My Back to School Project was about how much money I cost per day. We gathered information from our parents and bills and finally we added up all the information. Our class used 180 days for the total number of days to divide. But the most important thing was to use all the operations; addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
First I asked my mom, dad and gathered some information about the costs of several things from the planner and the internet (cost of my laptop). I divided the expenses from the hostel by two because my mom and I stay in one room and there are seperate expenses for each room. My brother's uniform cost was subtracted from the bill. After getting all the expenses I divided the data by 180 (number of days in the school year) and then I added the total. Finally, I rounded the total, so the total value is approximate.
I do buy a lot of useless things and I don't really even use it! I was shocked when I learned that I spent 3,655 Baht per day. I've been going to RIS since 2nd grade, but I've never realized how much I spend on school alone. It's not only the school fees but also stationary, uniform and others! I spent money on watches, glasses, hairbands, bracelets, socks, shoes, and jackets. So I’m going to try and reduce the amount of money that I use per day. Next year I will not buy a uniform. This year’s uniform is big enough for me and it’s not like I’ll have a sudden growth-spurt since I am very short and I have barely gained height since 6th grade. I don’t really need that much stationary since we have enough and I don’t really need to buy it every year. For some reason, I buy a watch every year despite the fact that my watches are usually just fine, so next year, I’m going to use my watch from this year. In this project, I learned that I’m not that good at making good posters. And of course that I can easily gain data if I wanted to.
First I asked my mom, dad and gathered some information about the costs of several things from the planner and the internet (cost of my laptop). I divided the expenses from the hostel by two because my mom and I stay in one room and there are seperate expenses for each room. My brother's uniform cost was subtracted from the bill. After getting all the expenses I divided the data by 180 (number of days in the school year) and then I added the total. Finally, I rounded the total, so the total value is approximate.
I do buy a lot of useless things and I don't really even use it! I was shocked when I learned that I spent 3,655 Baht per day. I've been going to RIS since 2nd grade, but I've never realized how much I spend on school alone. It's not only the school fees but also stationary, uniform and others! I spent money on watches, glasses, hairbands, bracelets, socks, shoes, and jackets. So I’m going to try and reduce the amount of money that I use per day. Next year I will not buy a uniform. This year’s uniform is big enough for me and it’s not like I’ll have a sudden growth-spurt since I am very short and I have barely gained height since 6th grade. I don’t really need that much stationary since we have enough and I don’t really need to buy it every year. For some reason, I buy a watch every year despite the fact that my watches are usually just fine, so next year, I’m going to use my watch from this year. In this project, I learned that I’m not that good at making good posters. And of course that I can easily gain data if I wanted to.
My Mom’s Response:
She thinks that it’s good for me to know about the expenses. Children should know about how much the family adults work to help the kids have a comfortable life. And the kids sometimes get lazy and they don't work hard in High School for a scholarship because they believe that their parents will pay for them. So they don't even try to work hard!
Red: Introduction
Purple: How Data was Collected [what I did]
Purple: How Data was Collected [what I did]
Blue: What I will Do to Reduce Expense Per Day
Green: My Mom’s Response
