Thursday, November 27, 2008

Self Evaluation For Term One

This is how you do a self eval. Think about what we have done in the entire term, not just the last few days. Be Honest. Choose the descriptor that best sounds like you, eliminate all of the others. Answer the Knowledge, skills and attitudes questions. Convert it all to a percentage. Report this to the teacher.





1. ATTENDANCE - LATES - SKIPPING





Z. I have no unexcused absences and I am never late for class. I BRING ALL THE MATERIALS I NEED, I am prepared.



2. PARTICIPATION - TIME MANAGEMENT





Z. I come to class well prepared and actively work for the whole period. I give 90-100% effort.



3. BEHAVIOUR - ATTITUDE TOWARD LEARNING





U. I am a good worker most of the time, but sometimes I could try harder.





4. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT





U. I have learned or improved a couple of skills this term.




5. PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY




Z. I am very good at critical thinking and problem solving and produce many innovative solutions to problems.



6. COMMUNICATION





Z. I communicate my ideas extremely well using innovative ideas. I always use English in the classroom.



7. Go




U. I have done most of the work, and use some of the habits.




8. INDEPENDENT WORKER




Z. I work extremely well on individual tasks, needing little guidance to produce high quality work.





9. WORK -HABITS





Z. I stay on task at all times, hand in all work on time and don't fool around. "Good enough" is not in my vocabulary.





10. Website




U. My website is up to date and well organized.




MY RESULTS THIS YEAR



Give examples of the knowledge you have gained throughout this year. Knowledge is information you can comprehend.

-I learned how to make and update blogs, how to maintain calm and control(logic) behaviour and the ability to deal with large problems. I learned how to draw in two perspective, oblique, ect. and am able to produce creative thoughtful innovative drawings.



Give examples of the new skills you have developed in this year. Skills are the things that you can do, that you could not do before.

-I learned to draw in different perspectives, look in different perspectives and create blogs with acessories.



Describe your attitude towards learning this year. Attitude is the way you feel and think towards something or someone.
I always do my best, to the best of my limits to the best of my time, mostly.

Calculating percentage, please tally up a score based on the choices you made on page one.

For each K score yourself 0

For each W score yourself 3

For each G score yourself 5

For each U score yourself 7

For each Z score yourself 9

My Score: 82/90= 91/100



Add up your score. Please provide a total out of 100, if you feel that you have done better than the description provided, please provide the pertinent evidence.




My Score
91%=91/100

Sunday, November 23, 2008

T1B60

Hello,
Wow. Term one ended so fast. I’m, like, still back in grade 7. I visited my old school yesterday, and worked on my basketball shots and post ups. Today, I took the morning as my family time, going grocery shopping with my parents and sister, noon as homework, and mid afternoon as basketball fun, improving a relationship with a long lost elementary schooled friend. I didn’t work on improvement today, though. However, I still have some school work to work on today night. Gotta finish all possible work, this week’s a basketball practice dominated week. I probably won’t have any time to do any homework.
Well, this is it.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

T1B59

Hello.
Gosh, nice day. I did ok at violin class and watched Nanny Mcphee with my sister.
It was all cool. However, i have a English test, AS notes and a current Events to worry about.
I'm going to worry about them after 5. I'm off to play some ball!
Signing off.

Friday, November 21, 2008

T1B58

Hello.
My parents are really strict about my computer use. But it's not like i play video games or anything. I just type my blogs and go program. But when my parents found out i was at the school library working, they got pised at me and i wasn't allowed to type my blog yesterday. Anyways, I had basketball practise yesterday after school and it was the usual. But i felt so free! No homework except AS over the weekend! It was all tests yesterday. Today i just lazed around putting together creations of lego and eating mostly.

Well, i'm done.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

T1B57

Hey,
I’m failing English. Literally. Everything I do, except two or three tests and one or two homework assignments, I’ve been receiving perfect Bs… I tried everything I could! Rewriting assignments over and over again, checking for grammar, being alert for any spelling mistakes, correcting to all of my abilities. But they’re never enough. I just upset because so far, I’m at a 84.6%, but just today, I got an assignment back that scored a terrifying 76%! What should I do? I mean, I’ve already pored over grammar textbooks over the past month ever since I found I was failing English, but no matter what, Ms. Greskiw still hammers at me.
I’m dead meat.

Plus there is so much homework due on Thursday and on: English vocab, AS outline, Socials Project, Science Cheatsheet, Science Test, Socials Workbook, Premiergo program, English test on the 28th, current events on the 24th, science fair project…

Well, I’m a goner.

Monday, November 17, 2008

T1B56

Hello again.
Wow, what a funny day. I had basketball practice first thing in the morning. God, how it was hard for me to get up this morning. Don’t you find that annoying? Just because you slept in on Sunday, you can’t get up a few hours earlier on the next.
Any ways, I missed a bit of math because of that nuisance of a fire drill this morning and got a chance to cool off before getting to class. Then I had gym.
Holy crap, the substitute was horrifying. Since we’re doing basketball, we did basketball. But the coach, my oh, my, was turning the game to such a boring moronic…

Darn got to go. The library is closing.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

T1B55

Hello.
Oh my god, I had a simply marvelous day. Working hard to finish all homework during the early hours of morn, I managed to spend the afternoon relaxing and shooting some hoops. That brings up yesterday. I was shooting hoops at 4:30 to 6, and it was as dark as 10 to 11 in the summer. I never noticed how daytime changes so dramatically throughout seasons. It’s so amazing and I’m so unobservant. I’m like all wow now.
You know what’s so cool about autumn, though? You don’t sweat as much cuz it’s so cold. I don’t drown in salt water, is what I mean.
Can’t wait till basketball practice tomorrow, I’ve gotten so much better today.
>_< shut eye time

Saturday, November 15, 2008

T1B54

Hello,
Couldn't write my blog yesterday, just too tired. Ever since i got onto the basketball team, practices have been hitting at 7 am. I have to get up at 6 to make it there on time. So basically, yeah. I feel super tired at early times of 8:30, and fall dead asleep at 9:30. tODAY WAS PRETTY cool, i guess. Did pretty good at my violin class, dad was satisfied. I was just hitting the songs where it hurts.
Anyways, then i spent the rest of the evening doing homeowrk and eating. I wanna rest a bit (meaning i want to go play some ball) after this, so i'm cutting it short.
Goodbye.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

T1B53

Hey,
I luv AS class now! Actually, I luved AS class from the beginning of the year… but I really, really luv AS class now! Holy crap, the movie you showed us this few classes, I was so freaked out! They were so, so interesting! God, wish I had AS everyday!
I had to go see this eye doctor today, and skipped first block because of that. Now I am practically drowning in English homework.
Tomorrow I have my first basketball practice. I also have to memorize my French for tomorrow. That plus my Current Events practicing, science studying, henceforward.
Gotta go!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

T1B52

Well, I feel a bit bruised today.
My dad’s at war with me again it seems. From yesterday night, I was all sweaty and sticky because I haven’t taken a single bath from the morning, where I had an intense basketball tryout, gym second block, where I got all sweaty again, and the evening, where I helped dad with dinner and the smoke fumes were just pelting me, and couldn’t play my violin because my teacher told me to be calm and relaxed when practicing and I was tensing each time I felt the violin touch my icky neck. So of course I stated the obvious, asking if I could take a bath. But the washroom was occupied by the washing machine at the moment, and I couldn’t use it. So I waited, legs aching from the morning and had no energy to do any of my homework. And my dad called me a wimp. My mom joined in with facts later too. Okay, I could handle that, not too much of it problem, sincere thanks to your proactive lessons. I went back to try and play some more, but once I hit halfway I just couldn’t do it right. So I went back outside and asked if I could help in any way. My mom called me inconsiderate, but I guess in love, did the things by herself. I thanked her while she was going out the bathroom. Then when I finished, my dad told me I wasn’t allowed to go on the computer to write my blog or print out my French homework. Okay, I understood he was a bit pissed, so I didn’t argue and went on playing my violin.
But today, as I found out, since yesterday my parents only finished half the washing before they had to stop for me to take my shower, they had to sleep at 12. I slept at ten. This morning I woke up at 7 am from a phone call from my mom’s boss asking her to go to work. My dad had to drive her there. I fell asleep. When I got up from bed at 8:30, I joked about my dad being a great lawyer because he promised me I could go outside today on last Sunday because I didn’t play at all that weekend. It was raining today.
But I guess he mistook that by accident, because he started getting really angry and serious about stuff I did and didn’t do yesterday, like how I didn’t do math for two days already, how wimpish I was, stuff like that. Then he was all pissed about today. I thought he told me to go practice my violin. I soon found out I was wrong. He came to my room and was all, why are you playing your violin? I told you to write your blog and print out your French thing before lunch… So I was like okay, I’m sorry, I didn’t hear properly. And you know what he said to me? What do you mean you didn’t hear properly? Oh so you don’t want to write your blog. I don’t want you on the computer for any reason today.
POW. Ow. That hurt. I was so hurt I sort of lost control. I asked him why does he have to hurt me like this. He turned around and told my about the sleeping late thing because of me. I was all, I baby sit my sister while you sleep in the afternoon while you sleep. I used to do that a lot. Then he jumped to another subject, about how yesterday was his break day, and still have to get up at 6:30 to drive me to basketball tryout no.3. I reminded him I volunteered to walk that day. I started to manage my cool back.
I feel like my dad’s jealous of me. I feel like my dad’s jealous of all the things I’ve done that he didn’t do when he was younger.
I made it into the basketball team, but when my dad heard it he just turned away, like ignoring it. It feels like nothing now.

Thanks for the POV and proactive lessons, I didn’t break today.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

T1B51

Hi
So hurt man… my eyes have been fixed on homework from this morning to noon to now. I must rest sooner or later. But holy crap, homework is nailing me hard in the chest. So much of it, but non-due tomorrow. Basketball practice tomorrow! So nervous…
Have to go, so much more homework to do…

Saturday, November 8, 2008

T1B50

Hey,
Hello.
Had a moderate day today. Did just about average in violin class, not too good , not too bad, didn't do a bit of my homework, and yet didn't play a bit. Strange how time flies when you don't have anything to do, anything you want to do. Not saying i was bored... I was simply goalless.
Do i have to post my family reflections on my blogs? If yes, do i post only my family's answers, or mine too?
You know what, I'm still a bit jitterish about the third tryout. So far i've lived past the first and second, but the last tryout will be a fatal cut of 8 people. I tried getting out today to work on some skills developing, but my dad's like all negative all over again.
Well, gotta start working on my Science foldable and English letter, see u =I

oh, and could i ask if William, gr.8, made the second basketball cut?

Friday, November 7, 2008

T1B49

Hello
Yes! I'm in the top 23 for the basketball tryouts! So awesome!
But it's not over yet, they are cutting 8 more people on Monday! Growl!
So now I'm planning to work out all over this weekend, being careful to not sprain a muscle, and picking out the 8 people behind me.
I feel so nervous! But it's natural isn't it?
Anyways, school today was just about average: A science worksheet which our group messed up one question, a English test, and a SS project. Oh, and a load of homework.
At least i have the weekend.
Gotta go!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

T1B48

Hey again.
Guess what? I made it into somewhere in the top 25! So awesome! Too bad it’s only the first tryouts… 2 more to go. Holy crap, now to think of it, they have to cut ten people from the top 25 players, I feel horrified. I mean, I woke up at 6:15 this morning drenched in sweat, when playing my violin, whenever I screw up and feel frustrated, I wonder if it’s what I’ll be like at tomorrow’s tryout.
Even when I go to sleep, I think how and what I should do that makes me worthy of the basketball team, sometimes get so excited I snap suddenly awake and feel the butterflies coming.
The feelings are also inarticulate. It is nearly impossible to say who or what is pressuring me to make the team, why I’m so desperate to make the team, and why I feel so nervous over something I can’t really control.
Anyways, school today was alright. Math first block, and gym. But gym, my oh my, did I get temporarily depressed. I kept missing such easy shots like lay-ups and three pointers at 45-degree angles. I went ballistic when I missed a hook. But you know the reason I went insane wasn’t that the class was watching or the guys were laughing… I had the second tryout nailed in my head. If I were to do this horrible at that tryout, I’d simply cry.
Then it was French which I managed to pull through, and strings which was awesome. I’m beginning to like Mr.Hill. Guess why I did not like him in the past was that my head was stuck too high and I was too pompous and reactive thinking that he was always trying to pick on me just because he thought I was too good for the class.
Guess I was wrong.

Catch u l8r =J

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

T1B47

Hey-lo.
Well, at the library again, I guess. Today was quite decent, without too much fun and too much depression. Had some checking up in science… hee, hee, hee, the highest mark in the class too. Then it was English with barely any homework, and socials with no homework and the whole period to work on this new project.
It all went very smoothly.
I had a horrible time at lunch though, with all the gyms stacked. I couldn’t practise for the basketball tryouts tomorrow morning.
Gotta wake up at 5:40 tomorrow, gonna go =l

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

T1B46

Hey again… I guess.
I’m at the library again as you might guess.
Gym today was horrible. I feel terrible. I feel my world has no more fun, no more waiting, no more anything. I just want to go home and grab a ball, pushing myself to the lengths on my limits and just playing BB.
Why I feel this way? You might ask…
Basketball is a sport whose fun is only visible, only available to those who consider to actually play.
That’s my theme. Take a guess: my conflict is that once the other team notices that our team better than them, they don’t try and lag around. I just plainly hate that. Cause once I drive in an open lane, I like the thrill of the pressure pushing my to score. But when that same moment is repeated twenty times in five minutes, especially when I don’t have any edging, I feel that the game is no fun and instead of shooting right under the net, I pass back. Right under the net.

I know, I started of in a complaining mood… So here’s the good news: It’s my dad’s birthday today.
I spent 7 hours yesterday on a birthday card yesterday. And to tell the truth, I’m very, very proud of the best drawing I did in my whole life.

Well, I’m off and away!

Monday, November 3, 2008

T1B45

Hey again,
Guess what, I’m at the library on a quick 15 min. express again. I’m not really supposed to write my blog today, so I’ll have to do this fast…
The Technical Drawing Test we had today was seriously the most fun test in my whole life. I’m impressed, like, totally.
Then we had science, and I found I’ve pulled my 92 to a sad 87. Three assignments back and only one of them was an A. Depressing, more like.
English was okay. We had a bit of homework to check and go over, had a class discussion on a novel we read, it was all good.
Last subject was socials, where the class was misbehaving and driving the teacher up the wall. Poor teacher. However the sympathy was replaced by butterflies and internal complaints when she gave us a new project worth 40 points. Disturbing, it was.
Anyways, I gotta go off now, bye!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

T1B44

Hel-0
I’m mending with dad. I’m doing my best to have fun in his company.
But.
I’m having trouble having fun in his presence. The catch.

Anyways, I finished all my homework, went outside and revisited my old elementary school. Noticing I was alone, located a small soccer ball and fooled around tiring myself.
What was interesting was that I actually lost myself in the not the likely to be fun activity.
The actual day, was unfortunately not as cool.
Sat around and grew fat eating stolen candy from my sister (actually, she knows, but doesn’t care), and read physics, math and heavy geometry. To tell the truth, I feel really geeky.
I did some more homework on Chinese and Violin, and I still need to get my Family Reflections typed on my blogs…
Byte

Saturday, November 1, 2008

T1B43

Hey,
Halloween was okay. I was a bit bored though. Should have went to a party or sumthin’. At least I could sleep in tomorrow.
Today was decent. I managed to do quite good at my violin class today =], but got my ass kicked by Mother Nature. I couldn’t run home fueled by the joy of an unending flow of music because it was fricking pouring… :(
Guess the best I could think of it is the fact Level 8 is looming closer & closer.
Then I stole some of my sister’s candy and grew fat while reading Garfield.
Oh that, and I finished my homework.
Gotta start on my Science fair Project, and Current Events,
L8r