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Forgiveness in Families

The fear of comparison also known as jealousy. In the short story, Forgiveness in Families by Alice Munro there is a girl named Val who has been jealous of her brother Cam ever since he was born. When there mom gets sick, Cam appears to help her recover. Val decides that she should forgive Cam and apologize for being so hard on him. Jealousy is a feeling felt by everyone, when your insecurities take over and your mind fills with envy. The main reason people get jealous is attention. Everyone knows the baby of the family gets all the attention.The first day of school was a big deal for Val but her mom was not able to attend since she was giving birth to Cam. This is where there sibling rivalry begin. When Cam and Val’s mom recovered from being sick, she went around telling every one that Cam saved her life. This was loads of attention on Cam and absolutely no attention on Val even though Val was most concerned over her mothers sickness. I am the oldest out of all my cousins and from experience I can tell you its not easy being older. You have to learn to be the bigger person and let go of your jealousy and this is what Val did when she apologized to Cam. The love of comparison also known as attention

September 30, 2015 English 10, Uncategorized No Comments

brainstorm

September 30, 2015 Tech Team No Comments

Brain Storm Passion Project

Things I like to do / feel comfortable doing with technology	intrests and involvements at riverside	Thing I would change technology at Riverside if I could
I feel comfortable using devices in a school setting for example using school apps and connecting to wifi. I like to use technology for social media.	I love sports and art, last year i was on the school volleyball team.	The wifi so it is faster

September 25, 2015 Tech Team No Comments

“Almost anyone can become comfortable in a skirt” (Sam the Athlete) : Persuasive Paragraph

“The path of the heart is the only path worth following” – Stewart McLean. Sam the Athlete is a short story written by Stuart McLean. A boy named Sam is starting middle school and all he wants to do is fit in. He tried many different sports but failed to find the right one for him. After seeing a poster at school he joined the field hockey team where he found himself to be the only boy. Everyone assumed Sam was a girl under all of his goalie padding. Sam’s first instinct was to run far away but during the successful practice he made the decision to stay on the team. Sam kept wearing the field hockey skirt pretending to be a girl to fit in. After it is revealed that Sam is a boy he decides to continue to wear the skirt. The skirt makes Sam feel like part of the team and like he finally fits in which makes it the right decision. When Sam puts his skirt on he feels comfortable and free. He loved the way it felt to run on the field “almost anyone can become comfortable in a skirt” said Sam. Some people might argue that kids from Sam’s middle school will find it weird or wrong that a boy is wearing a skirt but why does that matter if he feels happy and proud. Sam’s mom informed Sam that the skirt is actually called a kilt and are commonly worn by boys and men in Scotland in attempt to make him comfortable with his decision. Although it didn’t matter to Sam as he was already confident in his decision, “everyone on the team wears one” stated Sam. Sam is finally part of a team and no one can take that away from him. If Sam chose not to wear the skirt he would feel like he stood out and would once again be fighting to fit in. Sam followed his heart and this is why he made the right decision to keep wearing the skirt.

September 21, 2015 English 10, Portfolio No Comments

Sammy Sperm

The other day Sammy the sperm had a terrible accedent and ended up in the testis hospital. Luckly Sammy is feeling a lot better and is heading back home on epidymis ave. Once Sammy got home he realised he was feeling kind of hungry so he got in his car and drove down van deferens highway. Just after he passed behind the beautiful Lake Bladder he spotted the Seminal Vesticle Diner he grabbed a bight to eat and decided to continue his drive. He stoped by the P.G. Acid Proofing and the C.G. Lube. He then saw a add for Vaginaland and couldent pass it up so he drove down Urethra Expressway until he got to vaginaland. He realised he was running low on gas so he stoped by the cervix gas station. Then he saw Uterusville and decided to go. It wasent as fun as vagina land so he decided to meet up with a old friend named Ms.ovum but first he had to travel down Oviduct Road. Finally he arrived at Ms.Ovum from Ovary Islands house. He then eloped with her and lived happily ever after.

June 11, 2015 Science 9 No Comments

Mutant bee

A original bee has no mutations, it’s a normal looking bee. It has wings and a normal sized stinger.

bee mutation A has 4 antenas

bee mutation B has a very small stinger

bee mutation C has no wings

The Original bee has a normal sized stinger, two intenas, and wings so I think it would be neutral.

Bee mutation A has four intenas. I think that this is a positive mutation because the intenas would be twice as strong and do twice the job they usually do.

Bee mutation B has a negative mutation I think because with a smaller stinger it would be more difficult to defend it self.

For Bee mutation C it would deffinitly be a negative mutation because without wings the bee would not be able to fly anywhere.

This was a good d learning activity because I learned how mutations can positively impact something and negatively. I also realized that there could be endless different mutations. Overall this was a good activity.

June 6, 2015 Portfolio, Science 9, Uncategorized No Comments

DNA bracelets

Each individual piece of cereal on my bracelet represents a DNA sequence. Each color represents a different base.

Green=A

Yellow=T

Pink=C

Purple=G

A group of three cereal pieces represents a condon. Condons then create amino acids. The entire message represents the DNA to make proteins for our body. My name represents the final protein project so that you can determine the DNA code. DNA is in the nucleus and cannot leave. Proteins are built in the cytoplasm so they can do their job for the cell. DNA’s message gets used to build protein by using 4 bases to code all the information in DNA represented by A,T,C,G. RNA then leaves the nucleus where it is read to make proteins.

June 1, 2015 Science 9, Uncategorized No Comments

DNA Model

Just like the model I made, DNA has a spiral ladder kind of look to it the shape is called a double helix. The backbone of DNA is made of alternating sugar and phosphate, in my diagram the yellow licorice represents the backbone. The rungs are made of four kinds of nitrogen containing bases. There is Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), cytosine (C). In my model A= Yellow C=Pink G=green A=orange. Bases of DNA always pair up in a sertain way. A always pairs with T, C always pairs with G. This way the message on both sides of the DNA molecule are mirror messages. This activity did help me understand DNA molecules. I know understand how the colour of the basses work.

May 28, 2015 Portfolio, Science 9, Uncategorized No Comments

International Space Station

The first component of the International Space Station was launnched in 1998. The station is suited for the testing of space craft systems and equipment. The entire Space Station costed about 150 biollion in US dollar. There is six people currently on the space station. The one year mission is currently going on it will focus on finding information on the medical, phychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts durring a long space flight. I find it intresting how you get taller while you are in space because there is no gravity putting pressure on your spine so your spine stretches. I dont think I would like living in space because the constant floating around would get boring and i would like to be grounded again.

May 19, 2015 Science 9, Uncategorized No Comments

Parallex

Parallex is when there is apparent displacement of an object because of a change in the point of view

scientists use this method to measure the distance between stars. As the earth orbits around the sun the closest stars appear to move backgrounds amognst other stars. Scientists measure the star once and then six months later. After they take the data and measure the difference

May 15, 2015 Science 9 No Comments

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