Matt+Devlin

Week 1
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? Over my whole life I have received many different types of advice from different people but I believe the best advice I have ever received is ‘Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you’. One of my earliest memories was before crèche one morning I got teased the day before, I really didn’t want to go. My mum gave me that advice and I have took it on for all my life. I look back to that advice whenever something mean has been said about me or to me. ­­­­I believe this advice has helped me to be strong and not take things to heart as much. I think it is the best because its easy to understand and it relates so much to everyday life as when your a child. You get ‘teased’ most day of your life as your a kid, but if you have the ability to shrug it off and not take it to heart the bullys wont do it as often because they haven’t got a reaction. So I believe this is the best advice I have ever received.

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?

Throwing one piece of rubbish on the ground may seem harmless, but imagine if everyone thought it was harmless and everyone just chucked there rubbish on the ground we all would be walking in piles of rubbish. The world would be destroyed with rubbish and waste. I love the earth how it is. The most amazing natural landmarks and spectacular man made buildings would be destroyed. People would get sick and die. The whole world will be ruined. And it would’ve all started from one man dropping his rubbish. And encouraging someone else too, and by the end of it 7 Billion people will be doing it. A lot of people in the real world still do drop they’re rubbish on the ground. Especially on the school yard, probably around half the people don’t pick up theyre rubbish from the ground. This needs to improve or one day the reality is people will get sick and the world will be dirty. And it encourages polluting aswell.

Week 3
What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why?What do you think courage means?What do you think makes a good friend? If I saw my friend cheating in a test or anything in life. I would definitely confront them and encourage them to own up to cheating. I would threaten to report it if they didn’t own up to it. If you were a real friend you’d do this because you would do this because the truth will always come out eventually, better off sooner than later! You need courage to report it. I believe courage means you have the ability to face your fears, stand up for what you believe in or risking yourself for one of your friends. To be a good friend I believe trust is the key. I think you have to have someone that you can talk about your problems too and know they wont say anything to anyone. Also I think if you want to be a good friend you have to back up your friend in any situation. You have to stand up for them and 100% be behind them. You also have to be appreciative to be a good friend and always be there for them whenever they want to talk.

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why? My most indispensable possession is my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy and I absolutely love it. I can’t go through a whole hour without touching my phone. It is my internet supply, my iPod and most importantly my phone. I really can’t think about not having it. Especially because it is my mp3 player, so my music calms me down and makes me relax. I calm and relaxing music to make me sleep. I struggle sleeping without music playing in the background. I have also got unlimited texting and calls, so I’m constantly in contact with friends. That helps a lot because whenever I have any trouble with anything like homework I will have my phone next to me and I can call and get help without worrying how much money I’m spending calling. As I use my brother’s laptop my phone is my computer with internet. I am always on face book because its one touch away, watch videos on YouTube in high definition and Google questions for homework and finding out what it is. So my phone is indispensable because it has all the recourses I need.

** Week 5 **
What do you think about people polluting the environment? I really don’t get why people pollute the environment. It frustrates me how half of the middle aged people that make the important decisions about polluting do the best for them and don’t give a stuff about the future world and generations. They most likely won’t have to live through the consequences when the future generation cops all of the consequences and it will almost be too late to do anything about it. If people don’t stop polluting they are going to ruin the planet and an extreme case wipes out all living things. The politicians need to pull there head in and look to the future, if something does not get changed soon they are putting to much pressure on our generation to make big changes. I think the big polluting companys need to take a hard look in the mirror and see what they are doing to the world. Maybe they could install a green power supply that gives the same energy but helping the environment, or recycle plastic and paper much more and if there is a lot of water consumption they could use recycled water.

Week ** 6 **
How do you feel when you do something wrong? When I feel like i have done something wrong I get really anxious. I feel very sick in the stomach, like a nervous sick and I start to imagine in my head the worst case scenario. I worry about the worst case scenario and I start to stress out. When I do do something wrong I always say sorry as soon as I feel all these mixed emotions and try to avoid the worst tcase scenario. How do you feel when you do something that is very good? When I do something very good I feel this sense of pride and I get a lot of confidence all of a sudden and I think I can conquer the world. I say whats on my mind because im confident. I also get very proud of my self.If I did something very good for a friend I feel even happier about myself because I did something that makes them feel good or safe. The feeling is price less when you do something that is very good, I love it.

Week 7
I wish there was a law that said you cant drive if your over 0.02 blood alcohol consentrate. This would be a good law because it would reduce the number of road deaths and injuries, it was reduce the cost to our public health system, less people in hospitals and it would reduce the need for emergency surgery’s. There would be less need for injured road accident victims to attend rehabilitation centres/hospitals. People have different affects from alcohol, even the littlest bit of alcohol can take its affect. So that’s why I believe the alcohol limit should be shortened but I don’t think you cant have any alcohol in your system because I believe there would be so many people breaking 0.00 law there would be no point of the law. I think people can have the 1 beer and still be able to drive. The consequences if you break 0.02 law is loss of 3 demmerrit points and 1500 dollar fine and if you break it twice you can’t drive for 3 months. You need to have strong consequences, if not people will brake it and not know what could’ve happened to someone innocent.

Week 8
When you are angry, how do you look? When I’m angry I look terrible and ridiculous. My face goes really red. I will barely talk and I look very tense. I will look very dissapoined and I sometimes look sick. When mostly I feel sick too. When are you happiest? I am happiest when I am with all my friends having a good time. Just too kick back with your favourite people is priceless, even with all the boys just having a great time playing fifa. I’m also most happiest at the footy when the final siren is blown and the swans are in front. Especailly when its a close game and you here the final siren, you are just so overjoyed. When have you felt lonely? I have felt lonely the night my Grandma died, because I hadn’t had anyone in my family die before, it was the worst feeling. I just felt so upset. I think I didn’t get one minute of sleep. I layed in my room on a windy night in pitch black for 12 hours. When do you feel proud? I feel proud when I see all my Dads cricket trophies. He was an absouloute gun and im proud of seeing them.

Week 9
Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? The quality which I dislike most about myself I have a bad temper at home. When I’m tired and I’m not thinking straight I just crack it without thinking about the situation. I have a habit of pushing stuff over when I’m angry. I really do feel sorry for my family because I don’t mean to crack it. I really need to stop losing it so easy over very minor things that can be fixed. Another thing I dislike about myself is my working habits. I need to become better at managing my time, like whenever I get on the computer I go straight on to face book or some other site and I don’t have my full attention on my homework. I always say im going to do all the homework one night and I might only do a little and I keep it building up till the last night were I am rushing which I need to change. If I get my time management right I believe my marks would be much much better.

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? I believe prejudice still exists in this world because of the generation above us. They were taught differently to what we are today. Some were taught to not associate with other groups of people, while others were taught to associate with everyone and treat everyone equally. Because parents often choose to raise their children in the shadows of how they were raised. This is because of the 'core beliefs' that people are raised with, the idea that their parents are correct. If you always believe that your parents are correct and they tell you not to talk to a certain group of peopel, you will probebly grow up thinking that you shouldn't talk to those people, and you will probebly tell your children that they shouldn't, and the cycle continues. A lot of people don't like to see outside the box, they stick to what they know and are afraid to reach out to other things and be educated on further subjects. Prejudice people are usually people who are afraid to face the world, or people who are too stubborn to see the whole story. .