Poll Results!

Hello! The poll results are in! The Question was "If you were on an island with nothing, what would you want most?"

A TV, Phone, or Laptop - 0 votes

A shower - 1 vote

 

And the tied winners...

Food - 3 votes

Friends and Family - 3 votes

 

Thanks for voting, and by the way, check out my Easter post below if you haven't already. Thanks for reading!

Easter Photo Shoot and Activities

Hello and Happy Easter to everyone! I wish all of you guys could be here! To start our festivities, on Good Friday my mom came up with the idea to hand out cookies and a little book that explains why we celebrate Easter to everyone in the society. This worked out so well because the people here have given us a sweet treat to celebrate some of their festivals and holidays as well. We made preacher cookies, (oatmeal, PB, chocolate, and butter) since many people here don't eat eggs. Everyone was super excited to get a "present" as they called it. We also dyed about 2 dozen eggs! Thanks to our Grandma for sending dye! On Easter morning we woke up and went downstairs to see what the "Easter Bunny" :) left us. After home church, we went out to lunch for Easter since we didn't have ham! We watched the Jesus Movie and hung out. It was really cool outside so we walked around the society. But before everything else on Easter, we did an Easter 2011 photo shoot! Here are the highlights...

I hope you enjoyed our pics! Feel free to copy them off my blog! More posts later!

Poll

Hello! Thanks to everyone who voted the recent poll about travel. The results are in!

"If you could go to any continent, which would it be?"

North America - 1 vote
South America - 1 vote
Asia - 2 votes
Australia - 3 votes

And the country that would be most vistied by India4Teens readers...

Europe, with 4 votes! Thanks for voting!

Gadgets and Features!

Hey guys! Sorry for not posting for a while. I've been sick the past few days :(. I wanted to let you know about some of the gadgets and features on India4Teens. First of all, the picture and video sections are up and running! I only have one video right now, but I am working on more. Another thing that is new is following India4Teens by email. All you have to do is type in your email address into the box on the sidebar. Every time I put a new post on, you'll get an email telling you. Pretty cool! I have also changed the polls. About every two weeks there will be a new poll. I will post the last poll's results in a blog post right after the new poll is up and running. You can also become a follower of my blog if you have a Gmail account or Google ID. Just click the "Follow" tab that in the Followers gadget. Have a great day!

School, and Motorcyle Sightings

Hello everyone! I realized that there are a lot of day to day things that you guys would love to hear about. One of those things is school. First of all, before we left the US, we took off about 1.5 months of school for Christmas, to pack, and to do a bit of traveling between NC and VA. In India, the kids are in standards not grades. For example, a boy in the US in 1st grade does the same stuff as a boy in India does in 1st standard. But when the teenagers here get to 11th and 12th standard, those are considered "Pre-College". The kids here are normally off during April and May. Since we took 1.5 months off earlier, we are just going to go through June, then pick up in August. That's sorta confusing! :)We homeschool here just like we did in the US. I am in 7th grade. The thing is, homeschooling allows you to work at a faster or slower pace depending on where you are or what you're working on. So you aren't really in a certain grade the whole year, but a level. I like having "private tutors" named Mom and Dad! They are some of the best teachers I've ever had! (Did you hear that Mom and Dad?) My mom asked me the other day if I would ever want to go to one of the schools here. I said that I wasn't sure @ the moment, but maybe later down the road I would love to. My favorite subject is Science, which I have a test in tomorrow. There is another boy in our society that is about my age, and he goes to this Lab near Pune University where twice a week a bunch of kids come and do experiments with people who are scientists for a living! It sounds super cool! My mom is going to try and sign me up. Who would have thought that going to a 3rd world country would give me a great opportunity like that? Certainly not me, LOL! Something I saw a few days ago was super funny! There was a motorcycle with 2 men and 2 goats on it! I herd a "BAAAA" and turned around to my amazement! We have seen 2 men with a desk chair, a family with a mom, a dad, a 8 yr. old, a 4 yr. old, and a baby, 2 men with a 20 foot ladder, and a bunch of other crazy stuff on motorcycles! We have been saying, "I wonder what we are going to see today?" Well, I have to go finish studying. I'll try to put more pics on under the Pics section soon! :)