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.

Summarising Chapters One through Five - The Cay

Chapter 1 - What I can remember.

The story starts off to talk about a boy named Philip who lives on the Caribbean in Willemstad. Philip lives with his mother and father. All of the sudden a bomb coming from a German submarine, bombs a place near where Philip lives. This part of the story is where we meet his Friend Henrik. Though his mother said not to, Philip sneaks out of his house with Henrik to try and see what happened. This was because Philip was very fascinated with these sort of things and he's never seen one in real life. Although they were sent home by the soldiers. From this part of the story I can understand that World war II is just underway.

Chapter 2 - What I can remember.

Soon after the events that happened on chapter 1, Philips mother believes that it isn't safe anymore to stay where they're living. Although Philip's dad was unable to come with them, Grace still chose to leave and go back to Norfolk until its safe to go back. Philip wasn't too fond about this but still decided to follow his mothers request. Philip starts to pack his belongings and said bye to all his friends, his father and the town he's been living in for years.

Chapter 3 - What I can remember.

Unfortunately, the ship they were aboard on was torpedoed, there was fire all around. They needed to make their way out of the ship and get onto life boats, thankfully they managed to find their way out but... As they lowered the boat with the passengers in it, everyone got plunged off! Philip was unfortunately knocked unconscious... When he woke up, he found himself in a completely different place on a raft with a "Negro man". This is the part where they introduce us to Timothy, At first sight Philip was pretty unsure of Timothy and didn't trust him much yet. He also met Stew cat, Timothy believes that the cat is bad luck.

Chapter 4 - What I can remember.

Timothy and Philip are still adrift at sea. As you can imagine, there isn't much fresh/pure water available for them, nor is there much food. But they still tried to manage even in the cold and wet conditions. They hunt for raw fish so that they could have something to eat. Other than all of the rough environment they're in, they're still somehow alive. Philip also gets to know Timothy a little more, and starts to observe his features.

Chapter 5 - What I can remember.

From what I can remember nothing much happens in chapter five besides... When Philip tires to put his hand at the edge of the raft, Timothy tells him that he should be careful because there could be sharks lurking beneath. Philip seems to take a liking to the cat but Timothy still believes that the cat isn't good luck. I also seem to remember them talking about booby traps...

Langosta

Langosta's are long and big lobsters, they're red and sometimes they have darker spots on them. In terms of what they can be used for on a cay, there are in fact many uses for them, if there happens to be lots of these lobsters on the cay you're in then you're in luck! These animals could make your stomach full, they're very tasty and have a lot of meat inside them. They're shells are hard and their claws are large and sharp, this part of their body could perhaps be used as a sort of weapon maybe a spear? You could also possibly use them for a shelter, if you're stylish you can use them for decoration!

here is an example of what they looked like 

Cay.

What it's like living on a cay.

It might sound quite nice to live in your own cay, however there are a lot of challenges that comes in living in one of these. On most cay's the temperature can get very very hot, this hotness doesn't last for months or days but the whole year! Although, when the sun is down the sea seems to take over the temperature, so it can get very very cold during nights!

Another nightmare for some of us is the amount of mosquitoes in cays, there are many of these little insects roaming around so make sure to keep some mosquito sprays by your side at all times.

Living on a cay sometimes means you have limited resources of building materials, it can also mean you have a limited food supply. Most of the time you have to make your own source of pure water, because you cant drink the seawater by itself.

Food Economics.

Kia Ora! Today we're going to be taking a look at how me and my team did during food economics!

Our first steps was to prepare the items and ingredients so that we could start our cooking lessons. We got out everything we needed like, chopping boards, knifes, bowls, etc. Once this was all set up, the teacher quickly taught us how to chop the vegetables and the meat in the proper way so that we wouldn't mess up! The first thing I did was diced the onion while my partner chopped the meat into a few pieces, after I finished dicing the onions I continued onto slicing the rest of the vegetables which  consists of capsicum, beans, carrots, etc. We finally finished the slicing process, it was time for cooking. We put two table spoons of sesame oil with the chicken and mixed it around, after that we put it onto the pan with the onions so that they could fry together. Whilst were waiting for that t turn golden brown we got ready another pot to boil the noodles in. The aroma of the golden brown onion drew us in and we soon realised that it was finally time to put the rest of the vegetables in. We mixed all of them together including the noodles and added soy sauce and sweet chilli, these ingredients really did help add more flavor to the dish. The ending results were fantastic! It had the right amount of soy sauce and chilli and all of the ingredients mixed well together, they all complemented each-others taste. My most favourite part of the dish was the noodles, meat and broccoli. I hope to make this at home soon, it's a very easy but tasteful snack!

Here are some pictures of the process of making the food.

Calypso.

Whilst listening to this music I felt very relaxed, like i'm at a beach filled with palm-trees and seagulls. I can imagine the wave splashing against each-other as locals pass by, as I listen to it more it sort of sounded like the theme song to Spongebob Square-pants. This type of music reminds me of people playing the ukulele and the drums in Hawaii while dancing to their song.

Metaphor - As he sang, his voice sounded like a pterodactyl screeching.

Pontoon Bridge.

 Pontoon Bridge.

The pontoon bridge was used in history so that the Persia army could cross the strait of Dardanelles in Turkey. This type of bridge could float on water so that land vehicles such as cars could cross without sinking, not only cars used this but also pedestrians. The pontoon bridge was also use during wartime or emergencies.

Historically, these bridges were built using wood. These floating bridges were simply constructed by fixing several barrels, rafts of timbers, or by using boats. Most of these bridges were used for temporary uses only.

Most pontoon bridges were reusable because you could move them around to use for another time you come across water.

Schooner - DO NOW.

A schooner is commonly known as a sailing vessel. There are 4 masts on the vessel, fore-and-afts are generally rigged on two or more masts. The name of this vessel is related to a Scots word language, this word in their language means skipping over water or to skip over stones.

A schooner vessel isn't very big compared to other boats/ships, it looks like a boat to go fishing on  or simply sail. The masts look like triangles and is coloured white, the vessel itself can be brwon or another colour.

If I were in a schooner I would be able to see the sea surrounding me while sea life lurks beneath, I will feel the cold breeze coming from the sea. I will probably feel the Schooner gently rocking.

WGA - Envy.

Envy is a type of jealousy you feel for someone of something, this is something you find appealing. You want to have this talent, item, person, etc. Perhaps you want something more than the obvious, for example you envy someone who can play the ukulele. Maybe you don't just want to know how to play this instrument, rather you want to be appreciated for knowing how to play this instrument.

Envy is trying to tell you something but it doesn't tell you everything you need to know, that's what you need to figure out yourself. Perhaps you may ask envy questions like, "why do I envy this person? Is it really just because they can play the ukulele or is it something else that I find appealing about them?".

Envy suggests that you do something to fulfil what you REALLY want to do and not just the obvious, maybe you can't play the ukulele but you can learn another instrument or do something good so that you can be appreciated. 

Do you envy something or someone? Maybe theirs something deeper to what you think you envy?

ESOL - Dear diary.

Dear diary,

Today was Christmas day and I woke up excited, my mum woke me up with a big yell from outside. Once we walked out of our room, our mother surprised us by saying we had a present waiting for us outside the front of our yard. We ran outside as soon as possible and unwrapped our present. We stood there in shock. Without saying a word we hopped in the trolley and speeded off. We heard our mum yell out “Don’t go out in your pyjamas” but we got too excited so we disregarded what our mother said and played.

Do now - Vocab U-boat German submarine.

The U-boat German submarine was a naval weapon, this type of submarine was one of the best and durable. This U-boat was far more advanced then the ones built by other nations. 

U-Boat sizes usually range around 214 feet long, so as you can tell these U-boats are very big!  

This particular U-boat could hold 35 men and 12 torpedoes, torpedoes can also be very long. 

Here is a video of showing the inside of a U-boat German submarine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXiSWPGy_gg

I chose this particular video clip because it shows almost every part of the  boat including the insides, it seems to be very detailed and I cant tell that people can learn a lot about the boast by watching this.

Friends fit into our Relationships

What is Taha Whānau?

Taha Whānau means family wellbeing, it is about who in your life makes you feel like you belong. This is someone you care and love for, you can share your life with them and they won't mind. This is not only about your family it can also be about friends or someone your close with.

Why are 'good friend' relationships so important?

Because they can help you get through things that perhaps you're not able to go through alone, good friend relationships can give you good advice and can help you make big decisions in your life. Not only are they there to be your friend but they are also there to 'protect' you and care for you. They are important because you have an inseparable bond with them that can't be replaced.

Why is Respect so important for all (not just friends) of our relationships?

Being respectful and respected is important especially in our society, if someone gives you respect it should be mutual it shouldn't be a one way thing. Not knowing someone shouldn't be a reason for you to disrespect them, you might not know what they're going through. If you are being disrespectful to someone but aren't sure if it's hurting their feelings your should try looking in their perspective. Respect for each other prevents arguments so stay respectful.

Energy Transformations.

Energy Transformations - When energy is passed/changes from one type to  another.

There are 8 types of  energy

1. Kinetic - Allows movement.

2. Chemical potential - Energy that can come from either food or fuel.

3. Heat - Temperature giving energy. (Hot = lots) (Cold = not a lot)

4. Light - Waves of light - Visible (can see) or Xray

5. Gravitational - Effect of gravity pushing down.

6. Elastic potential - Something that stretches to load up emery.

7. Electrical - Anything that uses power/electricity.

8. Sound - Energy you can hear.

Steps -

Get a plastic cup

Cut the bottom of the cup

Get a balloon 

Stretch it out

Cut half the bottom tip of the balloon

Tightly put the cut balloon onto the bottom of the cup

Put a small marshmallow in and fire away!

Types of energy we used for this experiment -

Elastic energy.

Kinetic energy. - Gravitational energy.

Sound energy.

Conclusion -

As the balloon stretched out the marshmallow prepared to fly! The marshmallow came out and flew high in the air, it slowly fell down afterwards.