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=Blog #11 [|What Social Means To Me # 2] =

The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of social studies was that it was just a subject and that it was boring. Now when I think of it I think of thoughts being expressed, places in the world, and history. My biggest interests of social studies are still history and learning about other cultures and places. I feel that in this class we learned a lot of those two and I’m glad that we did. I liked how we used technology all the time and how games were used to help us learn.

=Blog #10 [|Teacher Labour Dispute] =

The teacher labour dispute has brought many attention to student bodies all around Saskatchewan. Students are either exstatic on missing school days while others are concerned about the outcome of the whole situation, whether graduation plans are going to be pursued or would school have to be extended into summer vacation to make up for the missed school days due to teachers on study breaks. Personally, I think teachers work an amazing amount of time outside school times , for example taking time at home , which is their time to relax just like other citizens , to mark their student’s assignments. Also, it has come to my attention that teachers are volunteers when it comes to extra curricular activities, which takes money, time and effort. Teachers help educate kids and shape them into what they are most capable of for their future. People don’t really think of it much, but to be a teacher you need a great deal amount of dedication to get the amount of tasks they have to do done and sometimes people over look it as well. Teachers should no longer be taken for granted and must be recognized for the valuable work they do. A good raise isn’t so hard to give, is it ?

=Blog #9 [|Feedback on Ancient Greece] =

When I heard that our class was going to be learning about Ancient Greece, I was eager to get started. I’ve always found Greece to be such an amazing place and to learn about it’s history would be great. To be honest, when I saw all the assignment that had to be done, I started to panic because I though there was just too many, but I had no choice but to just start working on them and see how it goes. The assignments weren’t difficult at all, I found them to be quit fun because they were games and really easy to do. My favourite assignments in this topic, would have to be the hero game and the quizzesbecause it’s nice to learn while playing a game. I, myself would say that I do learn better through games because it catches my attention, which helps me learn more. All the assignment were very educational and super fun, however one of them could use some improving. The video about Greece was very educational but just a tad long, maybe if it was shortenedjust a little then it would’ve been great. In conclusion the Ancient Greece topic was very interesting and I’m looking forward to the upcoming topics to come.

=Blog #8 [|Federal Election Poll] =

I am not very interested or aware of what’s going on in the election right now, which I think is not the best thing at the moment because I should be interested in who runs this country, it’ll affect me and so i’ll need to start paying attention on who I think is the best person to run this country. When I took the quiz online for who I agree on the most, my result was liberal but on the overall questions, it showed that I agreed to other political parties decisions aswell, the results were almost all equal ! When I saw this, it made me even more confused into who I think should run this country. One of the questions in the questionare were asking what I thought on Quebec becoming it’s own nation, I strongly disagreed on that one because Quebec is already part of Canada and it’d be sad to see a part of a country go. I know some people there have needs that they want attended to but if given time, the person running Canada at the moment, would see to it that they will be attended to. All in all, I think I will definately start paying more attention on the election because knowing more about it has made me interested and i’d like to see the outcome of it all.

=Blog #7 [|Mr. Mann and Mr. Eiswirth’s 3 weeks with our class.] =

Having Mr.Mann and Mr.Eiswirth in our class was comfortable. They were really kool people and at the same time eager to teach and learn. Both made sure that if a student needed help, an individual with the knowledge helped them out. Most important thing about teaching our class was that they weren’t boring and it made it easier to learn that way. Ofcourse there is always room for improvement, but they were already great , they can only get better. In conclusion, Mr. Mann and Mr.Eiswirth were a good additional to our class. I will miss their cheesy jokes and presence.

=Blog #6 [|Reflection on the Time Travel Agency Project] =

Our group worked on the Aztecs. This project was really fun because I got to try new new things, such as , make an infomercial , make a prezi, tripwow, glogster and a wix. Using these tools and site in a presentation will help me in the future, like in university. At first I thought that with the little amount of time my group had, we wouldn’t get it done in time to present ! Speaking of group, mine was made up of Lexi, Leanne , Maddy and I. Our goal was to finish it as best as we could and I think we did a really good job working togthor on this project, we got a start on this right away and devided it as equal as we could. Everything started off on a good start, till we hit a bump when Mr.Mann accidently made a mistake in our infomercial. To fix it some of us had to stay afterschool to make it as good as we can. In the end I think our presentation very well and that we were a good team. I would outmost definately would like to have an assigment like this again.

=Blog #5 [|Progress Report #1] =

This class so far has been great. I have learned so many differents things. This is one of the classes that I actually like going to because it’s not boring and it’s fun. One thing that would make this class the perfeect class for me, is more time on assignments and to slow down a little bit on adding new ones. I really like the assignements and would love time because I want to finish it with my best. I am looking forward to the new things Mr.Vendramin is going to show the class that envolves computers because with each new thing, my knowledge in computers grow.

=Blog #4 [|DHMO (true facts )] =

I was surprised that DHMO is just water. I thought it was this big chemical that was causing all these problems when it’s just a common liquid. People are saying they should ban DHMO when the fact is, without it, we would all be dead. So finding out the fact that we we’re signing a petition to ban it when it was just water after all, was ridiculous. It was really shocking to think that none of us checked the website to see what they were actually saying. No one understood anything and just skimmed through to look for facts. We should’ve done more research to see if it was true and to understand what we were reading.

=Blog #3 [|Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)!] =

5 facts:


 * Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage
 * Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
 * Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
 * DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
 * Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.

Personally, I think DHMO is very dangerous because it is a deadly substance. But I think this is a very resourceful site when you are trying to figure out the dangers when exposed to DHMO.

I am willing to sign a petition to ban DHMO because the substance is fatal to human life and living organisms.

=Blog #2 [|Does God Exist ?] =

” Does God Exist ? “ is an exetremely difficult, yet a very interesting question because do we, as people, really know ? Well being a catholic/ christian and attending church regularly, and being involved with the church really strengthened my belief in the Lord. I believe that he exists because well who am I to be positivethat he exists when the truth is I don’ t really know. One thing that I’m sure of is that even though I don’t really know, I believe in God , because his words through the priest shows examples of how I can make myself a better person ,and better catholic.

=Blog #1 __ [|what [SOCIAL means to me?]] __=

When I think of social the first thing that comes to my mind is a subject that I would have to learn at school and school equals boring .Social – the subject, I find very interesting and would like to learn more about it in general. When the word social comes to mind, I think about geography, history, archeology, other cultures and other religions.

My biggest interests in Social Studies :

History- I love learning about the things that happend in the past, because what happend in the past helped make the world that it is today.

Other Cultures – Learning about other cultures, interests me alot because I like to compare them to each other and see the difference. Also there are many different kinds and they all are orginal.

I am looking forward to learning about many things in this class.