Category Archives: Grade 9

Hubbard2017DAReflections

Posted on by under Math 9

First Article: Fake social media accounts

This article made me realize how much can happen in social media. Especially since social media has become such a big part in this generation it can really affect us. It affects us because as someone who uses social media, I know that there could easily be someone like “James Galan” and the few others mentioned in the article that I could come across and I need to be aware of it. These people mentioned in the article basically have made fake profiles to comment on issues of the day and the scary thing is that we have no clue who the actually person is that’s behind this account. Majority of the people who come across these accounts are usually not aware and thinking about “oh I better check if this is a real profile.” When we look at an active profile with relevant comments, profile pictures, real friends we assume that this is a real person and that is they’re account they have made. There was even an account with the name “Tim Mather” that used a random persons photo as their own profile picture. This makes me realize that something like this could happen to anyone including myself. Whether it involves politics or government issues there could still be someone hidden behind a fake profile that we don’t think about. Now I know that I should really take things like this into account and try to be more observant in things like this.

 

Second Article: Fake “missing” people posts

This article talks about fake posts this time. In Manchester there was terrorist attack and people were making fake posts saying something like “Help me fine my daughter, son, sister etc. because they were in Manchester and hasn’t reached out to me” and attached in the post would be a picture. This is such a TERRIBLE thing to do when you think about how there are people that are in these situations for REAL and that others are deciding to make fake posts for attention and “retweets”. For example the post by @GamerGateAntifa regarding a missing son who was in Manchester with an attached image of him. When people see this I guess they panic and think they should probably somehow help this poor person who can’t find their son. So people retweet and spread the news hoping that someone will know where this person is. This post did not have a name or anything other then the picture and in a video shown in the article THAT specific picture showed up on the news of missing people in Manchester. Now that kid in the picture is probably perfectly fine and completely irrelevant but somehow his picture is everywhere! Again, this affects me because social media is such a big part in this generation and I need to make sure I’m aware of things like this and don’t get easily fooled because it could lead to a lot of problems.

 

Hubbard2017DataAnalysisThoughts

Posted on by under Math 9

The role statistics have in our society

I think that statistics have an important role in our society because its used for so much. It is used to analyze, organize and summarize data and information. People often rely on statistics in business, economy, marketing, science and lots more. People analyze data from statistics and base their decisions from them. They use statistics to form their opinions on certain products, to determine whether they are trustworthy, the negative/positive impacts, and how it is if they get the product verses if they don’t get it. They basically form their opinions from the majority of other peoples opinions. People also use statistics to make future predictions that may help prepare.

New things I’ve learned after reading the article

At the end of the article I realized how much I don’t know about statistics and the things that people don’t think about. The reasoning for misleading statistics makes a lot of sense but its just that people don’t usually take that stuff into recognition and they don’t realize that the information that they are basing their opinions on could be very misleading and its very easy to misinterpret some stuff. I knew that statistics have an important role in our society and that people are constantly relying on it but I never knew that there were so many ways to scramble statistics to make them seem more impressive or shocking, to encourage you to choose a specific side and even to make you completely read the question or statement wrong.

Different types of problems with statistics

Faulty Statistics: A lot of statistics are just made up on the spot and the others are mathematically flawed. Statistics are use specific numbers and percentages and they have more authority then. That makes us less suspicious and it makes it sound more believable.

Bad Sampling: Sometimes when there are surveys, the group that answers happens to be a majority or one side and the chances are higher when the group is small. For example if you asked only 3 people a question there’s a good chance that they could all have a positive answer. So that 100% people answered yes but if you were to ask 100 people its unlikely they will all answer yes as well (depending on the question) so the percent is no longer 100% and often in statistics the group of who voted is not mentioned so you may get the wrong idea.

Unfair poll questions: This is simply when the question is asked in a way that encourages a specific answer. We know that there’s lots of ways to ask something with it meaning somewhat the same thing. Well, basically they can switch up the way the question is worded to make it seem like a negative thing when really it isn’t negative at all. This is how they will get the answer that they want and know they will receive.

Statistics that are true but misleading: Data is collected in many ways and when you collect it over a long period of time there are a lot of different ways to explain the results. For example if you were collecting data on the average hours of sleep a person gets every night every year; 2013: 9 hours, 2014: 9 hours, 2015: 8 hours, 2016: 9 hours, 2017: 7 hours. So you could say “On average a person sleeps 9 hours in 2013 and it has gone up to 7 hours in 2017.” But you could also say “In 2013 the average hours a person slept was 9 hours and in 2016 in remained the same.”

Ranking Statistics: Ranking is a problem is statistics because you can’t always tell how something is being categorized. It is based on comparisons rather than quantities. You could say “a Himalayan cat is the biggest cat breed” but if tigers, and pumas, and other felines counted in the category than the Himalayan would probably not be the biggest when they are in that category. People usually use ranking to make a statement sound more impressive.

Qualifiers on Statistics: Again this can make a statement sound more impressive than it really is. People basically take something and state that it is – for example – the fastest moving by narrowing down the category. I could say “the snow goose is the fastest herbivore bird in the entire world” but it really isn’t that fast with the qualifiers like herbivore and bird. If I removed those qualifiers and said the snow goose is the fasted in the entire world, it sounds a lot more impressive but it is definitely no longer true.

Percentages: Percentages can make a statement sound a lot more or a lot less. For example if you are asking a question to 1,000,000 people and 20,000 said yes you might to say 20,000 said yes to whatever the questions because it sounds more impressive than 20%. But sometimes with a small group and you only ask 10 people and 2 people say yes, you probably don’t want to say that 2 people said yes and you’ll choose to say 20% people said yes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Governing Policy

Posted on by under Socials 9

As a British official, I realize there are many alternatives to governing Quebec. I have chosen the policy of Isolation to ensure the colony is properly run. I think  that having separate territories, also known as reserves is good because there will be no arguments between the different cultures. It’s obvious that everyone wants to maintain their system of government, language, and religion and with isolation this can happen. Also, both groups — the French and the Natives — could threaten our colonies to the South so we would not want to interfere with their culture even though ours is best… we don’t want to start war. As I have outlined above, I believe the best policy for governing Quebec is Isolation. This will ensure that the colony will remain under British control and provide wealth for our glorious country.

ACT CPR

Posted on by under PE 9, Portfolio

Analyze & Assess

I think that we followed ACT protocol correctly; Katie was able to recognize that Aileen was not ok and asked her if she was choking. When Aileen was showing the universal sign for choking Wendy came and she knew how to react. She asked Aileen if she could cough and she couldn’t and when Aileen when unconscious, Wendy sent me (Kaitlin) to call 9-1-1 and sent Rose to get the AED. The area was clear of hazards and Wendy started chest compressions. After 30 she used the head-tilt chin-lift method to see if she could see the obstruction but she couldn’t so she continued chest compressions. When Rose returned with the AED they started to get ready to use it but a medical professional had arrived to take over.

Taming of the Shrew Reflection

Posted on by under English 9

During Bard on the Beach I learned a lot and I also had lots of fun. I think it was good to do something where we were learning but not sitting down at our desks. With Bard on the Beach everyone was cooperating and everyone was involved which encouraged everyone to learn. Everything that they taught us I never knew before and because those days were so different than usual (like sitting and learning at our desks)  I think I will remember everything we learned for a long time. My favourite part was making the tableaus on the first day because we all got to do something and helped my understanding of how plays worked in Shakespeares time.

Before Bard on the Beach I didn’t know much about Shakespear. The only story I knew was Romeo and Juliet but I hardly knew the full story. I found the story the “taming of the shrew” very interesting and I really enjoyed learning about the story and acting out certain parts in groups. I liked how we weren’t only listening to the story and we were acting out parts ourselves as well as watching other groups too. Before this workshop I thought that it was going to be very boring because Shakespeare is from so long ago and I thought I wouldn’t understand anything but they found out a way to teach us about Shakespear and the taming of the shrew in a way that we all understood and they made it fun.

Overall I enjoyed every part of this workshop and I hope to do something similar in the future.

Reflection

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