Climbing blog

The climbing unit we had this year was really fun. We enjoyed a lot and we accomplished a lot of things and we made a lot of goals that we had to work on. As far as I can see my writing log, I am proud of myself. I achieved a lot of things this year which I couldn't do last year. There were some things that I had to work on but as time went by, I completed them all. Some of the things I achieved this year included doing a wall F blindfolded. When I mastered this skill, I tried the chimney blindfolded. I went half way up and got sore limbs. Also another thing that I accomplished this unit included to do four players attached and three of them blindfolded.

There is always to work on even when you are the best. Some of the goals I had this year had to do with me trying to get up a wall blindfolded and i accomplished this one the third day of this unit. Another goal that I had this year was to try doing the overhang. On the last day of this climbing unit, I tried my luck on the climbing unit. I got to the point where we had to turn and hang but I failed and fell. This happened to me several times. On the last time I tried, I got to the same place and I was about to fall when my partner gave me encouragement and pulled me up the rest of the way.

As for the climbing and belaying part, I was really good at all times except for the part when I dropped a person while belaying. My hand slipped on the handle and I got a rope burn. Overall, I think I was very good in terms of climbing and assisting. Belaying was a little challenge but I got it down as we went through.

Even though I had some things that I did not accomplish, I am proud of what I did during this unit. I made some goals and I nearly accomplished all of them. Hence, I will make more goals next year so that I can be a better climber next year and improve my skills.

The non-violence fight...........

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Mahatma Gandhi

There are many ups and downs in life. Some people are free and others are not. Some people have the rights to do some things and some people just do not. There are many people who are brave stand up for their rights and freedom - but some people just fall too short because of the lack of power they have or their race. Such was the story of India. India was under the British rule for nearly 200 years. India's interaction with the Britishers started from the late 16th century. On such a day was born this great man, Mahatma Gandhi, who fought for his rights and the freedom of his country.

The Britishers came to India to influence trade by the command of Queen Elizabeth 1 in the year of 1600. The British nationals came to India to trade spices in the South. When they came to India, they established the East India Company in Calcutta. After a little chit-chat with the Indian rulers, the Brits set up their factories all over Calcutta and India. Later, the Brits took advantage of internal conflicts and soon set-up colonies in India. By the year of 1856, most of India was under the rule of the Britishers.

In the year of 1914, the great Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India to fight for rights and freedom. He had been in politics for several years where he fought for human rights and freedom. Once in South Africa, he was thrown off a bus for not following orders. The rule was that whenever a 'white' man entered a bus, the 'black' man would have to give up his seat for the 'white' man to sit. This act offended Mahatma Gandhi a lot and he started to fight but without violence. Mahatma Gandhi started many movements in India to get the Britishers out of India. He had seen many coincidences of race and rights in South Africa, but none was as harsh as this.

One of the Acts he had started in India was the Non- Cooperation Movement. This movement was launched in the year of 1920. In this movement, the Indians were told not to cooperate with the Britishers. The Indian Citizens stopped following the orders that the British government were giving them. The started doing street demonstrations and protests. They agreed with nothing that the government told them to do. This movement turned out to be a great success as millions of people gathered from all around the country to protest.

Another act that Mahatma Gandhi had started was the Civil Disobedience Movement. This movement was put to place in the year of 1930. The main purpose of this movement was to completely disobey the orders of the British government. During this movement, it was decided that India would celebrate its Independence day on the 26th of January. On 26th January, 1930 meetings were held all over the country and the congress tricolor was hoisted. The government tried to repress its rules but failed and resorted to brutal firing. Thousands of people were killed and many were captured including Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. This movement was revived again.

The last movement that Mahatma Gandhi started was the 'Quit India Movement'. This is known to be the mot important movement for the independence of India. This movement was launched in the year of 1942. The main purpose of this movement was to force the Britishers out of India. Another name of this act was 'mass civil disobedience movement'. The citizens called a 'do or die' call to force out the Britishers. This movement was followed by large-scale destruction and violence. However, all the leaders were arrested, the congress was banned and the army was brought out to suppress the movement.

India got its freedom after all the struggle in the year of 1947. Without Mahatma Gandhi and his followers, the independence of India might not have been possible. We should all thank our ancestors for the great work they have done for us. We should thank them for their courage and their bravery that they had to fight for the independence of India. Do you have your freedom? If you don't, go fight for it!
I found this source inspirational because we have a lot to learnt from it. We never think about how much freedom we have. We just live with what we have. But I believe that we should have the courage to go and fight for it. Mahatma Gandhi also fought for the same thing- FREEDOM!!


Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFaFXgnmF9c
http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/culture_heritage.php?id=7
http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/culture_heritage.php?id=6
http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/culture_heritage.php?id=7
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mahatma_gandhi.html#ixzz1kMrIByw7
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/eme/18/FC123

The Dominant Factor

Everybody has a unique way of learning and studying things. People learn to do stuff best when they are sitting in the right place, listening with their good ear, visualizing things with their dominant eye and when they have a solution to the stress they have at school or at other places. The dominant profile test helps us know all of these things. We get to know if we are 'Logic Hemisphere Dominant' or 'Gestalt Hemisphere Dominant'.

On Wednesday, 14th of December, Mr. Whiting introduced us to the basics of this and made us have the dominant hemisphere test. In the test, I came to know that I was 'Logic Hemisphere Dominant'. If you are 'Logic Hemisphere Dominant', it means that you work very systematically and you are very organized. In this test, my profile was 'BB'. This means that my dominant eye is the right one, my dominant ear is the left one, my dominant hand is the right one and my dominant leg is the left one.

In order for me to gain knowledge the best, I have to sit at the front of the room and at the right side so that I can use my dominant ear the most. If I am under stress, brain-gym activities help me a lot to come out of the stress. The lazy 8s and the cross lateral foot play like cross-crawls are some activities that help me a lot. Another thing that helps me a lot is to visualize something from a whole perspective, and explore ambiguity, emotions and movement.

To improve my learning skills and activities that may help are: I need to practice reading out loud , active listening, Brain Gym Thinking Caps, megaphones, listening to the words of music and playing soccer.

I would want my teachers to know that I am logical learner and I prefer to do things in a systematical order. I would also want them to know that I work best when I listen to some kind of music or tone. I may have some problem with spelling and memory but they are only temporary.

All these things listed above help me to be a better learner and a better student in the class. Every other student has a different manner of improve their learning skills and process things in their brain. Knowing your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand and Foot can improve your learning a lot. If the teachers follow all the things that help me learn, I will definitely improve in class and get better grades.

Buy less and protect the environment

In the video, 'The Story of Stuff', encourages us to realize what we have done to this planet in the past few years. We have wasted nearly all the natural resources we had. We only have one planet, and so we only have a limited amount of resources. The story of stuff tells us where the stuff comes from and where it ends when we throw it away. It tells us what many of the products are made of and what affect they have on the environment. We should fight for people to consume less and own less.

Environment is one of the things we should fight for. All the stuff that is made, comes from the extraction of mountains and trees. People take away water and chop down the trees to manufacture products. They blow up the mountain so that they can use up the metal inside. Because of the use of natural resources, 1/3 of the planet's natural resources are gone. 75% of the global fisheries are fished at or beyond capacity. 40% of the waterways have been undrinkable. Also, the U.S creates more than 30% of the world's waste. There are a limited amount of resources on this planet and we have to protect them by fighting for people to consume less.

What the companies do next is to put the resources into the factory and start creating products with them. They use a lot of toxics to create products. After that, they sell it to the citizens and make the products cheaper so that the citizens can afford to buy it. The companies want the customers to buy a lot of the stuff. So they make things which cannot be reused and are not supposed to last that long. As a matter of fact, the customers throw the products away to buy new stuff. The stuff that has been thrown away gets burnt and all the chemicals are released into the air. This causes pollution, As a matter of fact, the U.S admits to be releasing over 4,000,0000,000 LBS of toxic chemicals each year. We do not want pollution. People should consume less in order to slow down the rate of pollution.

Additionally, it is important to fight against the advertisements the media makes everyday. The media makes well over 3000 advertisements per day to make us want to go shopping and buy new stuff everyday. For example, if you just bought a phone with no camera. You find out that there is new phone with a camera and certain more features. You get interested and go buy the new product and dump away the old one. For this reason, more stuff is made and it results in a lot of pollution. But if you don't buy the new product, it shows that you have not contributed in the process of consumerism.

Technology is changing rapidly everyday. New things are coming out the old things are being trashed and burnt up to form chemicals. People throw away things that are perfect in shape and could be used longer. If we could stop this, we could stop the world from polluting.

As it has been noted, we should stop the people from consuming and owning less for their own good. If this does not stop, more of the natural resources will be extracted and be trashed to make a specific product. Companies may develop another way of manufacturing the products and perhaps it may be a "green way", where less natural resources and people will be wasted. Perhaps it may also use less toxins so that less pollution is created. This information would make people educated, and they will not be influenced by the media. If we consume and own less, we will be able to live longer and make this planet survive a little longer. This source is inspirational because Annie Leonard it helps us learn why consuming and owning less stuff is important for the environment.

Information from:

Google images

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leonard

Hopes and Dreams

John Marsden Poem

The poem, prayer of the 21st century, is a prayer for the future of the Earth and its Mankind. This poem is named the 'Prayer of the 21st century' because it lets us know what the mankind hopes the world to be like. The speaker is trying to influence the readers to make the world a better place to live for the mankind and the children. The speaker wrote this poem because he wants the world to change. He wants the world and its people to have justice, freedom, fairness, human rights, no oppression and Peace.

Peace is important to fight for because is the key to everything positive in this world. To live a happy life we need to have a peaceful world. There should be no war, fear and terror in order to have a peaceful life. In John Marsden's poem he states that;

"May every aircraft land safely,

May every traveller be found,

May sailors in crossing the seas

Not her the cries of the drowned."

With the stanza stated above, we can tell that the speaker is trying to say that we should have a world where there is no fear and terror. There should be no war. Lets live in a world where nobody is scared of anybody and everybody has their own rights to do anything they wish. This stanza relates to a poem called the 'two roads in a yellow wood'. The poem tells us about how we should have the rights to make our own choices and decisions. Our choices depend on many things, it helps us find what we are looking for.

Additionally it is important to fight for Human Rights because everybody in this world has the same rights as the other. A poor person has the same rights as a rich person. In the poem, 'The Prayer of the 21st century', the speaker states:

"May those who live in the shadows

Be seen by those who live in the sun."

The lines stated above mean that the rich people should look down at the poor and see their sorrows. The rich people should not brag about their money and how much power they have. The poor people are the one who live in the shadows which represent sorrows and other things that are not good. The people who live in the sun are those who shine, are dictators and don't have that much sorrows in their life. The speaker wants the rich, the greedy, the oppressors and the cruel to look down at the people in the shadows who are being oppressed and are powerless.

These dreams for a better world without war, without greed, hunger and starvation, without oppressiveness, with peace and freedom is a world worth fighting for. The prayer stated above is just a hope and a dream. My prayer for the 21st century would be to make the hopes and dreams come true and not let them float in the air.

The most important thing.....

In case you hadn't noticed

It has become cool

To not to believe strongly in what you think is right

it is uncool to question

and DECLARE that you need freedom...

People on the street

have heard of the word but don't question it

Have their tongues been chopped down

Have they got nothing to say

Have they forgotten the point

or have disguise the fact

that we've become slaves!!

I exhort you, I challenge you

Have the determination to speak up!

Join me and I will help you make it all better.....

The poem above describes the fact that we should have freedom in the world. We should not be bystanders. We should not just stand at the side and see bad things happen beside you. You have to stand up and make everything right. If you think that one person can't make a change; then perhaps you are wrong because you are the one who can start the change. You can lead it! "Be the change you want to be in the world", as Mahatma Gandhi said, relates to this topic too. Even he started out alone for the freedom of India but eventually the whole of the country came in to join. Everybody wants freedom for their country or their nation even if they lose their life! They will want their freedom in any way, even if it costs their life. I inspires you to fight for what is right; freedom!! :)

India's freedom

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

Mahatma Gandhi

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to do anything. If there was no freedom to make mistakes, what would be the point of freedom. It was a cold winter day; October 2nd, when this great soul was born. Mahatma Gandhi! Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India was the person who guided India safely to freedom from the British control. Because of this great man, India got its freedom in the year of 1947. This man encouraged many others to join him during the war, and he helped people fight for their rights and their freedom.

Freedom is worth fighting for because everybody has the rights to do what ever they want. Can you imagine a place without freedom? There would be fighting everywhere. Everybody would want to fight for their freedom. Nobody wants to be a slave. As Langston Hughes says, "I dream a world where all will know sweet freedoms way". He wants to tell us that everybody should have their own freedom. Everybody on this Earth, no matter what race or color they are, have the same rights as every other person. Every man will share the bounties of the Earth and there will be no greed, as Langston Hughes states in his poem. He says that there will be no unhappiness in this Earth. There will be jot everywhere.

In Hughes poem, he mentions that "peace will adorn its way and no man other man will scorn". Without freedom, there can be no peace. Everybody would be fighting for their freedom. There would be huge war. How is this peace? In order to have peace, every other man should have freedom. Hughes also says that no other man will scorn. He is trying to say that, nobody is worthless. Everybody should have the chance to so something in his/her life. Every man can do something for this Earth. As the saying goes, "Be the change you want to see in the world". This quote means that if one person stands up for their freedom, the whole country will come to their senses. Every man can do something to change this world.

India, in the late 90's had no freedom. Mahatma Gandhi, the great soul of India, started alone to fight for India's freedom. After a while, the whole nation joined him to get freedom. When Mahatma Gandhi wan in South Africa, he was travelling in a bus. The rule was that whenever a white person entered the bus, the black would have to give up his seat. But Mahatma Gandhi refused to do so when this case happened with him. He was thrown out of the bus because of his actions. This is when he started the civil rights movement. He wanted everybody to be equal and fair. He has been arrested a several times for trying to do the right act. He never did any violence. He only fought with his mouth which never said bad to any other living being. Freedom and peace was all he wanted.

Another great soul was Martin Luther King. He had stood up for the black people. He didn't want any difference between the white and the black. He wanted everyone to be equal and fair. Martin was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and Bayard Rustin. He was amazed to see that Mahatma Gandhi did no violence to the the British. Martin Luther king wanted everybody to have equal rights and the same share of the Earth. He stood up for himself, after some time, millions of people joined him in this act. He had made the world a better place to live.

Imagine the people who fought for years and years to make this world a better place to live. Right now, if there had been no act of this civil rights, you would have not been in the situation you would not have as much freedom. You would have strict rules and you would have no rights. You should thank you ancestors for making this world better place just for you!

In this world, everybody longs for their rights to do anything. Every other man wants freedom. If there is freedom, there is peace. Don't you want your freedom?!

What is the "New World"? What do you expect the 'New World' to be like? What do you want it to consist of? What do you think it would look like? What would you want to add to the new world?

In the Story, "The New World" by Patrick Ness, Viola and her family are off to a totally new world. They don't even know if there is a democracy on the planet or not. They don't even know if there are any humans living on the planet or is it deserted. If the planet was to be deserted; what would Viola do? What would she want the world to look like? Would she want the world to be advanced in terms of science and technology or would she want the world to be fairly just and equal? Or would she want the world to be 'feminist driven'? She doesn't know what she will be doing.

If I were in place of Viola and I had the chance of creating a new world; I would make it an equal and just place. I would want the 'new world' to live in peace and with harmony. I wouldn't want the world to fight and create wars between each other. I would want the world to be just as there are many unjust things going around in the world we are living in today! There are many poor people in today's world who are treated unequally and don't get the same respect as others do.

In today's world; nobody has the equal respect. Some of the poor people are looked down to as they are some kind of servant in a Palace. The people with riches and goods don't even bother to talk about the poor people. What I mean is to say is that the poor people in the world are getting no respect at all even if they do the most important things in your life.

All these people do very important things. If they were not to exist; you might have been out there working in the sun trying to figure where to plant the seed and when to cut the crops. You might have not had such a comfortable life as you are having today.

Never look down to anybody who is poor or has a lower race than you do!

Also there are many poor people who are being accused of things that they have not done. Not just the poor people; even people around you. Look around yourself and I am pretty sure that you will see something unjust going on. Sometimes when somebody does wrong and you are scolded for it it is just wrong. It is unjust. It is not fair.

There are many people in the world and I am sure that everybody might want a different type of world. Some may want it to be free or organized and some may want it to be well- educated. This is my point of view and I would want the 'New World' to be just and equal and everybody is not getting the same respect in today's world.

Thank you

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht was a turning point of the 1930's. It was when the people of Germany walked around as the heroes and destroyed all the Jewish shops leaving the shattered glasses behind. It was when the German people walked into Synagogues and burnt them all.

In the 1938's when the Germans captured all the Jews half of them were sent to concentration camps and the remaining half worked for the Germans. The children that remained were taught that the Jewish people were Greedy and they did corrupted things. This is called Propaganda.

In my opinion the things that German people did to the Jews was unfair as the Jews had done nothing but they had to pay for the damage they hadn't even done. They had to pay for the shattered glasses and the houses that the Germans broke.

If I would have been a Jew at the times of Hitler I would have stood up. I would have stood up for peace, for freedom and many other things. Nobody in the world wants somebody of other culture to rule their culture. Even if I could have died I would not be sad but I would have been happy that I died for a good cause- I dies for the protection of the culture. I wouldn't mind to die if my death could stop the fight.

When the people realized their mistake of making Hitler the chancellor it had been too late. Everything was disturbed. The people hadn't really thought of the consequences before making Hitler the chancellor.

The Dominant Factor

Last Friday Mr.Whiting and Mrs Narsiman came in our Humanities class to check which learning profile we were. We needed to see which part of our body was dominent. I'm dominent in my right ear right hand. My eyes, my leg and my brain are all left side dominent. The left side of the brain is the Logic side and the right side of the brain the Gestalt. My profile is CC.


I learn best by focusing on the auditory details. I can actually tolerate some kind of soft music. When the music goes on loud a bit higher I tolerate that but I have difficulty thinking. I like a peace environment while I am doing work or thinking hard on math problems etc. Also if there is loud music I get attracted more towards the music rather than the work I am doing.

I usually like things to neatly ordered and things should be with instructions. For example when I am playing a game I need the instructions before going ahead or otherwise I will stress out and get irritated. I mainly get irritated when there are no instructions. When I have the instructions I feel relieved from the stress and I actually enjoy the hing I am doing.

Also relaxing helps me to concentrate and it helps me to think hard. It also helps me when I am stressed about something and I need to calm down. The things that work are the lazy 8's, three dimensional art and blinking while watching a object. Playing soccer also sometimes helps me to relax.

What I want the teachers to know about is that I am an auditory learner and I listen best when I am seated to the left some rows back so that I can use my right ear to listen. And I like things orderly neat and organized.

Fighting for understanding

 Ebooo Patel. What a brave name for a man. He always tries to correct what he can with the powers he has. He has made many speeches. He is very brave and is trying to correct the things that are wrong.

I was really shocked when I heard him saying, there was a white game going on, a black game and an Asian game. I think he forgot that the people forgot they were all the same, humans.

If you ask me to realate my personal events like this I will say I can't. I can't because I study in an International school and I don;t see this type of things going around in International places.

Hip-Hop Freedom in Burma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kTHvpMb7Y&feature=player_embedded

Thxa Soe is a young boy who does hip-hop im Burma. (Burma's name was changed to Myanmar byt eh gangsters of Burma and Chinese and Koreans call it Burma. It is still called  Myanmar in countrys like the U.S and the U.K.) Thxa Soe is really famous in Burma and is very well known all over the world.

He got interested in the term of hip-hop as a student in the SAE institution. He also had interest in his homeland music and so he combined hip-hop music and his homeland music to make new type of songs. He does this so that the audience can have fun listening to it and they can also understand the problems Burma has and what they need to do to get rid of it.

He has lately released 12 elbums but only 3 were published because of the lyrics, "Hey hey, how are you?" His brother has fled to the U.S as he was scared. Thxa Soe stayed in Burma as he knew that he needed to make Burma better and free of problems.

He says that, "I have too many words, not only me, too many teenagers have too much to say. Because our is very closed country, and the older people have a closed mind, a concentrated mind."

Death and Destruction

The artist Picasso, by this art is trying to show us how the people were wounded and how much they suffered in 1937 during the attack by General Franco. In the attack more than 60% of the town was destroyed and 75% of the people were wounded or dead. As you see in the picture there is a bulb in the top-left- I think this represents the death hovering on peoples head. General Franco didn't even leave the animals live so he even killed the horses and the cows. As you see in the middle-top of the painting there is a hand with a candle. I think it is trying to express hope. There are also many broken many knives and broken swords. In the left side of the painting there is a lady with her dead baby in her hand, looking at the sky where the bombs came from and destroyed the whole of Guernica.

Identities

  VIDEO

Many things shape your identity, even small things. Like in the video by Jesus Colon, as he didn't help the lady with a suitcase and the two children with her. When we see someone in need of help do we offer such help without being asked to do so. It shows that even if you don't  do small things it matters to other people a lot, it also sometimes matters you and you start hating yourself as Jesus Colon had. If you even help people in small things people will think that you are a good person and they will treat as you treated them.

This has also happened to me in life. Once I saw a stranger in help,  with three suitcases and a child. Not knowing her I offered my help to put the suitcases into the taxi and she said yes. I was feeling happy that I had helped a person in need. I f I hadn't helped the woman she would think that I was not such a good boy but as I had helped her she thinks that I am a nice and helping kid. This thing also shapes my identity- if I am good or bad.

John Donne- Poem

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom 
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. 


In this poem John Donne is trying to emphasize that each one of us is a part of the greater whole. No one can live alone without any role of society. Everone's life is so connected with others that it is difficult to imagine the flow of life in isolation. If anyone dies, it affects the whole mankind. Imagining a world without a small peice of land called Europe would throw the wholw world in a situation where mankind would not experience the scientific and technological advancements.

In our personal life also each one of our family members and friends help us in making our life complete and meaningful. 

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Aung San Suu Kyi could be considered a hero in many ways. First of all she is a hero because she wanted to help people who really wanted freedom and that's what real heroes do. She has tried to save her country from the military dictatorship who are oppressing the people.In this way she is showing care and concern for the people as have the others like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. She is very strong in terms bravery . When she was released from house arrest she kept on speaking up for the country as she wanted the invaders to get out of the country and she wanted to free the country.

The most important thing that Aung San Suu Kyi values is freedom and justice. She wants freedom for her country and also for the people who live in the country. She wants justice because she only had 18 months of house arrest but many other people had been imprisoned for 50- 100. They will be spending their whole in the prison whereas Aung San Suu Kyi was lucky and got released

I too have seen small acts of oppression in school. I have seen many people say mean things to other people by the locker but I do not take part in the conservations as I think that the they will get bigger and more serious and they will reach to the principal. That doesn't mean that I don't want justice, I do but I can't help it. Sadly I feel I am not as brave as Aung San Suu Kyi. But she has still inspired many people like me and I now I am much more brave than I was yesterday. If none of them could be inspired all of us would leave ut these kind of matters and there will be no justice in the world, but its hard. That is why I think that Aung San Suu Kyi is a hero as she was brave and spoke for the country's justice.

Video

ThEmE NoTeBoOk

Do You Want Change? 
Eboo Patel is trying to emphasize that we are all one and we are all made by one god, 'Allah'. He is trying to say that we should never harm each other and we should never sit and watch the bad things that are happening instead we should stand up and take action towards the bad things. In the audio he tells that he didn't do anything when his jewish friend was in trouble but after his mistake he has realized that sitting and watching is wrong and you should always take action.


Fatmire Feka
Feka's life is all about forgiveness. She has gone through many disasters. When she was 11 years old her brother, Sami (17) and her sister Sadete (19) were gone missing in the world war 1. For the last ten years she has been searching for them, at least their bodies. She has had a miserable life and now she has stopped searching for her brothers and sisters. She is planning to forgive the people who killed them but she says "Why forgive the people who do bad". Lately in 2002 she has opened a peace club for kids where she gives peace and forgiveness speeches. In the 'Blokes', Hashim, even if he was angry at his friend he forgave him as he had won the competition.


SACHIN TENDULKAR:

 I love cricket!!! I love the voice of the leather ball hitting the wood of the bat. I also love the redness of the ball and smoothness of the wooden bat. I suppose that choosing Sachin Tendulkar  as hero is not surprising for me. I chose him because he is a really famous cricket player to me and many others. Sachin Tendulkar is a hero but not in the world of war but in the world of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has scored many centuries (100 runs) and also won many awards for being the man of the match and also some times for making the Indian team win by a a lot of runs. Now he has about 15,000 runs in his cricket history. I will tell you a story that proves that Sachin Tendulkar is a real hero--->

                                          Once there was a cricket match between the South African team and the Indian team. In that match South Africa had scored 309 runs in 50 overs and after that all of the players were out. Now it was the Indian team's turn to bat and make the 309 runs target. The Indian team batted and scored only 200 runs in 40 overs. While scoring the runs 2 of the Indian batsmen were out because of carelessness. After that came Sachin Tendulkar. He was outstanding on that day and made India win in the 8 overs!!!!
  
                                         As you now see that cricket is also a war but you fight in it with swords, guns, knives etc. instead in the noble game of cricket you fight with a cricket bat and a leather ball. In cricket no one dies whereas in wars nearly 100,000 of people die everyday. As theseus was an hero in war Sachin Tendulkar is an hero in cricket!!!

John Marsden- 4 Letter Story

Last week an author named John Marsden came to our school and told us about writing. He told us how many types of books he has written and he also told us how to write stories. He told us about his experience in writing and what had influenced him to write stories. He told us how to write ghost stories and after that he gave us a chalenge to write a story in which words were no longer that 4 words. This is how my story goes ---->

I was sad as my dog, Jack, had left me alone. At the same time I was also mad at the man who had crushed Jack with his big new car. But now I am not so sad as my mum told me that they were going to give me a new pet. But this one will not be a dog, it will be a cat!!!! I like cats and I promise to take care of it and not let it run off to the road as my dog had done who died.

tHe ImpOrTanT 10.................................

The 10 objects are.............

Laptop, Basket Ball, Basket Ball Medals, Soccer Ball, Swimming Suit, Story Books, Sleeping bag, Badminton Racket, Cricket Bat and some money.

1.) Laptop: I would first of all pick my laptop up from my room because it is important to me and we can also communicate with it many ways. The ways of communicating are by sending messages, by mail, by chatting on Facebook, twitter and any other accounts and the last way of chatting is by Skype. We can also look up for words in the dictionary and tell their meanings. We can also play games on the computer for passing your time.

2.) Basketball: I would surely like to have my basketball because it is my favorite sport and I would also like to have it because by playing more and more I can improve my skills and I can also have fun. In the past few months I joined a basket Ball team where we sometimes out to play with other teams. In the matches I have also sometimes won some medals. The last reason for why I would like to bring my basketball is because I learned this sport right in KL and I like it very much too.

3.) Basket Ball Medals: I would like to bring my Basket Ball medals because they are the memory of me playing basket ball. They also represent how good I am at basket ball and how many matches I have played for my team. I like it because some big people put the medal in my neck. I have many medals. I got one of my medals here in Malaysia.

4.) Soccer Ball: I would like to have my soccer Ball with me because it shows that I am still learning soccer. I got this ball on my 7th birthday. My aunt gave this to me. I haven't really played any games of soccer because I am not really good at it, Last time when I was in Thailand I knew soccer and so I played a lot there but after coming here I forgot how to play and I have to start all over again

5.) Swimming Suit: I would also like to have my swimming Suit because I like swimming. I do not really know how to swim but I still go to the pool to have some fun and enjoy. When I was in Thailand before coming to malaysia, I knew how to swim. A boy in Thailand named Hemant taught me how to swim. Hemant was really good at swimming and he had also won some medals in swimming.

6.) Story Books: I would really love to carry some of the Story Books because it's the thing I do when I am bored. You see reading boos is one of my hobby. I have many favorite books. One of the books that I really like is "All Together". I really like this because I got this on a special occasion. My dad gave me this book. I also like it because it has many stories which are really interesting. I also read till know because it reminds me of the occasion.

7.) Sleeping Bag: I would really like to take my sleeping bag with me because it is really helpful. I would also like to carry it because it reminds of Malaysia week. It reminds of Malaysia week beause my dad bought this sleeping for me when I was going to Malaysia Week. The sleeping that I bought is also very comfortable to sleep.

8.)Cricket Bat: One of the things that I would surely like to take is my cricket bat. I would surely like to take my cricket bat because I love playing cricket. Cricket is also my favorite game. Another reason that I would like to bring my cricket is because it reminds me of my 11th birthday. It reminds me of my 11th birthday because on my birthday my dad asked me what gift I wanted. I asked for nothing, but after that I thought that I had no cricket bats left all of them were broken. So I asked my dad for a cool cricket bat.

9.) Badminton: I would really like to take my badminton racket because I like playing badminton very much. It is also one of my favorite hobbies. I like badminton because I just learned badminton in Kl and it is a really cool sport.

10.) Money: I think that everybody would carry some money in their pockets. Money is very important in life. There is nothing that is not worth any money. So you would definitely want to carry some money if you need it urgently.

The Quote

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
John Wooden 

I chose this quote because because it shows that success is never final. It also shows that you are not the best at anything, you can always continue to grow in a part of the thing. This quote tells us that we can always be better at something. It also tells that it's courage that counts and not the success that does. People see what courage you have put in into the task rather than what you have achieved.

In this picture this person is really looks like a good basketball player. Even if he is a good basketball player he will still try to improve on one of the skills he has in basketball. This shows that you are not the best at anything and you can improve and get better at anything.