Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sonnet- Tea Ceremony
On one hot humid summer day
the sun is burning down on me
I stare outside the window blankly
doing nothing, maybe thinking of some fay
Sitting upright with a leg, under another it lay
Sitting upright with Obi strangled tightly
strangled around a Kimono so costly
Just lazing, with nothing to say
I step in the room with my small penguin steps
hoping to cool myself, both inside and out
I follow my heart, in ways for the steps to connects
Every aspect in my brain, washed out
Concentrating, so I make no regrets
So I listen to the precious sounds made throughout.
the sun is burning down on me
I stare outside the window blankly
doing nothing, maybe thinking of some fay
Sitting upright with a leg, under another it lay
Sitting upright with Obi strangled tightly
strangled around a Kimono so costly
Just lazing, with nothing to say
I step in the room with my small penguin steps
hoping to cool myself, both inside and out
I follow my heart, in ways for the steps to connects
Every aspect in my brain, washed out
Concentrating, so I make no regrets
So I listen to the precious sounds made throughout.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
MYP Criteria Reflection
During semester one, I would say my grades were neither outstandingly excellent, nor poorly defective. It is an accessible grade, without much of an effort, and there are definitely rooms for improvements.
In Criterion A, C, and D, I think that I have the same problem overall. The scores I received throughout the semester, has been around in the same area. None are exclusively better than others, and on the other hand, none are extremely bad. That means that I do have a good overall understanding on what we are learning, but I do not take it to the next level, and expand my thoughts. My tendency is to write minimally, and not to go in depth with my ideas. Another thing I tend to do a lot during my written assessments during social studies is that I do not go over my answers to check if I have answered to the full extent of what the question is asking. I know that is a bad habit, and I should revise and read over my answer, including the question to see if I have answered the question correctly, but since I take majority of the class time taking the test, I do not have time to go over what I have written. I think that is an area I could improve on. As I get used to taking these tests with time limits, I hope to learn somehow to incorporate time for completing the test, as well as revising.
Since we only had one assessment, which was graded on Criterion B for our concepts, I do not have a way of comparing, but the one I have, I think that I could have done a better job. Reviewing with friends, or by myself before the change over time exam would have helped me understand more.
Overall, I can conclude that there are a lot of rooms for improvements to be made. With more effort and managing my time well, I could do a whole lot better. Not only managing my time well during the test would help, but managing my time before the test in reviewing and studying would also help me a whole bunch. And I learned that talking with teachers and friends help a great deal for a deeper understanding and to interpret in your own way.
In Criterion A, C, and D, I think that I have the same problem overall. The scores I received throughout the semester, has been around in the same area. None are exclusively better than others, and on the other hand, none are extremely bad. That means that I do have a good overall understanding on what we are learning, but I do not take it to the next level, and expand my thoughts. My tendency is to write minimally, and not to go in depth with my ideas. Another thing I tend to do a lot during my written assessments during social studies is that I do not go over my answers to check if I have answered to the full extent of what the question is asking. I know that is a bad habit, and I should revise and read over my answer, including the question to see if I have answered the question correctly, but since I take majority of the class time taking the test, I do not have time to go over what I have written. I think that is an area I could improve on. As I get used to taking these tests with time limits, I hope to learn somehow to incorporate time for completing the test, as well as revising.
Since we only had one assessment, which was graded on Criterion B for our concepts, I do not have a way of comparing, but the one I have, I think that I could have done a better job. Reviewing with friends, or by myself before the change over time exam would have helped me understand more.
Overall, I can conclude that there are a lot of rooms for improvements to be made. With more effort and managing my time well, I could do a whole lot better. Not only managing my time well during the test would help, but managing my time before the test in reviewing and studying would also help me a whole bunch. And I learned that talking with teachers and friends help a great deal for a deeper understanding and to interpret in your own way.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Found Poetry
It
As she sat there through the long day
With coming hours with nothing to do,
nothing to see except the clouds moving by overhead
A mysterious thing happened.
Through the night, in the tossing chest,
she listened to the waters that seemed always about to wash over them
All she knew was that a wave seemed to lift and carry swiftly on
She came upon a great box and broke it open
A beautiful gift from the universe had landed in her lap
She was so vibrant, full of love, generosity, and life
It had left its home
It was a homeless and life meant little
But It became a part of her life
Slowly
Gradually
Despite the difficulties,
They became involved in everyday life, with each other
Within the exploration comes greater consciousness
It was what changed her life
As she sat there through the long day
With coming hours with nothing to do,
nothing to see except the clouds moving by overhead
A mysterious thing happened.
Through the night, in the tossing chest,
she listened to the waters that seemed always about to wash over them
All she knew was that a wave seemed to lift and carry swiftly on
She came upon a great box and broke it open
A beautiful gift from the universe had landed in her lap
She was so vibrant, full of love, generosity, and life
It had left its home
It was a homeless and life meant little
But It became a part of her life
Slowly
Gradually
Despite the difficulties,
They became involved in everyday life, with each other
Within the exploration comes greater consciousness
It was what changed her life
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Where I see myself in the future
As a tenth grader, with two years left to graduate high school, I really do not where I will end up for a career. What I know now is that for university, I would like to study languages. With the benefits of being bilingual from when I was young, my parents have told me that it would be a good idea if I can be fluent in few languages, so I am planning to learn languages after I graduate high school. I will most likely study Spanish and Japanese. I think it would be a good idea if I could learn another language, but at the moment, I have no idea, which language would be good.
For next year, I am planning to take higher level for economics. It’s not that I don’t enjoy history right now, but I don’t really find history as a necessity in the future for me. And being not a fast reader, and slow to comprehend the reading, I don’t think reading and analyzing the history will be a good class for me to take. Since I don’t know much about what we will be learning in geography, it didn’t really catch my attention. And the reason why I chose higher-level economics is because I was in need of another higher-level class. I definitely did not want to take a higher-level class for science, and I heard that the higher-level for math was really hard from older students; I was left with taking a higher-level in group 3.
For next year, I am planning to take higher level for economics. It’s not that I don’t enjoy history right now, but I don’t really find history as a necessity in the future for me. And being not a fast reader, and slow to comprehend the reading, I don’t think reading and analyzing the history will be a good class for me to take. Since I don’t know much about what we will be learning in geography, it didn’t really catch my attention. And the reason why I chose higher-level economics is because I was in need of another higher-level class. I definitely did not want to take a higher-level class for science, and I heard that the higher-level for math was really hard from older students; I was left with taking a higher-level in group 3.
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