Zaina's+reflection+page

Each student will build their own page for the puposes of Reflection. This is because when two students are using the same page at the same time the page will not save properly.
 * Reflections**

Each week for 10 weeks you will need to make a relection about your experiences. Each reflection is expected to at least 200 words in length.

The topic or questions you are asked to reflect on at listed below. Copy these questions to your individual reflection page.

Week 1
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? - The best advice that I have ever received is when my best friend said to me, 'Think about things, before you do the actions.' I thought about what she said, and she is right. I don't want to end up hurting someone that I do truly care about. Sometimes I feel like I'm alone, that I don't know what's the right decision to make. That's why I ask my friends for advice. They are actually right, if I say the wrong thing, it could end up in disaster. Everyone should always ask for advice before making a decision. You are not alone, there are people out there that really care about you and wants what is best for you. I know now to ask my friends and family for advice and use it. Life isn't easy, everyone knows that! Or should know that. One day, it could be the best day of your life, the next day, sometimes you wish the day never happened. But life does go on, and you need to except that not always everything will go the way you want it to. I learnt that a few months ago, of course it makes me upset and angry that I was loooking forward to something, and it just doesn't happen the way I wanted it to. I think everyone is like that at times. Whoever might be reading this, I'd like to give you advice. At least one person is thinking about you each day, and you might not know that. So, if you have a few friends or a few hundred friends, you should realise that only a couple of friends truly care about you and will always be there for you. Don't take friends for granted. If you make a wrong decision, one minute your friends will be by your side, the next they out of your life for good.

Week 2
What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? - Usually when I litter I get in trouble for it, but I don't litter in the first place. It might accidently fly out of my hand from the wind. If everyone threw rubbish everywhere they go, do they even realise that there are rubbish bins all around them? I guess not, they use the world as their rubbish bin! This would be a filthy world if everyone littered. Not many people think when they throw paper, wrappers, plastic, food etc on the ground. If there is a strong wind, the rubbish would end up in the ocean. The sea creatures might get caught in plastic and end up eating it as well. Sometimes I think people are really selfish, they're not thinking about others, just themselves. Some people might really care about the environment and the world they live in, and wouldn't like someone littering cause they are too lazy too put their rubbish in the bin or just couldn't care less. I see heaps of people throwing rubbish out the window while driving. I look at them with disgust when they drive by me. I don't think it right for people who litter to get away with it with no punishment at all. I think there should be cameras everywhere around the world, and maybe that would teach people to think before they act.

Week 3
What would you do if you saw a friend cheating - report it, confront the friend or nothing - and why? - If I saw a friend cheating I would confront them, and ask them to stop because it is wrong. It's sad when I see people cheating, I know I would never cheat. I feel guilty if I ever do cheat, that's why I don't understand how people can do it. I don't know which kind of cheating it is, are they cheating on their test? Or cheating with their boyfriend/girlfriend? It's still wrong either way. If my friend got caught cheating, I would feel bad for them. But, I wouldn't feel sorry for them. It's not right to cheat, if they do, they deserve what they get when they're caught. If they do ask me to lie for them, I wouldn't do it. I can't lie. I phyically can't lie. It's really hard for me to do. Even if it is for my friend. My friend after their punishmeant or something they get mad at me and say why didn't you do this for me? They might not want to be friends with me. You know what I would say? Okay, bye then. You were never a true friend to me. It's your loss. I would then walk off and leave them standing there. (Hypothetically speaking of course)

What do you think courage means? - I think courage means that people are really brave, and they aren't scared of anything. Courage might also mean that if someone did something wrong, they would admit it, not lie about it. Courage is also facing your fears and being able to do something you'd though that you wouldn't even think of doing. For me I don't have much courage in me. I want to do something, but I just can't. I won't let myself. I am pretty much scared of everything. I'm trying to be more confident and outgoing, but that's not me. Well, I have improved more in high school then primary school. Well, maybe not in year 7 or 8, but I'm much more outgoing and confident this year. Heck, I can even talk to randoms I never saw before. It usually helps though with my awesome friends and my amazing boyfriend to be outgoing and less shy. Another explaination for courage might be getting dressed in the most sparkling, out there, celebraty looking outfits and go to places with heaps of people around. Yeah, everyone might be staring at you, but why would you care? If you are looking amazing and you feel gorgeous. I wouldn't, I do that all the time. My mum always says, don't be uncomfortable for looking beautiful.

What do you think makes a good friend? - Good friends are the people who stick by you if you are going through a hard time, and never leave your side no matter what happens. They give you good advice, and even though you might make the wrong decision, they won't argue with you, they will let you decide what's right for you. Sometimes you might think you're on your own, but your friends will always be there for you. I wouldn't be me, without my friends. They know how to make me laugh when I am down. When we argue, we always end up forgiving each other. It's really hard to know who your true friends are though. I had this friend, we were friends for 10 years. Until it came to high school. That's where everything went wrong. She made friends, but as for me, I never made friends in 10 years, so I didn't know how to. In year 7, no friends except for my best friend that I had for 10 years. (I'm not going to name that person) Year 8, I had gained maybe 2 friends. Everything started to go down. She never really talked to me when I was with her and her friends. Her friends always hated me the first time we met. I tried to get along with her friends, but they never tried to get along with me. We had many fights in year 8, her and her friends always ditched me every chance they got. So, I started hanging out with my new friends. Start of year 9, we had a massive fight, we chose to never be friends again, well, she chose that, not me. We swore from the very start we'll be friends forever. Well, that never happened. She chose her new friends instead of her best friend she known for years. That's just sad. I'm pretty sure though, that her friends made her get rid of me. Peer Pressure!

Week 4
What is your most indispensable possession and why? - It might seem silly what possessions I absolutely love. Which is all the Justin Bieber stuff. E.g. Posters, CD's, Books, movie etc. Why I love him is because he's my inspiration. It does everything right all the time. He always gives donations to the poor and to schools that don't have much. Also he volunteers at mental hospitals and helps them as much as he can. He has been a success all his life pretty much. He can do anything, he can play all the instruments in this world, he can play basketball, hockey, soccer and table tennis. He can probably do play more sports then that. I collect everything that has his name on it, to show how much I love him. But, that's not what a celebrity fan is all about. It's about supporting him in everything he does, and always being here for him. Even his fans that live miles and miles away from him, they make videos about how much they care about him, you know stuff like that. There is always something new that has Justin Biebers name on it. But I'm not that wealthy, I can't buy everything with his name on it. All I have to say now is, I love Justin Bieber and I will always be his number one fan.

**Week 5**
What do you think about people polluting the environment? - I think it is disgusting what people do to the environment. This is our home. Why are people trying to ruin the place we live in? I think that's pretty stupid to do. People should think before they act. We clean up other peoples mess. I don't think that's very fair. People who pollute, should be punished for it. It's everyones home, therefore it's everyones responsibiltiy to clean up after themselves. The environment is not just for us, it's for animals as well. They live in the environment too. What about all the creatures in the ocean? All the rubbish that people just throw on the ground will end up in the ocean. Killing lots of sea creatures. If everybody didn't pollute the environment, it would be a better and clean place to live in. Some people even throw rubbish from their while driving, that's just sick. They should at least wait till they get to their destination and find a bin. I hope people know what a bin is! It's a big container looking thing with a lid, that's where your rubbish goes in. Don't forget to put your rubbish in a B.I.N. People should really think what they are doing, before they do it.

Week **6**
//How do you feel when you do something wrong?// - I feel so guilty of what I do wrong. I will end up admitting what I did. Everyone probably feels the same way, sometimes they might feel too ashamed of what they did, and what admit it. Not even to themselves, so they wouldn't be able to tell anyone else. But soon after they did something wrong, guilt will be taking over them until they tell someone what they did wrong. It feels good to tell the truth. Even though you might be punished for it. It's better to be punished for something you did wrong, then being praised for what you did wrong. Of course everyone does something wrong probably each day, it might be something little, but you should still tell someone about it. Usually everybody does tell the truth if they did something little wrong. But when they do something big that is wrong, they usually don't tell anyone. People do get scared when they do something wrong because they don't want to get in trouble and get punished. But they should take it like a man or for girls..Take it like a man. I'm pretty much saying, you should take your punishment and not be scared too and just go through with it. //How do you feel when you do something that is very good?// - I feel very proud of myself when I do something right. Who wouldn't be? I do things to please my mum and to make her happy. Like cleaning the house and doing the washing etc. Some people don't so something good just to be nice, they do it if they get something in return. By doing that, there's no point in doing anything good at all. Or some people might not do anything good in their entire life, which is really sad. Those people are obviously criminals. But most people like to do something nice. Even if it's something little like picking up something that somebody dropped. I love to do something good for someone, I even like doing something good just to know that I'm doing something good, and be proud of myself. It feels nice, and I love doing it. Even if it might be cleaning the house or picking up cat and dog poo. It's not hard job to do, at least it makes my family happy. If my family is happy, I'm happy. Whenever someone is sad, I try to make them happy. I ask them if there is anything I can do, if they say no, I will do something good for them anyway.

Week 7
I wish there was a law that said... This would be a good law because... - I wish there was a law that said when you are on your P's that you are allowed to have as many people in your car at any age. This would be a good law because when your friends and yourself need to get to school, and they don't have a car, you can take them to school. Also when you all need to go somewhere like a party, we can all go together. I think every P plater would like to carry as many passengers as their car can hold. I am getting my L's soon, real soon. After that, time will fly by and I will get my P's. I will still be in school for another year after I got my P's. I would like to take my friends to school, cause they won't have their license untill later. There's not any harm in taking more then one passenger in a P platers car. Why when people pass the P's and are a full license driver, they are allowed to carry as many passengers as their car can hold? I don't get it. It doesn't seem fair for P platers to wait that long. I think it's fair, and I think other teenagers will agree with me on this one.

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 like I'm about to murder someone, or knock them out. So I control myself by walking away or taking a deep breath. When I'm angry it's not a good feeling. I might get angry at anyone that is around me. That I don't mean to be angry at anyone but myself or who actually made me angry. I try to calm myself off. If someone tells me to calm down, it even makes me angrier. You can't ever tell a girl to calm down. It's one of the worst thing a guy can say to a girl. They will learn never to say it again, girls are not pretty when they're angry. You don't even want to be near a girl that is angry. She might end up putting your sorry butt in hospital. As for a guy, they get pretty scary when they're angry too. Of course guys are stronger then girls, well some girls can be stronger then guys. Which is scary. Nobody would like to be angry, well I hope not. It's sometimes sad to see someone really angry. Well, most criminals are angry all the time, cause you know they're criminals. They do everything wrong, and if they get caught, they get will angry.

- When I am happy I look like I just won a million dollars. Being happy is a really good feeling. I love being happy, everyone knows when I'm happy. I smile a lot and laugh at pretty much anything. Some people might act a different way when they are happy. Everyone's emotions are different. It doesn't take much effort to make me happy. I can take as much as my friend laughing. He has the most funniest laugh in this world. Well, all my friends say that I have the funniest laugh they have ever heard. Sometimes I laugh at my own laugh, which is kind of weird. Everyone is at least happy once a day. It's sad to see people unhappy. It's even more sad when someone hasn't been happy for a long time, like 2 weeks. That would be bad. Happiest is the best feeling in this world, well for most people. For me, it would be love. I like to make people happy and I hope others like to make me happy. I know my friends would. My friends are the best. There's lots of things that make me happy, which are; Watching movies, playing games, talking and laughing with my friends, being with my boyfriend, going to places I haven't been before etc.

- When I am lonely I stare into space, then I look down. I walk really slow, kind of dragging my feet. Being lonely isn't a good feeling either. For me, it's terrible. I always love being with someone. I get lonely really fast. On holidays when I am home alone, I love for like a week, but the other days, I start to get lonely. I call my friends and organize to do something with them, or invite them to my house and we can chill. When other people are lonely, I can tell. Sometimes I go up to them and start chatting with them. I'm never lonely at school, my friends are always around me. I got like 10-15 friends at st. Mary's Campus. Then I got more at main. I also have some friends outside of school. It's hard for me to get lonely now a days. No one in this world should be lonely, if they are, I feel really sorry for them. Some people might be lonely for 10 years. That would stink. If there are people that lonely, they must have done something wrong. Well, criminals in jail would be pretty lonely. They wouldn't like anyone other prisoners in jail.

- When I am proud I smile and lift my head up to show how proud I am. Being proud is another good feeling. I feel proud when I do something right, like in class, I say the right answer. I also feel proud by doing something nice for someone. There are times when I am disappointed in myself, and not proud at all. Celebrities should feel proud about themselves. They do a lot of good for the world. Everyone should look up to them. But, not all celebrities are good, they might do a lot of wrongs in their lives. I know some celebrities that takes a lot of drugs, now he's not going to be an actor anymore. People start to feel down, because that celebrity could have been someones role model. Well, not anymore till they found out the truth. It's hard to be a celebrity, you are on T.V all the time, sometimes for good news, sometimes for bad news. Everyone feels proud sometime in their life. Even animals can feel proud sometime in their life. When dogs give birth, they feel proud of their litter of pups. English poodles are dogs, when they walk, they always have their head high and walks like a lady. Its really interesting actually.

Week 9
Which quality do you dislike most about yourself - laziness, selfishness, childishness - and why? - I dislike my laziness. I really want to lose weight, and be really skinny. But that will never happen cause I usually can't be bothered and play Video Games instead. (Which isn't the best thing to do if I want to lose weight) I try so hard to lose at least 5 kilos or a bit more. I see all these skinny girls everywhere and I wish I was as skinny as them. But you know, that wil never happen. I just love food, I really do. I can't stop eating. That's another thing I don't like about myself, eating a lot. That kind of is the same as losing weight, cause if I didn't eat a lot, it would be easier for me to lose weight. When I eat while sitting on the couch watching T.V isn't the best combination. Laziness is so hard to get rid of. I don't like ebeing lazy, I want to be fit. But, I get really tired easily. Sometimes I get cravings like chocolate and cake, which isn't very good. It's random and I need to buy it. Then I don't have cravings for a while after that. I'm still trying to get rid of my laziness.

Week 10
Why do you think prejudice exists in the world? - I think prejudice exists in the world because people don't know what they're saying, they just say it. Sometimes they might regret it later in life. Simple as this, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. I don't like people who are prejudice. They get me upset. People don't know how mean being prejudice is. I want to stop this, but I need help. If everyone that is not prejudice helps, we can make this a better place. It's nice if everyone got along with each other. But, that will never happen. You know the song, why can't we be friends? Yeah, that's a good song for this question and situation. I should put it on the news and tell everyone to sing along. It might not work at all, or it could bring some people together. People that haven't seen their friends for a while, cause maybe they had a fight or something. Maybe it would bring them together. That would be nice if that happened. I would feel proud of myself, if I brought to friends together. I like making people happy. That's what I do. It would be a really nice world if prejudice has stopped. Everyone would be happier.