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Law – Mr. Sam George’s Presentation

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About the Activity

Mr. Sam George, an aboriginal elder who survived the St. Paul residential school, came to our school to talk about his past experiences. In his youth life, he was stripped way of his culture and rights, and endured many kinds of abuse throughout his residential school. He talked about how his trauma affected his life after he was released from residential school. He is sharing his story to let people know how aboriginal people are treated and to raise awareness of these cruel acts like the residential schools.

Core Competency Reflection

I can work to inform myself about issues surrounding me.

I was interested in Mr. Sane George’s story because I knew about the residential schools and I wanted to learn more about it from a personal point of view. I know the racism to aboriginal is a problem, so I learned more abut the details.

I can understand that learning is continuous and my identity will continue to evolve.

I learned more information about residential schools even though I have been learning about it since middle school. Now, I have more care about the issues surrounding aboriginal people and respect the elders more.

I can demonstrate respectful, inclusive behaviour.

I did not go on my phone or talk about something other than the presentation while listening to Mr. Sam George’s story. I was deeply interested in his story and respected the topic he was talking about. I also talked about his story with my friends after the presentation.

I can think about what I am going to convey and to whom I will convey it.

I knew beforehand that the presentation would be serious, so I prepared for it by thinking of how I would act and listen to the presentation. I wanted to talk about his story with my friends and parents and I did talk to them about it.

One goal I have for myself

I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener.

I can listen to people, but I find it difficult to ask questions. I would like to ask and respond to questions more actively to show that I really am interested in what someone is saying. I will try to think more about someone’s words and think of good/thoughtful questions I could ask without being shy to actually ask it.

Law Debates

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My group had to do a debate against another group regarding legalization of prostitution in Canada; we were on the pro side for the legalization. I researched about information regarding foreign countries laws and policies regarding and the good side of the legalization of prostitution. I helped organize and write the script and spoke for the debate . Most of my group mates got together and shared ideas, prepared the script, and practiced speaking for the debate.

Core Competency Reflection

I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way.

I told my group that I would research about foreign policies and laws, then took proper notes to share to the group. I shared the information to my group and wrote the information on the script where it would fit best after talking about it with the group and helping everyone understand.

I can take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share.

I chose this because our group divided what to do and I was assigned to research and organizing scripts. I researched thoroughly about my topic of interest and shared it to my group, and organized the script into parts with good information with my group mates.

I can recognize different points of view and can disagree respectfully.

As we started to organize and make our script, our group gave different ideas relating to when will someone speak and where to put the information. I listened to the groups’ ideas, thought about how the audience and the flow would be, and gave new ideas or agreed with them while respecting their thoughts.

I can analyze my own beliefs and consider views that do not fit with them.

Although I was debating for the pro side of the legalization of prostitution, there were some opinions and information that did not fit my beliefs. However, I considered how different people could agree/disagree to it, and thought of back up statements and information to support the group.

One goal I have for myself / I can apply constructive strategies to navigate misunderstandings and conflicts.

I want to work on this goal because I like to just skip over misunderstandings and conflicts. I do not think much of them and I try to move on with our work without worrying about it. I understand I should think about what other people’s thoughts are and figure out ways to solve conflicts first. I will start to consider and think of ways to solve conflicts and find ways to make people understand points effectively. I would like to have smooth teamwork and get the work done without obstacles.

Curricular Competency Reflection

For this debate, I made reasonable decisions based on facts, group mates’ opinions, and views of people around the world. I tried to not let my own beliefs interfere with the presentation of the debate and respected/included other people’s opinions. I was able to present my information using foreign countries policies and laws, and how people outside of Canada view prostitution. I used words to respect prostitutes and the people of that industry and carefully considered how people would think depending on the things we say about them.