Task 2

Point of view
It is written is a view of a person who has witnessed war. The author is also very pessimistic about war.

Evidence
Words such as "darkness" and "shines no light" are used. These words bring about pessimism as they are usually used in sad stories.

Elaboration
Light usually means a good thing, however in the context, it says no light, thus showing that there is no hope. Darkness is also usually associated with death thus adding to the gloomy mood.

Situation & setting
The setting is during a war time where even children with no education were sent out to war.

Evidence
This can be seen from "Who someone will teach to fight" and "chalk and blackboard will not be" as children should be schooling, but not at war

Elaboration
These two phrases show that children, even orphans were sent to war. And there will not be anymore education as all there is left for the children, is death.

Languaga & Diction
The writer is succesful in telling us the disadvantages of war by creating a sombre and gloomy mood.

Evidence
He uses strong words such as "darkness" and "no light" that can invoke the reader's emotions. These words instill a gloomy mood in readers.

Elaboration
Darkness and no light shows that there is no hope that the soldiers will come out alive even after the war has ended. Thus making us feel sombre and sad for the soldiers, in this case,children.

Personal response
I feel that war is horrifying as it brings grief, death and casualties. The poem also shows that people who went to war were forced to. This can be seen from the children who were sent to war. They did not even have a primary education but were taught to fight. Thus showing that war is inglorious and people who go to war were unwilling.

Children in Darkness( Task 1 for Home Learning )

Henry M Bechtold, the persona, was in Vietnam during 1967 - 1968. During that period of time, there was a war raging and he witnessed what was happening. The persona rarely talked about it, but he never forgot about it. Thus, he always visits Vietnam every now and then. He wrote this poem during one of his visits in 2009. He was in his hotel room in Saigon watching the news channel on the television. At the same time, he was finding inspiration to write another poem on sexism when a picture of a young boy with a helmet and an automatic rifle in hand flashed on the news channel. This reminded him of the Vietnam war that happened during the late 1960s and immediately, began to pen down his feelings of the war and it resulted in this poem.

The poem talks about children who die during war at a young age and also children who do not even have a primary education, going to war.

Is Maycomb a good place to live in?

i am an intrapersonalist.

Intrapersonal [pick one]:

a. Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.
b. Which character would you like to play in the movie version of the novel? Explain.
c. Write a diary entry for a major character of the novel.

answer:b

In the movie version of the novel, i would like to play the character of Jem Finch. Jem is a character which represents and is represented by the idea of courage. However, as the movie progresses, that idea in Jem is changed tremendously. Being Jem, i would be able to experience how a life of a teenage child is like in the maycomb society. Furthermore, i would have a clear idea of how Jem feels about justice in the initial stages of the movie. i would also like to feel how Jem's ideas and perspectives change in due course of the movie. At the beginning, i think that i would feel that maycomb is a society which is full of justice, peace, and equality.

However, in the middle of the movie, my idea of the maycomb society starts to warp, as i would be watching Tom Robinson's trial from the view of a spectator. Thus, the trial and conviction of Tom Robinson would shape the way i feel about the maycomb society. It was obvious from the evidence of the trials that Tom Robinson was innocent, however, he being black caused to judge to side with Bob Ewell, thus is convicted of the crime. this scene would cause my impressions of the maycomb society to go down.

Thus, i would like to play in the role of Jem Finch as i would like to find out how it feels to be in his situation, and would like to find out how a child's perspective and change from one end to another, from believing that the society is morale to finding out that it is biased and prejudiced.

Multiple Intelligence Test

before starting on the assignment today, we had to do a personality test.

it was rather accurate, to a certain extent. based on the choices i picked, i knew what my result was going to be. it certainly matched with my other results i had got with other personality tests i had done.

however, i feel that when people do intelligence tests, they lie to themselves most of the time, as while doing the quiz, thoughts like "is this true?" and "really? or is it the other one?" will hover through our minds, thus affecting our choices and decisions. we would be more self-conscious when taking quizzes like these.

thus, these quizzes are not be accurate no matter how much you try and how much you do not think about the questions.

ipad -- the revolutionary product, or the confirmation of failing tablets?

apple has stunned us with many of its creations:

ipod classic

ipod nano

ipod shuffle

and finally, the path-breaking iphone

however, it seems that Steve Jobs still has a few tricks up his sleeve

apple has rendered us stunned again with its newest invention -- the ipad

this device might, just like the iphone, revolutionize our lives

at a first glance, it looks like a giant ipod touch

however, the ipad has many secrets in store

the ipad is a tablet with a difference

The iPad has a larger 9.7-inch (25 cm) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with a pixel resolution of 1024x768, 16 to 64 gigabytes (GB) of flash memory, a 1-gigahertz (GHz) Apple A4 processor,Bluetooth 2.1, and a 30-pin dock connector to sync with iTunes and connect wired accessories

the release of the ipad has also caused apple to now have three "stores" for downloading

the itunes store, apps store, and now, the ibookstore.

Like the iPhone, with which it shares a development environment the iPad will only run software downloaded from Apple's App Store. The iPad will run almost all third-party iPhone applications unmodified (they can be displayed at iPhone size or enlarged to fill the iPad's larger screen), developers can also create apps specifically for the iPad's features. ^{developers have also said that apps specially for the ipad will soon be released.}

The iPad will come with the following applications: Safari, Mail, Photos, Video, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, and Spotlight. It will also include the iBooks application, which displays books and otherePub-format content downloaded from the iBookstore. The iPad syncs with iTunes.Apple ported its iWork suite from the Mac to the iPad; the Pages, Numbers and Keynote applications will be sold for $9.99 apiece in the App Store.Although the iPad is not designed as a cellphone replacement, a user can pair it with a Bluetooth headset and place phone calls using a VoIP application over WiFi or 3G.

however,a tablet has also been attempted at creation by hp's bill gates, and has failed drastically. just like hp, the ipad guarantees no success, and steve jobs might fall flat on his face, just like bill gates. the tablet is said to be the bermuda triangle between a handphone and a computer. it means that no one has successfully created a tablet which works perfectly and siuts the users. YET.

if the ipad is a success, however, it would revolutionize our lives, and might become, like the iphone, something hard to live without.

eagle

today i will be talking about the predator of the skies -- the eagle

how can we differentiate an eagle from the normal bird?

well, firstly, let me show you a picture of an eagle. its on the left.

eagles are differentiated from many other birds of prey mainly by their larger size, more powerful build, and heavier head and beak.

they can fly higher, further and for a longer period time than any bird.

it has a sharp beak and sharp talons, which are not only sharp, but also strong. they also have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings, and more direct, faster flight to sweep down on unsuspecting prey.

have a look at the video below. firstly, spot the height at which the eagle is flying at. next. notice how fast the eagle swoops down to catch its prey. enjoy ^^

from this, we can see how powerful and swift the eagle is.

fun fact

1)there are more than 60 breeds of eagles!!

2) did you know that after a period of 50 years, the eagle can remove all its claws, beak and pluck out all its feathers (in an excruciating period of 100 days) just to live for another 50 years?

la lesson

today we spent time in LA discussing about the speech and about the various examples.

i got most of it correct :D

then we got into groups to discuss about the speech.

i will give you more details when i have done it.

thats all for now.