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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
 * Reflections **

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


 * The best piece of advice I’ve ever received would have to be the words that came from one of my best friends who once told me to always: //“regret doing something, than regret doing nothing at all”.// She spoke these wise words after I expressed to her my concern about becoming involved in certain activities such as applying for the SMC senate, as I was unsure as to whether I could cope with the responsibility. After hearing these words I was automatically enlightened and I felt that these words had a very significant meaning and have proved to be very relevant in a lot of situations I’ve been faced with lately, especially in regards to decisions I am being faced with at the St. Marys campus. I am beginning to understand that it’s up to me on how I spend my time at St. Marys and I’m going to be faced with a lot of opportunities, so to ensure that I make the most of these situations I’ve got to follow my best friends advice and give everything a go, because as she said it’s always better to regret doing something, than regret doing nothing at all. **

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

__**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? **__
 * If one person was to throw a piece of rubbish on the floor then we would probably think nothing of it. But if we were all to throw rubbish on the ground and not make use of the clearly provided rubbish bins that can be found all over the world, then the lot of us would be currently living in a ‘pig sty’. Not only does litter look horrible, but it also poses problems to our environment and in particular our marine life. We may not think it, but when we drop a piece of rubbish on the ground (even if it is nowhere near a river, lake or ocean) that rubbish holds the potential to somehow make its way to our life-invested oceans and simple things like plastic bags and coke cans pose extreme danger to fish, turtles, seals and even innocent little dolphins. If littering continues then in the worst possible case it could mean the end of some of our precious sea creatures, life would be so much simpler if people could just take the extra ten seconds to place their rubbish in the bin, rather than drop it wherever they see fit. **
 * Week 3 **

**If I saw one of my closest friends cheating on let’s say a test, I would not rat them out to a teacher as that would just cause turmoil between our friendship, I would however have the courage to do the right thing and confront my friend by asking them why they felt the need to cheat. I understand that it’s not always easy for people to deal with the pressure in things such as a test, and if I believe that my friend was genuinely afraid of failing or not completing the test, then I would understand their motive to cheat. However if I knew that the reason for my friend cheating was that they simply, didn’t put in the effort to study or prepare for the test then I would give them some serious lecturing, but I would also try and be a good friend and motivate them to sort out their priorities and offer to help them in studying for future tests or exams coming up. Fortunately all of my best friends are hardworking and honest people and I highly doubt I would ever need to confront them regarding such circumstances**.

__**What is your most indispensable possession and why? **__
 * Week 4 **


 * My most indispensable possessions would have to be the paintings that were painted by my great grandmother. The pictures were painted using oil paints and are of three beautiful birds. The reason they are so important to me is because my grandmother was one of the most important ladies in my life and by having these paintings hung up in my room reminds me every day of the love and guidance she gave me throughout my life. The paintings symbolise love, courage and most importantly happiness and every time I see them I am reminded to feel all of these things. When I think of my life without these paintings I feel extremely empty, as it is often extremely hard to remember those who have passed on and in having something that reminds you of this loved one it enables you to stop and remember what this object represents. I find comfort in having these paintings hung up in my room, because for me it reminds me that my beautiful granny is up in heaven and always looking down on me. And so for all of these reasons, I conclude that my three paintings are my most indispensable possessions. **


 * Week 5 **
 * __What do you think about people polluting the environment? __**
 * I believe that all the things we are doing to our environment is horrible, pollution has now become a very prevelant thing in today's society and even though we know that pollution is wrong we continue to contribute to it every day. It's easy to say to ourselves that personally we arn't responsible for pollution, that its all these industrial factories that are sending out toxins into the atmosphere, but in fact there's no denying that we are all to blame. All of us at some point in our lives have contributed to pollution, whether it be leaving on unused appliances; which let off green house gasses, or driving our cars down the street because we're too lazy to walk or ride a bike. Now that global warming has become a serious issue I feel alot stronger about the need for out world to prevent pollution, however I understand that in this day and age it would be highley unlikely that we would be able to stop pollution altogether. **

__**How do you feel when you do something wrong?How do you feel when you do something that is very good? **__
 * Week 6 **

__**I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because... **__
 * <span style="color: #ddbc13; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Whenever I do something wrong I automatically feel extremely guilty and dissapointed in myself, whether it be something I believe to be really significant or even the tiniest things, often whatever I've done plays on my mind and I constantly remind myself why what I did was wrong. Im not the type of person who gets into trouble alot and so im fortunate enough to not be in this situation very often but when I am i recognise my mistakes and try to learn and benefit from them in the future. Fortunately I've experienced the feeling of doing something good many times, and I always feel very proud of myself I like to set myself goals and when I achieve I feel extremely accomplished and pleased with myself. I believe its important for all of us to reward ourselves when we do something good because sometimes in our busy lifes we need to take some time out and give ourselves what we deserve. **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px;">Week 7 **

**I wish there was a law that stated that the government could supply all the homeless people throughout Australia, with enough funding to provide a liveable house and enough food to survive comfortably, the law should also state that each case would be provided with a person whom would help that person become qualified to receive a paying job. Although I realise that this would be practically impossible and is just not realistic; it would be good because it would give all of these people the helping hand they deserve. After going on Melbourne Experience I learnt that there is a lot more poverty and homelessness than I thought was possible in our great country, but there are still people out there who are struggling. If only the government could provide these misfortunate people with the help, funding and education they so desperately need to get their lives back on track, then we would be living in a pretty darn good society.**

__**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">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: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px;">Week 8 **

**Whenever I’m angry I often become quiet and frustrated, generally I look calm but I can be fuming in side due to the severity of what’s happened, I don’t often get angry but things such as bullying and betrayal can really get to me especially when it’s the people closest to me that make me mad. On a lighter note I am quite a happy person and am generally my happiest whenever I’m around my family and friends, when I’m having a great day at school or whenever I’m at the gym (must be the endorphins J ). As well as being angry and happy I, like any other human, have felt loneliness in my life; a time when I have felt the effects of extreme loneliness was when someone very close to me passed away and I felt that there was no one who understand my grief, however despite feeling quite down at the time I worked my way through that dark stage and have found myself surrounded by caring friends and family and loneliness is no longer a problem. Lastly, the times when I feel most proud of myself are the times when I achieve something I never thought possible or whenever I receive a good mark on my school work.**

__**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? **__
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px;">Week 9 **
 * The quality I dislike most about myself is the fact that I sometimes worry too much. Although most of the time I am a fairly laid back and carefree person, I can sometimes overthink things and get stressed very easily over little things. I dislike this quality because I believe it makes me waste my time on worrying about things that I could otherwise be enjoying. I really hope to work on this fault of mine so that I can learn to just go with the flow and not try and control everything, however I think it will be really hard for me to change this quality as it is just a part of my nature. Another factor that contributes to this quality is the fact that I have a twin brother who I tend to boss around and stress over more than I should my parents say I’ve always been like a second mother to him and I guess I’ve just got into the habit of stressing about little things. **

__**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? **__
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px;">Week 10 **


 * <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">When I think of prejudice the first thing that comes to my mind is racism and I myself have many theories as to why I think people are racist or prejudice in this world. I strongly believe that people become racist or prejudiced because of A: fear, and B: ignorance. Last semester I studied ‘Humanities in Entertainment’ as one of my elected subjects and one of our main focuses was racism, Mr Jamgotchian explored multiple reasons as to why people develop a hatred for a particular person or group, but the main reason he taught us was that the people who were prejudice were both afraid and uneducated when it came to either the beliefs or the traditions of that certain race and this could lead someone into committing prejudice or racist acts simply because they weren’t in the know . So after studying events like WW2 in the subject of Humanities I believe that Mr Jamgotchian was correct in saying that the reason for racism or prejudice acts is solely based upon a lack of education and fear of that particular group, because I believe there is no other justifiable reason for such hateful acts. **