Levi's+Reflection+Page

Today was very good and I enjoyed every moment. Before I went on community links I thought it would be not that great but after today my thoughts have changed. The coordinators and staff that were showing us around were very nice and I have gained experience and courage in myself that I can do these things. While getting a variety of different places which was good, we got to do child care and interact with the young ones. The next few days I will enjoy because I have seen what we do while here on community links.
 * __Community Links__**
 * __ Monday to Thursday (Week 1): __**

__** Monday to Wednesday (Week 2): **__ Another week of these fantastic activities. During these days I have learnt how to use g-mail and to file. During this mess I gained good organization skills and taught people how to speak English. They were very good at it but getting closer to the week’s end I have being getting tired. All these fun activities have worn me down but has given me a break off school and learn how to work.

__** Thursday to Friday (Week 2): **__ Hardly anything to write down here because I just did childcare for the two days it was not that great as last week. Some of the kids were loud, wanting to play always, they never lose energy and some were just naughty. But if you move all that aside you think that they are so cute. But through all the ups and downs for the two weeks it has been a great different experience.

For Melbourne Experience we had the opportunity to go in the city for 2 days and do some tours around Melbourne. During these two days I had some troubles finding my way around but within my group (Michael and Hamish) we were able to find the way. When given our tours we had a set of instructons to follow and along the way we had to take photo's. Well taking photo's our group chose to do a topic of sustainability and had to take photo's of sustainable resources around Melbourne. We gathered a few pictures of sustainable features and the scenery around Melbourne. Some things that annoyed me was that Michael and I did not agree sometimes but then worked out who was right. We also had to walk alot but got a coupon for food along our tour. Throughout these days I have gained a better expericence of the city and has also brang some educational value into it.
 * __ Melbourne Experience __**

Reflections
Each student will build their own page for the puposes of Reflection. This is because when two students are using the same page at the same time the page will not save properly.

Each week for 10 weeks you will need to make a relection about your experiences. Each reflection is expected to at least 200 words in length.

The topic or questions you are asked to reflect on at listed below. Copy these questions to your individual reflection page.

__**Week 1**__
__**What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?**__

The best piece of advice I have ever received was to 'treat people how I want to be treated'. If you do this then everyone would be kind and respectful to each other. If you don't respect people how you want to be treated than you won't have any friends or you could not get any respect. Respect is what everyone wants but you need to deserve it by listening and by saying manners. You always need to have a good attitude to people and in what you are doing. Always respect your elders and people that are having not that great of a time and you will earn their respect. If you don’t want anyone to be there for you when you are having a hard time than don’t respect people how you want to be treated. This could be useful when you need help because they could be there for you when you need help, getting through some tough times or simply just need help with socialising and homework. If you treat your friends and piers respectfully than you will gain more friends in life and you will also find it a breeze when your there getting respected by your mates.

__**Week 2**__
__**What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?**__ If I threw a piece of trash on the ground I would litter the earth. It could also affect the environment and living animal’s areas. It could harm endangered species or just could kill or injure other animals. It also wrecks the living areas and forests. If I kept throwing pieces of trash on the ground maybe it would pollute the world but also destroy nature. Nature is such things as animals, plants, rainforests and some rare things off the planet. This means they would have to cut down forests because it may pass on new diseases or infection because of all the rubbish. If everyone threw a piece of trash on the ground than the whole of countries would be littered and it would take a fair piece of land. If everyone continued to throw trash on, where would all the rubbish go because there is too much. The whole earth would be covered and polluted in rubbish and it would be soon the rubbish would start to build up in the ocean. Which means all living animal species would die out and so would the nature. If we all continued to do this then there would be no earth to live on anymore.

__**Week 3**__
__**What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why?**__ __**What do you think courage means?**__ __**What do you think makes a good friend?**__ If I saw a friend cheating I would maybe ask him why or not do anything at all. For me it depends on what he cheats on because there is all different ways on how you cheat. If he cheated on a test, I would maybe get angry if he got more than me and talk to him about. If he cheated and most of the others did I would do nothing because it wasn’t just him. If he also cheats in anything that can benefit in that is his or her fault. If they don’t cheat it is good because you can learn off your mistakes. I think courage means to have a feeling where you can approach in what you need to do in a confident matter. It could also mean to get up and speak your heart to others but also the ones you love. These people could include your family, friends and may even be just your peers. What I think that makes a good friend is to have trust in them a good communication. To always be respectful to one opinion and to respect in what they believe in. To also help each other when they need it the most and to me that’s what makes a good friend.

__**Week 4**__
__**What is your most indispensable possession and why?**__ The most indispensable possession would have to be my All Blacks top. The reasons why this is the most indispensable possession is that I received it for a present from my family and it means heaps to me. It also means so much to me because my I like playing rugby and my favourite team in the world is the New Zealand All Blacks. They are the number one team in the world and it is good knowing I own a All Blacks jersey. I would never give this top up because I got it off my parents. I would also not sell it for anything because of what it is and also it cost a fair amount to get another shirt. But there is another item which is on the same level and that is the replica of the 1999 and 2011 world cup ball. This is a similar ball they had played with during the world cup and the country has to design a different one each time it is held in their country.

**__Week 5__**
What I think about people polluting the environment is that it is really bad and does not just harm the environment but themselves. People polluting the environment will cause a massive effect to the world and are creating a thicker layer of the earth’s outer layer. This cause the effect of the sun rays and radiation to apply heat but then less of a chance to escape. This means the in-fared rays are getting trapped in the ozone layer and this is why it is getting hotter in the earth. It also affects the average temperature and the green house emissions keep building up. Green house gas emission could also be affecting the earth’s ozone layer. This could lead to global warming which means Antarctica will raise the sea level height and the ocean will get larger. The air would be unbreathable if we keep polluting it this much and over the years we would maybe have to wear masks if it gets really bad. If f not the nature and us might die out and we will have to try and figure out a way how to dig ourselves out of a massive hole that we created.
 * __What do you think about people polluting the environment?__**

Week **6**
When I do something wrong I feel real bad inside. This feeling to me feels real bad and that I should never do that again. This means to learn off my mistakes and try and correct myself next time. Also when I do something wrong I make sure I go and apologise for what I did. Also if I bully someone I don’t expect them to treat me any better. Also if I do something bad I need to know what the thing I did bad was. This is how you can improve your wrong actions. But from the opposite of being wrong is to do something that is very good. When I do something that is very good I feel better inside and I feel like I can do heaps more good things. I feel like something sparked inside of me and I can continue on that chain of goodness. Also people give and show you respect for whatever the good thing was. They also might want to try and do something like you. This is why there is such good role models and Samaritans in the world. If I do something good I think it stays with me forever.
 * __How do you feel when you do something wrong?__**
 * __How do you feel when you do something that is very good?__**

__**Week 7**__
__**I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...**__ If I could wish a law like it says I would say teens are allowed to at least start to learn how to drive and to learn the road rules. This would be a good law because we would have good experience behind the driver’s seat when going for our learners permit. We would also know what not and what to do behind the wheel. We would also know how to react in a bad situation and we would know how to deal with incidents on the road. When having experience there would be fewer crashes on the road but also less fines. While we learn all the rules the cops could analyse people’s progressions that they think are going to be hoods on the road. If so they could be taken off the road and get checked of their background to make sure they don’t get themselves in trouble.

**__Week 8__**
When I am angry I suppose I look angry. But I can’t always tell how I look when I’m angry. I guess that I don’t look that inviting and also not in a good mood. I look scary to some people and to others some other / whole different thing. There are all different emotions and one of these is being happy. I am the happiest when I am with my family and friends and we are having great time. When we are also doing fun activities and things I like together. I also feel the happiest when I let everything off my shoulders and say what I feel is the right thing to say. The times i have felt lonely was when I am feeling sad and I do not know what to do. Also I feel alone when my friends are being mean to me but also my other friends. I feel proud when I do something of high standards or greatest, or just the simplest of things like keeping a secret. Things I feel proud of is also when I get good results in school and my parents appreciate what I got; and also when I try my best in everything.
 * __When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?__**

**__Week 9__**
There are a few qualities that I dislike about myself but I will just name a few. The first quality I dislike about myself is laziness. I used to not be lazy but I think it is a stage of growing up. I need to start learning that if I be lazy, I won’t get anywhere I life. I can admit that I was lazy for this task and deserve not that great mark to the others. I left it to the last night to do a few questions and I am disappointed in myself. If I start to improve and stop being lazy, I can do so much more. The second quality I dislike about myself is the care for others. Sometimes I can hurt peoples feeling and not know about it because of my actions. I need to not get blinded by just having a chat but to see how that person is reacting to that comment. The third and last quality I dislike about myself is the childishness. Sometimes I know when a joke is a joke but I get carried away to much. I need to learn when to stop and carry on with the task which was presented to me.
 * __Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why?__**

**__Week 10__**
Prejudice exists in the world because everyone has a different opinion but also different judgements. Even though it is bias people have their own say. You could be racist to a different race but kind to another. People get their opinions off how they were brought up but also from the media. The media sucks you in and can show you images to persuade you in saying what is good and bad.
 * __Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?__**