Category: Thinking

Life-Saving Measures

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The NaloxHome presentation helped me become more aware of the opioid crisis in North America, especially in Vancouver. The presenters talked about how anyone can be affected by an overdose. Some of the measures society has taken, like drug decriminalization and safe supply, are controversial, however, Naloxone is a proven way to reduce the fatalities related to overdoses. It is a medicine that can quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Naloxone is something that anyone can obtain for free, and NaloxHome encourages everyone to have one just in case they witness an overdose. NaloxHome believes harm reduction is the most important thing when it comes to drug safety; Naloxone is the last resort.

Critical and Reflective Thinking Competency Reflection

I can analyze evidence to make judgments.

When I look at a piece of evidence, I analyze it to make sure that it is credible. Once I believe it is credible, I try to understand the evidence and relate it to my own life.

English 11 Poetry Reflection

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My Poem

My poem discusses the beauty of the watermelon

Curricular Competencies Reflection

The purpose of this poem is to share my fondness for, in my opinion, the greatest summertime snack, with Ms. Khokhar and anybody who happens to come across it. I express my love for the fruit by describing its appearance, feel, taste, and smell. I spoke from the heart in this poem, so I believe this poem grew to become engaging on its own. I thought of myself in the exact scenario that I portrayed in the poem and imagined what the watermelon would taste like and why I would appreciate it.

Creative Thinking Core Competency Reflection

I deeply enjoy fruits and vegetables in general, but I chose watermelon because it is one of the fruits I regularly crave. Since I was able to pick the topic of the poem, I chose the fruit that I could vividly imagine and describe on paper. Setting the scene of “A scorching summer day” helped me understand why I love and crave this fruit. I also searched up pictures of watermelon to assist in describing its appearance. My goal was to incorporate many poetic devices into this poem, but at the same time, allow it to flow from beginning to end. I could have possibly added more, however, I was short on time to really sit down and make slight adjustments to my work.

Physics 11 Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Critical and Reflective Thinking

In Physics class, I demonstrated my ability to analyze evidence and make judgements. One of our labs required my group of 7 to measure the time it takes for the “walker” to reach certain distances at slow, medium, and fast velocities. Using this information, we were asked to make a position vs. time graph to compare the three different velocities. Originally, I decided to make the increments on the X-axis four instead of three, but when I graphed the lines, they didn’t occupy a lot of the page. While it is more difficult to graph points when the increments are three and each little line represents 0.3, they filled up more of the page.

Next time, I would also change the increments on the Y-axis. Since the points are all whole numbers increasing by 5 (up to 25), we do not necessarily have to worry about how much each little line represents. Instead of making two large lines equal 5, I could have made three large lines equal 5, so that 25 is at the very top of the graph, minimizing the empty space.