Kiara's+Reflection+Page

**Week 1**
I have received many great pieces of advice but the best advice I have received is to live without regrets. From this, I understood that if given an opportunity to do something such as conquering your fears, you should do it while you can because the opportunity may never come across again. An experience I’ve had was at the Lady Northcote Camp when completing the high ropes course, I knew that I was afraid of heights but I knew I would probably never have the chance to do it again so I had a go and was successful in doing both activities. This experience proved to me that the advice I was given was so true, but I still have to keep in mind that I should be careful and not push myself to limits that I know I can’t handle.
 * What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?**

**Week 2**
Some may think that throwing a piece of trash on the ground isn’t a big deal and doesn’t harm anybody, but reality is, it does. For starters, it makes our surroundings look disgusting and makes it seem like we don’t care about our environment. The litter can also fool animals as it looks like something they can eat. Plastics are the biggest killers; animals feed on them, and they die. If everyone did it our world would become completely polluted and unliveable. Crops and other plants would eventually become contaminated which would lead to people and animals having no food. This would probably only happen in the long run by people continuously thinking it’s okay to litter and the problem getting worse.
 * What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did?**

If I saw a friend cheating I would confront the person and tell them they did the wrong thing. Whether the person listens to me or not, it is important they know what they did. I would not go to extremes to make sure the person got into trouble, unless I didn’t like the person. The word courage means to be brave enough to face something you may not be comfortable with. It is to try something new once in a while and giving things a go even though you may be afraid. A good friend is a person who has as much time for you as you have for them. It is someone who makes you laugh when you’re sad and cheers you up when you’re angry. A good friend will tell you if you’ve gone wrong even when you don’t want to hear it. They will always try to give you advice and warn you when something bad will happen and even when you don’t listen to them they’ll be there for you when things go wrong.
 * 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?**

**Week 4**
I have two equal indispensable possessions which are my phone and my iPod. My phone because it helps me stay in touch with people when I’m away and lets me contact people in case of emergencies. I take my phone everywhere I go no matter what. If I stay somewhere away from home I always make sure I take it with me so I can talk to my mum, I can’t go a day without talking to her. My iPod is another one of my most indispensable possessions. This is because it has all of my favourite music on it that I could not live without. It contains different songs to match my mood and helps me feel better and more calm if I’m angry or upset. It also keeps me entertained.
 * What is your most indispensable possession and why?**

**Week 5**
I think that people polluting the environment is very wrong. Although we all do it to survive and live in comfort we are only damaging ourselves. There is always better, alternative ways of doing things such as driving a car or using an air-conditioner which won’t cause as much harm to the environment and will save us in the long run.
 * What do you think about people polluting the environment?**

**Week 6**
Depending on how bad whatever it is that I do wrong, I sometimes feel sick over it. I feel really, really horrible if I do something wrong by someone else but I try my hardest to not make that happen. If I do something wrong myself like when I’m learning to do something I would just try again, and keep trying either until I get it right or get bored depending on what it is. When I do something that is very good I feel really pleased with myself and quite proud. I would feel especially good if it was something that I was striving for and finally succeeded. I would also feel really good if what I did was help somebody who needed a hand, making people feel good makes me feel good and I feel that that is a big achievement.
 * How do you feel when you do something wrong?**
 * How do you feel when you do something that is very good?**

**Week 7**
I wish there was a law that said smoking cigarettes are not allowed. There are so many ads on television saying how bad smoking is yet no one does anything about it. Cigarettes are a drug, just like heroin and cocaine so why not make them illegal like all the other drugs that do damage to your body? There are so many people in the world that lose family members and friends due to this disgusting habit but no matter how much you ask them to stop, they keep going back because of the addiction. If I could have my way I’d ban them tomorrow, not caring about how many people complain. By smoking cigarettes, you’re basically asking for your life to be taken away and if I had a close family member or friend taken away from me because of it I would be devastated.
 * I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because...**

**Week 8**
Well I’ve never looked at myself while I’m angry, but I’m guessing not too attractive and probably really sooky! My friends can usually tell when I’m angry or upset but I get over things really quickly. I am happiest when I’m surrounded by the people I love or when I’m doing something I really love doing. I am also happy when I achieve something I’ve been striving for, and when I try something new and succeed in doing so. I’m pretty much always happy and smiling all the time but I love it when people make me laugh, it makes my day all the more worth wild! I’ve felt lonely a few times in my life but it doesn’t happen on a regular basis. Whenever I do feel lonely all I need to do is remember the people who genuinely care about me and know that they’re the only ones that count and that I’ll always have them to turn to. I feel proud at any moment when I can turn around and say “I did it.”
 * When you are angry, how do you look? When are you happiest? When have you felt lonely? When do you feel proud?**

**Week 9**
I have all of those qualities in me, and I dislike all of them at times but the one I dislike the most is laziness. I dislike laziness the most because every lazy moment you have has a consequence. For example, if you become too lazy to exercise you gain weight and become unfit. If you’re too lazy to do your homework it all starts to pile up and you end up with more. If you have a headache and you’re too lazy to get up and take some Nurofen, it gets worse. If you’re too lazy to get up at 3 o’clock in the morning to pee you end up waking up again at 7 feeling like you’re about to wet yourself, then you can’t get back to sleep... -_-
 * Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why?**

I can be selfish at times but sometimes it’s good to think about yourself and your own wellbeing before you think of others, so it’s good in a small dose. I can also be childish at times but I’m only a kid once so I may as well act childish while I still can. There is definitely a time and a place to act immaturely but if it makes you happy, it’s also good in small doses. There is really nothing I can think of that is good about being lazy. But you are what you are and there’s no point in complaining about it unless you’re willing to change it.

Prejudice exists in the world because people are very quick to judge a book by its cover. It is definitely okay for people to have their own opinions but I believe some opinions should be kept to themselves. People judge other people before they even give them the time to get to know them. People also get judged because of their history or their family, just because something bad or even good happened within this persons family or background, it doesn’t mean they are going to live up to it.
 * Week 10**
 * Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?**