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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 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 **


 * Week 1 **

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Throughout my life I have received a lot of different pieces of advice but one of the best pieces of advice I have received is to //never take anything for granted//. I have learnt it is important to appreciate everything in life, even the annoying bits. In life anything is possible; your life can be perfect one second and then the next it can change in a completely negative way. An example of this is: one second you’re having the night of your life at a party and then you get a phone call saying your loved one was driving to get home from the party and got into an accident and is now dead. This example has taught me to never take my family and loved ones for granted. It is important to appreciate things that a lot of people consider boring or a waste of time, for example- school. After hearing this advice and actually taking it in, I now realise I have so many opportunities because I get to have an education unlike poor/ less fortunate people. School provides me with a lot of benefits e.g. the ability to get a job when I’m older and by going to school and I get to meet different people and make friends. I used to take a lot of things for granted, but now whenever I think of something in a negative way I remember that I should never take anything for granted. What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? If I threw a piece of rubbish on the ground it wouldn’t really matter that much, but if everyone threw a piece of rubbish on the ground then there would be a massive problem because there would be rubbish everywhere! That includes rubbish in our local parks, beaches, oceans, schools etc. We would pretty much be living in rubbish. In our world litter is already a problem and if everyone littered, imagine how much more worse this problem would get! If rubbish was everywhere it would contaminate our natural resources. Litter doesn’t stay where it is dropped. Wind and water move it from place to place, so if everyone littered rubbish would be found on the ground, in bushes and trees, in ponds, rivers and streams. It would be found everywhere on Earth. It would pollute our drinking water, harm plants, animals and their habitats (especially marine animals), cause accidents and cost a lot of money to clean up. If everyone just stopped littering and spent a couple of seconds thinking about how their litter will affect everyone and everything on our planet and then pick up their rubbish and put in a bin, litter would then not be a problem!
 * Week 2 **

What would you do if you s ﻿aw 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 I ever saw a friend cheating I would probably not report it because it could possibly ruin our friendship. I would confront my friend afterwards but I wouldn’t care too much because it is going to affect their learning, not mine. If a person feels the need to cheat it means that they have not studied or tried to learn anything because they have most likely been too lazy. I think courage means standing up for what you believe in even during the hardest situation and it also means being strong on the inside. An example of someone being courageous is a person who stands up for someone who is getting bullied or being courageous could even mean telling the truth to someone in a difficult situation. The thing that I think makes a good friend is support and honesty. A good friend will always support you and be honest with you. Pretty much everyone is this world values friendship. Friendship can have a positive or negative effect on our lives, so it is important to have good friends who you can be honest with you and support you so you can do them same back to them.
 * Week 3 **

What is your most indispensable possession and why? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">My most indispensable possession would probably be my mobile phone. This is not because I am able to go on social networks like facebook but because when I have my mobile it gives me peace of mind that if there is an emergency I am able to contact someone to get help. Having my mobile phone with me gives me the ability to stay in contact with my friends and family by calling them up so I can talk to them or I can text them so they get a message. My mobile is also my camera. I like taking photos so the fact that I have a device that lets me contact people and capture pictures that holds different memories, is just fantastic. When I am bored and want something to do, I can go on my phone to play games or listen to the radio/music. I can also go on the internet. I can also use my mobile as my alarm, share things with other people by using Bluetooth and I can write notes on it for example- I can write when someone’s birthday is so that I don’t forget. I know that in life there are many other things that are more important that technology but to me my mobile phone is my most indispensable possession because of the reasons stated above. <span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">What do you think about people polluting the environment? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When I see people polluting the environment it makes me feel sad because I know that pollution is a huge problem in our world, and when we pollute it is just adding to the problem and making it worse. However, sometimes pollution cannot be helped because of the type of world we live in. We know that vehicles that run on fuel for example-cars are bad for the environment but we usually have no other choice than to use our cars because even though there is the choice of public transport it is often crowed and problematic, therefore cars are more convenient. Pollution can be reduced if people put simple actions into place for example- put rubbish in the bins provided, recycle objects that are recyclable, buy a water bottle and refill everyday instead of buying plastic bottles all the time and walk or ride a bicycle to get to places instead of driving when possible. Overall I think that pollution is a huge problem and people need to become more aware of how polluting is going to affect our planet and that sometimes pollution cannot be avoided because of the modern world we live in.
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<span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','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="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When I do something wrong I obviously feel guilty and I feel angry and disappointed with myself. Throughout my life I have been told so many times how important doing the right thing is and when I realise that I haven’t done the right thing I feel bad because it’s not fair on whoever got hurt by it. When I do something wrong I always think about what I could have done/said instead of what I originally did/said. When I do something wrong it is always hard to admit I did something wrong but then I realise this experience will help me to learn from my mistakes and hopefully help me to not make the same mistake again. On the other hand, when I do something that is very good I feel very good on the inside and it makes me feel happy and positive for the rest of the day. I usually feel this way when I’ve helped someone in any way possible or when I achieve something that I’ve always wanted to achieve. It’s important to realise when you have done something wrong and hopefully learn something from it, but it is also important to realise you’ve done something good and praise yourself for it.
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<span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because... <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I wish there was a law that said students (in high school) should not be given homework unless it is necessary. This would be a good law because students do more than enough work during class time so homework should not be given because they deserve to have some personal time without having the stress of coming home and doing their homework as well as chores, sport practice, family commitments etc. Most teenagers in this modern day society have jobs and/or sport practise straight after school so it becomes stressful to cope with having to do so much, because as a teenager who is going through adolescence your body needs rest and homework causes them to stress and not rest. When teenagers are given homework they usually get distracted by the computer or T.V. so they usually rush their homework last minute and they don’t actually learn anything. Although I state that homework should not be given to students I think it is okay if it is sometimes given as it may encourage students to ask their teacher questions if they don’t understand something and that way the student learns something. Therefore I wish there was a law that said students should not be given homework unless it is necessary. <span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','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="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When I am angry I don’t really know what I look like. I think it depends on what I’m angry at. If it’s got to do with school or friends I would probably try not to show that I’m angry, I’d just try to ignore it or I would just stay quiet until I feel more calm. But if it’s got to do with family for example, if I had a fight with my parents I would probably look like a depressed person, which isn’t exactly the best look. I am happiest when I am I doing something fun, like when I went to Queensland I had so much fun and I was really happy. I have felt lonely when people invite everyone else somewhere and leave you out, even though you are sitting right there! An example of when I have felt lonely this year is during class time when I had a certain elective and I didn’t have anyone to talk to because none of my friends were in my class, I felt really lonely. I feel proud when I have done something really good or accomplished something, like in rock climbing when I got to the top of a wall I felt proud of myself because I am very scared of heights and reaching the top of a wall is a big achievement for me. <span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The qualities I dislike most about myself are shyness and laziness. I have always been a shy person, even since I was little. I dislike being shy because in this modern society confidence is needed in many areas of my life. Whether it’s standing up for myself, doing a presentation in front of the class or making new friends, confidence is defiantly needed. Another quality I dislike about myself is laziness. I have been rushing my homework lately because I have been too lazy to complete it when I was free. I’d always have excuses for example- I’d tell myself why do you have to do homework now when so many good TV shows are on? I’d end up leaving my homework uncompleted until the day before it’s due and I would end up staying up till about 10pm trying to finish it. I am also lazy when I am told by my parents to do something and I would forget and waste my time until they keep reminding me and get angry. I think I really need to work on my laziness but I think I’ve become a little less shy compared to what I used to be. Hopefully as I get older I get more confident and become less lazy.
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<span style="color: #6420bc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I think that prejudice defiantly does exist in the world. People often judge other people based on what they look like (the colour of their skin), the way they act, their religion etc. Many people are prejudice because: they’re bought up in that type of environment, they are scared or because they are ignorant and uneducated. People are often prejudice because they think they know everything although they actually have no idea about what they’re talking about. One way people are prejudice is though racism. I try not be prejudice because I am Indian and I always hear people saying things about what we eat, what we look like etc and it’s not a good feeling when you hear these things because they are just expressing a biased opinion, so that’s why I always try my best not to be prejudice. I think that if a person was bought up in an ignorant and uneducated environment they don’t realise that their being prejudice. I think people need to start treating each other equally, stop judging others and respect everyone’s uniqueness.
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