Faces of the World.

  Welcome to assignment #22.
This is a really long post, so sit back, relax, and read the rest of my post.

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Post A: Globalization; is when you want to spread things like companies, industries, and ect, to different parts of the world, and make it international.

Post B: I think that someone could take all these faces and find the average of the person by taking pictures of different people, and uploading it to a computer, and use some sort of photo shop to stack all the photos on top of eachother.

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Post C: >Differences with our faces gives us our own identity, because it marks us of who we are physically. Sometimes our faces projects where we come from. Like if someone has smaller eyes, they could be, or their parents, be from some part in Asia.


                      >This relates to the point I made above. Our faces tell a story, like when two people from different nationalities, had a baby, and that shows more diversity to the coming generation.


                     > I think it's cool when two people from different backgrounds have a baby because the baby has two different perspectives, and practices. And also shows how unique they are. I know a friend who is half Filipino, and half Italian. See. How many people could say that? 

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Post D: >I think the picture below represents  the face of tomorrow, I mixed a few different entnicity. (Asian, Black and White.) And it represents, because alot of nannies, come from different countries in Asia, (like Philippines, Hong Kong ect.) who come to North America for nanny jobs. That's what my mom said, and that's how most people come to North America from Asia. There's another example for globalization. They're expanding they're horizon, and going to new places.


                    >My point in this one, is to elaborate on my last note. With alot of people coming from Asia, they could meet someone from North America. Who could be Caucasian, or another race. (I know alot of people who've done that.) And had a baby, who was half and half. 


                    >Once again, this will show more diversity when the child is half and half. It will project that they're not only from one nationality, but from several. Which I think it's a good thing, because everyone's different, and unique, physically. 

                                     
Part E: >I totally think my face represents my nationality, my family, and myself. I'm from the Philippines, well, my parents are. And the people there are naturally tan. And so am I!


                    >I also have, not HUGE eyes, and yet they're not really small. It's sort of in between. Most Filipinos, have the same eye shape and size as that. So I think I absolutely represent my  nationality, family and of course.. myself. 


That's it for now Bloggers.
Hope you enjoyed this interesting post, and your March Break, cause tomorrow's school.
Yay.
See ya!


-Claire

History Fair 4321!

Hello Ladies and Germs,

Welcome to assignment #21.
Last week we had our second annual history fair, and it was a success!
So I worked with Amy, and our topic was on maple syrup.

4 - The four most interesting things that you learned about your topic in your researching.

>Something I learned about our topic, was the fact that the Algonquin Tribe were the first people to discover maple syrup.

>Another thing I learned was the fact that the Algonquin tribe called it 'sizibuckwud,' which meant 'drawn from wood,' in their language.

>I learned that the Algonquin tribe were really resourceful. They would cut the tree with a tomohawk, which was an axe, made of animal bone or stone. Then they'd take a piece of birch bark, or reed, and place it underneath the cut, and let the same flow in their basket. Which was woven with birch bark, or made of deerskin.

>The last thing that I found interseting was the fact there is something called Maple Syrup Urine Diesease. (MSUD). It is a disease passed down from families, and you could get comas, siezures, or muscle spasms. They call it Maple Syrup Urine Disease, because when you have this disease, your urine has the scent of maple syrup.

3- Three things that you felt proud of on the day of the Fair.>One thing I really felt proud of on the day of the fair, is putting up our poster with confidence, and displaying all our hardwork with pride.

>Another thing I felt proud of on the day of the fair was when we were doing our speech. Our judges said they loved our two perspectives. I was a lost voice, from the Aboriginal tribe. And Amy was a European, who adapted our idea for tapping maple syrup.

>The last thing I felt proud of at the fair was when kids were coming up to our poster to learn more about our topic, and saying how interesting it was.

2 - Two specific researching or presentation techniques that were helpful to make your project so wonderful.
>One thing that enchanced our presentation was the fact Amy and I did two views about our perspective on our topic - maple syrup.

>Another presentation technique we used was alittle bit of costumes and props, to enchance our speech. I dressed like an aboriginal, (with feathers, and all). And Amy was dressed as an old fashioned European, with a long skirt, and corsette.

1 - One suggestion to make the History Fair even better in the future.
>My only suggestion to make the History Fair better for the future, is that the judges will go to whoever will be judged first. Because me and Amy only been judged by one person, and were waiting for a long time for another one.

Digital Lit Circle Question; Black & White.

Welcome Sam, Noah, Jenna, Amy, Amanda, and Walid!

When Tom picked Bridgett and Denyse up to head to the skiing resort, and Tom's dad saw Denyse, why do you think he hesitated when he saw her?

Kiva, Free Rice, Girl Effect - SOLE VIDEOS.

Hello Wonderful Bloggers! Yes, it is us; Me, Zuhair, Qavi & Shahad presenting our SOLE topic, about Kiva, Free Rice, and The Girl Effect.
Here are some things I wanted to point out in our two videos!

>In Part 1, of our video, Shahad is talking about the online charity Free Rice. Please note that English is not her first subject, and yet, I thought she read what she needed to say, perfectly! Well done Shahad!

>Another thing I wanted to point out in our first video is that we made our own scripts/monolouges, and mimicked a charity tele-thon, for each of the charities we chosen. I thought it was fun, and more interesting than just describing what the charity was about.

>The last thing I wanted to point out is in both our videos, we were sort of improvising. I thought we did really good, even though we had a limited time to rehearse. Not bad fo coming up with stuff on the spot eh?

So why don't you watch the videos? Enjoy!

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Part 1.



Part 2.



Stick around for more, okay?
-Claire

If I Had $100 - Ethical Gifts.

Welcome to assignment #19.
In this assignment, we are given an imaginary one hundred dollars to buy a/an ethical gift(s) to one or more of the following organizations;
Salvation Army, Oxfam, Plan, or World Vision.

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You can choose a diffrent organization to place your imaginary money to.


The organization I choose for my ethical gift(s) is The Girl Effect.
Funny, I think I remember doing a SOLE presentation on this very organization. Coincidence? I think not.
 
I chose this, because doing research on The Girl Effect, made my think.. us girls from Canada, are very fortunate, than other girls in developing countries. (Like Africa, Rwanda, or Bangladesh). Girls should have the same rights as equal human beings, and just because they're a girl, they don't get some of the same privileges. Like not being able to go to school, married off, prone to HIV, no health care.
So I'm giving  my money to The Girl Effect, and help a few girls fight their legal case. And maybe one day, one of those girls will do the same. See? It's like a cycle.

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The ethical gift I want to invest in is to help adolescent girls fight human right abuses.  Donating $100 dollars will help them fight their legal case, and to see that justice will be served!

So that's all from my ethical gift.
See you around?

-Claire