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 * Camp reflection questions**

1. How were you feeling prior to this experience? I was a little nervous before the camp.

2. What were you nervous about? What were you excited about? One of the things i was nervous about before the camp was the giant swing. i was looking forward to the canoeing.

3. What do you think St Mary's is trying to achieve by taking you on this experience? i think they were trying to help build up our team building skills because i noticed all of the activities were team orientated.

4. Do you think these experiences achieved these things? Why/ why not? i do believe that these experiences help build the classes team building skills like in the initiative task. in that task we were required to have the entire class participate somehow.

5. What was your favourite activity? Why? my favourite activity was the canoeing because i had heaps of fun paddleing the boat and later jumping from my boat onto yannick and brandons boat.

6. what was your least favourite? Why? my least favourite activity was the snorkelling because it was really cold and i didnt have that much fun snorkelling

7. Do you think this experience will help your time at St Mary's? Explain. Yes i think it helped me get to know my class, teachers and peers better.

8. Discuss something you learnt about yourself while on this experience. i learnt that i get really cold in the ocean and that i can handle the high ropes.

9. Discuss something you learnt about someone else while on this experience. i learnt that ralph snores really loudly and its really scary.

10. How do you think you contributed to this experience? im not really sure how i contributed to the experience.

11. What do you think could be improved for next year’s portsea experience? i think its pretty good the way it is.


 * Reflection questions**

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
The best advice that anyone has given to me is that what goes around comes around. The advice has been given to me by a few people such as my mum and dad and I have found it to be pretty good advice so far in my life. People have given me the advice in a few different ways such as what goes around comes around, Karma and you get what you give. I have seen this happen a few times such as when a guy at my uncle’s work sent around a petition to get my uncle fired because he didn’t like my uncle for any reasons. It backfired when nobody signed the petition and the guy trying to get my uncle fired was kicked out of his job because he was causing too much trouble. I have seen on many occasions’ people doing bad things and eventually bad things starting to happen to that person. A few simple examples would be stealing and later being caught and going to jail or maybe speeding or driving dangerously until your license is suspended or you end up in a serious crash. In the end, what goes around comes around is the best piece of advice I have ever been given.

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? if i threw a piece of trash on the ground, there are many negative effects that my action could cause. it could be washed down a storm water drain and out to sea where a sea creature such as a fish or turtle could eat it. it could pollute water or kill a small animal that may eat it. if everyone threw a piece of trash on the ground, all of this would happen more frequently and in turn have a damaging effect on the environment. if one species becomes exticnt due to everyone littering, this would ripple and cause a mass extinction of animals and destroy the ecosystem. also trash everywhere wouldnt look nice and it would also attract dieses which could cause loss of human life. if all this were to happen, it could change the way we live, the way we look and the lives of future generations. it could change the face of the world as we know it. these would be the effects if i threw trash on the ground and if everybody threw trash on the ground.

Week 3
What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why? What do you think courage means? What do you think makes a good friend?

If I saw a friend cheating I would talk to the friend about it and tell them to stop. If after we talk and my friend continued to cheat, I would report it to a teacher. I would do this because even though they are your friend, they still have to live by the rules like everybody else and you should treat them as you would treat anyone else. I think courage is when you stand up for yourself, someone else or what you believe in, no matter what the odds are against you. I also believe it is to do something you wouldn’t usually find easy to do for all of the right reasons. What I think makes a good friend is someone that will back you up and someone who won’t stab you in the back. I also think that being honest and being able to share similar opinions with each other.

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why?

I have many indispensible possessions such as my Liverpool away shirt and my Grand Canyon Swiss army knife, but the most indispensible possession I have today is my watch. I got my watch for my thirteenth birthday and I rarely take it off. I find it indispensible because it was a gift from my mum and dad for my first year at high school and since I received my watch I have found it to be very useful. My watch is blue and silver and another great feature for it is its ability to be waterproof down to a hundred meters underwater which is also another reason I rarely take it off. As well as telling me the time and date, I can now always answer a question that people at school always seem to ask me. The question being “Oi what’s the time?” That is why I feel that my watch is the most indispensible possession I own.

**Week 5**
What do you think about people polluting the environment?

I think that people who pollute the environment are both very lazy, very irresponsible and have no regard for the environment and the planet. I think they are lazy because all you have to do is find a bin to put your rubbish in, instead of doing the right thing many people who pollute choose the easy option and just throw their rubbish on the ground. I believe that they are also irresponsible because it means someone else will have to pick it up, and there isn’t always someone there to pick up rubbish. I also think that they have no regard for the planet because polluting kills off parts of the environment such as wildlife. Over time, litter and pollution builds up and eventually the planet will die off and we will live In a world filled with garbage and waste.

Week **6**
How do you feel when you do something wrong? How do you feel when you do something that is very good?

When I do something wrong I end up feeling extremely stupid and guilty, I feel this way because I always know that I could have done something a lot better but instead I have to face all the consequences that come with my wrongdoing. I also learn my lesson when I end up doing something wrong and most of the time I will never make the same mistake twice so sometimes stuffing up can be a learning experience for me. When I do something right like get a really high mark in school work or score a goal playing footy or soccer at school I feel a sense of accomplishment. I feel this way because I have shown myself and others what I am capable of and this helps me boost my confidence. This is why I how I feel when I have done something wrong or I have done something right.

Week 7
I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...

I wish there was a law that said if you are not happy with the way Australia is then you should just leave. I wish there was a law like this because I don’t like it at all when people come from other countries and try to change our way of life to suit theirs. I believe people who try and change the Australian culture into their culture should either adapt to our way of life or leave. I also don’t like extremists that say things like democracy are bad and if you don’t live how they live or believe in what they believe you will go to hell. Its democracy that lets people voice these opinions and not all of Australia should change for a small group of people. This is why if I could make a law, it would be that if you are not happy with Australia, you should get out and not ruin it for everybody else.

Week 8
When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?

When I am angry I look like I’m about to kill someone or whatever I am angry with. I don’t usually get really angry but when I do I’ll let you know about it. I’m usually pretty happy when I’m with my mates, playing sport, on the play station and doing heaps of other stuff like that. I feel lonely when I am out camping and I look up at the night sky and look at all the stars. Most of the time though we all just sit there pondering existence. I feel proud when I achieve something or when someone like a sporting team or an Aussie athlete wins a gold medal or something like that. I feel this way because I believe that I have accomplished something and that I can do a lot more now.

Week 9
Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why?

What I dislike the most about me would probably have to be laziness. The reason the thing I dislike the most about me is laziness, is because being lazy you don’t always get you work done as quick as you should or you don’t always get things finished, things like cleaning my room or doing the dishes. And when I don’t do any of these things, I can’t do any of the things I want to do like relax and watch TV or play COD on the Xbox. I especially get lazy when it comes to completing homework. I find homework to be the most boring thing on the planet and I sometimes don’t complete it due to lack of motivation. One of the things I hate most is having to do heaps of homework on one night so laziness sometimes helps me get stuck with heaps of homework. This is why the thing I dislike most about myself is laziness.

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world.

I think that prejudice still exists in the world because people usually base people on what they wear, how they look and what they believe in. people look at what someone is wearing and without even talking to the person, they already begin to make assumptions about that person. For example, someone could be wearing a shirt with a metal band on it and instantly people make assumptions that the person is an emo or a metal head when really they might like a variety of music and have just pick a shirt to wear at random. People also make judgments on people’s religion. A man might be wearing a turban because of what he believes in and people might look at him and say stuff like he’s a terrorist when really it turns out he’s actually just a normal person. This is why I believe that prejudice still exists in the world today.

Community links reflection

 * Child care:** i thought that child care was a different experience alltogether. I did enjoy most of my work at the child care center and we were appointed appropriate jobs that wasnt beyond our skill level. the staff members were nice to us and were ok with us leaving the center at lunchtime. it was also fun to interact with the kids such and help them socailize with each other and trying to stop them from making a massive mess. all in all i enjoyed my time at the child care center on community links.

====**﻿Wayaperri:** it was another different experience because it was weird seeing adults learn english. i found Wayaperri to be a little less fun in conparison to the child care center but i still found it interesting. i helped out the teachers and staff by doing things such as helping in the kitchen and cleaning the tables. we helped out the teachers and students by doing stuff like checking the students work.====


 * Administration:** in administration did stuff like filing and making binder books. we also did some photocopying, printing and getting photos off the internet. i also helped and elderly person use the internet and some of its features such as google, youtube, facebook, fox sports and i tunes.

Melbourne experience reflection First on Melbourne experience, we caught the train into the city. My group consisted of Sean, Conner, Jordan and myself. We were in group c so the first tour we went on was a walk in the park. On this tour we took many photos and past many landmarks such as captain cooks cottage and the fairy garden. It took us a while to get there because of all the stops we took like the JFK statue. By the time we reached the half way point we realized we were the last ones left and had to get going so we weren’t late. We had lunch at hungry jacks and 7/11 and then re-assembled with our large group. We got on the tram and then went to the Queen Victoria Markets were we took a few photos for Japanese and bought a few things like T-shirts and posters. The time did deem to fly at the markets and yet again we were the last ones back. We all then went home after our first day in Melbourne.

Just like the first day we caught the train into the city and assembled in our groups, first up for us was lanes and arcades where we found a variety of shops such as an expensive chocolate shop and a weird witchcraft store. We found ourselves at the halfway point at McDonalds. We were the first there so we had plenty of time on our hands. I devoured 3 soft serve ice creams and was freezing when we left McDonalds. We slowly made our way back to federation square where we later departed on our last tour. We took a few photos on the waterfront and could just make out the roar of the F1 cars. We had a little bit of trouble finding the boost juice bar after walking around the waterfront but all in all the tour was a success.

On Melbourne experience I definitely had a lot of fun and learnt about what some of Melbourne has to offer, the two days were over very quickly and I think it will be great for the year nines next year.