This term, I am most proud the picture that’s shown above. It’s my own sketchbook piece that I had drawn digitally. This piece involved critical thinking as I had to analyze the colours and reference photo, to see where I could add colours. I had to revise the outline a few times as I had to get the proportions correct. I needed to set goals to help me to keep going. A challenge that I needed to overcome was having trouble painting the shadows. Then after more practice, I was able to paint the shadows until I was happy with them. 

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When I was listening to the residential speaker experience, it taught me many things about the realities of the residential schools, as well as some lessons and advice regarding the court competencies. The speaker was very brave when Relating his story Because we’re calling traumatic experiences it’s not easy to do, it brings back bad memories that hurt. I remember that he was talking about how confused he felt, and how he was upset with his parents, and that he was so Lost when it came to his identity. I remember feeling confused, when he said that his parents who went to the residential school before and had traumatic memories, but his parents then willingly chose to put him in a residential school. Of course, people have reasons behind the decisions but I didn’t know why and I couldn’t understand how his parents would choose to put him through that knowing how painful and Trumatic the experience could be. However, listening to his experience taught me how to improve my social awareness and responsibility. Obviously, the speaker was not obligated to come up here and share his experience. However, he realized that by sharing his story, it could help many other survivors to relate with him, and find comfort because they are not alone. It is also helpful for other indigenous children that go to Centennial to listen to his experience, because he can help them appreciate their heritage and all that The people from there culture had to go through. His talk helps others to be more Socially responsible, because now that other people are aware of the experiences of residential school survivors, they now have a responsibility to share an advocate for their experiences and indigenous rights. The speaker has helped people that are not aware of what happened to have a better understanding so that they can Have empathy for those that had to attend Residential schools, and the family members of those. Some aspects of social responsibility are being accountable for your actions, and taking the initiative to help others in the community, so I am determined to be accountable for my actions by always being respectful to others and wanting to learn more about residential school survivors. I will do my best to understand them, and gain more knowledge from their experiences. It is my responsibility, as a Canadian that lives on first Nations territory. I can take the initiative to help others in the community by actively spreading‘s first Nations experiences with my family members, friends and on social media. I can participate in orange shirt day and other events. Overall, the speaker has helped me to meditate on his experience, which helped me to see the areas I can improve regarding social awareness and responsibility.

Communication 

Our group showed excellent communication skills when we assigned roles and worked together. We Would talk together to work out problems and misunderstandings. Our good communication helped us to work in an efficient manner, allowing us to avoid preventable miscommunications. The project has also taught me how to ask questions if I don’t understand something. 

Thinking

This project has taught us how to use critical thinking to thoroughly understand the material. We needed to connect energy to Minecraft, and then solve which e every has to do with which system. We showed critical thinking by being creative and thinking outside of the box. We brainstormed ideas that would be good for our project.

Personal and social

We demonstrated personal and social responsibly by being aware of our surroundings and the feeling of others. We ensured that no one’s ideas were left out, and that everyone in our group felt important and valued. We would always clean up after ourselves and worked in a quiet, respectful manner. We handed our work in on time and made it our goal to be respectful  to each other.