Jan 22, 2010

English 4, Activity 2 Living on a Tight Budget

After completing your brainstorming, share your paragraph here... remember to include a topic sentence and supportive sentences in your paragraph!

14 comments:

martin rdz said...

In spite of I’m not a foreign; I am living in a tight budget. I have a youngest brother who’s course the high school. And my parents have to give money to both, So I don’t spent money on expensive places or things that don’t need, but; I don’t think that is bad, on the contrary, this has allowed me acquire habits at the time for purchase, for example, I don’t be a hurry, compare prices, etc.I don’t the unique person who live in a tight budget, my friends are students, so they also live in a tight budget, that is no excuse not to have fun. We enjoy going to someone’s home to eat tacos and watch movies. It´s easy to adapt, is a question of a will and good eye for shopping.

I´ll hope that your baby recover´s

Unknown said...

I live in a tight budget like almost all the students, even though I`m not foreign. Obviously I don’t have a lot of expenses, and I admire foreign and housewife jobs (shopping), is not as easy as we think, they actually have to think in EVERYTHING. To survive a tight budget in my opinion we need a combination of organization and a little bit of information. The reasons is that, if you know what you need you don’t spend money on things that are not necessary at the moment, but obviously we have to know where can we buy those things, so we need the information of the place that are not so expensive so we go straight to those places. Like for example if I want to go out with my friends, the first thing that crosses our minds is the place that we are going to go and the money that we need, and we are always looking for a place that don’t needs a lot of money, because we have fun the same as eating in a fancy place as eating in a cheap place.

Unknown said...

Living on a tight budget is a little stressful. If you go to supermarket, you have to compare prices and quality and to buy only you need. You could go to shopping on tuesday to buy the vegetables. You should transport by bus and do not take a taxi. If you go to college is excelent idea to prepare your lunch, do not buy in your college. Finally if you think that your money is not enough, don´t ask the bank for a loan, try to restrict you some things like don´t go out with your friends.

Unknown said...

Living in a tight budget can be a little difficult because you have to be very organized and you should buy only the basic goods, also you have to look for some sales and it take time that sometimes we don’t have, it´s the reason for we have to be very organized and responsable, maybe we can make a schedule for going shopping. Also, you don´t have to buy designer clothes or brand products because you have to save as possible as you can. For example, I always compare prices and brands for seeing which one is the best for me. well, living on a tight budget can´t be easy if you want.

Javier said...

Hi miss I hope everything is okay with your Baby,take care of him and if we can do something for you tell us.

of course I have a tight budget i mean i am a student and i dont like to use the money of my parents i like to earn my own money so living on a tight budget is hard if you dont know how can save money or buy cheaper goods in the diferrent markets, i mean to compare prices, but also you need time to compare, or to move on in the markets like wall-mart to Soriana so you need to be too fast, another advice is that you can use coupons to have discounts, you can also consider visiting your friends to eat and remember you use the clothes viceversa i mean is the hanger not the clothes (to save money use normal clothes not prestigious brands, and remember you are a student, dont buy expensive outfits.

Luis V said...

Staying in a big city is not so hard, but it has its little difficulties. You can look for the public bus routes for a good orientation. Also you can go to clubs or social centers to make friends and have someone who can help you in the new place you reside, but don't go to places of disreputable or unknown for you, don't expose yourself to dangers or insecure situations, furthermore, don't talk with strangers in that kind of places. Try to memorize the most important streets and avenues (you don't wanna get lost in the city). If the main languaje of the city is different that yours, you have to learn it! Maybe you have to learn the mainstream laws or local rules of the city too... and may the force be with you!

Noemi said...

Living on a tight budget may be a little complicated, one reason is that you need to save as much as possible. A way could be buy things that you really need, for example, you can’t buy designer clothes, brand name outfits, or buy the first thing you see, you have to look for the cheaper things, check the sales and take advantage of it, compare prices in different supermarkets, so take your time. In my personal experience, when I go out, I don’t like to make spend a lot to my family, so, I look for places that don’t need a lot of money.

raymundo said...

Living on a tight budget is too hard for a student. Well, I think that because you can’t spend a lot money in things that you don’t need, you need to do a list of thing that you really need for the month or week, I don’t know and if you need to buy something you need save some money and that limits you because you need to sped less and you have a tighter budget that the first one. I don’t know how you think but living on tight budget is too hard.

Unknown said...

Living on a tight budget requieres being very organized. In my opinion the best way to organize the money is to make a list of essential goods and to search the best prices for these goods. In my case to live on a tight budget has allowed me to learn to take care of money; for example I separate the money that I use in the bus and at school, and always I bring my lunch. Thus, I have survived with little money.

JUDITH said...

Some time having a live tight budget is very stressful, but if you should check this point when you go to shopping. Maybe you have a best option. The first step is going to store at Thursday or Tuesday and listen public announcements of offers in the radio. Second you visit the supermarket whit a discount in the goods. Finally you might get a best price if you use a coupon.

Mike Mike said...

living on a tight budget in a way of life for me. however is not something I worry so much. it`s necessary to order the expenditures in order of importance and discarding what does not need. it`s also very important to save. for example when I like something I keep my money until completion, this helped me to buy many things that at first seemed difficult to possess.
It`s also important to compare prices and as a good economist seeking substitutes

alan guillen said...

if i live on a tight budget....I have in my purse 4 envelopes separated out for my expenses over the month,my 4categories are food, bills,Pet(if u have one) and spending yours might be different... for this "problem" i try the next plan..

1.Look at your grocery shopping and assess if you are wasting money
2.-In the bathroom, for example, turn the temperature down on the water heater just a jot
3.-Cook plenty of Pasta and Rice dishes to add variety and taste on the cheap
4.-Never simply throw something away without considering if it has another use or still some wear in it
5.-Consider a part time job(in facec this is imposible if u want to pass all the classes)

6.-Cut down on expensive mobile or cell phones and mobile phone calls

and finally for me the most important thing...

If u drink or smoke...now is the perfect time to stop this expensive "habit" and give your health a boost and save much money!

Efren Escobedo said...

living on a tight budget can be very hard for the students, if u lived in this situation and u are student u nedd to sacrifice a little of u social life...u can't go to the barrio antiguo all's weekends and maybe u nedd to find a weekend job to live a little be

Another option is sitting with ur rommies to make a plan for the week or the month to pay bills,to buy food etc...

A bad option is have a pet,or cable tv...this things increases yours bills and if u study in school like facec u dont have much time to watch tv or play and care of ur pet.

Unknown said...

I'm living on a tight budget because i depend of my parents and i think is kind of difficult because of my age I mean I'm an adolescent so I need to go out with my friends, sometimes I wanted expensive clothes and for these things I need money that my parents can't give it to me. For this reason, the money that my parents give to me, i try to save the most in order to buy things that i really desire.
i thinks its funny how i save the money because i do things such as looking for cupons or buying things in special days but i don't care because my objective is to save money in purpose to obtain more things taht my parents give to me