This year what I enjoyed most was making connections and building relationships with my peers. With different people in each class, I learned to be more social and made friends. I overcame the challenge I’ve always had with talking to people and being less quiet. All of my life I stayed quiet around most people, and this year I’ve stopped doing that so much.
I chose Wikipedia because I used it to help me in a lot of my assignments. In social studies it was good help for learning about people or past events. Wikipedia is commonly used with other people too.
My Favourite Video
I took this video during my English class, and I found it pretty cute. I like geese so I sent the video to my friends who also liked it. I chose it because I remembered this moment really well.
My Favourite Image
This is a picture of my friends stuffy that I borrowed. While I was in English, I took multiple photos of him and put little captions on them where I then sent them to my friend. This pose was him in meditation position.
My Favourite Quote
My favourite quote relating to school would be “Do what is right, not what is easy.” Which is said by Roy T. Bennett. I use this one when I’m doing work. I end up wanting to do things easy but messy, and it helps me remember to try.
I did the avatar for Garvey by just using my imagination. In my mind I imagined he looked like my uncle so I went a bit based off of that. We chose the plot points remembering what had happened in the story, giving each other ideas as we went on. The setting was given through reading the story, the setting is important because it sets the mood for the whole thing. Mood kind of means the emotions and feelings set for the whole thing, and that’s what helped us pick the song.
Core Competency Reflection
When I need to boost my mood or refocus I... Take a break and listen to music to boost my motivation.
Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are… Giving myself a moment to picture what’s happening in the book.
In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… Giving ideas that can be built off of.
When I’m feeling stressed I like to lay down and stare at a wall, maybe listening to music. I also like to dye my hair when I feel stressed, even when I have better things to be doing. Personally I think technology is both a cause and a coping mechanism for my stress. I use it to avoid stress, but some things on the internet do cause stress for me. This year technology has not caused me so much stress, it’s been more helpful to me.
Core Competency Reflection
I am kind to others, and support others when they need it… I try my hardest to be kind to others around me, especially in serious situations. If I see others need it, I help when I can.
I demonstrate respectful, inclusive behavior… I am a respectful student in class, and I don’t cause any trouble. I make sure to include others and won’t turn them away.
I can explain when something is unfair and advocate for others… When someone is being unfair to another I make sure not to just standby and watch. I help in anyway I can.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus I… Put on some music while I do the work.
An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is… How to easily figure out where to place a dot when the scale has changed.
An area of study in which I feel confident to regularly challenge assumptions and develop new ideas in is… Scaling up and down now.
A goal I have for myself is… Finding one strategy that stimulates my imagination in projects like this one. I am working on this goal because I lack creativity on some things. I will achieve this goal by trying to be more imaginative.
For the good stocks, I multiplied the amount of money I have by 1.075 and added 10,000 to the amount each year. For bad stocks I did the same thing, but instead of multiplying it by 1.075 I multiplied it by 0.931.
Justification
My strategy is sort of risky because if the stocks are good all 3 years, then you reach 120k and have thousands extra, but if they’re bad all three years then you’re down by quite a bit. The chances of having stocks be bad all 3 years though is unlikely, but there’s still the chance of one or two years being bad. I believe this fits well with the test I took as it is moderate risk.
Collaboration and Contributions
I’m fairly bad at working with groups and I suppose it was kind of the same this time. I did some calculations and they did as well, though we seemed a bit separated. I did not use any other solutions provided by my group due to the fact that I was not there on the day that we were to come up with other solutions. I’d rate my ability to collaborate with my group a 3 out of 4 because I did not run into any problems, though it was not the best ever.
Core Competency Reflection
In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… Questioning ideas when I hear something that I believe could use improvement, or if I’m trying to get a better understanding of something I have different thoughts on. For example, if I hear about a high risk idea in our plans, I throw in some lower risk idea suggestions to the group to see if it’s preferred.
When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I… Try and ask for their opinion on whatever we’re doing. I also like to ask if they have some ideas they’d like to add to get conversation started and to be focused on what we’re doing.
Others find my feedback useful because I… Try to use my words wisely to let them know that what I am saying is helpful to us as a group. I also make sure that I don’t stray too far from their original ideas so that everyone’s ideas are still included and it’s not all just the work of a single person.
I show that I value feedback from others in my group by… Letting them know that I found it useful, and not just tossing it to the side. I always find something helpful in every piece of feedback and make sure that my group members know that.
Ways I work to build and maintain online relationships is by being consistent with my messages and not being dry. I make sure to let them know I’m enjoying our conversations and initiate conversations regularly. My teacher’s team pages are helpful to me because they make posts keeping me up to date on things like assignments or tests. I especially find it helpful when some of my teachers post the videos we watch in class so I can watch them at home. I know that my digital footprint can have positive and negative consequences, for example I could get groomed, hacked, and people can find negative things about me during things such as interviews. A way I have adjusted to avoid this is to remember not to talk to strangers because stranger danger, I have secure passwords, I don’t let out overly personal information online, and I don’t post anything bad.
