Month: September 2017

Safety is important. I think that’s given at this point.

So we started off science this year with Unit 0, which sounds more ominous than it is. It’s not an official unit, but we sort of count it as one. It’s lab safety!

Being safe in the lab is important, otherwise you can and will possibly die. We had to make a video expressing how to be safe in the lab. It was fun, despite the fact that I was sick when my group started filming.

Our video:

Lets start by saying that Willa’s fall there was genuine. It was really fun to make and produce. We did have ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley in there, but we had to change it because of copyright.

Stay safe!

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Sincerely, Me

It’s time for yet another blog post (distant gasping). It’s almost like it’s part of our work.

So, we went on a school trip the first week of school. You know, that’s normal, going on a trip after one day of school. But it was fun, we went to a place of magic and mystery. Called Camp Capilano.

We started off by packing the night before. I packed light, managing to fit all of my things into about 3/4 of my backpack. I even managed to use one of those inflatable pillows that are the size of my hand until you blow it up.

Really uncomfortable, I’m never using it again.

Then the day came. We had a class beforehand where Hughes showed us a bunch of reality Tv show intros. Then we had to pick one character from each and write a brief write up on them.

We then got on the bus, and drove for like 20 minutes, until we got to the Cleveland Dam. Where I took this wonderful photo:

Thats when we had to make our own reality TV show character. It had to have ten characters, each with distinguishable traits, background music, and it had to be under 45 seconds.

In my group was Adam, Aiden, Sofia and Isobel

We wound up making the intro for a show called ‘The Broseph Bunch’. Here it is:

It was really fun to make, I got to do all the editing while the others acted and filmed

Then we had to hike (ew). We walked through a trail until we got to the actual camp site (see first image). It was very nice, the kitchen and dining hall was the main room, the girls off to the left and boys to the right. Behind the kitchen there was a common room, with a bunch of nice couches and stuff.

In that common room, after eating lunch and choosing beds (I got a top bunk), we all sat down and watched everyone’s videos. Then Hughes and Willemes announced the next project: We had to do around the same thing,.. with no video. This meant introducing ten characters with only audio, and a blank screen, with the same group. This one had to be a minute long, and we rose to the challenge.

We made a show called ‘The Baker Bunch’ (why are we so obsessed with the letter B? Who knows. So B it). It was sort of like the Kardiashians. Anyways, here’s the podcast(?)

That was only the second project of the trip. The third one was… a bit longer.

We had to make a podcast that was 4 minutes long. Not 4:05, not 3:50. 4:00 Exactly. I worked with the ever wonderful Willa to make the best podcast. We had to make a four minute podcast based around the idea of ‘identity’. It had to be a personal story that helped identity in some way. We debated through a lot of ideas, until we found ‘The One’.

Our plan was to talk about my experience in musical theatre. If anyone knows me, they know I love musicals. From Hamilton, to Be More Chill. So we decided to talk about my first musical… and how it was so terrible it made me never want to do musical theatre ever again. It’s a great story, really.

First we had to write a script. This actually took the longest. Because writing something that looks like an essay is great. But then you read it out and it’s two minutes… not so great. We kept on having to add on things, until we got it perfectly to four minutes. The end result:

I’m quite proud of it, despite the fact that I dislike the sound of my voice on tape

Well, that’s all for this blog post

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Sincerely, Me

Our latest unit in humanities has been all about World War One, the war to end all wars, even though World War Two happened. Besides that, before we can get into the history of the war, we need to talk about how it began.

Now, here’s my idea; the war started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

On June 28th, 1914, a man from Serbia shot and killed Ferdinand in Sarajevo. He went there on a trip, and there were multiple armed terrorists around him, waiting to take a shot. Some people actually did shoot at he car, but missed him and hit some of his men. The car later stopped right in front of one of the terrorists. He shot the Archduke and his wife, killing them both.

Austria-Hungary obviously wasn’t pleased with this, so they declared war in Serbia when they heard about the assassination, seeing it as a threat on the country. Russia was allied with Serbia, so Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary and Germany. Germany invaded France and Britain, and that’s how the war began.

We also had to create a visual showing this, so I decided to do a stop motion on the Domino Affect of how World War One started:

The video took me a while to make, because I had to draw each frame individually, then put it together and add text and music.

It also didn’t help that my first plan didn’t work out so I had to totally restart

Well Thats all for this post

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Sincerely, Me

I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Shady. It’s me, your friendly neighbourhood blogger

So, we’re back into school. Which means more posts! This one in particular is about goal setting. No, not soccer. I don’t sport. This is about setting goals for your future. More specifically, SMART goals.

Now, a SMART goal is a goal that is a bit more specific than regular goals. SMART is actually an acronym, that stands for

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant

Timely

Thats what makes up a SMART goal.

The next step in this was to make three SMART goals for myself. One that had to do with learning inside of school, one about character growth, and one about learning outside of school. Doing this involved writing it out, creating a visual for each, and then also recording our voice saying it.

Ive got the small issue of ‘I’m sick’ going on, so I can’t really speak right now. I will try and get the audio recordings up here as soon as possible. Until then, you’ll just have to do more reading. That’s fine, reading makes you smart.

In School Learning:

I would like to hand my work in on time for school, so that I don’t have late assignments. I can do this by setting aside time after school to do my homework, while also giving myself breaks so I don’t overwork myself too much. If the assignment is over a few days, I can set checkpoints of what I can do each day to make sure I get the work done on time.

Character Growth:

I’d like to be able to take leadership more and be confident in my work. I can do this by putting more effort into my work, and putting my own personal touch to it so I enjoy doing it and I feel more confident in the final product.

Out Of School Learning:

I’d like to expand my knowledge of cooking outside of school, so that I can help make dinner at home and generally know how to cook. I can use the recipes I get in my foods class, as well as look up recipes online, and help to make dinner once a week at home.

So that’s all for this post! I hope this helped you in some way, and maybe you can get on the path to make your own SMART goals.

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Sincerely, Me