Monthly Archives: November 2016

My Chemical Superhero

Posted on by under Fun Stuff, Math & Science, School

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So, in science we’ve been working on developing chemical superheroes.

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…Not that kind of chemical superhero. (I’m so sorry. I felt the need to make a reference.)

What we’re making is more superheroes each based on a specific element. As usual, this is happening in small groups over a period of several weeks.

We’re still partway through this project, but so far my group has chosen an element, chosen a group name, designed a badge, and made a periodic table.

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My group is named Fuelled by Ramen, after the record label of the same name. Our superhero’s powers come from the element bromine, and include flying and burning people’s skin. However, bromine can be contained by lead, so our superhero will probably have a lead suit.

There will most likely be a part two of this post so watch out for the continued adventures of… bromine bro… or something. *insert awesome superhero name here*?

Toodles.

Metaphor Machines Part Two

Posted on by under Humanities, School

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So, you remember me talking about the metaphor machines? I think I was about halfway through the project?

We’ve now come to the end of that project, and as such it’s time for another blog post.

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First off, let me give you a summary of what my previous blog post was about (it’s also linked above):

A metaphor machine is a machine that symbolizes a revolution. Every part of the machine is a metaphor for some event in the revolution. Our machine symbolized the French Revolution. It also looked Steampunk, and we made a video about it.

And that video basically sums everything up, so here it is:

Toodles.

Let’s Get Down to Business

Posted on by under Fun Stuff, Humanities, School

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So, today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, when all the grade nines go to work with their parents. Or in my case, with my mum and sister, Cleo, as they work at the same place, an environmental consulting company called Envirochem Services.

Envirochem is a company that other companies hire to make sure they’re not doing anything ridiculously harmful to the environment. They also do environmental investigations. However, the work that Cleo and my mum do mostly just seems to be bookkeeping.

While I was at Envirochem, my mum explained what invoices are, and Cleo explained how to file them. I also wrote some cheques, went to the post office to drop off a package (with Cleo), and met some of the most important members of the company…

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(The dog’s name is Pip, and he belongs to a guy that works there. The platypus, as you may know, is named Perry, and he belongs to a different guy that works there.)

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Getting back to the point, I’m not sure I would want to work at a company similar to Envirochem. While I was there I talked to some of the (alive, human) members of the company, and most of them asked me right off the bat whether I liked math and science. (Most of the people there are engineers or environmental scientists.)

And the thing is, while math and science are important, and I don’t mind doing them, they aren’t what I’m primarily interested in. I like fine arts– writing, drawing, music. If I could have any job I wanted I would want something arts-related because that’s what I enjoy and care about. However, I still don’t know what I want to do with my life. Maybe I will end up doing something similar to what my mum and sister do.

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Toodles.

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