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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Unwind II English II Novel Study

This section opens with Lev in a pawnbroker's. What does this tell you about how his character is changing?
Lev character is changing in ways where he is no longer hiding behind someone and running away from a situation to get help from an adult, instead, he's fighting for someone and himself by loosening up a bit and becoming a bit more aggressive so he can get his way. and also his trust in people has gone down due to knowing that if he trusted people he would be at a higher risk of getting unwound than he was before.

While being transported to possible safety. Some of the kids on the run wonder, "Would it be better to die or be unwound?" If given the choice, which would you choose? Why? This response requires more than one or two sentences! Put forward at least three reasons why you think you do.
I'm my opinion I'd rather die to be honest than die and get taken apart, Reason why is because I'd rather have every part of me still intact so I can die peacefully like others so I know that I died my own person to stay my own person and not to die and go to someone else to be apart of someone who will soon own that part of me, officially making a part of me theirs.

I also don't want to go to someone else just to cause them pain, as shown with Cy-Fi even since he got a part of Tyler's brain his life hasn't been the same and sometimes he switches out into a personality like Tylers and steals things just like Tyler did, doing that hurts Cy-Fi because he doesn't like stealing.

And lastly, I don't want anyone to have any part of me, to begin with, it's my body anyway, so why should people have something that's apart of me when they could have someone else's, I mean think about it there's already been lots of people being unwound so why not go to them to get parts. I honestly just rather die whole, I rather die intact at each end, not a single limb missing.

Another question the kids in the book discuss is, "If every part of you is still alive but inside someone else, are you alive or are you dead?" They also wonder if consciousness can exist even if it's spread out, and if the soul remains intact. What do you think? Read Thomas Hobbes' Ship of Theseus puzzle to help you make a decision. Be sure to reference it in your answer.
https://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/
In my opinion, based on real-world knowledge and not book knowledge where indeed if you have a certain part of a brain that functions movement or memories then it's possible to have the other person memories or for yourself to lose control because the other person believes their still alive, making it seem that the part that was given to someone else is possibly still alive and active as shown with Cy-fi and Tyler who was a boy that got unwound and found himself attached to Cy-fi but sometimes Cy-fi losses control of himself like Tyler takes control of his body and emotions and thoughts leaving Cy-fi in a panic. But apart from that no. I don't believe that in the real human world knowledge, I hardly believe that if you get a part of someone that already died and that part happens to be a brain or a leg, I doubt that you'd automatically just lose control of your thoughts and legs because even if you get something from someone else that's died, it's basically impossible for them to take control again because their already dead and gone. It's like a sentence from the Ship of Theseus - Once every part had been replaced. Hobbes offered the reassembled ship as the true original. But he may have had his tongue in his cheek about the ambiguous use of language in truth claims. ITis the true original, qua material, but not qua a functioning ship
By this, I'm saying that you can fix someone up with new parts, but it won't be the original parts of someone and the parts that once were alive will never be the same and will never function with their own muscle memory again.

This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closers Cy-Fi's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. What are some of the things he does, or things he likes, that are not his own behaviours or memories?
An example of this is when Cyrus or Cy-Fi says that Tyler, the person who is now attached to him like Pumpkin Ice-Cream, where Cyrus doesn't. Another is when they're going to Joplin and they reach a certain street Cyrus walks through the street like he knows it, but he himself has never been to Joplin before.

What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194
In a hole in the ground in his backyard was a briefcase which consisted of different type of jewellery.

The section ends with Cy-Ty reaching his destination. What do you think of his parents' behaviour? What does Lev's support show you about his character?
Tyler's parent's act frighten around Cyrus, (Who in the book they called Tyler, due to Tyler being an evidence entity within Cyrus now) because they had thought that he would harm them. And Lev, his support in the story shows that he's not afraid to stick up for himself and other any more, and when it comes to sticking up for himself and others he tends to show a more violent forceful side that we never saw in the start of the book.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

PE II Fitness

Day 2 of week 11, and the 2nd period of PE for the week, leaving one more period of PE for the week on Friday.
I did my normal routine today, but instead, I missed out on some of them and played bench ball and a tiny bit of Netball.

Not much was done but I feel I'm getting faster at Sit-Ups, which I thinks a good improvement.

Monday, June 22, 2020

Syria II Social Studies II Topic Research



Starting last week we started a research on countries which have been overridden by war. For this, I picked Syria as it seemed to stick out the most to me. Seeing as this took a whole 2 weeks I feel very proud of the final result.

What went well and why - I feel It went well because I found that using my own brainpower helped out a lot with this presentation and just going to a few sites helped out too. and I also had pretty much everything under control which made everything easy for me so no stress was put upon me.

What didn't go so well and why - Honestly I'm positive not much went wrong because I had everything under control. But I feel there was one thing that was tough to do. For our presentation, we were told to find a story of a refugee and what their travel was like. But it was hard to find videos about them as it only had videos about closing borders to refugees and some about opening borders.

If I were to do this again what would I do differently and why - If I do this again, I might pick a different country as doing Syria seemed really easy based on how much is happening in Syria right now, and I might as well find another way to make my presentation.

PE II Fitness

This is the Second to last week of school making to be out only 6 more periods of PE till school ends for the term.
This week I did the same list as last week but instead of skipping I used the weights to try and increase my arm movement and muscles, by doing that my arms now feel kinda lose and more light.

I feel I did good for this period, I got fast at my sit up's which is a good improvement in my point.
Next week we'll be going over our pre-tests and redoing them to see if we've made improvements so I can't wait to see how much sit-ups I can do in 30 seconds next week, to see if I've improved or I need to do a bit more.

Friday, June 19, 2020

PE II Fitness

Week 10's coming to an end and week 11's coming in.
So much has gone down this week which also includes PE and our made schedules.

Today my PE warm-up was some the same as Mondays, but a few changes were made

Warm-Up: Skipping
20 Sit Ups
10 Push Ups
25 Squats
Skip for 1 min
Run 2 laps of court
25 Lunges
Plank for 45 seconds
50 Star Jumps
5 Burpees
30 Punches

This was Todays Warm-up and Exercise for me.
I feel I did good today, I'm proud of the Sit Up's the most though as I feel I did them a bit faster than last time.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Unwind II Transit-Workshop II English

Follow up Task
Define the following vocab - Fatigue, Kleptomaniac

Fatigue - The action to do to much in a short span and in result to become tired or exhausted
Kleptomaniac - Kleptomaniac is an Impulse-control disorder that in results leaves its user in an urge to steal something.

Unwind II Part Three-Transit II English

In the course of the book, Connor and Risa get separated from Lev, who travels for a time with another character. Why do you Shusterman choose to split the narrative into two distinct threads? What do you think this achieves? How does this affect the evolution of the characters?
This has allowed Lev to get more book time and to also allow him to gain more character development because really at the start he was just a kid who thought of Risa and Connor as his kidnappers and his real and only goal at the time was to get freedom from them and get unwound, though that changed when he called Pastor Dan. After he's separated he meets with Cy-Fi meeting these characters give Lev character devolvement and more book time. this also, however, tells us what happens when someone who's alive gets a part of someone's brain or any part attached to them.

On p125 & p129 the novel touches on same-sex relationships. Has the attitude towards same-sex couples changed (for better or worse) in this futuristic society? Explain your response
Not really as in our day and age someplace accept same-sex marriage because there are some states in America which allow same-sex Marriage and this story is based in America, we also know it's illegal because Cy-Fi says he has two dads who were mmarried even though marriage was illegal for same-sex marriage. I'm guessing that mmarried is a type of secret form of marriage.

P130 begins our journey into understanding a little more about Cy-Fi. Through his character, what do you learn about the effects of unwinding on both the donor and receiver?
We learned that Cy-Fi had a part of someone else's brain attached to his brain. this effected him in many ways, the effect was that there were times when he'd just lose control of himself and start stealing things. Something which he'd never do but it was something that the kid who got unwound would do, the kid who got a half of his brain attached to Cy-Fi. We find this out when Cy-Fi steals from a shop but later on tells Lev to take to away from out of his site in case he changes his mind, indicating to the part of his brain that belonged to the other kid, he also talks about how he sees things about this kid.

What is the real reason Cy-Fi needs to get to Joplin, Mo? pg131
Like the answer above, a part of his brain isn't his, it's another kids brain. Cy-Fi needed to go to Joplin because that's the one place he keeps seeing/hearing so he assumes that the kid who's now a part of him used to live there or someone close to him lives there.

What is the significance of Connor holding in his anger around Roland Pg 147
During the book Risa and Connor find themselves in an unwinding shelter with children who were going to get unwound, one of them also happens to be Roland. During their stay, Risa talks to Connor about how whenever some is near Connor they start talking about someone who could take down Roland. Risa said that it was best if Connor keep his anger in check, because if his anger got the best of him in front of Roland then it would likely be a fight that wouldn't end till either Roland or Connor died.

Connor's anger and lack of impulse control is often a problem for him until he learns to control and channel his emotions. Do you ever feel like your impulses are stronger than your will? What strategies do you use to control your feelings? Do they work?
I must admit there are times when I get into fights with my brother due to the things he says and once he says it, it's an immediate reaction for me to snap back because some things he says I find offending even if they don't seem to be.I also guess I just snap back now is because of when I was younger our relationship was like tipping iceberg and back then I was really sensitive and words hurt a lot for me back then, so it's sort of like a protective mechanism for me to just snap back. Other than that I don't follow my impulses unless it means comforting my friends if they're sad.

Reflection - Tuesday II PE

My Second day of PE Tuesday, I feel In did really good today, I did my warm-up which was playing with the weights for a couple of minutes till the warm-up period ended and then I did my actual work out (The post below this has the workout)

I feel I did good today with my workout, and that I can't wait to do more on Friday so I can improve more.

Reflective II PE

3 More weeks till the end of the term and 9 more periods of PE, during last week I didn't do PE due to an injury this week Monday however I did do PE, I did a bit of a warm-up and after I went to the training room, I decided I wanted to try and use the weights for my arms and muscles, so I spent most of my period using them.

The warm-up
Warm-U: Weights
20 Sit-Ups
10 Push-Ups
25 Squats
Skip for 1 min
Run 2 Laps of Court
Lunges (25)
Plank for 45 seconds
40 Star Jumps
5 Burpees
30 Punches

I don't know much of how far I'm going in progress due to only starting yesterday, but I enjoyed yesterday even though I just started yesterday. And I hope that I can achieve my goal in the end.

Friday, June 12, 2020

Unwind II Connection Task II English

If you think the idea of anonymously giving away your baby is only real in science-fiction, you're wrong. Click on the link below to read about 'Baby Hatches' that are currently in use  in Europe (Predominantly in Germany) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18585020

(Connection Task - Make a connection between this article and Unwinds Storking)


What is storking and what relation does it have to the article above? - In this article, it talks about how in Europe Mother or Possibly fathers are dropping their newborn baby's into a stainless steel hatch with a handle, inside are folded blankets for the baby, and a letter for parents who decided to change their mind and want the baby back and then just walking away leaving it behind, or mothers who secretly leave the baby in the hospital.
In Unwind there is a similarity to this... In Unwind dropping a baby off and leaving it is called Storking in Unwind, In Unwind you can't kill a child till it turns 13 so parents take to storking the child, so they have fewer responsibilities on their shoulder and that they have a second chance as they call it. To Stork, a child a Mother or Father would go to a neighbourhood and find a house and drop the baby off at the doorstep and run away. The people that are mostly targeted by storking are the rich people, the one's that have the money for the baby. However, if a parent is storking a baby and they get caught, they won't be left to run away, they'll be caught and told to take the baby back. However, if the family that got the baby on their doorstep doesn't want it, they can take it to a sate home which is basically an orphanage and a lifetime home.

In an state home the children will live there and help out the other children, once a child, of course, reaches 13 their ability to be unwound is available, but only if the state home feels that that child has reached their peak and has nothing left to improve, this is also done in state homes to give more room to new children who would come to the state home.

Monday, June 8, 2020

Part Two-Storked II Novel Study II English

"You can't change laws without first changing human nature." - Nurse Greta"
"You can't change human nature without first changing the law." - Nurse Young


1 What is the story based on a nursery rhyme that circulates among the youth?
The Nursery rhyme that's going around children is the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme of the egg that fell off a wall and couldn't be put back together again, however, in Unwind it's a different case. In Unwind It's Humphrey Dunfee, and the Dunfee's are a family, who started out a bit crazy but became even crazier after unwinding their child. It was said the father worked for the government, so he got into the national unwind database and got a printout of every single person who had received a piece of Humphrey, they did that so they could go to those people and get back the parts of their son so they could put him back together.

2 Risa overhears two nurses debating law and human nature. Which argument do you think is stronger? Why do you think this? Write a paragraph explaining your thoughts on law and human nature.
I pick Nuse Young because it's something that we all go through today. and Honestly, I think it's better to get the law out to everyone because then they'll change themselves to adapt to this new law, Changing human nature first would be so confusing. So let's say you're going shopping and buy the same amount as usual but for some reason at the check out there's someone standing next to the person who's checking out your food and they say "Sorry, unfortunately, you'll have to put some things back, because of this new Law Bla Bla" I'd feel really confused like I'd be so used to buying the same amount of things that I have every year, but suddenly out of the blue I can't, and I didn't know this because no one told us about this law until just now.

3 This section opens with a mother abandoning her newborn infant on the doorstep of a house in a good neighbourhood. As she leaves, she thinks "How wonderful it is that she can get a second chance. How wonderful it is that she can dismiss her responsibility so easily." I don't really find this right, because you're giving up a child that could give you potential happiness in the future, and you're giving up the next line of generation to your family. But the sad thing is that the child could be possibly be passed around constantly like the child that Connor saw when he was young on their doorstep, they could pass the child around till it grew to sick to live and died without actually living a propper life.


4 In your opinion, by allowing new mothers to give up their children so readily, does it take away from the value of a child?
It's in the middle for me, it really depends if the child lives or dies from being passed around, however, if it does live it really counts on if the child will care that they don't know their parents and try to find out about them. or just the fact that they could care less that they didn't know about their parents because of what they did to them. But really it just depends if the child gets distracted by the fact of wanting to find their parents. Because yes if they're to distracted

5 What is the role of a mother? Do you think the title of mother is something that should be earned or a natural right of the woman who gave birth?
I honestly think the tittle mother should be earned and not given straight away, because how could you call yourself a mother if you give away your child or if you neglect it, a mother doesn't do that and shouldn't.

6 Whats skills or attributes do Connor and Risa have that work well together? 
Well Risa has experience with children and how to handle them, while Connor has quick thinking though sometimes it may lead to dangerous situations Risa sure to fix it, and Connor also has great reflexes and good stamina as shown when he's running away from the juvey cops.

7 Connor and Lev have very different experiences with storking. How has this helped shape each of their attitudes toward the society they live in?
Connor finds that stroking is bad as when he was young a baby had been storked and passed from door to door, this lead to the baby dying. Lev, however, likes it as he has storked siblings and has a dislike to Connor grabbing the child.


8 Connor is concerned the baby won't be loved, and ultimately will die, so he takes it. What does this show us about him as a person?
That despite what he'd done before getting the note of unwinding, Connor deep down is a very caring person for people who need it and gets guilty feelings on past mistakes when they come to life again, and decides instead of sitting back like last time, he decided that he'd take action

9 What makes Lev realise he doesn't want to be unwound P79
Lev had found out over the phone with Pastor dan, that he hadn't told Lev to run from his supposed kidnappers but to stay with them and to run away from being unwound, lev had reflected on that and what he'd experienced with Connor and Risa, and even though he had mixed feelings he realised the mistake that he'd had made.

10 Each of the other characters on the run has a tragic background story. Why were Hayden, Ronald and Mai set to be unwound? Which do you think, is the most tragic? Explain your response.
Mai was getting unwound because her family had wanted a boy, so when they had finally gotten a boy they decided to unwind her as they had no use for her, and had no desire to love her. This also included Mai's other sisters.
Hayden was getting unwound because his parents had a divorce and kept going to court to get custody over him, they, later on, couldn't take it anymore, because of all the failed court meetings and all the stress. so to solve their problems they unwound him.
Roland was getting unwound by his parents because he had to much testosterone or steroids, or a combination of both. This left him looking too scary for other peoples liking that even the Military couldn't take it, like Connor he got into fights at school. However what got him unwound was the fact that his stepfather had beat his mother, so he took action and beat his stepfather up for hurting his mother but in turn, his mother had taken his stepfathers side. His stepfather was given a warning while Roland was sent off to be unwound.

11 What tattoo does Roland have?
Roland has a tiger shark tattoo on his wrist

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

P.E II Fitness II

We've been at school now for 3 weeks from after lockdown, and we've had 2/3 periods of PE so far, during our time doing PE we've been doing some fitness. These are the tests that I did, we had to do all of these before we could actually get onto the real thing.


Sit and Reach
Flexibility
28cm
Beep Test
Endurance 
Lvl 2
Vertical Jump
Power
2.2m
NCF Test
Muscular Endurance
Average - 18
Press up
Strength
10
Standing Stork
Balance
4s 11
Agility Test
Agility 
22s 38
30 Meter Sprint
Speed
7s

I feel really happy about some of them, though I feel I could do a bit more better on the NCF Test, the Agility Test and the Press-ups, I might, however, change that later on.
But I feel I did okay on doing this PE Test. The whole thing took two periods of PE. Honestly, I thought it might have taken about 3 Periods to get this done. Based on how much PE I do.

But I'm overall happy with my results.