Shelby's+Reflection

Shelby Rae's 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? The best piece of advice I would have to say that I’ve ever received would be to be true to myself. Although this may seem simple it isn’t really all that simple. We live in a world where things are constantly thrown in our face, telling us to look like this and to wear that, to eat this and to have that, to believe this and say that. I believe that people often get so overwhelmed with what they are being told to act like and sound like etc. that they lose themselves. This is something that I plan never to do. I believe that I am a pretty strong minded girl and that I’m not easily influenced, I stand by and stand up for what I believe in, even if it means standing alone. I have grown up on my own terms and the only people who have influenced me are my family and close friends, and they have always helped me pick the correct path to go down. I think that it is important for people to know who they really are and what they believe in so that they are not pushed around by other people and then are all of a sudden someone that they never wanted to be. I believe that being true to yourself is one of the most important things in life because you will end up being the person you want to be and doing the thing that you want to be doing because you haven’t let anyone else change or manipulate you and your decisions. This is why being true to myself is one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. 

﻿//__Week 2__//
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? If you threw a piece of rubbish on the ground you probably would not think much about it, its only one piece of rubbish right? Wrong. This is because everyone dropping just this one piece of rubbish it would add up to over 6.8 billion pieces of rubbish worldwide. Seems like a much larger number yes? This is why people need to stop thinking that it's okay to drop their rubbish thinking that it doesn't matter because it won't do much harm. It does. All these pieces of rubbish add up and do harm our environment. If everyone decided that it was okay to just drop their plastic bags one the floor once they are done with their shopping it would be disastrous. These bags would fly around and end up entangling/ being consumed by all different sorts of animals such as; birds, fish, turtles, seals and many more animals. These animals would all starve to death which would then affect the food chain. Also I’m sure that people would not like walking around the streets to see just rubbish piled up everywhere, it would not only be a nasty sight but would be health hazard. Diseases and vermin would thrive in these condition killing many people and animals. This is why people need to start taking more responsibility for their rubbish and start reducing, reusing and recycling so that we will all have a better, cleaner greener future.

__//**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 a friend cheating I would most likely confront them about it. This is because I believe that there is no reason to report it straight away, as it may be a once off thing. Once confronting them, if they admit that they were in the wrong and say that it was a mistake and that they won’t do it again then I believe that that is acceptable. Also if they admit they were in the wrong but then say that they were having troubles I would help to teach them if I knew more about the subject that they were struggling with. However if they decided to do the wrong thing once again I would report it. I believe that it should be reported the second time around because they have already been given a chance, by me confronting them about it they already know that they are in the wrong and I had given them the opportunity to make it right. This is why the second time around I would report it, it is important to report it because not only is the person cheating being untruthful and getting good results for putting in no effort, but also it is unfair to the person who they are copying. Someone has had to put in the effort, as well as the hours to study and learn what is expected of them for it to just be copied and for other people to get credit from it. This is why I would firstly confront someone, and then report it.

To me, courage means standing up for your rights, being brave as well as taking responsibility for your own actions. A courageous person stands up for what they believe in, whether they stand up for the unjust treatment of either themselves or others and speaks up about it, Courage is accepting all aspects of yourself as well as being yourself in a world that constantly tries its best to change you. Courage is overcoming fear when necessary. But mostly, courage is sticking to your morals and doing the right thing as a person, even if it is difficult.

 I believe what makes a good friend someone who supports you when things get tough, someone who will be there for you no matter what the situation and is always there to listen to you and help you out. As well as someone who accepts you for who you are and doesn’t judge you. Also a good friend is someone who you can joke around with, someone that makes you smile, laugh and someone you can have a good time with no matter what you are doing. Most of all a good friend is someone you can trust.

//__﻿Week 4__ //
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is your most indispensable possession and why? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When people ask the question “What is your most indispensable possession?” majority of the time people come up with answers that are items such as their phones, laptops, IPods, computers etc. However I believe that I do not have a most indispensable possession. This is because I would not claim items like these to be indispensible because I know can live without them. Sure, I do have these things and I do enjoy using them and I use them a lot, but I would not say any of them are indispensible. This is because I would think that it is very selfish to say so. We as developed countries take many things such as these possessions for granted probably because they are so common, we then start to believe that we would not be able to live without them because they are used so frequently in our day to day lives; however the truth is you can live without every single one of them. I’m sure that most children our age in developing countries could only dream about owning things that we do. Food, water, shelter, love and compassion is what is necessary for survival. Some children don’t even have those five simple things. This is why I believe that we should not describe something that is so trivial as indispensable.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __//Week 5//__
<span style="color: #ff0300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think about people polluting the environment? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I personally hate when people pollute the environment. Especially when there is a bin just meters away from a person but they are so lazy that they can’t be bothered to simply walk over to the bin and place their rubbish in it. Even if there is no bin near you it really is not that hard to put the rubbish in your pocket or just hold onto it until you come near a bin. I’m not sure whether people pollute the environment because they are uneducated and do not understand what happens to the litter they drop on the ground once they leave it or if it’s just because they simply just do not care. Everybody should care about the environment because we all have to live here and we have to make the Earth last, after all we only have one. I also hate the fact that multi-million dollar industries let out their pollution into rivers, the air or palm their waste off to other countries just because it is cheaper. I’m sure they would be able to afford spending a little more money in order to get a better, cleaner, greener system of disposing waste. Everyone needs to be more educated in how to properly dispose of waste so that we can have a more sustainable future.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//__Week **6**__//
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you feel when you do something wrong? <span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you feel when you do something that is very good? When I do something wrong I tend to feel very upset with myself. Especially if I knew what I was doing was wrong. However if I did not know that it was wrong I do not beat myself up about it too much because it was just a mistake. This means that it was a learning experience, and because I made that mistake it will help me not to do it again. Whether I knew it was wrong or it was just a mistake I do however try to correct it. I do my best to make things right and then I can move forward. When I do something very good I feel proud of myself. I think that it is as important to know when you do something good as it is to know when you’ve done something bad/wrong. This is because if you are never told that you did something very good how would you know? Positive reinforcement is needed so that people keep doing good things and steer clear of doing bad. Doing something good gives you a sense of achievement and I believe that it is important for everyone to achieve what they wish to.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__//Week 7//__
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because... I wish there was a law that said people cannot seek out confrontation with others. This would be a good law because it would stop quite a lot of the violence in this world. Especially violent acts against innocent people, like when groups of people walk around at night time looking for trouble and people to fight. This would be a good law because many innocent people have died due to these conf<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">rontations. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Having this law would also stop wars. I would like wars to stop because once again, innocent men are dying for no reason. These people are dying and so because of these little children are growing up without their brothers, cousins, fathers, uncles, granddads etc. Other innocent people living in countries where wars are going on also die or get seriously injured. These poor people did not ask for this to happen and they should not have to live with destruction for the rest of their lives. I do not believe war is necessary, I’m sure that there are many other ways that people can resolve issues and arguments that do not involve violence. I think that world peace would be ideal and this is why I wish that there was a strict law in place that said people cannot seek out confrontation with others.

//<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Week 8__ //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">I very rarely get angry; the closest I get to being angry is just being annoyed. When I am angry however I often do not show it. This is because if I am angry at a person I do not see any good in yelling at them and getting into a fight with them over it, I tend to just ask them to stop or start doing whatever it is that I was getting angry over in the first place. Because I do this I do not look much different, I just have a more serious face. I am happiest when I am surrounded by family or friends and having a good time, whether it is playing basketball or just hanging out. I also very rarely feel lonely, because although I may be by myself I still can do plenty of things to keep me entertained/ busy. I feel proud when I do something well, such as doing really well on a test that I studied hard for, or playing a good basketball game and things like that. I also feel proud of my friends and family when they do something well and achieve something that they really wanted to. I believe that it is important to let others know when you are proud of them so that they will strive to achieve more because they know that somebody is proud of them and what they are doing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿Week 9 __//
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? The thing I work have to say that I dislike most about myself is my laziness. Although it may not always show through my work to others, I myself can tell that I have been a bit lazy in doing certain things. I think that I’m lazy because it takes a lot to get me motivated into doing work that I do not really enjoy or want to be doing. However once I get motivated and started I do not really have any problems. Also if I have a long period of time to get something completed I tend to slack off a bit, I don’t leave it to the last minute, but I believe that I don’t use the whole time I am given efficiently. Tasks I am given also take a fair bit longer to complete than I know I need in the first place, things still get in on the due date but I believe that if I put a little more effort into the times I was working on it earlier then I would get it completed a lot faster, yet still to the same quality of work. This is something that I plan on working on next semester so that I will get into better routines and pick up good habits for future years.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//__﻿Week 10__//
<span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think that prejudice exists today because people are greatly influence by parents as children so majority of people are brought up to have the same beliefs on religion, race, sexuality etc. as their parents. This does not mean that you can blame prejudice on this generations parents because they were brought up to believe what their parents believed and it goes back generation after generation. Prejudice is defiantly not fair, people should not be judged based on their age, weight, religion, sexuality, skin colour or anything else like that and this is why prejudice needs to be abolished. I believe getting rid of prejudice is in the hands of children. I think this because adults have grown up with a strong belief in what they think is right and wrong so their minds are not easily changed, however children when they are young are taught right from wrong from the start. If children are taught that it is important to treat all people fairly no matter what their age, weight, religion, sexuality, skin colour etc, are then we will have a better future. Children are also the most important people to be taught this because these children are the future. If they are taught not to judge people based on this and to treat everyone equally then this is what they will strongly believe in therefore, when they are older it is what they will teach their own children. Prejudice is not needed in this world and I believe that we are able to get rid of it over time.