Harleys'+Reflection+Page

**__Community Links Part 1__** (Monday 8th of August 2011) The first day I walked into my workplace I wasn’t nervous or even had butterflies, I was more in the “ready for anything” mood. I knew that I would be doing filing and doing paperwork and the only people I really knew were Levis of course, Judy and Jenny. Jenny and Judy were really kind to me, as were all of the staff at Princess Highway, Synnot Street and Duncans Road. After our lunch break Levis and I had to walk down to Synnot Street because we had a computer class with a guy named Garry. I thought he would’ve been really strict but he was actually a very open and easy going guy. It was nice teaching all different types of people how to use Gmail etc. On Tuesday we were scheduled at Duncans Road, everyone there were really nice and I had a blast teaching the refugees English. I was lucky enough to get some one on one time with some of the Burmese people, it was quite sad saying how they had no freedom and how it was hard to make a living, and how they are so, so, so happy to be in Australia. I wish them all the best.

**__Community Links Part 2__** (Wednesday 10th of August 2011) On Wednesday we had to help out the VCAL coordinator Teresa, she was definitely the nicest person out of the whole experience, and made Levis and myself feel calm and not so tense. We got a lot of work done for the whole VCAL Staff, this included photocopying a mountain full and binding a lot books for the VCAL and Refugees learning English. Everyone in VCAL especially made the experience exciting to me. Plus we were able to make a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate when we liked! Yay, Teresa said that Levis and I had great qualities work wise, as in getting jobs done and not having to be baby fed the information of the job we had to complete each second, and that we were a credit to ourselves, our families and our school, which really gave me a lot of confidence that I could achieve whatever I set my mind too. I believe that I have experienced a lot in VCAL that would help me with my future work and learning areas I need to complete. I would like to go back and work for VCAL again anytime and Teresa herself said that she would be more then happy to have Levis and I back anytime as well.

**__Community Links Part 3__** (Friday 12th of August 2011) On the Thursday and Friday we had childcare. I have never been so warn out in my life, and not in a bad way, I had a lot of fun doing cool activities with the kids, and I think they enjoyed having Levis and I around. On my last day there a little girl gave Levis and I a drawing for each of us which was quite cute and Levis and I helped the kids make a tower out of building blocks that almost touched the roof! It was also quite sad when the kids would say see you next week on our last week because we had to say “Sorry but we won’t be here next week” and the poor kids actually were upset, Karyn and Anne were really nice and made sure we had fun too, which was a good thing because instead of sitting there watching the kids have fun, we joined in and helped with all activities. The Werribee Community and Education Centre was a wonderful and exciting experience I would be more then happy to go back and work there again, I would also like to thank the staf and others there for making Levis and myself so welcome and at ease.

Week 1
The best piece of advice that I have ever received was "Don't wait for something to come to you, you have to seize it." This is the most true to life advice I have ever received. Because most opportunities in life don’t just come to you, you have to work hard to receive and seize that opportunity. My Dad gave me this piece of advice and it has really given me confidence in life that I can seize in life whatever I put my mind too, as long as I try my hardest to do what it takes to receive the opportunity. I have used this advice multiple times, and will be definitely using throughout my whole life. For example I would love to be able to do something in the music industry, especially being a drummer in a band. So I have created a YouTube account of me doing drum covers to put myself out there to the world and I have gotten a lot of positive comments and a lot of comments that help me further talent in the instrument, and I get this advice from people all over the world which is pretty cool. I also use it in most of my school work, and I choose the subjects that I would like to be pursuing in the future.

Week 2
If I threw a piece of trash on the ground then it actually affects a lot of Mother Nature then most people realise. Like just one plastic bag can kill a turtle, because the turtle thinks that it is a jellyfish (a turtle’s most favourite food) and the examples can just go on forever. So you can imagine how damaging it would be on a world scale if everyone that lived on this planet threw there rubbish, then you might as well say goodbye to mother nature and natural resources, because if one thing in the food chain/cycle gets mucked up, then the rest of it is just going to fall apart right before our very eyes, and I have no idea what we do. So people need start using common sense and start putting a piece of rubbish in the bin, which would take you all over 5 - 10 seconds? Is that really such a big deal? Just losing 5 - 10 seconds of your life won't kill but actually help you live longer because you are keeping the environment healthier.

Week 3
If I saw a friend cheating, would I, report it, confront the friend or nothing? I would confront the friend more then anything, because it seems wrong to report them and it seems wrong to just do nothing, the smartest option for you and your friend, is if you confront the person and ask them if they think that they are really doing the right, hopefully the friend will come to senses and stop cheating so that they actually learn something and get a good education. Courage to me means, someone that isn't to stand up for what the believe in, and they have enough strength to fight as well as stand up for what they believe, to have courage means that you aren't afraid, you aren't afraid to grab and take what you want in life. A good friend, is someone that hascourage to stand behind you and support you through tough times, but also have the courage to tell you when you are wrong and point you in the right direction, friends are there to look out for you, and you have to do the same for them to keep that friendship, that is what I believe friendship is.

Week 4
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My drum kit is my most indispensable possession. Reasons for this are, it is my hobby and I can spend hours on end drumming to my favourite songs that I have learnt and out of all instruments it is my favourite to play and experiment with. Another reason is that my drum kit is my most indispensable possession is because I use my whole body and it can be used as exercise, instead of sitting on X-Box all day. It is also I can keep developing my skills and my stamina as a musician and drummer. I use my drum kit everyday for a minimum of an hour and a maximum of three hours everyday when I get home from school. I will play songs that I have learnt myself for the past 2 weeks and experiment with the old songs that I have learnt and focus on how can improve on my drumming in general. I even sometimes record myself playing a song watch it over and over to see what I can improve on and how I can improve on the issues, I even upload some of them onto to YouTube to promote myself as a drummer and to get comments on what issues I can improve on.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Week 5**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you think about people polluting the environment? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To an extent I do care about the environment and polluting, because it never really crosses my mind when I use something that's not environmentally friendly, but by the same token I don’t t be living in a world where the only fresh air you get is breathing the smell that comes out of exhaust pipes in cars because we have polluted the world that much.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Week** **6**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I do something wrong at the time I feel extremely guilty in what I have done, and the guilt and pressure to own up gets even worse in my head because I think of different thoughts in my head of what could happen if I don’t own up and how much I could and probably would get in trouble for it, but if I do own up and how much trouble and punishments I will get. So yeah I don’t like to get into trouble because my mind goes into overdrive and thinks of all these situations.When I do something good, it really boosts up my confidence and makes me want to do more good things in life to give myself a good conscience and god karma. It also makes me look good, and makes me look like a good and kind person in the public view, but I find it even more rewarding when it’s just when I know about what I’ve done. But I like to hope that good things happen to me because of the good deeds I do. I know that sounds selfish but it’s the way everyone thinks when they do a good deed so I'm not the only selfish person out there.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 7
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Week 8**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 9
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't think that childishness, having a childish humour and other stuff like that isn’t a thing that I hate in my personality because it is good to have at least a little bit of humour and not be so serious in life, otherwise you have no fun I life. I find that most people in my age group think that they’re too cool to do certain things just because it might make them look childish. For me I do get scared that I will get judged by some childish things that I do, but certain people that I have started to become friends with are the same as me and I don’t feel like an idiot just for being childish and not being “cool”. One thing I do dislike about myself though is that I think that I get too annoying to people. I get really scared because of it so, I've learned to just shut my mouth sometimes and realise when I need to speak. I also tend to be very selfish and want to do everything MY way and not someone else’s way, because I trust my way. I try my best now to try and not be as selfish and try to not be selfish at all in my schoolwork and in life.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 10
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?