Garry_Harry

Welcome to St Mary's Campus, Semester 2 2011.During your time @ St Mary's you will have a range of tasks to complete as part of the Wikispaces assessment task.In order to make things happen!! I ask that each individual 9 BROWN class member create their own page in the 'SMC Reflections page' and put your name to it.When you have created this page can you please copy and paste the following questions on to your page.We will discuss this further in terms of expectations etc during class. I will also issue you a Wiki rubric that will further outline the expectations. Please note the following Reflections and Discussion Posts need to be completed by FRIDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER. We will continue to use the Wiki beyond this date as a communication tool. Regards Ms Kays **Reflections** Each student will build their own page for the purposes of Reflection. This is because when two students are using the same page at the same time the page will not save properly. Each week for 10 weeks you will need to write a reflection about your experiences and opinions about the topic. Each reflection is expected to at least 200 words in length.The topic or questions you are asked to reflect on are listed below. Copy these questions to your individual reflection page. Thank you.

**Week 1** What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

The best piece of information which I received was frommy tennis coach Mat when I was about fourteen years old. I was in the middle ofa tennis lesson but became so frustrated with the way I was becoming distractedand not concentrating on playing that I came off of the court to have a drinkand then began to think about what I was doing. I had kept paying attention tothe comments my Dad made about my hitting that it was affecting the way inwhich I was playing. I thought to myself you know you can play but why aren’tyou? As this question was running through my mind my tennis coach approached meand said “Jaimee what is happening tonight, are you physically not up totraining?” I did not reply to him I simply just glanced at my Dad and Mat sawme doing this. Mat then turned to me and said “focus on you and what you are capableof. You know what you are able to do, you know your great at tennis, believe inyourself, don’t worry about pressure that your Dad is putting on you. He thensaid that all I had to focus on was what he was saying and to never forget it,as long as I concentrated and played my best within training he was happy andthen so should I.”

The simple words which my coach Mat had said to me mademe so confident in myself, made me relaxed and helped me to pursue excellently withinthe rest of the tennis lesson. However I am still continuing to use this pieceof information in which I was provided still within my life today. This is as Isaw these words as extremely inspirational and found them to be the best pieceof information I have received. I now know that I am capable of anything inwhich I have a go at, all I have to do is try my best and no matter the resultI can be happy with myself.

**Week 2** What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?

If I was to throw a piece of trash on the ground it would have quite a minor impact with on the world, consequences of my actions would not be very great. However if everyone was to throw a piece of trash on the ground it would have quite a large and negative impact with on the world. Consequences of these peoples actions could include: death to different species of animals, this could then lead to extinction of species, habitat loss, a loss of nutrition for animals due to the trash affecting their source of food and more.

Although I believe that the negative consequences listed are able to be prevented from occurring by starting at the cause of the problem, by talking to the first person who decided to throw their piece of rubbish on the ground. This is as many people will complete actions in which they see others complete, following them and coping the same thing in which they do. If the first person in which littered was educated about the consequences their actions could have they will pass on the information in which they were provided, the information then travelling on and the litter then coming to an end for a vast population. I think it is very important that everyone is aware of the negative impacts in which people can have on the world if they were to litter.

**Week 3** What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why?What do you think courage means?What do you think makes a good friend?

I believe courage is having the confidence to complete something in which could have a negative ending but you go through with the action anyway because you believe it is for the best. I think courage is aspect in which makes a good friend because if a friend has courage they will not chicken out to tell their friend something just because they are scared of their response, thus creating trust within the relationship. Courage is an aspect in which can open up to many other aspects of what makes a good friend. Courage is an aspect of friendship in which I value so if I was to witness my friend cheating, such as with on a test I would use my courage to talk to them about exactly what I saw and provide them with my opinion on their actions. I would put all my nerves aside and get the courage that I would need to give my friend my opinion, no matter what the outcome could be, as I know what they have done is wrong and I need to try and set them on the right path as I feel it’s my duty as a friend. If I truly cared for them I would want the best for them, by talking to them about the situation I am leading them to the right path in which is the best for them, all they have to do is take the first step.

**Week 4** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What is your most indispensable possession and why?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">My most indispensable possession is the seven rings of luck necklace in which I own. Each ring with on the necklace is a representation of something in which can bring me luck within my life. The seven rings each represent: good health, love, wealth, happiness, good friends, peace and long life. I always wear this necklace as I believe it keeps me safe from the harmful things in which is in the world but also as it makes me lucky in many other areas of my life. One representation in particular which I find is always occurring within my life is love.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Love is a representation in which occurs in my life daily due to my boyfriend, the person in which purchased this necklace for me. Each time that I wear the necklace I remain lucky, still having the same amazing guy within my life, still having someone to love and still having someone in which loves me. The seven rings of luck necklace is the most important possession in which I own and always will be, I will cherish and care for it forever. The luck in which it brings always occurring and flowing throughout my life.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 5** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What do you think about people polluting the environment?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I believe that people polluting the environment is horrible and to me is seen as murder. I see polluting the environment as murder as the environment is a living thing and by polluting it your slowly killing it, causing it pain, this continuing until it dies. Pollution is not something in which is natural it happens due to the affects of mankind, due to the decisions made by people, so as people are deciding and making the choice to kill the environment I see it as people murdering the environment.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I also believe that people polluting the environment is horrible as the environment plays a huge role within everyone’s lives; people are always relying on the environment and by polluting it they are damaging it, damaging their own home. The environment is the place in which we live, so why do people continue to undergo actions in which damage it? I believe people are taking the environment for granted, not being thankful for what they have. If people continue to live like this the environment will suffer in pain, eventually coming to an end, then where will mankind be? We all have to come to our senses and think exactly about the consequences in which come with polluting the environment, we have to cherish and care for the environment in which was given to us.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 6** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How do you feel when you do something wrong?How do you feel when you do something that is very good?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In life one of the things which I dislike the most is when I do something wrong, this is as it makes me feel sick to my stomach, I feel bad, guilty or just worried about what I have done. I may seem as someone who is not very emotional but I am very caring about the things I do and especially if my actions can affect someone else in a negative way. This is evident if I scream or hit my younger brother, later on when I think about exactly what I have done I will begin to feel bad, then I will feel guilty about my actions and finally will become worried that I have really hurt my brother. After going through all the different stages in which I listed when I have done something wrong I will then try my best to make it right. For example, after I have gone through all the listed stages when I have screamed or hit my brother I will then apologise and do my best to make it up to him.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The way I feel when I have done something which is very good is totally different to when I have done something which is wrong. When I complete something that is very good I am happy, positive and very proud of myself for what I have done. This is evident when I receive a high score with on a piece of school work, receiving the high score makes me very happy and positive but it also makes me very proud, that I, by myself and with great effort and dedication earned a high mark which was well deserved. People may believe that the way I respond to the wrong and very good things in which I complete are strange, this being as the way I respond may be totally different to their responses but they are what they are, they never change, my feelings and consideration for others always staying within place.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 7** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I wish that there was a law that said “people that complete an act of animal abuse will receive a life time behind bars.” I believe that this would be an effective law as animal abuse is becoming quite a problem within today’s society, with increasing numbers of animal abuse. Also I believe that this law would be effective as it would also help with the prevention of serial killers.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> As reported by the RSPCA numbers of animal abuse are at an all new high, one of the worst cases in which the RSPCA seen being a little border collie named “Buckley." Buckley was extremely unlucky to be a part of animal abuse, his owners removing both his ears and tail by using scissors at just the age of 8 weeks old. I believe these actions are disgusting; I cannot fathom why people would take out their anger or their sick ways with on creatures that do not have a voice, creatures in which have no say. I believe that people in which abuse animals cannot even be regarded as humans; this being as humans have feeling, emotion, someone who would complete these actions would feel absolutely nothing at all. This is not only why i believe people that complete an act of animal abuse should receive a life time behind bars, i also believe that by locking them aware it will save more human lives, locking away possible future serial killers. As stated from the SPCA “every serial killer started with animal abuse.” I believe that if my law was to be put into place animal abuse may eventually become something of the past.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 8** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When angry I try to bottle up my emotions so that I don’t let them out, so most of the time when I am angry I look very quiet and sometimes due to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">bottling my emotions up my cheeks turn a little red as this makes me stressed. However if you have been unfortunate to see me when I release my anger, you will agree that it is not really a joyful thing to see. This is due to bottling all my emotions up, when I lift the lid off the bottle I turn into an explosion, not ending until the last spark of anger has disappeared. During the time of releasing my anger I will look quite stressed as I have been pushed over the edge, to the point where I cannot take being quiet anymore, I have to have my feelings heard, screaming them to all the world.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">There are many different things in which make me happy within the world, but I believe that the thing in which makes me the happiest is spending time with either my best friend, Erin or my boyfriend. They are the two people in the whole world which can make me smile no matter the situation. When I fall down they are there to help me back on my feet, I really would not know what to do without them because they are always there for me. I have been blessed with these two amazing people and will never take them for granted as I know just how lucky I am to have them.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Loneliness is not something in which I use to experience when I was younger but now as I have grown older it is definitely something I experience. The majority of the time when I feel lonely is when I am away from my boyfriend. This is as we are very close and spending time with him is my favourite thing to do. So when we are a part it hurts, I don’t want to be with anyone else but him, this usually causes me to isolate myself, giving me time to think.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I feel proud when I have achieved a goal in which I have set for myself, when a challenge is brought upon me and I am able to overcome it or when I persisted in something when someone else told me that I would be unable to do it. An example of when I felt very proud of myself was when I was told that I would not be able to beat my opponent within tennis. I proved the person in which told me this wrong, winning the tennis match 6-2, I had felt so proud of myself as I continued to believe and persisted when someone else told me otherwise.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 9** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">There are a few things in which I dislike like about myself but the thing in which I dislike most about myself is that I can be quite lazy. When I am fired up and set on task I can accomplish anything but it takes a lot of motivation to get to this level. Majority of the time I am very lazy when it comes to homework as I find it hard to encourage myself to do well on the different tasks that are at hand, finding it quite difficult to concentrate. This usually results in homework tasks being left to the last minute, completing them to the bare standard, not completing them to the best of my abilities.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I absolutely hate being lazy and am quite worried as I believe that my laziness is increasing, occurring within different aspects of my life and at the moment I believe it is occurring within my exercise routine. I find it hard to become motivated to exercise and because of this I have recently began to exercise less and less. This is causing me to be very self conscious about myself and is making myself very unhappy. So I hope that over the next couple of weeks I can find the motivation I need to beat this laziness in which I have.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 10** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?