October 22th's Learning Log !

Hi !

Here is today's learning log ! :

    In class today, we talked about how we are pairing up with the school in Australia and how we are writing letters back to them tomorrow about there problems on their blog. Ms. Lees said to go on their blog and read about their crisis. We also talked about how some people don't know which clubs they want to join and how some people are confused and don't know which clubs to join. Ms. Lees said that she will have flex Tuesday at lunch to help people find a club that they are interested in! Later on, we looked at Ms. Lees' class blog and she reviewed with us the criteria of what we are supposed to do when we are posting on our group blogs at home. Then, 2 people from student council came to talk to us about the five days of fire going on next week and they answered all our questions regarding it. At the end of the class, we were told to hand in our assignments from all the short stories we have done in the past so that Ms. Lees can see how well we have done with them.

    We should read about the class in Australia's blog, Woodleighville so that tomorrow when we are writing the letters back too them, we know what to write! We talked about which clubs people should join because it's really important to find a club that you like going to and that you find really fun to take some stress off of yourself! Reviewing the criteria for the blog posts is really important because we want to know what to write and have it be right instead of completely wrong! It really helps you when you are trying to create a blog post and don't know what to write! If the 2 people from student council didn't come, we would have no idea what to do or wear for the 5 days of fire as it is our very first time experiencing it! Also they told us which colour we are and that's always important so you know which colour to wear! We handed in our assignments to Ms. Lees so that she can track our understanding and our knowledge of short stories!

   I think that the things that Ms. Lees told us about the clubs will really help me in choosing other clubs to join and I'm sure there are a lot of other people wanting to join more clubs so I think flex tomorrow is a great idea! I think the blog that the Australian class has will help me understand some of the problems and conflict going around in other parts of the world! The assignments that we handed in will give us feedback on what we need to improve on and help us in future assignments that we need to do.

 Homework :

Today's homework is to just go on the Australian's class blog, Woodleighville, and read their posts and try to read the newspaper to find articles like the ones in the class blog. Also, think of what you are going to write in the letters we are going to respond to Woodleighville's blog tomorrow. You should think of agreeing, disagreeing and offering suggestions to their blog post.
Read up on these articles :
1. Recovering from Cyclone Mike
2. Rioting recovery
3. Should we install CCTV cameras
4. Do we want a WOULDI superstore

Tips :

You should read Surrey Now, Surrey Leader, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, and any other newspapers you can get a hold of to help you understand and relate to the conflicts they are having. Try to read as many articles regarding the conflicts in the blog as you can as it will help you in writing the letter on Tuesday.
Read the articles on this blog :
http://themorriswardminutes.wordpress.com/2012/10/

Have a great day guys!

Space Jump Response - Kevin N.

Space Jump Response
by Kevin N.


Wow. That's the only thing I can think to say. 

I don't know how he found the courage to jump off from there. You could tell that he was anxious and hesitant before the jump, but 120,000 feet in the air who wouldn't be? 

Honestly, so much could have gone wrong. Just after the launch, his visor began to fog and they considered postponing the mission. But Felix persevered and continued with the mission. 

As soon as he jumped a new crisis occured, he began to spin out of control and fell into a 'death spin' but he was able to get himself back into control.  Along with that, his suit could have ripped, his oxygen supply could have failed; if anything went wrong at such an altitude, it would have resulted in an almost sure death.

I feel extremely proud of Felix for his perseverance despite the jump having been postponed multiple times since 2004 and the consideration of a last-minute cancellation.

What I felt was most amazing about his jump was that Felix happens to be claustrophobic. Imagine being inside the capsule all alone and with no control, then barricaded inside a bulky spacesuit as you fly at over 800 miles per hour towards the ground. 

Just imagine yourself inside the capsule, being kept up by a large helium balloon; with no control. 

You could feel the relief as he landed (amazingly smoothly) in the desert as he fell to his knees and had his family cheering on. When it was all said and done, he is now one of the few who can claim that they 'stood on top of the world'.

This was really an amazing and inspiring video to watch. Thank you for sharing!

-Kevin N.


References:
-DailyMail.co.uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2220683/Felix-Baumgartner-Now-cleanup-Balloon-lassoed-packed-supersonic-skydiver-Fearless-Felixs-128-000-foot-Red-Bull-jump.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

-CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/claustrophobia-skydiver/index.html

Space Jump Response - Johnny W.

That guy is either crazy, or brave. To get to that spot would be scary enough, but jumping off is another thing. What if the parachute didn't go off? Well, it would hurt, a lot.  Nick and Richard were talking about how it look like Felix fainted while he was falling, but that is obviously not true. I wonder what it wàs like be to above the earth, at the edge of space. Was there less gravity there? Or did it feel the same up there and down here. Also, I wonder what they did with the platform / seat thing he jumped off from, is it still floating in (almost) space or did it fall? What if space became like the ocean, like how we threw stuff out in the ocean and now the ocean is polluted, what if space became polluted? But now I'm getting off topic. Felix really deserved that world record.

Space Jump Response- Jarrod V.

Holy Cow! I could never do something like that! That guy is either brave, or crazy. How did it feel travelling at the speed of sound? I bet he was scared, he could have died! If I ever did that I think my life would flash before my eyes. He deserves the fame that the jump gave him!

Space Jump Response - Jessica O.

Oh my gosh! That’s all I can say …wow when he was getting ready to jump off the platform in space my heart was pounding so hard and I was very scared! That would take a lot of courage to jump all the way from space. The chances were very strong that he could have blown up when he broke through the atmosphere; Felix is a very brave person and certainly risked his life! Red bull is lucky that they got there name on him and sponsored him because at that moment all eyes were on him so red bull got really good publicity. I personally hate jumping off heights; just the feeling in your stomached is gross when you’re dropping. I can’t even stand jumping off little diving boards I hate it! Felix is definitely the worlds greatest dare devil and I don’t think anyone will take the chances to risk there life for a world record, but I am not arguing some people would. Risking your life for a world record is not a choice many people would pick over life. Felix must of felt amazing when he touched the ground because he was free falling for what probably felt like forever. That must have been the greatest feeling in the world to accomplish something that amazing and still be alive and be able to say that was me and yes I jumped from space! Felix had the world cheering for him and praying that he would live because if he didn’t that would be disappointing but it also wouldn’t be his fault at all! Felix did the all time craziest thing that I have ever heard someone try and accomplish!

Space Jump Response - Sydney T.

 While I was watching the video, I was so interested in it, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen! I felt that it was exciting and very different than what I usually watch and it totally blew my mind away! I think the effects and what they were saying also captured my thoughts and made me want to watch more! I think Felix Baumgartner is a really brave man and I would never even think of trying to jump off in space and land on Earth! I was really happy for Felix when he broke the world record of the speed of sound and I was glad that he was okay in the process and when he landed. When he landed, I could tell that he had the most amazing feeling ever and I think that is really special to have. I could tell that his family members really cared about him and all of the people he worked with really wanted him to succeed. I thought this video was really intense and that was what made it an amazing video to watch and I would absolutely watch it over again and again! Great video!

Hello!

Welcome to our Humanities8 Blog! We will be using this blog to update our learning in class.

Members:
Kevin N.
Sydney T.
Jessica O.
Jarrod V.
Johnny W.