Malaysia Week Post

                          

                  This Malaysia Week I  went to Pulau Lang Tengah. This site was THE BEST because it was the funnest  trip I have ever been on in my life! We went Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Hiking,  and so much more! I chose the Discovery Dive because I thought it would be an amazing experience. I LOVED IT! It was the coolest thing ever!

                My favorite thing that we did was Jumping off Everything!! We would come across some big rocks next to the ocean and then randomly just go and jump off them! We jumped off Jetties, Rocks, Tops of boats, and Pretty much everything else!!!!  I never knew I could be that brave! I really surprised myself this Malaysia Week with how brave and ready for anything I was.


          I learned a lot this Malaysia Week about how important it was to save the environment and all the creatures living in it. When we were Scuba Diving we saw lots of garbage and trash that should not be there. It was really sad for me to see those types of things because I really care about the environment and I hate to see it messed up like that. I feel really bad for the animals and bugs that live there though because like would you like your home to be filled with trash that isn't even your own trash?





            Diving for me, was the best most exciting thing that we did to me. I didn't know that its almost like a whole different world under the sea! Before we went diving we went and learned about all the sign language signs underwater and how to use your skills under the water. I think I really understood the sign s and how to do the skills so the whole "Discovery Dive" thing was pretty easy to understand. Unfortunately, that didn't make it any easier to actually dive. :)


                                 Overall, I would say that my first Malaysia Week experience....SUCCESS!! :D

Final Utopian Blogpost

Dear Asher,

                    I have decided to leave the society my friend. I am sorry I did not get to tell you this in person but I wanted to leave right away. The reason why I have chosen to leave is because I don't feel very free in this society. In my life I don't need any restrictions in my way of living. Although, I have learned many things about myself during my time here. I have learned that here in this society lots of people don't realize that there are much better ways of living in the world, and I think that it's just sad that I am the only one who knows about this kind of stuff. Another thing that I have learned about myself is that I am special in a way because when I look at things like the apple or the crowd I see so much more than what other people see and I believe that is special.


                    Now I understand that this path of life that I am taking is risky and not normal at all in this kind of society but I feel like it is the right path for me. The choice that have made is the best for me because if I were to stay here and be cooped up that an animal in a cage I would go crazy you know what I mean pal? Just to let you know I will not change my mind anytime soon so don't even try. Plus, when you read this letter I will be gone already. I apoligise for telling you this on such short notice but Asher you have got to understand that this go could be the best for both of  us. I mean you can find a new friend to hangout with that will be in the same social class with you. Then I will be free to live any life I want. So I guess this is goodbye. I miss you ol' buddy ol' pal.
Goodbye,

Signed,
            Jonas

Utopian Blog post #2

Question: Why is it so difficult to disagree with a chanting audience?


Answer:

               I think it's so hard to disagree with a chanting audience because when your trying to talk over them and tell them that you disagree they just don't stop and listen to you, they keep chanting. Like when I am in a crowd and the crowd starts chanting I feel so powerful. Like I have the power to change that persons mind. When Jonas was chosen to be The Receiver of Memory the crowd started chanting "JONAS, JONAS, JONAS!" I can't even imagine how hard it would be to disagree with an audience like that. When you are the one being chanted at you pretty much can't even speak all tat comes out of your mouth is stutters because no matter how hard you try most of the times you are chanted at end up with the crowd winning the battle and you going with a decision that you don't want to do.


         

1st Giver Lit circle Question.

Question 1:
Would you want your future to be decided by others? Why or why not?

Answer:

I would hate having my furture decided by others because they dont know what I want to do with my life or how I want to do it. For example if when I grow up I wanted to be an actress but you forced me to be a farmer. I would be miserable! Being forced to do something you dont want to do just doesn't make sense to me. Like in Jonas's society you are chosen fo a job and even if you didn't want to do that job you would have to. I think that Jonas actually relates to me in some ways, he is very curious just like me and he loves to find the answers to questions he has. Some people think that future should be decided by others so that they can make sure that they go on the right paths in their life but I think that they have to be wiser then the other so that both of them dont scew up their lifes. So in othe words having my future decided by anothr person would not be the best thing for me.

-Emma Lily Brockerville

My group's answer

This is what my group thought:

Here is our document:
https://docs.google.com/a/iskl.edu.my/document/d/1QNVjryXJzQYHnmkTySwGA8XlOEIPn_LZSdwtz90gcB4/edit

Ancient Egyptian I-movie

                I learned from this project that working with three people is a lot better than working alone because you can assign jobs to all the people in the group so you are then all working together. Also, you don't have all the stress of when it is due because you have other people to fall back on for help.

               One of the challenges my group had to overcome was timing. My group was my two best friends so in some cases thats good but in others bad. I'm not saying I didn't like my group I just wish we could have worked a little more efficiently. All of us could have done better including me but I do think this is a good I-movie. One more challenge that we had to face was trying to decide who is saying what but we did overcome that challenge by making everyone have a about even number of lines.

                   

                         During this project I learned that I have the attention span of a peanut. Not to bring my mood down or anything but I have some trouble paying attention to research paragraphs. There is just something about them that make me want to do something else. Another thing I learned about my self is that I do better work with a group than by myself.

City Connections Refletion

                                      

                                My class and I all had to do a slideshow presentation on one of the cities that we have lived in. I did mine about my home province, Newfoundland and Labrador. One of the things I think I did well on is the Organization of my slides. I think that I matched the pictures with the text very well. Although, I think I could have worked a little bit more on my information and did a bit more research on the topics. I learned that since I am new to this school, I have the advantage to see other peoples work and say " Oh, I should do that next time" or " That's a great idea!" My overall analysis of this project is that it was very fun and cool to see where other people have lived. I really liked being able to hear the history of other places in the world!

-Emma Brockerville