Making the Invisible Visible

HIV and AIDS are two deadly deceases. Even though it was only discovered a few decades ago, it has been spreading rapidly since. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a virus that affects the immune system and it causes the body to not be able to fight off other diseases. AIDS stands for Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV escalates to AIDS. AIDS is basically when the immune system is already failing. In Humanities, we are currently discussing how HIV/AIDS victims are being discriminated, however we are only focusing on the discrimination going on in Malaysia. This is important to our community because it is a decease that is spreading rapidly and now the people who are getting it are mainly innocent and the amount of innocent people who are getting it are increasing. This decease impacts the victims, their family and everyone around them. It also impacts all of us. Because if more and more people are getting it and some people aren't educated about it. There will be a higher chance of all of us getting it too. Whilst I was researching this issue. I was surprised at how many people have it. There are huge amounts of people who have it now and it is still spreading! I was also surprised at the amount of discrimination towards the victims. Some victims are being shunned by not only by their community but sometimes even their families. The is also a lack of education about HIV and AIDS. A lot of people don't know about the decease or know how it is spread and are afraid about getting it. At first I was well a little mad about this issue and that we were studying it because I didn't understand about why it was important at all but as we got slightly further into it, I began to understand why so many people voted for it. It is actually an extremely serious issue and it is increasing everyday.

How to Deal with a Dictator

Dictators are difficult people to deal with, because you can never actually be certain about the dangers or risks of trying to deal with them. Dictators are basically leaders with a lot of power and often tend to misuse it. There are however quite a few ways to deal with a dictator and either end their power or limit it. A dictator who is quite well known was Julius Caesar. He was assassinated therefore he was stopped. However after he was assassinated, a civil war broke out. At the moment, we are dealing with dictators such as Kim Jung Un from North Korea and Bashar al-Asad from Syria. Dealing with a dictator is difficult and often solutions will have consequences. You could deal with a dictator by creating a resistance or something and then limiting their powers bit by bit or you could assassinate them. Most Dictators have different effects on people, there are people who love them such as Julius Caesar, he was loved by many and when he was killed they were outraged and a little confused. They never really thought of him as a dictator, they thought of him as more of a decision maker for them because they were fickled and they were also blinded by some of his great victories. However there are also people who hate them like Bashar al-Asad, who is currently killing his own people, no one is well stupid enough to believe that he should not be stopped. 

Some options are creating a resistance, there are always people on the 'inside' who disagree with their leader probably have enough power to get more and more people to think as they do (kind of what the conspirators did). Furthermore they can start getting outside help until the dictators are forced to surrender. However, creating a resistance might be a little too hard, so you could remove the dictators power bit by bit. A few small changes could probably make a HUGE difference. For example, Kim Jung Un is a dictator who has an army that consists of at least 1.2 million people. There could always be at least one soldier who doesn't agree with Kim Jung Un's actions and then he could get some of his friends to agree with him and so on and so on. (It is also how gossip kind of spreads when one person tells another person this and that, eventually the whole school finds out. ) And then maybe they could get enough of the military force against him which really help and then maybe he would step down from his power. Although these idea's are quite logical they won't always work. 

However a solution that's most likely never going to fail is assassination. Assassinating a person with so much power is extremely difficult. There are always consequences like when Caesar was killed it caused a civil war. However by assassinating Kim Jung Un or Bashar al-Asad could have a different outcome. Bashar al-Asad is killing his own people so he most likely doesn't have many admirers, therefore if he was killed I don't think the risks would be as high as killing Caesar, but we still don't know what would happen. Or if Kim Jung Un was assassinated, there would be a risk of the people going crazy because they have kind of been trained to all be the same. Kind of like robots and a lot of them look up to him like a father so there is quite a high risk there. Honestly the best thing to do when attempting to deal with a dictator would probably be to come up with an idea that wouldn't bring cause a lot of chaos and have a lot of consequences. If there are none then maybe move on to ideas with a little more at stake. However, whichever decision is chosen there should be a guarantee that a difference will be made.

Assassination

This is the poster that I made with my group that consisted of Natalie, Claire, Cameron and Tem.

Lord Louis Mountbatten was a member of the British Royal Family, Lord Louis Mountbatten, followed in his father’s footsteps when he joined the navy in 1913. Mountbatten was actually a captain at the start of World War II as he commanded destroyers and in 1955, he became the first sea lord. But Mountbatten was mainly known for the key role he took when planning for the Allied invasion of continental Europe.


Julius Caesar was an extremely skillful leader of Rome. He was very ambitious and was becoming too power hungry and wasn't going to stop at any lengths to get what he wanted. With all the power that Caesar had, he was a threat and could potentially cause further damage.

Well, looking at the two assassinations, it is obvious that there was a motive. In these cases, Julius Caesar and Lord Louis Mountbatten both had a lot of power and were both rather important and could potentially become a threat. Caesar was stopping at nothing to get what he wanted and that was power. He was ruthless therefore causing the people who assassinated him feel threatened and that led to them finding a motive to kill him. They were that Caesar would use his powers for evil instead of good therefore causing a lot of corruption and so they were motivated to kill him. Lord Louis Mountbatten was quite important and was part of the Allied Invasion of Continental Europe. He was also part of the royal family and was the commander of the british navy and led destroyers so he was quite a powerful man therefore being an extremely powerful target for the IRA. To them He was a threat because he had quite a lot of power and could’ve ruined their plans of becoming an independent country. Looking at these cases, it seems like people are assassinated because they are powerful and influential and are becoming a threat. Is assassination justifiable? Well in some situations yes. There are quite a few ways to approach some situations but sometimes assassination seems necessary and is justifiable. I think that Caesar's death can be looked at in may different ways on wether it was justifiable or not but I think that it was. Caesar was becoming a little too powerful for his own good and was also easily manipulated and flattered and was also gullible. Also those flaws caused him to be a rather weak leader. Some believed that Caesar posed as a threat to Rome and the Romans and the only way to make sure that Rome was going to be safe was if they took down Caesar, because he was basically a dictator and had all the people's affections and was extremely influential. Caesar had gotten a point where no matter how much people would try to persuade him to give up some of his power, it probably wouldn't have worked therefore the safety of Rome and the Romans could only be ensured by his assassination. However, I believe that the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten was not justifiable. He wasn't the only man with such power. There were quite a few other men who had the same amount of power, perhaps some even more. His death also didn't really help the IRA with much, it wasn't an important event for them to be more successful. And it really wasn't successful because to this day, North Ireland is still not an independent country of its own, clearly showing that the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten was not justifiable.

Windowless Cellar; the lives of women in Afghanistan

Children Who Do not Exist... What is Francia Simon Fighting For?

Children Who Do Not Exist

“The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that approximately 41 percent of all births each year in the developing world (excluding China) go unregistered, denying the rights of over 50 million children to an official identity, name, and nationality.” (Source) Francia Simon is a girl who lives in the Dominican Republic and fights for the right of children to registration, name and nationality. Earlier in her childhood, Francia found herself faced with possible exclusion from education in the Dominican Republic, she knows what it feels like to be in that situation, so she decided to take action and carried out extensive research and pursued her own registration, then she decided that she wanted to help others fight for the right of children to registration, name and nationality therefore leading them to a better education and providing them with hope.

Because there are so many children who do not have birth certificates, Francia has been fighting for the right of children to registration, name and nationality. "Francia wants all children to have the right to be registered, and to have a name and a nationality. Many children in the Dominican Republic, and in particular children who have fled neighbouring Haiti, do not have a birth certificate. Officially these children do not exist. As a result they cannot go to school, use health facilities and they have difficulty getting a job later in life,” (Source) Now that she has been successful in registering herself, she is now trying to help other children gain their rights to registration, name and nationality by using some of her prior knowledge of when she herself was fighting for her right to registration. “Since then, Francia has been using the knowledge and strength she acquired during the complicated registration process to help other children without birth certificates to obtain state recognition.”(Source) These children do not have many people helping them to gain this right that can lead them into a brighter future. Francia’s efforts of helping children gain this right has already helped over 130 children to receive an official name and nationality.

Because she herself, was once almost excluded from education, she is now fighting for the children to have the right to registration, name and nationality in order for them to get a good education. As stated before, Francia herself was faced with the possibility of being excluded from education because she did not have a birth certificate. “Francia found herself faced with possible exclusion from education. In response, she carried out extensive research and showed great perseverance in pursuing her own registration. She succeeded and gained lasting access to secondary education.” (Source) Without having a birth certificate, Francia was almost excluded from education. Francia used to be like them, she understands what it is like to go through all that desperation. “It is my wish to go around the world looking for children without a birth certificate, to help them get it, so that they can achieve their goals of becoming engineers, architects, etc. I hope my story spreads around the world.” , “campaigns for the right of children to registration, name and nationality – both for children born in the Dominican Republic as for refugee children from Haiti. It is only after official registration that children can gain access to essential rights such as health care and education.”, “In response, she carried out extensive research and showed great perseverance in pursuing her own registration” (Source) Francia has been fighting for these children by campaigning and researching. These children need Francia to fight for them to have the right to registration, name and nationality in order for them to get a proper education at least up till secondary school.

Because she was once in the position of the children who do not have the right to registration, name and nationality, she understands what it feels like. The desperation, the hardships, that these kids go through. “Francia found herself faced with possible exclusion from education. In response, she carried out extensive research and showed great perseverance in pursuing her own registration. She succeeded and gained lasting access to secondary education.” (Source) She succeeded and now wants to spread the hope. She wants them all to not give up and she is leading by example. She didn’t give up. She researched and researched and pursued her registration. “By doing this, Francia increases the children’s own self-esteem and gives them the chance to lead a more secure and fulfilling life.” (Source) Francia has been increasing the children’s self esteem levels as well as giving them hope.

After succeeding with registering herself and getting her right for education back, Francia Simon’s work has helped over 130 children to receive an official name and nationality. Although she has only helped 130 children out of the 50million+ children, by fighting for children to gain their rights to registration, name and nationality, she has given them a lot of hope and for those 130 children that she has helped already, she has given them a better education.

Sources:

"Migration Information Source." The Migration Information Source. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=888>.

"Dominican Francia Simon Wins International Children's Peace Prize." Dominican Francia Simon Wins International Children's Peace Prize - DominicanToday.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2010/11/30/37800/Dominican-Francia-Simon-wins-International-Childrens-Peace-Prize>.

"2010 International Children's Peace Prize Winner." N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.kidsrights.org/Portals/1/downloads/2010_KidsRights_ICPP_Newsletter.pdf>.

"Childrenspeaceprize." 2010 Francia Simon. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://childrenspeaceprize.org/childrens-peace-price/prize-2010/>.

Our identity is definitely worth fighting. Because that is who you are and you need to express that. You shouldn't have to change how you look or what you act like in fornt of other people because it isn't you. It means that you're constantly having to change in fornt of people and it's a lot of work. One day, you might even forget who you are, changing your life completely.


List poem
Messy Poofy Dark Dark Brown Hair
Occasional strands of red hair bleached by the sun
Blue Polo shirt with a panther logo on the top right
Rolled up sleeves under a white, blue and yellow Letterman jacket
Claire on the top right and 14 on the bottom right of the jacket
a purple “I <3 Harry” wristband on my wrist
Pink and Blue Nails saying “ I <3 1D :)”
Some freckles here and there across my arm. and some on my cheeks
Dark Brown eyes.
Short, chubby fingers
Legs longer than my body
Scraped knee
Some old leech bits on my ankle
Little reminders written on my left hand
A little bit of my hair tied back in the middle
Purple hair tie
Black shorts
Nothing in the left pocket but an iPod in my right
Non Pierced ears
Little scars from soccer on my legs
Birthmark on my right thigh
White and blue puma socks
Little short hairs growing on my legs barely showing
Empty back pockets
The blue heart on my 4th finger on my right hand slightly smooshed
White and Blue shoes with a neon yellow shoelace.
THATS ME :D

Where I'm from
I am from singing the sound of music in public to playing imaginary games in secret hiding spots
I am from High School Musical and the Powerpuff girls
From Friends, Disney Princesses and Hannah Montana
I am from provoking my brother to cuddling him at night
I am from Pokemon, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and That’s SO Raven
From the teletubbies, Unfabulous and Ben 10

I am from the Jonas Brother’s, attempting to scare my family everyday and suspenders
I am from falling sick every time it was time for ballet
I am from crying in most movies, giving my brother a zig-zagged haircut and fractured bones
I am from soccer and running around like a maniac
I am from it’s amazing you’re still alive and learning how to spell idiot at the age of 2 or 3
I am from ice cream, popsicles and the breeze of the AC

I am from hot tubs and freezing outdoor pools
I am from plastic snowball makers and snowball fights
I am from the smell of a hotel to the smell of my brother’s farts
I am from hot chocolate and marshmallows, spaghetti and crab cakes
I am from building forts, building sand-castles and building snowmen
I am from One Direction and The Wanted
I am from those moments,
them being pages that make a book of me

OPTIONS!

"Some people say that what makes a person a victim is they have limited or NO options about how to act."

This quote is trying to express that victims either have few or limited options. Is the quote true???

I honestly do not know. I could be true but it could also be false, it just depends on the case. If you use the Jews in World War 2 case, then obviously the quote is true because the Jews barely had any options. They could either emigrate or fight against the Nazi's which was almost impossible to do. They also had to consider the consequences for both the options. If they emigrated then it would depend if the country would allow the Jews to enter their country. If they stayed and tried to fight the Nazi's then they would most likely be killed or be sent to a concentration camp and eventually be killed.

On the other hand, if you looked at a case where you were getting bullied. You could confront the bully, or talk to an adult about it or even ask your friends for advice. The consequences are that if they confronted the bully they might make the matter worse. If they talked to the counselor about it then the bully might get into a lot of trouble and hold a long grudge against you. If you talked to your friends then they might even be able to give you even better advise or make matters worse and tell you that you are a coward.

Analysing Propaganda Images

In the picture, I see a Jewish man on a bright yellow background holding a Communist sign on the shape of Germany. He seems to be holding a whip in his left hand. He is in the middle of the image. The man wearing black really stands out on the yellow background. There are German words in orange at the bottom of the page. The Jewish man who looks scruffy and suspicious also has his right hand stuck out, with coins in it.

The picture is the cover of a book called The Eternal Jew written by the Nazi Party's publishing house in 1937. It was created by David Pinsk. The picture was intended for an older audience: People who could vote, people knew who they wanted to rule their beloved country -- that is, someone who could bring back Germany's pride after their major downfall in The Great War.

The message the creator is trying to send is that Jews are scruffy, unkempt, dishonest, suspicious people. That Jews are Communists and beggars, who steal food. I feel that the message is, "Do you really want to mix with these sorts of people?" From this image, the men, women and children in Germany would stereotype Jews. My evidence is that the man is holding money in his hand and therefore the creator is saying that he is stealing all of Germany's goods, money, food, basically everything -- keeping it from 'pure Germans'. He is a Communist because he is holding a Communist sign in his left hand. I know that this man is Jewish because the title of this image is "The Eternal Jew".

This image is 100% misleading. How could you just assume that all of the Jews look like this or act like this? How could they generalize Jews as communists, bad people? You don't know if all of this is true. But seeing as someone painted this, you would just assume that it is correct. Not knowing any better all they could do is believe in the myth the picture created. This image sends out a very negative vibe about Jews so that Germans would have an extremely low opinion of Jews. The picture was to perpetuate the Germans feeling of superiority over the Jews.

My Learning Profile is.... L!!!!!!!

I learn best when I am relaxed and everything is quiet. Once I am relaxed then I listen and understand everything better. I also learn best when I am moving, for example I could be just swinging my leg or tapping my finger on the table.

I need to sit at a place where no one disturbs me or I don't disturb anyone. My profile is L which means that I tend to learn best whilst moving. So I should sit at a place where no one would be disturbed when I tap my pen or swing my legs...

The strategies that would help me in my learning would be to put me in spot where I wouldn't be disturbed to a spot where I wouldn't disturb anyone. For example once when I sat with Kamilla. She started talking to me about the assignment that we were about to begin and then we didn't stop talking until we were aware that we were disturbing the class.

I would like my teachers to know this about me, I get distracted very easily and I like to move about when I am listening or doing my work. When I am writing I tend to tap my fingers on the table and when I am listening I tend to click my pen.

Memories in Response to Taylor Mali

When a famous poet named Taylor Mali visited my school, he encouraged us to write old memories that we could remember.

1. I remember fracturing my finger when I was 7. My cousin fell on it.
2. I remember fracturing my toe when I was 9.
3. I remember falling and scraping my knees, whilst I was carrying Louise, last week.
4. I remember riding on my scooter and falling off and scraping my knees yet again when I was 8.
5. I remember getting my iPod Touch, I was so very very very thrilled.
6. I remember meeting David Archuleta, I was extremely nervous.
7. I remember snorkeling and seeing a shark I got scared and swam away.
8. I remember breaking my AC when i was 4, by poking a stick in it.
9. I remember drinking milk on my white sofa, whilst my father was rubbing my little little head, when I was 1 and a half.
10. I remember hitting my father’s hand when I was 5, because I didn’t want to go in the new driver’s car that my father just hired.
11. I remember when I was 5, my brother, my cousin and I were jumping on my brother bed, my brother’s bed, my brother’s bed. My cousin jumped and hit his head on the edge of the window. His head started bleeding.

My Name

My name is Claire. It is a French and an English name. I think that that is pretty cool because I know English and I am currently learning French. I also found out that my name means clear, bright and famous.

I have never really minded my first name, but I never liked my Chinese name. My Chinese name in English is Ching Li. In my previous school, I went by my Chinese name. In the first grade, I had a dreadful English teacher, Ms Liew. One of the first of many classes we had together, she did a terribly awful thing for a teacher to do... She made fun of students. She started off with a girl named Sabrina. Sabrina had a big nose so she started calling her big nose Sabrina. And she went on and on giving each one of us a nickname according to our flaws. Then she came over to me. And she asked what my name was, I replied in a soft voice “My name is Ching Li, Miss.” Then she started laughing and called me Chili and ever since then, that horrible nickname stuck until the day I left school. Now you must be thinking why didn’t I correct her. Well, I did. But every time that I tried to correct her she would whip me with her bamboo stick. So I never tried to correct her again.

I have never wanted to change my name. Although I wasn’t thrilled with the nicknames. I have, I have never wanted to change them, because that is what my parents named me and I respect that. People can tease and tease if they, butI would still keep my name.

My old school was a local Chinese school. And as you know ,my classmates already teased me about my Chinese name, but they also teased me about my first name. Most of them did not speak English. So when they saw the name “Claire” they would say Clair-ee. One day when they were announcing some of the students who were going to win awards. One of the teachers said Clair-ee Ng Ching Li and the whole class erupted into laughter. Everyone there said Claire in such a way that some times when they say it, it sounds like a cat falling. I prefer it when people say it gently so when they say Claire, it sounds like a river flowing or a gentle blow of wind.

I’m sure you are now aware that I have a few nicknames. And some of them I absolutely dread. But I have a current nickname that isn’t awful like the others and it is Claire Bear. It was given to me by Melina Ankel who has left ISKL. She gave it to me because she was reading a book and in the book there was a character named Claire Bear.

My parents had considered quite a few names. My father adored the names Emily and Vanessa, but my mother absolutely hated those names. My mother loved French names or fancy names, so she came up with Chloe, Zoe, Samantha, Charlotte, Scarlett... They chose Claire because it was the only name both of them could agree on.

Me in 3

3 items that I feel are the most important items to me are my nail sets, my iPod and my stationary.

During the summer holidays, I went to London and Paris. In London, I went to Hamley’s, there, they were selling these really cool nail sets, where you can paint super awesome designs on your nails. I chose that as one of my most important items because as most people know, my mother is very busy and I don’t see her very often. But ever since I got this nail set, we have been spending more time together. During the weekends when she is home, she may ask me to paint her nails for her. So when I paint her nails, we bond and tell each other about the ups and downs of our weeks. So thanks to my nail sets, me and my mother spend a lot more time with each other.

I chose my iPod as one of my most important objects because, well first of all, it was a birthday gift from my parents. I also use it a lot. My bus ride is 40 minutes so I use my iPod to listen to music or play games. I also use my iPod to take pictures like at a friend’s birthday party or when I wanted to record someone who attended the party getting thrown into a pool. I use my iPod for school assignments as well. For example, in IT, I used my iPod for a project where we took pictures and photo-shopped them (with permission of course). I have also used my iPod as a conversation starter with people, especially younger kids. I take a picture or him and put the picture of a head on the body of a fairy. When I did it to a girl, she was delighted and ran off to tell her mother how pretty she looked, if I did it to a boy, he would laugh his head off or ask to be an elf or a superhero instead.

For my third object I have chosen all my stationery. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I LOVE stationary. I chose stationary as one of my most important objects because, I love doing crafts and making cards and stuff like that. So I use the stationary to make special 3D boxes or decorate a pencil holder.....

So those are my special important objects. I hope this tells you a little more about me.

Biopoem

Claire,
fun, loving, friendly, crazy,
daughter of amazing parents, sister of a sensitive brother,
adores singing and acting, loves playing soccer,
experienced love, anger, joy,
alone in the middle of nowhere; seeing a shark;
being stuck in a awful treewell,
won a track and field race,
meeting Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez,
getting A’s in my core classes,
live in the wonderful universe,
Ng

Creation Video

This is my creation story on the Greek Beginning.

The End Is Near!!!

I think that in grade 6, I have many pieces of work that I am rather proud of and I learnt a lot by doing them. Some of my pieces of wark that I am proud of is definitely some of the assignments we have done in the Ancient Egypt unit. In that unit I am proud of my 3 diary entries. I learnt a lot about the daily life of a priestess, like some of them go into a peasants home to bless the peasants. I am also proud of the recent tic tac toe we have completed. In my group we chose the religion rap, the comic and the trail web page. I really enjoyed the religion rap the most. We did it on the main religion of ancient Rome, and that was Christianity. We ( Melina, Sunny and myself ) kind of tried to make some of the words rhyme. But that part didn't go too well. But what we did manage to do was all the lyrics we wrote fitted with the lyrics of the original song. Well most of them anyway.

My greatest challenge was probably lot. circles and time management. I found lit circles challenging because you have to get high level questions and then they have to actually make sense because you the need the examples and evidence to prove some of your statements. Like for the white mountains book, I had a question which was "Are tripods able to mate?" so I told mrs. Narsiman my question she told me it wasnt bad but how could I get examples and evidence to support my statements. I also found time management hard because I am not very organised though I am more organised than I was at the beginning of the year.

I learnt that if I push myself hard enough I can do it. When I push myself I am able to concentrate and focus on what I am doing, putting a lot of effort into it, I an do a good job and sometimes receive a very very good grade. I also learnt that I really need to work on my time management. I sometimes need to work on how I organize my assignments.

a) Behavior

Could be improved
Satisfactory
Perfect - the model student

Explanation: I think that my behavior isn't bad. It isn't super perfect. I thin that my behavior could probably improve more i if organized myself better.

b) Participation

None
Satisfactory
Actively participate in class

Explanation: I think I do usually participate in class. I listen to my teacher so I will know what I am doing.

c) Organization

Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I'm super organized

I think that I could improve on my organization. I need to organize mt work in parts and not stress about it all in one day wether its a last minute thing or not.

d) Effort

Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I always go above and beyond what is required.

I think that I do put effort in to my work, but not all the time. I have to be able to focus on my work. I usually put a lot of my effort in to assignments I really enjoy.

Goal 1, In grade 7 one of goals is to work on my time management. I think that i really need to work on that, because it effects almost everything like behavior, effort...

Goal 2, In grade 7 my second goal is to put in more effort in to my work. I know that if I put more effort in to my work it will definitely improve my grades and I will learn better.

Some information that I like my grade 7 teachers to know is that I work rather well in Collaborative Assignments. My profile is L which means I am right brained, hand, leg, ear and eye. I also work better with people that I am familiar with. I don't mind working with new people though. The teachers tell the Gestalts and the Logics to work together sometimes, but I think that I work well with both.

Some of the advice I would give them is to not leave things to the last minute.

Letter

Dear mother and father, you must worried sick about Henry and I. I truly apologize for leaving just like that.I would like you to know that we are doing fine and I hope that you two are feeling fine. These are some reasons to why I left. First of all, I really did not enjoy having Henry as a roommate. I did not like him very much. I also did not want to be capped. I left when I had eventually packed my clothes and all the other stuff that was needed for my journey. Then I caught Henry following me, behind my back. Henry also did not enjoy the thought about being capped. I did not like him, still, I accepted him because he is after all family. The White mountains is a place where Ozymandias told me to go if I wanted to be free. Ozymandias is a free man. I met Ozymandias at first and immediately assumed he was a mad man. But as it turned out he was a man recruiting people to be free of the tripods. During my journey I learned more about the old world and society. The old world was more advanced than we are at the moment.my journey was very frightening at times. Many people supported me on my journey. But the reason that I made it to the White Mountains is my courage and bravery. I believe that I have become a lot more confident and I know how to fight for something. And that something is freedom. Freedom is very much needed in our lives. Freedom is a very powerful thing without freedom you would probably end up like Eloise. Eloise was a girl that I has met along my journey in the castle of the red tower. I actually secretly fancy her. I felt pity for her. She had been capped and now probably serving the tripods. Then I saw the tripods up close. It was a terrifying event. They were fast and they were strong. Then Henry, Beanpole ( a guy we met on our journey and is withus at the moment ) and I threw the metal eggs at the Tripods. The tripods then picked me up and I was so scared. Fortunayely the tripods had become weaker due to the metal eggs that we trew. I was freed until I noticed the beams of light. I did not want to get caught by the tripods yet again so I ran and ran and decided to hide behind a rock. After ever so many days had passed the Tripods gave up and was not able to be seen.wHy the time they left I was still exhausted and hungry. I still made it all the way to the Ehite mountain and I felt rather proud and victorious when I reached my destination. Now I have learnt that in order to defeat the tripods we are going to have to all work together and discover what the ancients had once done an we shall be able to do them ourselves and we shall finally defeat and overpower the tripods. We are the more supreme beings and we will win the battle when the time comes. But for now I miss you guys ever so much and I truly hope to see you soon. Bye for now and I love you. Love Will.

How is freedom related to the quote in pg111???

"The bitter thing was all the spirit, all the gallantry, was wasted. For even more than inferiors, they accepted and looked forward to being Capped. It was a part of becoming a knight, or of turning from a girl to lady. Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?" (p. 111)

My first answer for this is, is that there are many words in this quote that relate to freedom. A word like free, means that you want to be free, like if you are a slave, you want to be free, away from your master. You want to live your life. And in this case Will would like to be free of being capped. Another word is value. We have been learning about values in Health class. Good values will lead you in to a brighter future. Bad values, well, they will lead you in to a not too good future. Having a value is like for example you are writing your passages in your lit. circle. Some of us will say "Look at my lit. circle it is so long." And maybe "Look at my lit. circle it is so short." This relates to one of my values "Trying your best" (although I don't always do). Having a lit. circle that is really long but has no quality and is basically talking nonsense is truly terrible. But if yo have a shorter lit. circle but has good quality then you would probably get a decent grade. Like some people say it is the quality not the quantity. Another word, and this is a strong one, is courage. Having courage is definitely related to freedom. Courage will help you speak up for yourselves. Like if you are with a bad group of friends, you will need courage to stack up for yourself and not let them pick on you, and you will be free. Those are some of the words that I think relates to freedom.

Another answer to why the quote relates to freedom is that it shoes how much freedom means to Will. I think that Will is still pretty confused about the capping and the tripods'. He still asks himself if being capped is a good thing or a bad thing. I personally think that it is a bad thing. It shows that they sort of have no mind of their own and basically the tripods' are their masters and all they care about is worshipping them or serving them. If I was Will, I would too think about how good things could be meaningless in isolation. I think that if everyone was like Will, Henry and Beanpole, Will wouldn't be alone.

These are some of the reasons to why the quote relates to freedom.

The castle of the red tower.

How were the tripods able to control people?

The tripods need to control people because they wouldn't want the people going against them and asking for freedom. The only way people would find out about the previous society and how great the ancients were is if they were like Will, Henry and Beanpole. If the people went traveling when they weren't capped and they were going to the white mountains, they would probably find more than just grenades. If the people find more things they could probably take over the tripods. Like Will, Henry and Beanpole could probably use the grenade an blow up a tripod if they were in danger (Which they did).

2. Find evidence (quotations from the novel) to show that even though Will is comfortable living at the castle, he is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse, and Eloise have been capped.

Will is certainly comfortable living at the castle, mostly because Eloise is there. I think that he likes Eloise. He is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse, and Eloise have been capped. Pg 122
"And the better I knew them, the harder it was to make a sweeping condemnation. They were Capped, they accepted the Tripods and all the stood for, but that did not prevent them from being, as I had seen in the Comte, Comtesse, and Eloise and now in others, warmhearted, generous and brave. And happy."

Will is probably frustrated because although they have been capped they are still really nice and that must confuse him very much. It confuses me too.

3. Find evidence (quotes) to show how Will feels about being capped.

In the beginning of the book Will asked Jack about being capped. He says "Why what?" "Why should the Tripods take people away, and Cap them? What right have they?" (pg18). Personally I agree with Will. Since that quote was in the beginning of the book I didn't know very much then. Now I realize why the tripods do it. They do it because they want to control society. I learnt that it is easier to control a society that doesn't have much knowledge than a society that is smart and wants freedom.

How will Beanpole help Will and Henry on their journey to the White Mountains?

One of the reasons how Beanpole will help them on their journey is that Beanpole is older and he knows the place better than they do, because he lives there and Will and Henry don't. Beanpole would probably now which way is faster and safer to travel by. As it said in the book on page 69 "Someone whom we already knew to be resourceful, who knew the country and the language. It was almost too good to be true"

Another reason to why I think Beanpole will help them on their journey is because,

I think that Beanpole is going to be quite useful to Will and Henry. Because he can probably speak the men who did speak their language's language. And with Beanpole going with them they can carry more food and their shelter could also be stronger because more people are helping out.

My last reason to why I think Beanpole will help them is because he could help support Will, because of Will's ankle when Will fell down, for Henry called a false alarm on something or someone following them, but it turned out to be some sheep.

And those are my reasons to how Beanpole will help Will and Henry on their journey to the White Mountains.

Why is Will like me???

In Humanities class, I am reading this book called White Mountains. This book is about theses tripods that are about 6 feet tall and have 3 legs. There is this boy called Will and he is about twelve, he is the same age as me. His freedom was going to end soon, just as his cousins Jack had, but if he runs away to the White Mountains then there is a chance for him that he will have some freedom and become a free man. That is what the story basically about.


How is Will just like you?
Well, Will is like me in certain ways. He and I are the same age as I told you before in the paragraph above. He also like me because he is really curious about stuff. I am too, I really enjoy learning about something especially if it really appeals to me. Sometimes I am always asking questions, and my dad gets irritated (sometimes) and just tells me to figure it out by myself. Another reason to why I am curious like him is because he was a little curious about that man Ozymandias. If I met a guy like him in that period of time, I would have been freaked out at first, but then get really curious and want to go back to the Vagrant house and ask Ozymandias many questions.

Another reason to why Will is like me is because we both have cousins that we did not trust and now trust. One of my cousins Darrell, was really naughty. We were always fighting. We did sometimes play together but then we would always wind up bullying each other. One day while we were at a party. It was a caroling party, and it was on the 20th of December. My cousin Darrell and I were playing ( a little roughly ). And then he pushed me and he accidentally fell on my finger while it was straight. I did not cry at first. But when we went to the next house to Christmas carol my finger started hurting a lot. I cried and my auntie gave me some ice to put my finger in. My parents were not there. But when the caroling was over, my auntie took me home and I cried in my parents arms. The next day my parents took me to see a doctor. The doctor examined my finger and told the nurse to X-ray it. When the nurse X-rayed my finger they found out that it was fractured. I had to see a doctor for 6 to 9 months regarding my little finger on my right hand. And since I was right handed it meant that I my writing was really messy. Now me and my cousin Darrell are quite close and we don't bully each other any more because we called a truce after the finger incident. So I am like Will in a sense that we both had a cousin that we did not trust and now trust.

And this are the reasons to why I think Will is like me.