ESOL T3 - Feedback.

I personally think that the best lesson was reading Wonder and playing some fun games that our teacher presented us. I liked reading wonder because it gave us time to “wonder” and have our own peace and quiet. Although I wouldn’t want to read ALL the time. I really enjoyed playing the games a lot because it gave us the opportunity to bond with friends and classmates, and it was also fun competing to make sure our team will win!One task I was proud of is, well i’m not specifically proud of a particular work that I did because I think I did decent work not outstanding or bad work. One thing I would do differently next time I do ESOL is that I'd try to make more time in completing work and try my best to have a decent grade. I would like to try and get out of my comfort zone at some point so that I can speak better in future jobs..One more thing I’d like to share is that I liked watching the movie about the three men in Jamaica who were trying to win the Olympic games, I enjoyed this part of the term because we got to learn about a sport that I haven’t heard much about and that we didn’t really have to do much when we got to class!

Food economics / Food review

 Kia ora!

Today I will be discussing what I did for food economics last week. Sadly I forgot the name of the food but it was a burrito or taco looking snack! Now you may be asking, how did you make this delicious tasting snack? Well here is what I remember. 

First things first, we got our instructions from our teacher and once she was done talking to us she let us off to go have a try at cooking this snack. First I cut the meat into little pieces, approximately 1 cm wide and perhaps 2 cm long whilst my partner started to cut the vegetables. Me and my partner stood a little far from each other since we didn't want an infection to occur if the veggies and the chicken mixes. After we were done cutting everything, I seasoned the meat with spice mix and popped it in the oven. While waiting for it to cook we put in the tortilla in the microwave for 10 seconds and started preparing everything that was gonna go inside. Finally! We assembled everything together and had a bite.

It tasted delicious... as the food filled my mouth with flavor and texture I felt all the Little veggie pieces and the meat getting crushed in my mouth, they all thankfully mixed well together. As I was biting it some of the filling got out, but it's okay I put it back in! The flavour that stood out most to me was the onion, it had a very strong but good flavour. Perhaps if I could re-do it again I would perhaps put more ingredients in the meat.

Static Electricity.

What are the 3 particles that make up everything? Which ones have positive and negative charge?

Protons = Positive 

Neutrons = Neutral 

Electrons = Negative

Objects want to be "electrically neutral", what does this mean?

It means that they want to have an even balance of negative and positive, opposites attract.

When you rub two insulators you can get a static shock, so what is an insulator and a conductor?

Insulators are bad at passing on electricity but conductors are good.

What is an example of static electricity?

You can get static electricity from your hair, carpet, jacket,cardigan, slides, etc.

Open Steak Sandwich !

                                        Open Steak Sandwich

How we made it ~

We started off by getting all of our needed ingredients and supplies out and on our tables. Of Course we sanitised it before putting them on. Once everything was all set, our teacher instructed us on what needed to be done and we finally started! Firstly we rolled the red meat and rolled it into slightly long pieces whilst our partners cut the vegetables which consisted of peppers, onion, salad leaves, tomatoes, etc. After the cutting has been done we mixed some of the vegetables with the meat and put it on the pan to fry, it didn’t take long for it to cook nicely! Once these were cooked we put them in our buns and put the extra sauces and veggies onto the burger.

How it tasted ~

By far this was my favourite food we made in our class, it tasted so good it’s indescribable! Everything from top to bottom complimented each other, the steak was the perfect texture it wasn’t rubbery/chewy or too under-cooked. The vegetables tasted a tad bit sweet and went well with the sauces we put on. You could hear the veggies crunching in your mouth as you bit into it! 

The Cay - Questions about Chapters 12-13.

1. How many days have Timothy and Philip been of the islands?

They've been in the cay for around 40 days.

2. What does Philip do to help Timothy when he is sick?

Philip helps timothy by assisting him, gave Timothy water and ripped some parts of his clothes to put on top of Timothy forehead like Philips mom did with him.

3. Explain why Philip is ready to climb the coconut tree?

Because he succeed climbing it and Timothy taught him what to do and how to specifically climb the tree. 

4. Why do you think Timothy is trying to teach Philip these survival skills?

Because Timothy thinks that he may die so he teaches Philip how to do these certain tasks so that when he is gone he will still be able to survive on his own.

5. What do you think Philip mean by his comment, "are you still Black"?

I think Timothy asked this question sarcastically because he perceived black people as being bad or unhelpful whilst Timothy was good and helpful which he thought wasn't the case.

Eye dissection.

What we did -

Yesterday during science we did a dissection! We decided to do a dissection on a cow eye and see what was in it. Although before we started, we needed to learn ow to do it so we watched a video. Afterwards we started dissecting. We first cut all the excess fat off of the eye, after all of the fat was recycled we cut off the cornea to get inside. As we were cutting some of the humerus juice came out! It was black and it looked a bit dirty, Once all the ooze was out some slimy clear liquid came out with the lens (it sort of looked like a clear (egg). We saw a bit of the pupil on the side, it was coloured brown. We cut up everything and dug deep, we finally saw the retina and the ciliary muscles. It was black but some parts of it were colourful, it was really interesting to see what it looked like inside!

Reflection -

Did I enjoy it? - It wasn't the BEST experience to me, it felt and looked a bit disgusting. I personally didn't touch it much because i wasn't very fond of the idea but one of my teammates were brave enough to do it! I enjoyed exploring the parts of the eyes and learning new things.

What did I find interesting? - What I found most interesting was the retina! The colours fascinated me a lot and I was very curious why it was that type of colour compared to the rest of the eye, so I researched about it! Turns out it's like that because when light enters the eyes it gets reflected so it amplifies low level of the light. This will help them see better at the night time!

What did I learn? - Experimenting on the cow eye I learned a couple of things. For example I didn't know that there was a lot of liquid inside of the eyes! My original thought that it was all just a solid, I also expected to see blood inside the eye but I was wrong! 

Picture of me and my group!

Prejudice

 Prejudice 

In our social justice hurumanu we’ve been talking about very important issues happening in today’s world. The main topic for our assignments have been prejudices against certain communities. Whether it be racism, homophobia, etc. The main point of this writing is picking three communities that get pre-judged by people. I will be writing about these communities and what sort of hate they may face. I chose to write about the Asian, black and the LGBTQ+ community. Below you will find what I've written, enjoy!

Black Community -

Throughout many many years the black community has been enduring massive suffering from racism. As you may know way back, a long time ago black people were enslaved. They did many things that they probably didn’t want to do but were forced to do either way, they even had “owners” who would tell them what to do and when. Back then most black people didn’t have any rights at all, this was because most people believed that they didn’t deserve rights so they weren’t given the same freedom as other communities. The reasoning behind this was most likely because of their skin colour, a lot of people called them “dirty” and would use an excessive amount of offensive slurs. Using offensive slurs and trashing people of colour was considered “normal” back then, thank god it isn’t anymore. What Rosa Parks experienced is a great example of what happens to people of colour, sometimes even worse things may sadly happen to them. Here is a brief explanation of what Rosa parks went through and how she dealt with it. https://spsfayeo.blogspot.com/2021/05/rosa-parks-research-chaos.html

Another great example of what sadly happens to people of colour a lot is George Floyd, he allegedly stole a packet of cigarettes from a store. Shortly after that, his life was wrongly stolen from him by a corrupted police officer. It’s very sad to see people of colour die just because of the pigment of their skin, everyone deserves to have a chance to live. Since the passing of George Floyd, many people have taken a step forward and protested against the police and against racism. These peaceful protesters have really helped the black community and I'm sure police officers will think twice before doing anything that they might regret. Although George Floyd isn't the first to die from police brutality, many many black people have died without justice. A lot of peoples main judgement upon seeing a balck person is that they might be “dangerous” or that they might be in a “gang”, this is wrong. You shouldn’t base a person's personality on what other people did, everyone is different. In 2021 it’s slowly getting better and there aren’t many racist acts anymore but it definitely still happens.

Asian Community -

Speaking from experience, the Asian community also gets a lot of hate from a lot of different people. The Asian community has been getting oppressed a lot, over the years. Most common pre-judges Asian people receive is that they speak a certain way, and or their eyes are different from other people's eyes. It is really wrong for people to mock languages to sound a certain way and lift their eyes to make them look like  “Asian eyes” in a form of mocking. Racism towards Asians have been getting a lot worse since covid-19 started, this is because people believe that we allegedly are the viruses and that us as a community is the reason why covid started. I don’t think it’s right to accuse a whole community of causing such a horrible act. Videos have been accumulating on the internet that shows Asians getting hit, attacked and getting called racial slurs. Most of these people who were attacked did nothing wrong, but in some people's eyes they guess it was ok to hit someone because they’re Asian. It is sad to see people of the Asian descent attacked and sometimes killed because of the wrongdoing of others. People have to understand that the people they hurt may have families, friends, relatives and a loving partner who cares for them. They have to start putting themselves in other people’s shoes. Similar to the black community, some Asians were also enslaved and traded to “owners”. 

LGBTQ+ Community-

As we already know, the LGBTQ+ community is people who have different preferences. This is the reason why they get hated on, they get hated on for loving someone. Writing that didn’t even make sense to me, so how could people be so ignorant and start bashing someone because they have a different preference? The LGBTQ+ community have been through a lot, in the olden days marriage of the same sex was banned. It was also considered sinful to date someone of the same sex. It’s sad to know that people were abused and sometimes killed for showing affection. I don’t see what’s wrong with loving someone of the same sex, it’s their life. Most pre-judges about the people in this community are that they act a certain way or that they’re “weird”. A lot of religious people think it’s wrong to be gay because they belive that it’s disrespecting god and that they are committing a sin. Can you imagine how difficult it must be to be separated from someone you love because of your gender? Parent’s should learn to teach their kids that it’s okay to be a little different from everyone else, everyone can be different and that’s okay. Another sad thing is that in some cases, teens get “disowned” by their parents because they believe that it ruins their reputation to have a gay son/daughter. My opinion is that people in this community deserve freedom and be able to love who they want to love. LOVE is LOVE you can’t stop it.

From what I've written, I can learn that people get blinded and might start to hate other people. Most get influenced by social media on their judgements of people. The world will never be able to change if people keep acting this way. Social media, news, etc have taken over their brains and they can’t think straight. We’re not living in the past anymore! It’s time to change. Think, what can you do to help? Open your eyes.