黃石任務(The Children of Huang-Shi)

On April the 15th, our whole class (tenth graders) went out to watch a movie named The Children of Huang-Shi or Escape from Huang-Shi with Mr. Ruskovich. Before I watched the movie, I knew that it was based on a true story that happened during the Nanking Massacre, so I though it was a boring documentary or something similar to it, I expected that it would drone on and on about what happened during that time in Nanking. After watching 3 minutes of the movie, I realized that it was based on a true story of a british journalist who sneaked into Nanking to get the true facts about it. After getting caught and saved just before he was about to get slaughtered, he went to an orphanage in the mountains, he simply hated the place, not just because he got beaten up by the children there. But then, he just had this sudden passion of helping the children who lived there to live a better life, for example: by pasting papers onto the windows, which will block the wind out, powering up a machine that gave light to them in the dark, and planted a garden to help them have enough food to make them strong and healthy. During this time, the main character (Hogg, I should have mentioned this) made friends and earned most of the children's respect and they helped with the garden and worked together. It's amazing how someone who seems can do nothing, and i really mean nothing, first he did not speak Chinese, second he's in a foreign country, third everyone despised him at first. He saved about 60 children's lives by taking them far away from Huang-Shi, by taking the silk road. It is a very touching movie, it made me realized that even the craziest things could happen, we just have to keep trying.

Blog entry on my first ever imovie project

This is my first ever imovie project, also my first ever movie! It was a wonderful experience, but I don't like it one bit. The main reason I don't like it is because, first: I have never used imovie before, second: I expected the program to be a lot better than it turned out to be, third: I figured that finding a whole lot of pictures you think you will never use will come in handy. I think the part that takes up the most time is putting the pictures so it matches the music, I spend a long time making it all fit together. I got really angry and impatient during the time making the video, because I'm new to imovie, so it took me about 20 minutes to actually know what I am doing, and then at one point, I wanted to cut the music and put on another one, I spend another 15 minutes looking for how to do it, because it's one of the most basic things, the programs must have it. After all the hard work, I think my movie turned out to be not bad, different from what I expected, but it was okay.

Reflection on Vilayanur Ramachandra's speech

I hate Mac, I wrote more than three thousand words for this, and it quits by itself, how nice!! it's just a blog for me, what about other people?!?!?!? some people types stuff for a whole day and it's due that day, or he gets fired, and now Mac got him fired...how nice

Evaluating myself for science class

I would rate myself 1.5 for community contributor, because I would help people some times, but then other times I would think that it's school, we come here to be stumped, so I let them solve their work. I always get to class on time, and I never disturb the class in any way. In this experiment, I helped Jesse with the speed sensor thing when Justin wasn't there, and I helped him with some calculations too.

For the person of high character, I think I would rate 1.5, I think I'm an average student, I try to be a good student. I help people  if they need help, I wouldn't make fun of people, and I won't disturb the class or anyone else. But then I think I only deserved a 1.5 because for a few times, I forget to do my homework, that's why.

For the critical thinker and problem solver, I still think I deserve a 1.5, because most of the time, when I have problems with the questions or something the teacher just said, I would ask someone or try to figure out myself. But then, sometimes when I'm stuck on a question, I want to try to solve it, but then, sometimes I just can't focus and think of something else instead of doing the work I'm suppose to be doing.

For the effective communicator part, I think I get a 1.5, because I have a lot of thoughts, and I always try hard to present what I think, because I still struggle sometimes to let people understand what I am really trying to say, I just can't find the words. But then, most of the times, I don't have to struggle so much and the person I'm trying to explain stuff will understand pretty quickly, that's why I think I get a 1.5.

For the active learner part, I would give myself a 1.5, because I mostly always want to learn, just that sometimes, I can't concentrate, so I think I get a 1.5.