Cubans make do with what they have and get quite inventive By El Nuevo Herald, adapted by Newsela staff
Cuban Raul Hernandez speaks to reporters about what he considers the smallest cows in the world. Standing a maximum of 60 to 70 centimeters tall, about 2 feet, the 11 cows bred by Hernandez can be kept in a small area, feed on simple grasses and weeds, and can provide enough milk for the average Cuban family. Photo: AP Photo/Jose Goitia
Blog Post Assignment:
Why must Cubans "make do" with what they have?
Describe and explain the benefits of two Cuban inventions listed in the article. You must support your answer with evidence from the text.
the cuban have to build because they are famous and people want their inventions for money. The benifits of the cuban's inventions are that you can use less metal on the shower head. Also you can use their invention of the TV antiana which uses less radition.
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Andrew IV
5/2/2014 03:27:20 am
the cuban have to build because they are famous and people want their inventions for money. The benifits of the cuban's inventions are that you can use less metal on the shower head. Also you can use their invention of the TV antiana which uses less radition
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HDANIELMOTA V
5/2/2014 03:24:54 am
The amiricans punishesed the Cubans because they couldn't get supplies from the amiricans.
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Jhon >:(
5/2/2014 03:25:25 am
Cubans have to "make do" because in the 1960s the united states stopped importing goods to Cuba and the former USSR stopped giving 6 billion dollars a year which caused cubas economy to drop 35 percent. the two inventions in cuba are helpful because they are good and affordable chocices that are good in a communist contry led by a dictator.
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ANDREW YASTANGACAL
5/2/2014 03:25:40 am
Cuba couldn't buy goods from the U.S. It wasn't allowed to buy everything from building materials to car parts. So Cubans learned to make do. The benifits of the invention are that the shower head wasites less metal.
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Yamilex.M ^_^
5/2/2014 03:27:00 am
they must because they are poor and do not have anything. they also have to make inventions. most of them have failed. they poke a hole in a water to take shower. they roast hot dogs and hambergers on a metal chair. witch they use solar energy. cuba couldn't buy goods from the US it was not allowed so they would have to learn how to make do by them selfs . so yeah....................... they use raw eggs to cover up leaks.
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DANA
5/2/2014 03:27:09 am
Cuban people have to "Make do" because U.S people are so mean they don't let them borrow some items like items too rebuild their city. Also Some examples are the women their use colored chalk as makeup . Also for hot water they put electricity in a can with water.
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George A
5/2/2014 03:27:14 am
The government stopped U.S companies from doing business with Cuba.
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Alyssa Savianeso
5/2/2014 03:27:28 am
The government stopped U.S compains from doing buniess with cuba.
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K.J.W
5/2/2014 03:27:35 am
Cuban "make do"with what they have because shower head is from a plastic bottles with holes.For example,eye liner use a shoeshine paste.
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Amy J.
5/2/2014 03:28:50 am
Cuban make do because Cubans couldn't goods from U.S. It wasn't allowed to buy everything from building material to car parts.The benefits and envantions because there eyeliner was shoeline paste and makeup was colered classroom chalck.They were really pore.
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Esther *-*
5/2/2014 03:29:00 am
Cubans must make do because they are not allowed to buy goods from America and because they are punished. They use raw eggs to plug leaks and stop oil drips. They roast hot dogs and hamburgers on metal chairs. <3
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Juliana G.
5/2/2014 03:29:23 am
The Cubans have to make do because cuba couldn't buy goods from U.S. The Cubans make their own they poke holes in the bottom of a water bottle.
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Alisa P
5/2/2014 03:29:36 am
Cubans must ``make do`` what with they have because some people don't have the money to afford everything. For shower caps they use a used bottle and cut small holes. Women use chalk for face powder.
One of the inventions are eyeliner: shoe line paste.
T.V antenna: metal cafeteria trays.
People in cuba don't have very much thus they use what they have and turn it into something special.
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Sadie K
5/2/2014 03:30:23 am
Cubans make do what they have because USA people still want them work. And if they don't do any work they punish the people also. One is makeup and shower head too. The makeup is for colored classroom chalk . The shower head stands for a plastic bottle with holes.
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Eliam Lee
5/2/2014 03:30:50 am
The Cubans were in the early days so the Cubans have to use what we don't have right now. Shower head: a plastic bottle with holes. Eye liner: shoeshine paste. TV antenna: metal cafeteria trays. Cooking griddle: iron turned upside down. Makeup: colored classroom chalk. They made a 55-gallon metal container became a pizza oven. Cuban s even figured out how to recharge batteries that are not chargeable. They made a best inventions with their own brains. Other inventions were very smart.
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Dren Sapunxhiu
5/2/2014 03:32:38 am
Cubans improvise everyday things because the Soviet Union doesn't give money anymore. Imports (products from foreign countries) were less likely to be shipped.
One substituting invention was the iron griddle. It uses hot water emitted by the iron to cook food. Another reinvention is colored chalk-makeup. Shredded classroom colored chalk is used as pigment for the makeup.
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Victor Su@rez
5/2/2014 03:32:49 am
Cubans r using ' make do' what they have because Cubans couldn't buy any good in U.S. The two invention is a plastic bottles with holes and shoe shine paste.
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Brandon Atiencia -_-
5/2/2014 03:33:22 am
Cubans learned to make iventions from what they have like they poke holes in the bottom of water bottles to take a shower and also they use solar energy to roast hot dogs and hamburgers also they use raw eggs to plug leaks but since the early 1960s Cubans have been in Spanish it means making do in 1958