Now Would I Live in The Community?

Our world is like a huge melting pot,  full of different countries, ethnicities, religions, personalities, climates.  Take that all away.  What is planet Earth left with?  Jonas' world, which is a colourless mass of land, inhabited by people with the same colourless complexion, and blank, emotionless face.  The Community.
Based on my observations up to chapter 12 of the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, I have concluded that the society in which the protagonist, Jonas lives is not "nice" world, so to speak rather a dystopia, where people of the Community do not know anything of their world's past, have no say in multiple aspects, and are "released" when they become too old or as babies are not developing as fast as peers.    There are no deaths caused by old age.
First and foremost, in our world, one can grow up wanting to be a doctor more than anything.  They can pursue that dream if they are focused.  In Jonas' world, it does not exactly work that way.  Almost the exact opposite, in fact!  Based on a child's twelve years of behaviour, actions, they are assigned a role.  
Although this might seem like exemplary organisation on the Community's part, there are certain jobs that are empty, lonely, devastating.  For example, Birthmother.  A woman that gives birth to a new child, only to give it away.  On page 21, Jonas' little sister, Lily, says
"I think newchildren are so cute!" Lily sighed. "I hope I get assigned to be a Birthmother."
"Lily!"  Mother spoke very sharply.  "Don't say that.  There's very little honour in that Assignment."  Living in Jonas' Community would be utterly.. grim.  Our society's children grow up with dreams of what they might be in the future.  It is a given that children pursue their dreams in college or university.  However in the Community, children have no choice.  At the age of Twelve, they are assigned a job.  Imagine having no choice.  That is what children growing up in that world think.     
Moreover, the people of the Community live in a world without colour, without varying climate.  The worst part about this is the fact that the people purely do not know what colour or climate is!  I would not be able to picture what our world would be like, is everything were the same.  The same questions filled my head; How?  Why!  On page 94, is reads:
"It happened,"  Jonas said.  "It happened in the books, but it went away again."
"I'm right, then,"  the Giver said. "You're begging to see the colour red.
"The what?"  This models just how sheltered the people of the Community are.  Imagine not being able to have a choice of something as simple as an outfit, or no choice of paint for your house.  Imagine having so sunshine to play ball in or similarly, no snow to ski or snowboard or sled in.  This is what life in the Community would be like.  
Furthermore, the strictness of the vocabulary.  When I am with peers, we speak over each other, and nobody thinks anything more of it, just the fact that we were talking over each other.  For example, the book reads: "She peddled forward silently, and he knew that she expected him to tell her why.  She expected him to describe his first day of training.  But to ask would have fallen into the category of rudeness," on page 90.  One should have the pure right to speak their minds, not have to apologise for asking something simple as a question!  There are many people that do not have the right to speak their minds, depending on their circumstances.  It is unfair.  Everyone deserves the right to exercise votes or ideas.  Everyone should have freedom of speech.  Imagine having to apologise every time you accidentally spoke at the same time as a peer.
These reasons are just part of the reason why the novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry is an obvious dystopia.  Primarily, the devastating jobs that one could be assigned to.  Second, the Sameness, the depressing, lonely Sameness.  Thirdly and finally, the strictness of vocabulary.  Ask yourself; "Now would I live in the community?"  

Espera, Eu Tem Que Pensar Mais Uma Vez..

"Natasha, o que voce vai ser quando voce crescer?"  A pergunta normalmente me deixo confusa.  Eu 

tem que saber o que eu vai ser quando creser?  So tenho 12 anos!  Mas, neste bimestre no PFL D, nós temos o chance a ver os carreiras que nos podemos fazer no futuro, apenas por ver nossas resultas do o Teste Vocacional.  

Um jeito de escolher uma carreira futura e de tomando o Teste Vocacional.  Esse teste te ajuda a estreitar as suas qualidades.  As respostas taxa suas qualidades, que são convencional, artista, social, realista, investigativo, e empreendor.  Com esses respostas, tem uma lugar aonde voce pode checar quais carreiras voce pode fazer no futuro.
Eu pegou a resposta que eu estou mais convencional.  Isso me deixo com duvidas, por que eu sempre pensei que eu estou mais de uma pessoa visual ou artística.  As minha carreiras possiveis foram treinador de cavalos (Que eu gostaria), banquerio, e piloto de aviōes.  Esses três foram minhas favoritos.

Eu espero para minha vida que eu tenha uma familia, uma educação boa, e tanto faz quando vem para carreiras, tão longo quanto e uma coisa que eu não gosta, mais uma coisa que eu ama, uma coisa que eu quer acordar para na manhas e não quer deixar nas noites.  Eu também prefira se e uma coisa que pode sustentar a minha família e eu.   

How Much Money?

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After finishing our Europe and Contemporary European Issues unit in geography, we returned to making infographics on Piktochart. We got to choose our three countries, one free choice country, one in Europe, and then one in South America. The country of my choice was Burkina Faso, Africa. I chose this country because so far in infographics, I have not chosen a country in Africa. I chose Denmark because I was intrigued to find out the wealthiness of this county, as I was unsure.  I think that these countries have different GDPs for two reasons.  One reason being is that Brazil and Denmark are both developed countries.  This is an indicator that they are wealthy.  In addition, Brazil is a B.R.I.C.S country and also the countries surrounding Denmark are mainly wealthy.  I also know that Burkina Faso is in Africa which is not as wealthy as a continent.  Burkina Faso is also not surrounded by wealthy countries, so through facts and inferences, Burkina Faso is not very wealthy.
In conclusion, I thought that it was interesting to learn about how wealthy a country really is.  What is behind the mask?

Reflecting on Pa'aling, Artificial Leaves, Energy, and Rubber Bands- Reflecting on Science 7

1. Science Investigation Post
1. Investigation Report
2. Based on the investigation report, the things that I will focus on for the science fair, I think that I need to focus on collecting more important and greater amounts of qualitative and quantitative observations. I will do this by recording our experiments so that even if I do miss some information, I can always look back at these recordings.
2. Science Test Post
1. Take out both your tests.  Compare your scores.  Look at your notes.
   I believe that for the reassessment of the second term test really showed for my effort paid off in terms of studying. I made flashcards and studied with friends, family, and even during recess! During the test, I spent 60 minutes writing the test. If I took more than a minute stumped on a problem, then I starred it and moved on. After 60 minutes, I would go back, check my answers, and then try to answer the questions starred.
3. Science Essay Post
1. First Quarter Essay: Pa'aling
2. I think that in the second quarter, I did better managing my time. Since the second quarter essay had very specific time constraints, I felt more pressure, therefore my performance bettered. I am very proud of both my essays, but particularly proud of the second quarter.
4. Science Summative Assessments Post
   
   

   I feel confident that my first semester grade is a five. Although I defiantly had been striving for more this quarter, my first quarter grade weight my final grade down from a 6 to a five.

What Happened BN? (Before Natasha)

Before this unit in humanities, I had frequently found myself wondering what happened in the Victorian Age, in ancient Greece, and in Mesopotamia.  What was life like before the iPhone?  Before any phone at all?  l would find myself wondering what life would be like without "simple" pieces of technology, such as the refrigerator, or Google.  This unit in humanities has allowed me to learn about just that.  In the first part of this unit, we had to choose an invention that impacted society either in a more subtle way that is not thought of as an "invention," for example juries.  On the other hand, you could also choose an invention that impacted society in a louder, more obvious way, like the airplane.  The invention that I chose was democracy that gave a voice to most Athenians.  I chose this "invention," because it is not the obvious choice.  When most people think of the word "invention," what pops up in their minds first, generally lean to the idea of something physical, something tangible.  Democracy is neither of those things, but revolutionised lives all the same.  I thought that this was an interesting way of looking at the unit- to choose something that you have to dig deeper to think about.  The second part of this unit was creating a graphic novel.  Instead of making the graphic novel about democracy, I worked with a peer, Anna Clara, and chose the invention that she had written her paper about, which was the elevator.  I enjoyed this experience, because contrary to what I had predicted, creating a graphic novel was quite hard.  It had to be informative, yet funny.  The frames had to have a sufficient amount of detail, but could not go overboard.  In the end, my partner and I were able to portray what I believe was an interesting story.  

I believe that new technologies produce different outcomes in different societies because of the seed that planted them.  Famous inventors did not just think, "I'm going to invent the car and alter people's lives forever," no.  These people realised that there needed to be a change in the world.  Maybe they realised that horse and buggies were not enough to transport the growing world as they might have before.  If a society is still developing, and an invention as life-changing as the airplane comes, then the invention will thrive, due to the need of help for the society.  If an invention is made in the developed society that we live in today, it will probably not succeed, and if it does, maybe not as noticeably.

I think that technology can change the development of societies because of how big the invention is figuratively, meaning that the invention can be small to hold, but impacts a society greatly.  If a society is not very successful in terms of trade, or economics, and then they receive rifles, the civilisation can hunt animals, and then trade the meat and fur.  The society can then thrive, and invest their money in different, possibly more important things.

This unit has taught me so many different aspects about different inventions and has helped the side of me that has wondered what happened before me grow.

My Research Paper

Geometry Investigations

In math, we are learning about geometry.  This unit has honesty changed my perspective in real-life situations.  Every time that I step over a tiled floor, I think that the length of my step had been 2 by 2.  I have noticed shapes that I normally would not have.  

We have been learning about the pythagoreon therom, corresponding angles, exterior angles, adjacent angles, verticles angles, coplementary angles and right angles (among others.)

1. Which investigation will you be analyzing?

I will be investigating the Polygon Interior Angle Investigation.

2. Did the question and directions in the investigation make sense when you were doing it or did you need help clarifying what to do?  (Did you get stuck along the way, or make any mistakes that had to be corrected?)

           I understood the questions for the most part, but I got stuck on question four, which asked, “Can you write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of sides of a polygon and the total sum of interior angles?”  I was confused by this, but Mr. Hancock clarified it.  At first I had n x 180= __, but then, I got the correct answer, which is (n-2) x 180=__.

3. Explain the pattern or special relationship that you found and explain how this responds to the guiding statement: “Understanding relationships and establishing patterns will help us measure and define physical space.”

(Be clear.  Feel free to paste in images to really demonstrate what you are explaining.    This is your opportunity to explain what you understand about this topic)

I learned about the equation that shows the relationship between the number of sides of a polygon and the total sum of interior angles.  I feel like knowing this has helped my understanding of polygons, because when I see a polygon, knowing this equation, it is just something I know.  

4. Create a math problem that could be used on a test that uses the concept you are explaining in a problem solving situation.  (it could be a word problem, or a diagram with unknown angles, etc.  Try to imagine how this concept could be applied to a ‘real life’ situation, and how it could be tested on an exam.)

Por Gentileza

Nas aulas de português nós trabalhamos num projeto somativo, que tinha duas partes.  Parte um foi o parte escrita e parte dois foi para fazer uma dramatização com uma outra pessoa.  O projeto tinha que usar linguagem formal.

Após este projeto, eu aprendi como usar linguagem formal em um contexto normal, ou se eu estou falando com as minhas amigas.  Eu tambem aprendi quando voce tem que usar linguagem formal versus linguagem informal.  Além disso, eu aprendi situaçōes onde voce poderia usar subjuntivo.  

Eu acho que e muito importante a aprender essas habilidades por que e muito importante a aplicar essas coisas para vida real.  Se voce tem uma reunião para trabalho e voce so entra falando, “Eaí mano, beleza?”, não vai dar certo.  Também, vocé tem que aprender o verbo subjuntivo para não ser tão repetitivo com, por exemplo, nomes.  

Eu acho que a minha dificuldade principal foi o verbo subjuntivo.  Até agora eu tem que pensar um pouco antes que eu usar.  Para mi ajudar, eu vou continuar a estudar essas habilidades para torná-lo mais fácil.  

Eu gostei muito dessa projeto e eu espero que eu pode fazer uma coisa assim mais uma vez!