I can....... LIE?

Question: Why was Jonas so surprised about lying?

How do you know if someone is lying to you? Well usually there are some sign's, like maybe they chuckle or maybe the just smile, do they play with something. There are many ways to find out in our world but theirs it is much different.

When Jonas was told by the Giver that he was able to lie he kind of, freaked out. Jonas got quite scared with over a billion things going through his mind, with being the receiver of memory and everything. But there were two examples that came very clearly.

Number one is Jonas was wondering if he were to lie if it would affect his friendship with Asher or Fiona or anyone. Or even if it were to affect his family. Would he lie to his family unit, his parents or even lily. Has he done this but he does not know it. But what my realization was that you would not be able to lie because then that would break their system, their utopia system. If you were to lie and the person were to find out then you would have an enemy, but everyone has to be nice to each other. So what would that make the liar, a liar, a untrustworthy person, a enemy, a RULE-BREAKER. You can't break rules there it is even against the rules.

Number two is nearly the same but it is about if he can trust others. How does Jonas know that everyone is being completely honest with him. What if they got the direction to lie? What if they all ready lie? How does he know. Well he doesn't, and others don't necessarily know if he is lying either. But obviously some time in your life you have to lie, but do they? There are a lot of questions.

Should Your future be decided?

1. Would you want your future to be decided by others ? Why or Why not? We your future should not be decided because of many reasons. Number one is that when your future is decided you have no freedom. You are not allowed to go out and just try new things. Say you get the job to be a doctor, you don't have the freedom to expand your reputation by becoming a surgeon. When you have no freedom you cant try the best you can if all you can do is your worst. I believe that people all should have some control so that they don't vandalize or anything but people should also have some freedom. Number two is that you should have a choice. Usually most people including adults and children, when they don't like what they are doing they tend to do a worse job. So what if you got the job of working in the house of the old, and you hated that job, that was the last one you would want. You are stuck with that job for the rest of your life until you are old. And I know that the Elders pay very close attention to you so that they know what you should be, but what if you change as you get older. Of course everybody changes but what if you change attitude and your body shape, then you might not want that job. That is why we should have choice so that when they work they do good and they have fun.

Hatshepsut

Pharaoh Blogpost

1. Why do you think Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs created monuments?

I think they created them so people will remember what they did. Also for people to remember who they are if they did something great or something so bad.

2. What monuments in our society are similar? (be sure to provide explanations and graphics).

Well one is the Lincoln Memorial near the smithsonian museum. The Lincoln Memorial is in honor of Abe Lincoln. Honest Abe. They built it after he died.

3. How did the using google docs as the main portal for collaboration help you with this assignment?

Well one way is that when we both had an idea we did not need a thumb drive or to wait till school started we could do it straight on the doc. Also at the same time we could chat to each other to give our ideas.

4. What did you learn from this assignment?

I learned a lot about Hatshepsut and her everyday life of being a Pharaoh, how it was being the first female Pharaoh and all that information. Also we learned about other Pharaoh's and how they can relate to Hatshepsut.

5. What was challenging?

The most and only challenging thing for us was the uploading and the inserting. We used so much Multi-Media that it was difficult to upload it all on.

6. Which schoolwide learning results were evident in this assignment?

The Ride of My Life

My foot jammed underneath the foot brake - this was a manual ATV.  My heart races as I speed down the biggest slope on the whole mountain backwards.  I cannot move.  The ATV was hitting rocks that caused the handlebars to move side to side.  My friend, hollering my name behind me as I am about to bash into him.  Suddenly I hit a rock I turned to the other direction.  I continued to go down passed him the edge of the cliff is just behind me.  I get my foot to the break but I hit another rock and the ATV goes berserk it changes direction completely but I missed the cliff.  My heart slows down knowing that I am not going to die on this cliff but I do not know what awaits behind me.  My helmet slips round I am blinded and beginning to suffocate.  I near the end of the hill.  The instructors followed after me.  My friend jumps off his ATV and runs towards me and I keep thinking in my head "this is it".  There is a copse of trees behind me as I look over my shoulder.  The biggest tree lay ahead.  "BOOM".  I tumble off and hit multiple trees I am covered in dirt.  I close my eyes and think to myself "I am a survivor". 

I Resolute This Statment....

This year of 2011 I have two major resolutions. One is to get more organized, not only in school but also in my home in my work places or in my bedroom. The second is to learn Malay, to communicate with others.

The word "ORGANIZATION" used to mean nothing to me until today. Today is the day that I will begin to create a start for my new years resolution. In organization area there are a few things I need to work on. One, is in class I need to bring all my supplies in like a pencil various amounts. Several pens, at least one eraser, whiteout and some other supplies. Also in school I need to concentrate in class so that information is not everywhere. Also I need to concentrate so that I will do better in my work. My homework does not get done in time sometimes, I believe it is because I do not listen in class for the information. Or perhaps I just don't get stuck into it. I always loose things around my house, like binders,  homework, water bottles.... I need to learn to keep things in place.

Organization, not only at school but also at home. My work space where I do my homework is just a pile of junk sometimes. Other times it is clean, but when it is clean I can't find anything so I need to figure out a way to have my junk but to the side where I can still find everything but I have a clean work space. In my bedroom sometimes I think it is a bomb shelter. Everything is everywhere. It gets cleaned every other day but it doesn't stay that way for long. I have my clothes everywhere. There are toys on the floor, bed sheets everywhere. I think I need to find a way to organize my toys into boxes and learn to put them away. Make my own bed every morning. This Resolution has been the same for two years now. I have never gotten round to sticking to it.

The second is to learn Malay. Everywhere I go people try to talk to me in Malay and people keep saying learn Malay. I am living in Malaysia I need to learn Malay some places I go the teach me a bit and I still remember what they taught me. Another thing is sign's they are all in Malay. Directions are in Malay. I think Malay would be a good language to learn but I am just afraid if it will interfere with my Spanish or my after school activity. (If I do Malay for and after school activity). My mom may home school me because she speaks some Malay.

These are my new year resolutions that I will stick to.

000OOOooo O OMG

I am profile O that is an easy way to say it.  In other words my dominant side of the brain is

the right side, my dominant eye is the left, my dominant ear is the right, my dominant hand is the left

and my dominant leg is also the left.  The right side of my brain is the gestalt hemisphere.  This means that I like my knowledge to be passed to me all at once and in the format of a story or to be told directly to me. Mr. Whiting came to our class and told us all this information. Information on how to tell what our dominant side is. We spent that class trying to find our dominant areas.  In these few paragraphs I am going to tell you about how I learn best,what I need to do and the strategies that would help me in my learning and what I want my teachers to know about me.

 I feel I learn best when I have an idea of the "BIG" picture before I begin to complete my task. I like my information to be given to me by the start of a story or to be told to me in person.  I also learn best through using movement that means I learn well on white boards.  I am a visual learner.  When reading a book or writing a story I like to put myself into the position of the character so I can feel the emotions that the character would feel.  As I am a visual/kinesthetic learner I must physically do what is being learned.  As I learn I need to move especially my hands to process new learning.  I am emotionally and physically expressive at the moment one hand is typing for me and the other is playing with a yo-yo.  When I am relaxed I may preferentially listen for the details I prefer not to follow step by step visual instructions.  I tend to start imagining the end result of the movie or book and instinctively get it correct sometimes.  If everything is going well and there are not problems my learning is easy going but when I bump into a problem it seems my whole brain seems to shut down and my mind goes blank and if I am touching something I then start to imagine about it thus it could create a distraction during my learning.

I may have difficulty writing because my eye and my hand is not working together because my brain works faster than my head and I tend to forget things while writing that is why it helps to have a visual on the whiteboard or a piece of paper that I can copy from.  My left eye scans from right to left sometimes I get difficulty reading or writing languages that is why I did not last long while learning Mandarin in my old school.  Usually I appreciate metaphors and examples when associating with problem solving. 

I believe I need to have some sort of item in class to play with while learning for example stress ball, pencil, eraser.  Also it would help me to do lazy eights or drawing while learning.  I need to have visual learning so I can remember thoroughly also when learning I need to have the process planned out on the board not as in a schedule but as in a main idea.  I need to sit at the front of the class need the white board and also at the left side - where Fynnola is sitting.  But it also needs to be a place where I can quietly play with something without disturbing other students. Also because I need to wear glasses I need to sit near the whiteboard that I can see more clearly.  I am short sighted that means that I cannot see in the distance also sometimes with my classes I get a reflection off the white board which gives me trouble seeing so if I was to sit close to the board I would be able to see perfectly.  

One strategy that would help me out is by doodling on my page also I could do lazy 8s for my eye and hand coordination.  Also I need something to play with as I said before that would include a stress ball, pencil or eraser.  Also I could note things down in my planner or on a piece of paper.  When I am under stress and my mind is all blank I can do some of the technics to relieve stress like massaging where the jaw meets also I should listen to music while working.  It says I should have a good balance of art and at the moment I am doing art on my wheel which I believe has relieved some stress.  I need to use input from my own knowledge, other people's knowledge and knowledge I have learned to help me learn.

I would like my teachers to know to put me at the front left hand side of the classroom so it is easy for me to see.  Also I would like them to know to use a dark colour on the whiteboard so I can see more clearly and I would like them to know if suddenly my mind goes blank it means I am under some kind of stress either in the classroom or outside. Also I like my information to be given to me by the start of a story or to be told to me in person. Also I would like them to know that if I have some sort of squishy toy its just because it helps me to concentrate.

This is just some information on ME and who I am as a sixth grader