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[|What Social Studies Means To Me Now]
Now that I’ve gone through this semester, some of my views and opinions have changed about social studies, most have stayed the same though. Reading back at my first post, it seemed oriented around negativity. I’ve learned to give things a fair chance before I go into it thinking negative thoughts. Although Social Studies itself is not necessarily my favourite subject, I do realize that it is important. It crucial to be aware of what went on the in the world whether it happened 13 million years ago, or even yesterday. Before this class, I kind of lived under the rocks and didn’t really care too much about what went on. Now, I care, but only to a certain point. I’m definitely more aware of things, yet I’m not choked up or obsessed over it. This class overall has taught me a lot of things; it has helped me develop my good work habits to even better work habits. I think that this class was much more enjoyable with the vast use of technology. All in all, this class has been very beneficial to my learning and I enjoyed it ( most of the time anways ).

[|Thoughts & Opinions : Teacher Labour Dispute]
For the past few weeks, teachers in Saskatchewan have been going on strike and what not due to a demand of a 16.3% raise ( according to news articles ). Personally, I’m not too effected by this. The time off of school is nice, but everyone would have to work extra hard to cram everything in. But as of today ( May 30th ), teachers are to cancel out all extra curricular activities. Normally, I would be pretty upset if the Handball season wasn’t over or anything, but I’m currently not involved in any school-related extra curricular activities so it wouldn’t affect me as much as it would affect others. All in all, I’m not too bothered with what’s going on, thought I am kind of bummed that the people of Saskatchewan, especially teachers, have to go through something like this.

[|Ancient Greece]
Overall, this unit on Ancient Greece was okay. The assignments were simple, yet informative. Although the 20 minute video was the most uninteresting, I learned the most from it. I guess the Greek Hero game was most fun because it was a breeze to go through. To be honest, this isn’t one of the units I enjoyed the most, but I didn’t really hate it either. I would have enjoyed this unit a lot more if we focused a bit on Greek Mythology because I find the legends and myths fascinating.

[|Federal Election]
The issues that were being discussed in the poll were very simplistic and it didn’t really involve the issues that I personally care about. Although there were other important things in the poll such as the environment or economics, there are other issues that I care for. For example, the poll didn’t really touch base on education and schooling. If it did, I think my results would have altered a bit. The poll itself is very brief and I think it may lack some accuracy due to it only having 30 questions. According to the poll, I would most likely vote for the Liberals and would not vote for the Conservatives. These results, however, will not influence my opinions when I am actually old enough to vote; my opinions may change by that time and I would do much more research before voicing my opinion. All in all, I found this activity to be interesting. Politics have always sparked and interest in me and when I turn eighteen, I will definitely vote.

[|Reflect on the 3 weeks Mr. Mann and Mr. Eiswirth have spent with us]
The past three weeks have been really productive with Mr. Mann and Mr. Eiswirth around. Their teaching is very straight forward and their instructions are clear; I don’t really have any complaints with their method of teaching. They’re friendly and I always walk into the class with the two of them looking eager to teaching and educate. Although there is always room for improvement, they have a real good grasp on how to interact with students and teach in an effective manner. Since our class is a decent size, there isn’t enough of Mr.V to go around and help everyone individually; it was nice to have a couple of helping hands so us, as students, didn’t have to sit there and wait for 5-10 minutes for assistance. All in all, the three weeks with Mr. Mann and Mr. Eiswirth have been beneficial to this class. [|Comments]

[|Reflection On Time Agency Project]
Overall, the Time Agency Project, to me, has been successful. As a group, Mariz, Lexi, Maddy, and I have learned many things ( technology-wise and little things like properly doing a bibliography ). At first, it seemed very overwhelming because of all the things that we had to do. As time went on and we tackled the project little by little, it became a lot less overwhelming. Before we had this assignment, we would have 4-5 assignments going on at a time; it’s nice to not to have as much to worry about. I’ve learned a lot about the Aztec civilization; before this, I had no idea that they existed. This assignment also required lots of teamwork; which was something that I wasn’t used to because I’m much more independent. In conclusion, this Time Travel Agency Project has been a good experience and it has helped many individuals, like me, acquire important skills that would be useful to the future.

[|Progress Report #1]
To be honest, going into this semester, I was not too thrilled at the classes I was taking. My interests belong in the arts; I love music, and visual art fascinates me. I took arts ed last semester, so I have nothing to look forward to this semester. As time went on, this grade 9 social class quickly grew on me. No, I’m not exactly thrilled to go to this class, but then again, I’m not dreading it; as I did previously. Because of the use of technology in this class, I have learned much more than I usually would in a regular classroom. I really have no complaints. However, as far as assignments go, I do not like how we have 3-4 assignments going at the same time. I would prefer it if we had only a couple of assignments at a time so students would not let their assignments spiral/spin out of control.

[|DHMO Part 2]
Now that our class has been given a more in depth look at what DHMO actually is, my thoughts on banning it have completely changed. I think my teacher gave us this assignment so we would learn to research things before we make a final evaluation. Despite feeling like an idiot for the rest of the day, I learned valuable lesson; things aren’t always what they seem.

[|DHMO]
5 Things that I have learned about DMHO: I think that DHMO is a dangerous substance and more people should be more aware of it. There have been accidental deaths due to inhalation of it, even in small doses. The site is very informative and answered the questions that I had in mind. Yes, I would be willing to sign a petition in banning it. It does no good for our society as a whole and if it is banned, our society would be better off since it is used everywhere; from in animal research laboratories to Formula One race cars.
 * It’s in in nuclear power plants.
 * It’s used by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches.
 * It’s in in pesticide production and distribution.
 * It can be found in cough medicines and other liquid pharmaceuticals.
 * And it’s used as a preservative in grocery store fresh produce sections.

[|Does God Exist?]
Filed under: [|Uncategorized] —— chungl62 @ 4:03 pm [|Edit This] This is a highly debatable topic and has been going on for centuries. There are just as many reasons to why there is a superior being and why there is not a superior being. The website that was given was informative and really gave an individual ( such as the reader ) something to ponder upon. After reading the article, it really makes one think. As much as science would be able to prove that there is no superior being, there are just some things that science can not explain. For example, as learned in science, all cells come from former cells. Question is, where did the first cell come from in the first place? In conclusion, there is not wrong or right answer. It is really up to you if you think God exists or not.

[|What Social Means To Me.]
Filed under: [|Uncategorized] —— chungl62 @ 4:21 pm [|Edit This] To be honest, I don’t really have an interest in Social Studies. In elementary school, it was one of my weaker subjects; I mean an 87 is ok, but I would perfer to do better. I do not think that it’s not as important as other subjects, but then again, when will we ever need to find “x” in the real world? Although I am not exactly into the subject, I will go into this course with an open mind. I strongly dislike all of my other semester 2 classes, what have I got to loose?