Seans+Reflection

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? The best advice I have ever recieved was to never give up and keep trying until you reach succsess. This is my best piece of advice because it helped me get through things that almost looked impossible. The person who gave me this advice was my father. He never gave up and now he has become very succsessful. My fathers efforts in life inspire me greatly. It helps me get through things when times are getting tough. Such as when I play my guitar. When I play it I think, if I practise enough I will soon become very good and very succsseful in the music industry.
 * Week 1**

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? Everything would be polluted with rubbish and the earth wouldn't be a very happy place. If everyone polluted the earth it'd be a very disgusting enviroment. The Earth would not its full potential of life expectancy. It would reek of the stench of rotting fruit, decaying animals, It would be very disgusting. If I threw rubbish I would be left with guilt, that will not go away. To know that I have littered and that I know that it isn't right will leave me with the stench of guilt and I'm sure that some other people who littered will feel the same way.

Week 3
What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why? I would tell them to stop cheating because it is not fair on the people who are actually trying. I would confront my friend and tell them how cheating gets you no where, you haven't achieved anything but cheating.

What do you think courage means? To have faith in something and to believe that it is possible, for example having courage in your work, that you can get it done with in the time set. Having faith in yourself to like complete stuff. Such as, when I play my guitar I have courage in myself so that I will be able to complete a song and that I will be able to play the song fluently and in time. To believe that you can do something. Like, believing that you can throw the ball a certain distance, running a ten kilometre jog.

What do you think makes a good friend? Someone who takes a joke as a joke, someone who you're not afraid to talk about private stuff to them about, someone who will always be there for you. You can tell them anything, a secret and they will keep that secret. They will never tell anyone and never tease you for it. If its something bad thats happened to you, they will be there to comfort you and help you through it. They are there to stand up for you when someone decides to tease you. They will always be by your side and you will always be by theirs.

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why? My most indispensable possesion is my baby bass guitar 'Yams'. He is my indispensable possesion because it is always there and always waiting for me to play. When I am angry it calms me because I can play music on it and when I am happy, it makes me even more happy because I can get to play new music and discover new things to do with it.

**Week 5**
What do you think about people polluting the environment? I think people polluting the enviroment quite disgusting, especially if its on purpose. I think that they should somehow pay for what they've done. whether its a fine, or spending a month of community service or a month of picking up rubbish around the local community. Polluting the enviroment is not right. Its not good for us or other inhabitants. Animals may think it is food and somehow start eating it and then choking on it.

Week **6**
How do you feel when you do something wrong? I feel guilt and that I should make things right, sooner than later, so that things become better before they come worse. I feel that I should somehow repay that person more than just a 'sorry' if its bad. I feel that a ton of guilt is just sitting on my shoulders and that I need to get that off my shoulders. If I do nothing the weight becomes more heavier and more of the guilt I have to carry, so I rather like to fix things earlier than later.

How do you feel when you do something that is very good? I feel good and I feel that I have achieved something. I feel somehow excited, after I have done a good deed I like to see the persons face, because It has a smile on it, and that they're not upset. For example, saving a neighbour's cat out of the tree, you see the owners face with a smile and that makes me happy because I know that I have done something really good.

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 that If you did something wrong you have to make things right immediatly. I thought that this would be a good law, so that once you have done something wrong you fix it straight away and not having the person left unhappy or upset. Such as, if you have taken something from someone, you give it back when they say to bring it back. So that they dont get any ideas of you stealing that item off of them.

Week 8
When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud? I am angry when something goes wrong and how I really don't want it to go and when I get teased. I am happiest when everyone else is happy and having a good time. I feel lonely when I am home alone, although I really don't care, because it means I have the whole house to myself. I feel proud when I have achieved something, when I have helped someone. Such as, completing a very long worded essay within the time set. Week 9 Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? I dislike my laziness quality the most, I wish I played a sport of some sort so that I could be more fitter. Sometimes I just sit at the t.v screen 3 hours straight not moving, whether playing video games or just watching tv. A lot of the time I sleep in for a very long time, just because I can't be bothered to get up. I will go to bed at about 9:30pm and then I will end up waking up at 1:30pm that I really don't like about myself I wish I made the most out of things, like 'Living every day like it is your last'.

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? Because people always judge a book by its cover. For example, when people see you for the first time they judge you by your looks, although they don't actually knwo you. You could look very smart in your tuxedo, but on the inside you're a really annoying person who people just can't stand. You may smell, people first think is that 'You never shower' but maybe you could be late for work and didn't have time to go for a shower, brush your teeth, put deoderent on etc. Someone could also judge you by your skin tone. You may be very smart, successfull, but people don't care because you're that skin colour and they may take things to extreme measures.

__ PORTSEA CAMP EXPERIENCE __

This task asks that you reflect on the two day outdoor experience and respond in detail to the following questions.

1. How were you feeling prior to this experience? I felt a bit nervous about what we were going to do, the activities sounded fun.

2. What were you nervous about? What were you excited about? I was nervous about what we were going to do. I was excited about the Giant swing, Snorkelling and Kunooing

3. What do you think St Mary's is trying to achieve by taking you on this experience? I think they were trying to achieve by taking us to this experience to encourage team work, effort and making the most of oppurtunities like these.

4. Do you think these experiences achieved these things? Why/ why not? Yes because the expirience and activities were as good as they said they were.

5. What was your favourite activity? Why? Kunooing because me and Ralph went fast.

6. what was your least favourite? Why? High ropes, It was fun but it could have been funner by putting higher ropes.

7. Do you think this experience will help your time at St Mary's? Explain. Yes because it an awesome experience.

8. Discuss something you learnt about yourself while on this experience. I learnt how to co operate properley with my class.

9. Discuss something you learnt about someone else while on this experience. I learnt the Ralph is quite a fun person.

10. How do you think you contributed to this experience? I contributed by helping where I can and setting out dinner for everyone.

11. What do you think could be improved for next year’s portsea experience? I think they should have more activities.

**Community Links**

On the 7th of March it was Ralph's and I first day on Community Links at Werribee Primary School. We were both a bit nervous, it was hard to get to know the children. At recess we would just walk around the school, discovering what was around us. At 1:30pm it was lunch time both Ralph and I went out to lunch to the corner shop milk bar. We returned at 1:40 with 40 minutes still left of lunch time. During class I helped the children with their art work, by helping them paint, draw what they needed help with. I also helped the teacher by setting up the table before each class and collecting all the art work that the class had finished.
 * __March 7th__**

Today the school had the Roll-a-thon where all the children brought their scooters, bikes, rollerblades etc. and rode them around the school. I had to help during this event by showing the students where to go and marking on their back where a papper sheet was and mark down how many laps they have done. After that I had to join the one two's by helping them write a reflection on the expirence they had of the Roll-a-thon. At snack and lunch time I was more interactive with the children, I would start playing Basketball and Down ball with them, I started to get to know them and they started to know me.
 * __March 15th__**

Today it was our last day at Werribee Primary school for Community Links, it suprised me when the kids said they wanted me to stay, unfortunately I couldn't. Today I helped in the P.E department, mainly the preps. We had to throw bean bags around and play duck duck goose. The preps enjoyed it, I didn't as much. At the end of the day on friday they had assembaly they announced weekly information, student of the week, upcoming camps etc. All the children had to sit on the ground on the basketball court, after the assembly all the children returned to their classes where they were dismissed. As it was the last day Ralph and I said goodbye to the kids.
 * __March 18th__**

__**Melbourne Expirence**__ On the first day of Melbourne Expirence I was somewhat excited of what events that we had. I was in a group with Connor, Jordan and Jaydan The first thing we had to do was called A Walk in the Park. On this activity we had to walk through Melbourne to A big park where the memorial of JFK (John Fitzgerald Kennedy) Where we had to take pictures of his memorial and neighbouring it was Cooks Cottage. A few steps up the path there was a cafe where we got to enjoy a choc chip cookie, after we completed that we had to venture all the way back to Federation Square. Our second activity