Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
~ ☆ My Learning Profile ☆ ~
Lets start with the positives of my profile. I learn best through movement. Apparently, I have to fidget around to listen and comprehend better. For example, doodling, playing with something under the desk, or just playing with my hands. Another good thing about us is that we tend to relate more to emotional aspects, especially in books since we are the most Gestalt profile this also makes us one of the best readers! Finally, I see things in a big picture, This means, for example if i'm working on a art project, and something that includes making something, "L Profiles" usually only see the finished product and I don't really know how to break it down. Which brings me to some of the things i need to work on....
When I am under stress apparently I can not function very well. Because if my brain shuts down my eyes, ears, hands and legs do to.So I have to try to keep my emotions to a normal state whenever to function properly in class. Another thing thats "Ls" have to work on is being more logical. Earlier I had written that we were good at seeing the whole picture. But the truth is were not so good at breaking the steps down to get there. We don't know how to put things in an orderly manner. We just know how we want it finished. So thats most probably one of our main things. Second of all we have some little exercises that help our mind when we our stressed or can't think. Some think drawing lazy eights our practicing putting things in order. Since profile "Ls" do not have such a logical brain.
One very important thing that I would like my teachers to know is i am very surprised at my results. As I do not suffer any of these "symptoms" of not being able to break big things down into little pieces or not being being able to focus on the details. Or not having the urge to fiddle around with things and doodle. I say this because when I come into a classroom I would very much rather have the schedule planned out rather than going and and just seeing what happens. And I do know how to break big things into little pieces, as I do it all the time with no hesitation. I guess in conclusion you could say I might be more of a "L" learner outside of school, but in classroom hours I might be more of an "A".
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Collaborating Constructively With Lit. Circles
Lit. Circles, I have to admit it they are not so much fun to do. I know everyone else would rather slouch on the couch and watch T.V. But it is part of our education, and (for Alex) a big concept on our grade. But since we made 'The Twist" Lit circles are now not half bad!Working with people is great, well at least for me it is. The greatest thing about it, (for me) is getting to hear other peoples opinions and ideas, I always like a having a wide range of creativity in whatever I am working on. It can lead to many benefits, challenges,(good or bad) and finally new understanding, about the project and the person.
We probably all or saying inside our heads, that we absolutely love Lit. Circles now, and I know why most of us do. Half the work! Instead of doing everything doubled, with a partner its only one. So this is definitely a benefit for me. But there is more, with a partner you get more feed back, and more feedback means a better Lit. Circle, and a better Lit. Circle obviously means a better grade. So again this is a huge benefit. And the last partner benefit, comes from him or herself, and it is help. Like I said your partner can help you with peer editing, but thats not the only way. Lets say you don't understand a part in the book that you and your partner are reading Well all you have to do is ask them, and I'm sure they'll have the answer. Or maybe you really cant think of a question, or the one you have isn't good enough? You can look it over with your partner, because two heads are better than one! But then again I can not promise you the road for working together will be smooth you'll definitely have some challenges along the way.
Everybody will come to a day where they don't agree with someone. It's happens to everyone all the time, especially in groups. Lets say you had just finished writing your response to your question, and your partner wants to change it up a little, you don't like it so you change it back and so on. I always try to avoid these things and try to come to an agreement so the whole group is happy. Not so one is fighting with another. Besides I know that when I grow up I might have to work with people I absolutely hate! So I would take the time now to learn how to cooperate with others well. So that in the future it is not so bad.
Finally and I think the best and most important thing you gain from collaborative Lit. Circles is, not only as I said before how if you do not understand something you can go back and discuss it with her/him. There is just one more way of understanding the novel. And that is from your partners opinions. For example your partner has just finished reading their passage, connection, question and response. You not only have gained understanding from the information on what they wrote. You have also gained understanding from their opinions. With this, you can uncover more "secrets" about the book and about your partner. So I think this is the best way to understand to novel.
So all in all, I think Collaborating Constructively With Lit. Circles is the best way to go!
We probably all or saying inside our heads, that we absolutely love Lit. Circles now, and I know why most of us do. Half the work! Instead of doing everything doubled, with a partner its only one. So this is definitely a benefit for me. But there is more, with a partner you get more feed back, and more feedback means a better Lit. Circle, and a better Lit. Circle obviously means a better grade. So again this is a huge benefit. And the last partner benefit, comes from him or herself, and it is help. Like I said your partner can help you with peer editing, but thats not the only way. Lets say you don't understand a part in the book that you and your partner are reading Well all you have to do is ask them, and I'm sure they'll have the answer. Or maybe you really cant think of a question, or the one you have isn't good enough? You can look it over with your partner, because two heads are better than one! But then again I can not promise you the road for working together will be smooth you'll definitely have some challenges along the way.
Everybody will come to a day where they don't agree with someone. It's happens to everyone all the time, especially in groups. Lets say you had just finished writing your response to your question, and your partner wants to change it up a little, you don't like it so you change it back and so on. I always try to avoid these things and try to come to an agreement so the whole group is happy. Not so one is fighting with another. Besides I know that when I grow up I might have to work with people I absolutely hate! So I would take the time now to learn how to cooperate with others well. So that in the future it is not so bad.
Finally and I think the best and most important thing you gain from collaborative Lit. Circles is, not only as I said before how if you do not understand something you can go back and discuss it with her/him. There is just one more way of understanding the novel. And that is from your partners opinions. For example your partner has just finished reading their passage, connection, question and response. You not only have gained understanding from the information on what they wrote. You have also gained understanding from their opinions. With this, you can uncover more "secrets" about the book and about your partner. So I think this is the best way to understand to novel.
So all in all, I think Collaborating Constructively With Lit. Circles is the best way to go!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Lit Circle Blogpost
Every week we have a literature circle due, (lit. circle) and every when that lit. circle is due, we have a discussion with a group who as well reading and doing the assignment on the same book. But for the first time we are told to write a blog post to reflect upon the discussion, and this is what I am writing to you now.
The book I am currently is Called The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, and it is the most challenging book out of the four. Personally I think it is challenging, the vocabulary is much more advanced than the one I normally use so having a discussion was very helpful to helping me comprehend the book a little better. When we are having the disscusion, and hearing everyone's ideas and opinions, helps me recap and understand bits I didn't in the book, this is why I think discussions are important, you will always hear "different sides to a story" when having a discussion, and there is never any right or wrong.
Which brings me to my next topic, familiarities in the discussions. For example, my latest discussion between my group (and my first) was only based on two chapters and the introduction, so obviously we had many passages, and questions alike. And this I think is bad. The reasons to support this state are simple, I think having the same opinions are bad mainly because this shows that either the book has no meaning and no value, or the readers are just not paying attention or putting ant effort into their discussions about the book. But besides these negative statements, I enjoy discussions with book club members because of the predictions and estimate we debate on.
After every discussion my group and I discuss and like I said, debate on what the following events are going to contain. This I think is the most enjoyable part of Lit. Circle because it is interesting to hear other peoples ideas, interpret them and then possibly make your own prediction about the novel.
All in all I must admit that the discussions in Lit. circle are fun. I hope that this idea of teaching and learning is appreciated and is used for many more years to come.
Which brings me to my next topic, familiarities in the discussions. For example, my latest discussion between my group (and my first) was only based on two chapters and the introduction, so obviously we had many passages, and questions alike. And this I think is bad. The reasons to support this state are simple, I think having the same opinions are bad mainly because this shows that either the book has no meaning and no value, or the readers are just not paying attention or putting ant effort into their discussions about the book. But besides these negative statements, I enjoy discussions with book club members because of the predictions and estimate we debate on.
After every discussion my group and I discuss and like I said, debate on what the following events are going to contain. This I think is the most enjoyable part of Lit. Circle because it is interesting to hear other peoples ideas, interpret them and then possibly make your own prediction about the novel.
All in all I must admit that the discussions in Lit. circle are fun. I hope that this idea of teaching and learning is appreciated and is used for many more years to come.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
What Role did Geographic Location and Natural Resources Play in the the Development of Malaysia?
What role did geographic location and natural resources play in the the development of Malaysia?
Geographic location plays from my point of view, the biggest role in human development. There is one main reasons why.Geographic location determines which natural resources will be available or not.
Geographic location determined the natural resources of a tribe. For example Malaysia is located near to the equator and surrounded by several rivers. This was an immense advantage to their agriculture. For these reasons, first of all being near river, sea or water source meant food. They could use this water (mainly rivers) for irrigation purposes to grow plants. Which sustained the food supply. But also being close to the sea gave them fish, which was again very important since it kept the food supply stable. On the other hand, unlike in other parts of the world, Malaysia had very little animals hat came to good use. For example in North America, this problem did not occur because of their amount of grass, and conditions of whether. North America were very fortunate to have cattle,(for milk, hides and other purposes) Oxen (to carry burden and drag the plow) Goats (also for milk) But for the Malaysians the main animal they could domesticate for it's goods was the goat. Although this was a loss. It was just a quite small one compared to the advanced agriculture they could have.
So from this evidence you can know see that geographic location was extremely important to the development of Malaysia. Compared to something like Papa New Guinea that is still today, living in the past were everything is done the same. From the Paleolithic times to today, a lot has changed and certainly developed, all thanks to those back then.
Geographic location plays from my point of view, the biggest role in human development. There is one main reasons why.Geographic location determines which natural resources will be available or not.
Geographic location determined the natural resources of a tribe. For example Malaysia is located near to the equator and surrounded by several rivers. This was an immense advantage to their agriculture. For these reasons, first of all being near river, sea or water source meant food. They could use this water (mainly rivers) for irrigation purposes to grow plants. Which sustained the food supply. But also being close to the sea gave them fish, which was again very important since it kept the food supply stable. On the other hand, unlike in other parts of the world, Malaysia had very little animals hat came to good use. For example in North America, this problem did not occur because of their amount of grass, and conditions of whether. North America were very fortunate to have cattle,(for milk, hides and other purposes) Oxen (to carry burden and drag the plow) Goats (also for milk) But for the Malaysians the main animal they could domesticate for it's goods was the goat. Although this was a loss. It was just a quite small one compared to the advanced agriculture they could have.
So from this evidence you can know see that geographic location was extremely important to the development of Malaysia. Compared to something like Papa New Guinea that is still today, living in the past were everything is done the same. From the Paleolithic times to today, a lot has changed and certainly developed, all thanks to those back then.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
From My Point of View
It's a lazy Friday morning, i'm forcing my way up to the surface of the mud to feel that nice fresh air with that warm sun here at Kuala Selangor. Ahh, what a beautiful sight. Oh, by the way, i'm a mud skipper, and i'm definitely proud to be one, with all these predators lurking around,and those annoying crabs, I usually stay hidden in the dark mud, but today words on the street that a couple of kids are going to try to plant mangroves, humph, amateurs! I've seen so many kids planting those little saplings, but i'm the only one who watches them grow! The kids never come back, they have no passion. Well i' m still excited, those kids are so helpless in the mud every single one of the falls face flat, it hilarious! Well better get front row seats and enjoy the show!
Oh here they come, look at them, all clean and good smelling. He he he well not for long, i've seen what these bigger ones make them do, they make them run into the mud and they basically pock a stick in there while they fight for their life out of the mud, it's always funny to see them covered in mud. Anyways, there goes the first kid,wow look at the kid sprint she sure doesn't want to get muddy.... Not bad she's still doing well, oh she better watch out for that deep par... Ohhhh! There we go, flat on her face just like I said, I don't think anyone has survived this challenge clean. It's practically close to impossible!
Wait! What this girl doing? Oh, oh wow! I've never seen anything like this in my day! She, she's sliding on the mud! It's like she doesn't even care! Ha ha! now this is comedy, Hahahaha! Oh oh no. no no no no no. She's looking at me, she's getting closer, this is my worst nightmare, I knew i should have listened to mother, look at what happened to grandpa Joe, he got taken away to a science lab, probably split right open to check all of his insides, and now, now I have the same fate. There is no where to hide, no where to go. Oh no, here it comes, onto her hand, oh it's so cold, I can't jump off I am too high, there is no escape! I'm doomed!
What was that?! Just a pat? No harm done at all? Wow she put me back down. Humans are sweet?! I've never thought of it this way! All these years of hate, when i've seen some of them cut down our beautiful trees ruin our environment, ruin our way of life. But I was wrong, some of them are actually, nice. I will never look at them the same ever again. I must tell mother, father, and all of my brothers and sisters, to not be afraid! These beings are nice and considerate. From my point of view, they are..... nice.
Oh here they come, look at them, all clean and good smelling. He he he well not for long, i've seen what these bigger ones make them do, they make them run into the mud and they basically pock a stick in there while they fight for their life out of the mud, it's always funny to see them covered in mud. Anyways, there goes the first kid,wow look at the kid sprint she sure doesn't want to get muddy.... Not bad she's still doing well, oh she better watch out for that deep par... Ohhhh! There we go, flat on her face just like I said, I don't think anyone has survived this challenge clean. It's practically close to impossible!
Wait! What this girl doing? Oh, oh wow! I've never seen anything like this in my day! She, she's sliding on the mud! It's like she doesn't even care! Ha ha! now this is comedy, Hahahaha! Oh oh no. no no no no no. She's looking at me, she's getting closer, this is my worst nightmare, I knew i should have listened to mother, look at what happened to grandpa Joe, he got taken away to a science lab, probably split right open to check all of his insides, and now, now I have the same fate. There is no where to hide, no where to go. Oh no, here it comes, onto her hand, oh it's so cold, I can't jump off I am too high, there is no escape! I'm doomed!
What was that?! Just a pat? No harm done at all? Wow she put me back down. Humans are sweet?! I've never thought of it this way! All these years of hate, when i've seen some of them cut down our beautiful trees ruin our environment, ruin our way of life. But I was wrong, some of them are actually, nice. I will never look at them the same ever again. I must tell mother, father, and all of my brothers and sisters, to not be afraid! These beings are nice and considerate. From my point of view, they are..... nice.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I Stood Up
The whole sixth grade, recently had a bully talk. We mainly watched a video about kids bullying in a public American school. I had always thought that almost all schools had the same environment that I had always lived in, but after that video I knew I was completely wrong. Especially about the kids and how extreme their bullying was.
The video basically showed some kids that told their story about being bullied or being the bully. Some were the usual but some went up to extreme measures. I felt very sorry for those kids and their story, and I felt that it should just stop. Some people have the courage to do this, but some people don't. Here is my story on when I stood up.
My family and I are friends with almost all the South Americans in KL. So once in a while we have little get togethers with some of them. Most of the time we usually meet up in someones house to have a dinner but occasionally on someones birthday or a special celebration we have a party. And about two or three moths age we had one, it was the "Tournament of Badminton" for the grown ups, but my friends and I mostly stayed in the pool. We were all happy and smiling, except when when the party neared it's end.
After playing endlessly in the water until our fingers looked like small prunes, we decided to go over to the courts to see how the tournament was going. When we got there we heard celebrating I knew that someone had won but never my own parents! It looked like so much fun I wanted to try. So one of my friends called Juliana and this boy named Luisiano and his sister Luisina played against us. 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1! We just kept scoring and scoring! Now I don't mean to be mean, but i've never liked this boy, I think he is mean, inconsiderate, a big show off and everything else that you can think of! Because of this I try to stay away from him as much as possible to not cause any trouble, but that plan didn't work today.
So as I said we were winning really badly so after a couple of points, we started over celebrating our one point, "7-1 7-1!! we're winning we're winning!" I knew he would really annoyed, and that's probably why i did it. But right after the game finished, we were celebrating so much and so loudly that he got so annoyed, he swung he racket and hit my friend on the arm! I got really mad. I saw him look at my mood, he started walking away but I moved faster. I went right up to him and said exactly what I felt. :How could you do that! I can't believe you are such a bad sportsman that just because I silly game you get so mad you didn't win you just go and hit someone!" I was breathing so hard and my face was bright red. He had hit her so hard that she had started crying! (and she's not the type that would cry over anything) For days I just kept wanting to punch him right in the face, but i knew I couldn't do that."At lest he got told off from his mother." I kept saying in my head. I guess that made me a little more calm. So I got over it.
But later I realized the whole thing was partially my own fault. I remember I just kept teasing him, and teasing him, and never stopped. And according to the video that is definitely considered bullying. Of coarse, hitting someone with a badminton racket is a million times worse, but if i hadn't said anything, Juliana would have never gotten hit in the first place. So I learned a lesson that day, next time think of what you'r going to do before you do it. Thats definitely something I would do differently.
My family and I are friends with almost all the South Americans in KL. So once in a while we have little get togethers with some of them. Most of the time we usually meet up in someones house to have a dinner but occasionally on someones birthday or a special celebration we have a party. And about two or three moths age we had one, it was the "Tournament of Badminton" for the grown ups, but my friends and I mostly stayed in the pool. We were all happy and smiling, except when when the party neared it's end.
After playing endlessly in the water until our fingers looked like small prunes, we decided to go over to the courts to see how the tournament was going. When we got there we heard celebrating I knew that someone had won but never my own parents! It looked like so much fun I wanted to try. So one of my friends called Juliana and this boy named Luisiano and his sister Luisina played against us. 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1! We just kept scoring and scoring! Now I don't mean to be mean, but i've never liked this boy, I think he is mean, inconsiderate, a big show off and everything else that you can think of! Because of this I try to stay away from him as much as possible to not cause any trouble, but that plan didn't work today.
So as I said we were winning really badly so after a couple of points, we started over celebrating our one point, "7-1 7-1!! we're winning we're winning!" I knew he would really annoyed, and that's probably why i did it. But right after the game finished, we were celebrating so much and so loudly that he got so annoyed, he swung he racket and hit my friend on the arm! I got really mad. I saw him look at my mood, he started walking away but I moved faster. I went right up to him and said exactly what I felt. :How could you do that! I can't believe you are such a bad sportsman that just because I silly game you get so mad you didn't win you just go and hit someone!" I was breathing so hard and my face was bright red. He had hit her so hard that she had started crying! (and she's not the type that would cry over anything) For days I just kept wanting to punch him right in the face, but i knew I couldn't do that."At lest he got told off from his mother." I kept saying in my head. I guess that made me a little more calm. So I got over it.
But later I realized the whole thing was partially my own fault. I remember I just kept teasing him, and teasing him, and never stopped. And according to the video that is definitely considered bullying. Of coarse, hitting someone with a badminton racket is a million times worse, but if i hadn't said anything, Juliana would have never gotten hit in the first place. So I learned a lesson that day, next time think of what you'r going to do before you do it. Thats definitely something I would do differently.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
My Courage Story
Mendoza my hometown, is the best place to be ever. Especially because of its beautiful landscape which contains mostly... mountains. My whole family loves to climb mountains. All of them, from the highest to the lowest, we try to climb them all. We always have a good time climbing them, and each of the "adventures" are always quite memorable. Especially a time long ago when i was only 7.
I don't get to see my whole family very often, (grandma, grandpa...) So whenever I do see them we always make sure we do very fun things together. And of coarse we always go mountain climbing. Now when I was that age, I would only climb fairly low mountains, but on that particular day my family thought they might change it up a bit. So my father, sister, three cousins, and I set off to find a good mountain to climb. We searched until we came upon a good starting point. So we started to hike. I was having a good time, it was easy only a few scratches, I was fine. Until I noticed my shortness of breath and the time it was taking to get to the top. I was getting a little worried, I knew we were going higher and higher, but i kept it to myself I didn't want to spoil it. We kept going, my dad as the leader, then my sister me, and my three cousins. Suddenly the youngest of the three cries out, "I can't do it it's too hard let me stay here!" My dad couldn't leave him there so the eldest (18) volunteers to stay with him, My dad tells them to stay there and not to move from that spot. We keep going.
It's getting a lot harder to breathe I tell myself, and a lot colder, two signs were getting higher. "Be careful," my dad, "it's a lot more dangerous up here." Now i'm freaking out. Why did he have to say that? Then we hear it again. "I can't" says the last cousin, so once again my dad has the lecture about keeping still and not moving. We keep going.
I'm getting really tired now, and the trail up to thee stop is getting really dangerous as well. I feel like i'm about to burst out in tears, i've always been a bit afraid of heights, but I kept thinking, if i fall it will be the end. But I sucked it up, my family, especially my dad and my sisters thought I could never accomplish anything without whining. So I thought this was a good chance to prove that I could. The only thing holding me back was my dad's comments. Things like are you tired? Want to stop? We can go back if you want. I know he meant well, but it got on my nerves, now I wanted to get to the top more than ever. We were all getting very tired, I could tell. We all wanted to get to the top, and fast.
Finally we see the top, we all practically raced there. It was such a good feeling to have accomplished something on my own. At the top the breeze was beautiful and so was the scenery. I was so glad I had done it. We felt like we were on top of the world. All the way back down I got pats on the back. I felt good. I did it.
I don't get to see my whole family very often, (grandma, grandpa...) So whenever I do see them we always make sure we do very fun things together. And of coarse we always go mountain climbing. Now when I was that age, I would only climb fairly low mountains, but on that particular day my family thought they might change it up a bit. So my father, sister, three cousins, and I set off to find a good mountain to climb. We searched until we came upon a good starting point. So we started to hike. I was having a good time, it was easy only a few scratches, I was fine. Until I noticed my shortness of breath and the time it was taking to get to the top. I was getting a little worried, I knew we were going higher and higher, but i kept it to myself I didn't want to spoil it. We kept going, my dad as the leader, then my sister me, and my three cousins. Suddenly the youngest of the three cries out, "I can't do it it's too hard let me stay here!" My dad couldn't leave him there so the eldest (18) volunteers to stay with him, My dad tells them to stay there and not to move from that spot. We keep going.
It's getting a lot harder to breathe I tell myself, and a lot colder, two signs were getting higher. "Be careful," my dad, "it's a lot more dangerous up here." Now i'm freaking out. Why did he have to say that? Then we hear it again. "I can't" says the last cousin, so once again my dad has the lecture about keeping still and not moving. We keep going.
I'm getting really tired now, and the trail up to thee stop is getting really dangerous as well. I feel like i'm about to burst out in tears, i've always been a bit afraid of heights, but I kept thinking, if i fall it will be the end. But I sucked it up, my family, especially my dad and my sisters thought I could never accomplish anything without whining. So I thought this was a good chance to prove that I could. The only thing holding me back was my dad's comments. Things like are you tired? Want to stop? We can go back if you want. I know he meant well, but it got on my nerves, now I wanted to get to the top more than ever. We were all getting very tired, I could tell. We all wanted to get to the top, and fast.
Finally we see the top, we all practically raced there. It was such a good feeling to have accomplished something on my own. At the top the breeze was beautiful and so was the scenery. I was so glad I had done it. We felt like we were on top of the world. All the way back down I got pats on the back. I felt good. I did it.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
How did early humans use art to express their prehistoric culture?
How did early humans use art to express their prehistoric culture?
Through art, early humans expressed their culture. They painted what they saw, and what they did.
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I want to write about how they painted what they saw around them. Think about it, back then everything they saw was a new discovery. From the smallest ant, to the biggest mammoth. They painted bison, horses, deer, bears even imaginary animals they had just thought of. For example look at this painting on the right. You can see that the artist has drawn a scene of many different animals running across the plains. From this I would probably say that this is a scene in which the artist had seen and then decided to record it. Or possibly the might of drawn rain or the sun the moon. Everything would of been exciting and new and be worth painting.
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Now how they painted what they did. From the picture on the left you could probably say early humans did a lot of hunting, and that most probably this is the reason they created so many painting of humans hunting. The reason I chose this specific picture is that it shows to common weapons they used to hunt, both made for being able to kill from a long distance therefor hunting safely. One is a bow and arrow, the other a spear thrower. This tells us that they painted the artifacts they had made as well as just scenes. Not only did they record how they hunted, but the vast vast amount of rituals they had as well. The second painting is actually a recorded ceremony for hunting. As you can see in the second
picture the artist has drawn in the spear the man has
used and possibly his totem which would be the bird
on what looks like a thin stick. Not only did they
paint in their totems but also some animals faced
masks, that scientists believe could of been a sign
to show what tribe or clan they had belonged to.
All in all that is my final answer. There must be tons
of different answer depending on the person but
personally I think I have answered it well. So my
conclusion is that early humans expressed their
prehistoric culture by painting what they say and
what they did.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Archaeologists!
I think being an archaeologist would be my Social Scientist job. Being able to practically dig up the past would be pretty cool. Imagine finding just one gold coin that could tell you a little bit about an ancient
city we'd never even heard of! Or digging up a new dinosaur bone in your back yard. Before I move on let me tell you a little bit about what archaeology is and what it means.
Archaeology is the study of ancient humans, and how they lived. Archaeologists try to answer these questions through the artifact they leave behind. From these artifacts they can answer questions about their culture, and economy. Like, did they hunt for wild animals, or did they domesticate them and then killed them at a certain age? Did they eat from wild plants, or did they harvest sow and then harvest? Did they trade or buy items, or where they available to all? That's the some of the basic facts that makes an archaeologist. But here's my opinions.
I think archeology will help us unlock the future by answering the questions we have about the past. We could figure out so many things about thousands of year humans how they lived, and what they did to survive. Just like one of the earliest civilizations, the Sumerians or the Roman city Pompeii that was buried under volcanic rock and then rediscovered around the 1700. Or finding a bit of DNA from a prehistoric man and comparing to what what we are now and what we might become. I think archaeology is really interesting. I hope other archaeologists will discover new artifacts and tell us about new cultures, and new villages so the whole world can expand it knowledge about the past.
Last but not least, I think being an archaeologist would be a great job because of all the different place around the world you get to visit! Almost every month someplace new. Seeing different cultures and seeing different people,in the present and from the past. I think being an archaeologist would be a exciting job and that why i choose it as my Social Scientist Job.
Pictures from: hettwer.com , we-are-freex.com and biblestudy.org
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii and Cultural Anthropology by Coral Phillip Kottak.
All about Me
My name is Sol. I am originally from Argentina, but i've lived in Malaysia pretty much my whole life, so i guess you could say i call it home. I have two sisters which some of the teachers may know from a few years ago, my parents, and last but definitely not least my two dogs. I really enjoy playing with them, as well as running, swimming, biking, dancing, and reading. I guess you could say some of my friends describe me as funny, weird, outgoing, drama queen, and i guess nice.
Which brings me to my next topic. I've never really been a "Harry Potter Fan" I've always just skipped the reading part and watched the movie. But my eldest sister (Iva) does otherwise. She's always been the type to do everything perfectly and exactly how its supposed to be done. Because of this, I also have to be the one who has to do everything perfectly. So since has already read all seven of the Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling... so do I. Believe it or not i really do like all of the books so far their really exciting and interesting, i'm on the fourth book right now and its called The Goblet of Fire, hopefully i can finish reading all of them before next year ends.
I really liked all the Harry Potter movies, but the last one i've seen would be Toy Story 3. Yes it is more for younger kids but to me it's considered a classic so i have to watch it. Besides, It's like it got an upgrade, the movie was a lot more emotional than any of the rest. So i was really surprised.
I've watched lots of movies over my holidays, but one of my favorite holiday memories, would probably be being back in my hometown climbing lots of mountains with my dad, sisters, and cousins. We always have lots of fun, but it's always so cold. So we try to ignore that till we get to the top of the mountain.
Academic goal for me would be to improve in all subjects, it's going to be pretty hard but we'll see what happens. A social goal would be just to make as many friends as possible, hopefully i'll reach those goals and have a really great year.
Which brings me to my next topic. I've never really been a "Harry Potter Fan" I've always just skipped the reading part and watched the movie. But my eldest sister (Iva) does otherwise. She's always been the type to do everything perfectly and exactly how its supposed to be done. Because of this, I also have to be the one who has to do everything perfectly. So since has already read all seven of the Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling... so do I. Believe it or not i really do like all of the books so far their really exciting and interesting, i'm on the fourth book right now and its called The Goblet of Fire, hopefully i can finish reading all of them before next year ends.
I really liked all the Harry Potter movies, but the last one i've seen would be Toy Story 3. Yes it is more for younger kids but to me it's considered a classic so i have to watch it. Besides, It's like it got an upgrade, the movie was a lot more emotional than any of the rest. So i was really surprised.
I've watched lots of movies over my holidays, but one of my favorite holiday memories, would probably be being back in my hometown climbing lots of mountains with my dad, sisters, and cousins. We always have lots of fun, but it's always so cold. So we try to ignore that till we get to the top of the mountain.
Academic goal for me would be to improve in all subjects, it's going to be pretty hard but we'll see what happens. A social goal would be just to make as many friends as possible, hopefully i'll reach those goals and have a really great year.
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