Jessica+Di+Blasi's+Reflections

Reflections Each student will build their own page for the puposes of Reflection. This is because when two students are using the same page at the same time the page will not save properly.

Each week for 10 weeks you will need to make a relection about your experiences. Each reflection is expected to at least 200 words in length.

The topic or questions you are asked to reflect on at listed below. Copy these questions to your individual reflection page.

Week 1
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? This piece of advice wasn’t given to me personally but through a song. This song is sung by one of my inspirations, Justin Bieber. The song is called ‘Never Say Never’ and is now produced into a movie. This song has taught me to never restrict myself when trying to achieve something. However at times t ﻿ his advice can be challenging to follow. Sometimes fears can take over and your goal may feel as if it isn’t achievable. However you must give everything you’ve got and fight. An example of this was on camp. When it was my turn on the giant swing I was very nervous, as I am afraid of heights. On the other hand I knew that it wasn’t going to be so bad and it may be scary for a few moments but after that it would be like an adventure. This advice came with a quote. The quote is: “There’s going to be times when people tell you that you cant live your dreams, this is what I tell them; Never say never”-Justin Bieber. Now I have seen that better things come out when you put in a better attitude. Therefore you can make anything reachable if you never say never.
 * Date completed: Friday, 25th of February 2011. **
 * Words: 205 **

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? If one single person threw a piece of trash on the ground it may just be harmful by a very low percentage. However if everyone threw a piece of trash on the floor our world would be harmed quite seriously. Some people think that if they throw a piece of rubbish on the ground someone else will do the job and pick it up for them. However that’s not always the case. If trash is left on the floor it can make the area have a terrible smell. This can have an effect on whether people would want to visit a place that has a horrible smell to it. The outcome of this is that the economy will decrease leading to prices to increase having more people enter poverty because they can’t afford to give out that much money. On the other hand the trash doesn’t just effect us humans it can injure innocent marine life or any animal that lives on ground that can eat the rubbish. The rubbish that a person litters can be picked up by rain or wind and be blown into the drains. From there it can lead to being swept into rivers or/and oceans. This can affect marine life, as they can get caught or even worse, eat the rubbish, that can then cause death. This is all what can occur if we threw rubbish on the ground, this can be stopped and it is completely up to you!
 * Date completed: Sunday 13th of March 2011 **
 * Words: 245 **

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? Personally if I saw my friend cheating on any test or assignment I would confront them and also report them. As I’ve done in the past. I would let them know that what they have done can cause them to get into big trouble and even fail the test or assignment and yes, I would expect my friend to be mad or even furious at me for doing that but, it’s for the best. I would do this because I believe a true friend would. To me a true friend is someone who knows what is best, who can truthful and will always be there for you, no matter the circumstances. However, can tell you when you’ve gone wrong and help you. A true friend must have courage; Courage to inform you when your in the wrong. To me courage is someone who can be brave. Who can risk something to protect others. To go out their way and do something adventurous without showing fear. Or to even overcome their fears, no matter if they are big or small. All of these things put together make a good friend who shows courage and is able to confront a friend and help them when they are in need.
 * Date completed: Sunday 20th of March 2011 **
 * Words: 207 **

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why? For this question many would think I would put down Justin Bieber. Well you’re wrong! My most indispensable possession is my ipod. It holds the key to my life and without it I consider myself lost. Music is always playing either aloud or in my head. I can’t live without listening to some form of music. To me it brings me inspiration, happiness and even excitement. I know when I’m feeling down I can always sit down, plug in my ear plugs, press play and my day starts to brighten up. When listening to music I feel as if I am getting myself involved in the situation and that I can make a change. I find that the lyrics to most songs relate to my life and I’m forever thinking this song is made about me! As I am a visual person, music helps me paint the picture in my head. It helps me create the story and make a change to the world. However the music that inspires me is Justin Bieber’s. As I’ve said in week one, he has inspired me to never say never and to make a change. Therefore I cannot live without my ipod because it is extremely motivating.
 * Date completed: Friday 1st of April **
 * 204 words **

 **Week 5**
What do you think about people polluting the environment? My opinion on what I think about people polluting the environment is that those people are very rude. It’s very disrespectful to our earth that we live in and I find it’s not fair that many people who pollute are destroying our environment. However I don’t think people realise what can result from polluting. Imagine if the whole world polluted, if approximately 6, 775, 235, 741 polluted our air would be un safe to breathe, all the marine life would slowly die off leaving us with no food and our water would be un hygienic. So to the people who pollute they must put an end to it. How would you like it if we came to your home and littered all over your front lawn? Have carbon pollution inside your home? Or pollute your water so it’s not safe for you to use? I don’t think you would like it. We should all take responsibility for our actions and free our earth of pollution and be motivated to clean the earth. Therefore I think that people who are polluting are in the wrong and should understand what they are causing and how it can affect us now and in our futures and our children’s future.
 * Date completed: Friday 1st of April **
 * 206 words **

Week **6**
How do you feel when you do something wrong? How do you feel when you do something that is very good? When I do something wrong I feel a great regret and that I would like to change my wrong decision to make it right. I get a feeling in my stomach that I’ve done something so wrong and that I should be punished harshly. I try to fix the thing I did wrong as quick as possible to avoid not being able to repair things. But in saying this whenever I do something wrong I say it’s a mistake I will just have to learn from. However there isn’t many times where I do something wrong. When I do something good, I feel a little stress go down and happiness rise. I relax a little more when I know I’ve done something good. I even get a little excited to feel as if you’ve actually gotten something correct and it’s all right. For example in a test it’s nice to know that you’ve got almost every question right. Knowing I’ve done something correctly I know that I can then keep doing things the same way. Therefore in life sometimes you just have to put up with the feeling of knowing you’ve done something wrong and live with the great feeling of knowing you have done something that’s classified as very good. **Date completed: Saturday 7th of April** ** 211 words **

Week 7
I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because... I wish there was a law that said you are only allowed to come into Australia if you speak fluent English and passing a simple test about Australia. To learn to speak English classes should be help that are free of cost. Instead of out taxes going to pensioners to get a HD box, a fraction should be going to help immigrants learn English. Learning that about 45% of Australians are born overseas or have a parent or guardian born over seas, it shows me that Australia has a lot of freedom and accepts a variety of people no matter their culture, religion or skin colour is. There are many migrants coming into Australia looking for a better life and not being able to understand anything! Many of these people usually take on jobs that don’t require talking much, like taxi drivers, working on farms, etc. However to be a taxi driver I also think that they should know all the roads before being hired as we are being over charged by the second because they are lost and unable to bring us to our destination. As it has been on the news before other people are taking advantage of the migrants and creating problems. Some problems that have been brought up continuously were the migrants were not being payed properly, working illegally and taxi drivers not speaking English and knowing where to go. This would be a good law and work well because by learning to speak English they are able to understand what others are talking about and get a reasonable job. With this no one would be complaining about the people who drive taxis who don’t know where they are going or what they are saying. ** Date completed: Friday 13th of May ** ** 289 Words **

Week 8
When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud? When I am angry I often look frustrated and feel it too. Its usually over things that mean a lot to me or something small. I don’t like to be angry but sometimes there are things that set me off. I am the happiest when I get to sit down, relax by the pool and listen to my Ipod. I am the happiest at this moment because I feel relaxed and I am doing something I love. My favourite part of listening to my Ipod is listening to my inspiration. He gives me hope and teaches me to make a change through his music. When have I felt lonely? Well that’s a good question. I don’t often felt lonely but, yes in my life there have been one or two occasions where I have felt lonely. I don’t remember them specifically but it would probably have been when I was in a fight with a few friends or with my family. However at home I enjoy being by myself when I am studying, watching T.V or even when I am relaxing on the couch. This is because I like to have time to myself with no one there to distract me from my doings. I feel proud when something I have put my heart into has come out successfully. For example my drawing of Justin Bieber, now that is drawn I put it into a frame and it is on the internet. Saying this it has gotten over five thousand views and many comments that have made me feel proud. I also feel proud when I have inspired someone. I feel as if I have done something good to help another person achieve something or even feel loved. Therefore in the end I have had angry moments, have been happy, have felt lonely and have felt proud throughout my life. ** Date completed: Friday 13th of May ** ** 310 words **

Week 9
Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? I believe that everyone has a quality about themselves that they wish that they could change. My quality I dislike the most about myself and would like to change is forgiveness. I feel as if I cannot forgive and forget. If someone hurts me or does something that affects me I feel as if I cannot forgive them as what they have done is horrible. For example if a friend copies my work I find it hard to show them my work again as I have a fear that they are going to copy it again and get my marks or when someone says something that hurts my feelings I feel insecure about what I do about them thinking they will be commenting on my every move. Why? I don’t exactly know. However I do know that I feel insecure about things after something has happened and I feel scared to forgive. However after a while I do get over it and forgive the person or people. In the end I guess it’s just how I am and I wish I could change the fact that I find it hard to forgive but it’s very challenging to change who I am but it can be done. ** Date completed: Friday 13th of May ** ** 206 Words **

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? It’s difficult to explain why this exists in the world. In my opinion everyone is a prejudice at times. Prejudice seems to always occur on the radio, the T.V, in the newspapers and from word of mouth and the media gives the idea of selling fear. Also it always seems to be racial to people who have a different culture, religion or skin colour to them. For example every since Osama Bin Laden’s terrorist attack on the twin towers, people now assume that the Muslims are all bad and will cause trouble everywhere they go. This leads to trust. People don’t trust Muslims to be employed in their workplace or to be seen with Muslims. It’s not fair and mostly not true. I guess you could say its like a game of Chinese whispers, it may start off true but end up a big, fat lie. It’s not fair that people discriminate others because of a prejudice that doesn’t always turn out to be true. Thinking about it, how embarrassed would you be if you had been cruel to someone or some people about a matter that ended up being false? How horrible would you feel for the innocent person or people? I guess it won’t end because people always have an opinion on something, whether it’s true or not is the question we would like to answer. ** Date Completed: Friday 13th of May ** ** 228 words **