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Hello Bloggers! Brandon, Aaron, Will, Zuhair and Jatinder.I thought we all had a pretty good discussion. I think we basically all agreed that Will wasn’t really looking forward to going to his dad’s work. We also all had the same reasons for why Will didn’t want to go to his dad’s work. These reasons were- He was listening to all the other student’s parent’s jobs, and he realized his dad’s work isn’t as cool as the others. He also stayed up till after midnight listening to music and creating some lyrics for him and his friends. So he ended up not getting a good sleep and would rather stay home and sleep in then go to his dad’s work. Brandon then made a good point that he may have been a little bit excited, plus he did get to spend some time with his father. But overall,  great discussion :)

We All Fall down: Disscusion question #1.

Do you think Will is excited to go to his dad's work for the day? Why or why not?

Ethical Gifts.

Hiya Bloggers!
Our class was told to pick an organization out of the four to send ethical gifts to developing countries, using only 100 dollars. (Not literally having 100 dollars, just if we had 100 dollars what would we spend it on.)

The organizations were, Salvation Army, World Vision, Oxfam and Plan Canada.
Out of the four I chose Oxfam. I chose Oxfam because all the prices are a lot cheaper than the other organizations and there was a lot more variety. With Oxfam being cheaper I can then buy more gifts that would be great for people in developing countries.

The gifts I've chosen are Mosquito nets($20), Organic gardening($50) and Safe water($22). So over all I've spent $94.
I chose to buy a Mosquito net because 1-3 million people die a year from malaria, I think if I were to buy some Mosquito nets it would help children and adults be safe from that horrible disease. It's only $20, so it's pretty cheap and can help some unfortunate people and most of all children who haven't even lived a quarter of there life yet, So those nets can help them live longer as well.

I chose organic gardening because they can then plant nutritious food for themselves that have a lot of vitamins to help them fight off sickness if they get sick. They could also use the vegetables they grow for cooking. Vegetables are very healthy for them to grow and eat.

I chose safe water because it can be used for a variety of things. Like say they cut themselves, they have clean water to wash there wound so it doesn't get infected. Or for cooking and washing themselves. Also they could drink it. I think you are at least 65-75 % water. So it's good to be drinking SAFE water.

Now I still had about $6 left. So my friends and I added up all our left over money and it came to I think $29.
Were going to look and see if we can buy anything more with that amount.



Hope you enjoyed my blog!

-Kelly.

The poem.

Our teacher Ms. Crosbie has told us to right a response on what we think on this poem. So here's what I think it means.
I thought this poem was kind of confusing to me so I did my best.
I think the poem means that truth is very a important thing in life and that you should always be truthful and have people be truthful to you as well. You should also always have an opinion on something but be truthful about it. And also think before you tell your opinion. This could be applied to our society by letting others be involved with decisions not just some people so others can voice there opinion. Also giving a truthful opinion on what everyone thinks and not just on what only some people think.
Hope I explained it well.
-Kelly :) 

The Golden Rule

Well hello there bloggers! This post will be all about The Golden Rule! I will be answering some questions.
The questions are :1. What is the message of The Golden Rule?
2.Which expression of The Golden Rule do you like best? Why?
3.How would you express The golden Rule in your own words?
4.What could things be like if everyone behaved according to The Golden Rule?


 And here are my answers :)


1. I think the message of The Golden rule is treat everyone the way you would want to be treated. Like treating someone with the same respect and tolerance that you would want them to treat you with.


2. My favorite expression of The Golden Rule is Jainism- " One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated" because I think it's true. To treat every creature INCLUDING animals the way you would want to be treated, because animals are creatures too right? Some people take advantage of animals and they don't have a say in it. So I thought this Golden Rule went both ways for humans and animals and I like that because animals are just as important as humans. So all people need to be treated equally including animals.


3. I would express it in my own words by saying - Treat every creature with the same respect as you would want to be treated with.


4. I think if everyone behaved according to The Golden Rule there wouldn't be so much violence and discrimination towards people of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and age. People would be treated equally and would be respected. There wouldn't be animal abuse and as many extincted animals because maybe people would put themselves in the life of the animals and realize what there doing to them by destroying there homes and killing them for there fur to wear. Maybe people wouldn't be so greedy and there wouldn't be as many poor people on the streets. Maybe people wouldn't pollute the earth with such garbage and green house gasses and treat the earth better. After all it is our home but yet we ruin it. I just think the world would be a better place if we all behaved according to The Golden Rule.


Hope you enjoyed my post :) <3


-Kelly


















                        
                     

Instrument Study!

Hiya Bloggers! Today I will be talking about the Cello.

The Cello is in the strings family. The Cello is the base member of the Violin family. This instrument plays more of a low pitch sound which is more deep.

Those are the parts of the Cello. The Cello is played in between the knees, where you would then place your fingers on the finger board and take your bow and play it against the strings. It should then create a deep rich sound with whatever fingering your using. The Cello plays in manly the bass clef. The Cello was created in the 16th century in Italy by Antonio Stradivari. 
When Maintaining the Cello you keep it safe in a case so that it is not broken or stepped on and should be held carefully. Maybe once a week you should dust off your Cello with a cotton clothe. With the bow, It's very fragile and should be also handled with care and not left somewhere for someone to step on it. You can tighten the hairs on the bow if there getting loose but should be loosen at the end of playing. If your done playing with your Cello lay it safely in it's case along with the bow.
Hope you enjoyed this post :D

-Kelly

Tolerance And Discrimination

Tolerance to me means to be able to put up with someone. To put up with some one who gets on your nerves all the time. To be able to hold back whatever you want to say or do when you have to deal with them. For me I know this kid who I have to deal with on a daily bases. Who to me just completely makes a fool of themselves just for attention. They make rude remarks to me or to other people who are my friends. They can get EXTREMELY annoying. But I put up with them. I don't make remarks back to them. I don't act the same way they do. I treat them the way I would want to be treated. Remember two wrongs DO NOT make a right. There for I have tolerance for them because when you think about it... Ten years from now I'm not going to care what they think or possibly not even know them. But then again when you're older you'll still have to deal with people like them but they can be tolerated.

Discrimination to me means to be unfair to someone for there race, gender or beliefs( There religion). I think that's just stupid. Every ones the same on the inside. Were all human. Like when women were not aloud to vote but men were? That's just ridiculous. Women are just as smart as men are. And racism I hate it. Who cares if your black, white or Asian. Were all the same. There's no reason to treat someone like garbage just because of here skin colour. And with different beliefs or religion. That's just there opinion on something. There's no need to hate. I think everyone should be treated fairly no matter what race no matter what gender no matter what religion.

-Kelly :)