Brodie!!!!!!!!!!

Week 1
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? The best piece of advice that I have ever recieved would be to never give up and to always try my best. This is the best piece of advice that I have recieved because it helps me keep going to attempt to reach my goal. I know that my parents, brothers, grandparents and my friends will all be proud of me no matter what. This helps me because I know that even if I don't do well, then my parents, brothers, grandparents and friends will still be proud of me aslong as I try my hardest. This advice also helps me with my sport such as gymnastics because it makes me determined to do my best because I know it is possible to do well if I try. This also helps me with my school work such as assessments and test because if I think that something is too hard and that I can't do it then I just keep telling myself that I can do it so not to give up and just to try my best. Now that I know that if I try my best then it is possible to reach my goals, I think that it has helped me achieve more and feel successful knowing that I have tried as hard as I could possibly do.

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? There would be big consequences if I/everyone threw a piece of trash on the ground. Not only would people be affect but so would animals. If it was windy/raining, then the piece of trash could possibly be blown into the gutter and down the drain. This would then lead the piece of trash into the ocean. Once the piece of trash is in the ocean, then marine animals such as turtles, fish, dolphins, sharks, whales, stingrays, octopus' and several other marine animals may mistake the piece of trash for food. The pieces of rubbish may make the marine animal very sick and the marine animal may end up dying in the end. If the rubbish doesn't end up getting blown into the ocean, then it may just end up staying on the streets. If it ends up staying on the streets and if everyone does it, then rubbish would end up being everywhere and then the community would look like a dump. If adults are the ones who are throwing the piece of trash on the ground, then this may infulence children to do the same thing. The community could put up signs and billboards around the area to remind people not to litter and a large fine could be given to the people who are caught littering.

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 my friend cheating then honestly, I would probably confront them and then decide from there what I would do next. I would ask them why they're cheating and questions like that because they may be going through a tough time at home and aren't able to study properly or something has happened in their life which has become hard for them to deal with. If they were only copying because they couldn't be bothered studying or if they didn't have a reason, then I might tell the teacher about it. But if they had a really good reason then I would maybe convince them to tell they teacher so that they could get some help. I believe courage is kind of similar to bravery. Courage I think is when you're able to face fear, pain, danger etc no matter how scared you are. Being a good friend involves being there for your frineds no matter what, not judging them, being able to give them advice and listening to their problems, being able to have fun with them but also be serious when you need to be. A good friend is someone who you are able to trust and doesn't talk about you behind your back. It's someone who you always have fun with and always makes you happy and someone who you don't always fight with and treats you right.

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why? My most indispensable possession would probably be the teddy bear that my dad gave me when I only a few hours old. This is my most indispensable possession because it was the first gift my dad gave me ever and it was the first gift I ever recieved from someone. When I was growing up it was always with me no matter where I went and I would cry whenever I didn't have it. I still have it at the moment and even though I don't take it everywhere with me anymore, it's still in my bedroom next to me bed. I believe I will always have this teddy bear because it's been with my throughout my whole life. When I was little I named the teddy bear 'Ted' and when my dad orginally gave Ted to me, he was pink, but over time he's pink colour has slowly faded to grey. My dad also gave my 3 brothers a similar teddy when they were born aswell, except there teddies weren't pink of course, they were blue. When I was about 3 years old, I couldn't find Ted anywhere. My parents searched the house everywhere but he was no where to be found. Then, after my parents had pulled out the funiture and everything in an attempt to find him, he was found in the dryer where I have accidently left him and forgot.

Week 5
What do you think about people polluting the environment? I believe that people polluting the environment is definitely not right. In the end, we are the ones who will be affected by pollution. If our communities and environment are full of rubbish and not safe to live in then it will be our own fault. People don't realise how dangerous pollution will be in the long run and how badly it will affect us and where we live. Generations in the future will find it difficult to live because there enviroment will be practically destroyed. Not only are we being affected, but all the animals are being affected too. When people think of pollution, they think of the ground being covered in rubbish, but pollution can also be in the air. If we don't stop polluting our air, the oxygen we breath would be pollution and could hurt us. Our environment could and up being a bad place to bring up a child in, we really need to be careful on what we are doing on our earth. We need to do something now rather then later when it is a lot worse. We know its wrong but people are still to lazy to throw away their things in the right manner. We just need to learn to not be lazy and dispose of our trash properly and teach our kids the sames.

Week 6
How do you feel when you do something wrong? How do you feel when you do something that is very good? When doing something wrong and i know its wrong but i still do it, i feel guilty and sort of scared. I feel guilty because it could end up hurting someone or something. I would also feel guilty because i know im doing wrong but i do it anyway, it's like knowing the fire is hot but touching anyway, its just stupid. I feel scared when i do wrong because i'm scared that i will get caught and could end up in big trouble. Neither of these feelings are nice, so i try not to do wrong. When do something good, i feel proud and very warm inside. It feels like i have accomplished something great. It feels as if i am unstoppable and can keep going till i reach the top. To have someone to notice a good thing that you have done makes me feel very happy. When you do something good, you will always be recognised for it. You don't do something good to get recognised, you do it because it's the right thing to do. Doing good is something that everyone should do. If we all did good then the world would be a better place and no problems will ever come again.

Week 7
I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...  I wish there was a law that everyone was allowed to know the names of sexual predators. People should be able to say the name of a sexual predator over the TV and/or the radio. Children are at risk of being abducted and their are a lot of cases that have happened lately. Parents should be given the right to protect their children, who knows who you can trust these days. You might not know it but a sexual predator could be living right next door to you, without even knowing. For parents to know the name of the sexual predators would be very helpful in the society as they will know who to watch out for when they are with their children and who thier children should watchout for when they are by theirselves. People may think that this is a bad thing and should not be allowed as it could make the sexual predators life a living hell. Well it's their own fault for doing it in the first place, they had chosen to suffer the consequences. I think that them knowing that their names will never be found out, will make them seem like they don't get consequences and can do it again after jail. If this law was reinforced then their would be not as many cases that will happen. It's their choice in life, do they really think they are going to not suffer the consequences? Sexual predators don't just hurt the victim, it also hurts their family and friends, it's like a ripple effect that doesn't end. Sexual predators should be known and people should be warned.

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 very frustrated and i don't talk much, i just keep to myself. I frown when im angry too and thats causes frown lines, which i don't like. The happiest moments in my life are with my friends and family. My friends make me happy even when im sad. They make me feel welcome and as if we are apart of each others lives. My family keeps me happy because they care for me, even when we fight, we always end up being a family once again and happy. I feel lonely when I am at home alone or when im not getting inboxes on facebook. People home alone gives me no one to talk to, and i love talking. Getting no inboxes makes me feel lonely because when i get an inbox it makes me feel happy because someone is taking time out of there day just to talk to me. I feel proud when i win something or when i pass a test that i thought i was going to fail. I like gymnastics so when i win at that it makes me feel proud because it took time and effort to get where i was, I know that all that time was worth it. I feel proud when i do something good for someone else because not only is it making me happy but them also.

Week 9
Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? The quality i hate the most about myself would be laziness because it makes me miss out on things and keeps me behind. Sometimes im just too lazy to do anything and i just want to rest but that's no the best idea because i always end up struggleing at the end. When im at school sometimes im just too lazy i dont even want to do my work, but if i dont do my work then i end up doing it for homework and at home i just become even more lazy. Espicially when i'm doing something and then i realise i have homework but im too lazy to get up and do it. Afterwards I regret it because i know i have do get the homework done and then im staying up late doing it. At moments i become to lazy at gymnastics and start to slack off, but then afterwards i realise i should have done the exercises because then i would have improved. BEing lazy is not a good thing, it's something that people need to improve because if you are to lazy to do something that you have to do, then you will start to struggle and fall behind.

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? I think prejudice exists because of fear, some people are too scared to confront people of another religion or skin colour because they are scared of what they might do. Television and the news make other countries sound like bad people, but really they are just doing what we are doing, trying to protect their own country. We would even need to protect our own country if we were peaceful from the start. Their must have been sometime before the wars where the world was at peace, so why can't we stop now? People judge people because of their appearence, whether it be because of their race, social class, ethnicity, age, disability, obesity, religion, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics. Most of your friends would start of just as strangers and you would have judged them too, but once you got to know them, you had realised that they are just like you. Sure people may look different but on the inside we are all the same. Everyone is always scared of making a difference, so meeting people that may look different can be a bit scary but sometimes that difference can be a good thing.