pictures of us we were also telling her about the game and how we got to be involved with the Rich Dad Company. But, I had a fun time, and so did Karly. Do you recieve the New York Times? Try to read Thursday's paper! We might be in there!
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
Friday, January 12, 2007
My Essay continued...
So far, my essay is going really well, I started out with 861 words in it, but after further editing with my teachers and parents, I have wheedled it down to 282 words! It is short, but it has all the information that I need in it. I even have room to add a little extra detail, which I will be doing very soon. I cannot wait to see if I win a place in the contest!
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
Thursday, January 11, 2007
My Essay
Today I was assigned an essay to write for the Grand Canyon State Games festival. There were multiple different prompts, but the one that I chose said that I was to tell about when I used perserverence and hard work to accomplish my personal best. I chose to write about my journey to becoming a Rich Family Ambassador. So far, I have a good idea of what it is going to be about. The only catch is that it has to be from 200-300 words to get a chance to win.
This is a contest against everyone in the state of Arizona, and there are different awards for the best writers! Some of the awards are medals, for example: the Gold, the Silver, and the Bronze.
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
This is a contest against everyone in the state of Arizona, and there are different awards for the best writers! Some of the awards are medals, for example: the Gold, the Silver, and the Bronze.
Kelsey
Your Rich Family Ambassador
Monday, January 08, 2007
Catching Up
It's 2007! We welcomed the New Year with friends and family and stayed up until midnight. We had a great time! In the past few months we have been busy with school and sports activities. One of our New Year resolutions is to update our blog and keep you more informed about what we are doing. Kelsey and I are looking forward to a very fun year.
As I mentioned above, school has been busy but I am learning a lot. In my class we were studying Native Americans and the class decided that we wanted to make drums. In order to make the drums we needed to buy tools and materials. We did not have the money and we already asked parents for donations for other projects. My amazing teacher had an excel-a-brilliant (excellent and brilliant) idea to host an eBay auction. For this auction all the kids in my class would bring items from home or buy items and bring them into the classroom so we could sell them.
One of the things my teacher shared with us was a contest that his family used to have every week to see who could find the best garage sale item for $10 or less and sell it on eBay for the most profit. He shared this story with us to motivate us in our effort to find a good item to sell for the class auction.
A couple days later, on the weekend, my family went to some garage sales to purchase an item. What we found was a St. Louis Cardinals baseball dish/ash tray and a metal, old-time, miniature automobile. I brought my items into class like everyone else and then we started on a series of steps for our auction:
1. We selected our items to sell
2. Researched the item
3. Created an advertisements based upon our research
4. Took pictures of the items
5. Weighed our objects
After most of the class completed these steps, we input our information into TurboLister, which is a program, offered by eBay that helps you easily list your items. After all this was complete, we uploaded our advertisement onto eBay. Now all we had to do was watch our ads on eBay, respond to customer questions truthfully and at the end of the auction, send an invoice to the winning bidder.
Once the auction was over, we waited for the payment from the winning bidders and after the payment was received, we boxed and shipped the items. After the transaction, we left feedback for the customer and the customer in turn left feedback for us regarding how well the transaction was completed.
Our goal for the eBay auction was to net $200 in profit. We blew that goal away and made over $400 in net profit!
Happy New Year!
Karly
Your Rich Family Ambassador
As I mentioned above, school has been busy but I am learning a lot. In my class we were studying Native Americans and the class decided that we wanted to make drums. In order to make the drums we needed to buy tools and materials. We did not have the money and we already asked parents for donations for other projects. My amazing teacher had an excel-a-brilliant (excellent and brilliant) idea to host an eBay auction. For this auction all the kids in my class would bring items from home or buy items and bring them into the classroom so we could sell them.
One of the things my teacher shared with us was a contest that his family used to have every week to see who could find the best garage sale item for $10 or less and sell it on eBay for the most profit. He shared this story with us to motivate us in our effort to find a good item to sell for the class auction.
A couple days later, on the weekend, my family went to some garage sales to purchase an item. What we found was a St. Louis Cardinals baseball dish/ash tray and a metal, old-time, miniature automobile. I brought my items into class like everyone else and then we started on a series of steps for our auction:
1. We selected our items to sell
2. Researched the item
3. Created an advertisements based upon our research
4. Took pictures of the items
5. Weighed our objects
After most of the class completed these steps, we input our information into TurboLister, which is a program, offered by eBay that helps you easily list your items. After all this was complete, we uploaded our advertisement onto eBay. Now all we had to do was watch our ads on eBay, respond to customer questions truthfully and at the end of the auction, send an invoice to the winning bidder.
Once the auction was over, we waited for the payment from the winning bidders and after the payment was received, we boxed and shipped the items. After the transaction, we left feedback for the customer and the customer in turn left feedback for us regarding how well the transaction was completed.
Our goal for the eBay auction was to net $200 in profit. We blew that goal away and made over $400 in net profit!
Happy New Year!
Karly
Your Rich Family Ambassador
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