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Kim Jun Un Looking to Make Peace

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This article explains how Kim Jun Un is promising to end North Korea’s nuclear program and abandon their nuclear weapons if the United States agrees to formally end the Korean War and promises not to invade his country. There is skepticism, however, over whether North Korea will honor their promise. What interested me about this article is that we are learning about the Korean War in Socials Studies at the moment and recently talked about how the Korean War has just ended. It also interested me because President Trump and Kim Jun Un are meeting in Singapore, the place where I was born. The article makes me question why Kim Jun Un finally decided to try to make peace. What is going on in North Korea that Kim Jun Un needs support from other nations? There’s no sort of war happening, so it seems that North Korea is in some sort of trouble. I liked that the author illustrated all points of views in this article, including both positions of skepticism, as well as support. The author was also very in depth and descriptive. The article in a way depicts the human tendency to be untrusting of other humans, a quality that can be both negative and positive. It can damage relationships, but also protect our well being. This quality is illustrated by how people are skeptical of whether North Korea will actually end their nuclear program so abruptly.

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In this unit I learned how standard form quadratic functions can be interpreted from the equation y=a(x-p)²+q. The “a” value tells you the shape of the graph. The higher the magnitude of the “a” value, the more skinner the parabola becomes. The lower the magnitude of the “a” value, the wider the parabola becomes. If the “a” value is positive, then the graph opens up. If the “a” value is negative, the parabola opens down. The “p” value tells us the translation of the parabola to the right or the left. For example, if p=4, the graph would be translated 4 units to the right and the vertex would be 4 units to the right of the origin. The “q” value tells us the translation of the graph up or down. For example, if q=-8, the graph would be translated 8 units down and the vertex would be 8 units down of the origin.

Here is an example of how we can use this equation to interpret how the graph may look like.

We will use the equation y=0.5(x-8)²+64.

From this equation we know that a=0.5, p=8, ad q=64.

Since, a=0.5, we can interpret that every coordinate will be 0.5 multiplied by the regular coordinate of what it would be as x². We also know that the graph will be wider than x².

Since p=8, we can interpret that the graph will be translated 8 units to the right.

Since q=64, we can interpret that the graph will be translated 64 units up.

Math 11 Sequences and Series Blog Post

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In this unit we learned how to find the infinite sum of a geometric series.

To find the infinite sum of a geometric series we need to first find out the common ratio to see if the series converges. Only converging series can have a finite infinite sum.

To find the common ratio we use this formula:

Next we plug in the appropriate numbers into the formula and solve for the answer. t1=-10 & t2=-20/3

As we can see -1<r<1 and r does not equal 0, so we know that the geometric series is converging.

Since a=the first term and we know a=10, we can plug that information into the infinite geometric series formula

to find the infinite sum:

From what you can see above, the infinite sum is 6.

The infinite sum works for converging geometric series because when you add up infinite terms of a converging geometric series, it will add up to a certain number.

To my grade 11 self

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This year in English, I learned a lot about analyzing poems and the human condition. I’m proud of how I did on my essays. They vastly improved from last year, because of all the new writing techniques that I learned and was reminded of. I would say, at the end of the semester, I started slacking off a bit. For next time, I need to put more effort throughout the semester. I need to focus more during work time and get distracted less. I liked reading the Chrysalids, because it wasn’t like an assignment. It was a story. Even though, I didn’t particularly like analyzing the poems and short stories, I think that’s where I learned the most.

Shakespeare Workshop Reflection

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During the Shakespeare workshop, I liked that it wasn’t sitting down and reading shakespeare. Reading shakespeare sitting down can be very boring. I learned the story of Much Ado About Nothing, and further details about it. Probably the most valuable thing that I learned was the humour of Shakespeare. Normally, when people say that Shakespeare is funny, I don’t understand because the language is so confusing. The workshop, however, explained the humour thoroughly, and it finally made sense.

Something I’ve Learned This Week In Math(Nov 4)

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This week in math, I have learned the “difference of squares” rule. In a situation like this: (a-b)(a+b), rather than FOILing, you can just use this rule to easily find the product of the expression. (a-b)(a+b) always equals a^2-b^2. So in a situation where you are given polynomials like this: (2x-3)(2x+3), you know that it will equal (2x)^2-3^2 or 4x^2-9. You can just use this formula to solve questions rather than going through the whole FOILing process, because you know that the middle part will cancel out.

Inquiry Post for “What Do You Remember of the Evacuation?”

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What are the effects of racism/discrimination?

In “What Do You Remember of the Evacuation?” by Joy Kogawa, the author recounts her experience of being exiled of the community. She is “abandoning everything, leaving pets and possessions at gunpoint”(line 12), to be forced to live with other Japanese people. The community is scared of Japanese people after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The Japanese people are shunned out of the community, even though the Japanese people of North America are mostly sided with England during the war. Only two women, who are assumed to be author’s teachers, are caring and sympathetic towards her. Everyone else is hostile towards her, because she is a Japanese person. At the end of the poem, the author expresses her shame of being a Japanese person, due to the discrimination, and a desire “that I might be white”(line 39). When there is discrimination against a certain race(the Japanese), it could result in segregation out of the community, shame, and insecurity(like how the author feels insecure for being Japanese). With racism and discrimination, people may lose their possessions and even their pride.

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