Writing journal Dec 8 2011

I just watched a video about the “It Gets Better” project by Max Alder from the TV show glee. He talked about bullying and why people who say, “ Well, I guess I deserve to be bullied” or get bullied at all should not be bullied. From this I thought the audience for this video would be any student that has trouble “fitting in” or is being bullied. For the It Gets Better project I think they used a very powerful spokesperson to deliver their message because maybe if the bullies watch Glee and they happen to come across this video they might be tempted to stop because a popular TV actor might have a bug influence on other people. I think this is a very powerful way to make change because many people have heard of Glee as a very popular show or have watched it enough times to probably see these people as role models ( now, I don’t watch glee so I’m not sure this is exactly true or not). 

Math journal Dec 8 2011

Peter

100 ÷ 8 = 12.5

12.5 x 5 = 62.50

Peter spent $62.50 on a holiday present and saved $38.50

Raman

100 ÷ 3 =  33.33

33.3 x 2 = 66.66

Raman spent $66.66 and saved $33.3.

Patricia

6 x 10 = 60

4 x 10 = 40

40 + 60 = 100

Patricia spent $60 and saved $40. Since 6 + 4 = 10, and 10 x 10 = 100, which is the total for everyone, I multiplied both numbers by 10 to get the actual numbers.

Fiza

100 ÷ 5 = 20

20 x 4 = 80

Fiza spent $80 and saved $20.

Patricia saved the most money. She had $40 left over from buying a holiday present.

Writing journal Nov 22 2011

I was introduced to a kid named Capricorn Anderson in a book called Schooled written by Gordon Korman. In the book so far I got to know a little bit about what it might be like to transfer from a home school to a regular middle school. Because he was home schooled and a “hippie” he was badly stereo typed because they thought he was stupid and “uncool” not just because of being home schooled but his clothing choice as well such as straw sandals and tie dye shirts. Often he was called a “freakazoid” by many people such as Sophie Donnely or Zach Powers who almost never took the time to get to know his side of the story. 

math journal Nov 22

1) a) doesn't work because it is saying for every 24 girls there are 9 boys.
    b) doesn't work because it says for every 9 girls there are 24 boys.
    c) doesn't work because it says for every 5 girls there are 3 boys.
    d) represents the the ratio of girls to boys because if you put the numbers in a fraction you could simplify it to show an easier set of data.


 Original ratio    Simplified ratio  
 girls to boys        girls to boys 
     9  :    15               3   :    5


2) Natasha to teacher
          12      :       36
3) 22 X 500 : 1 X 500
= 11000 : 500
 It takes Gordon 11000 min to walk 500 km.


CQ)1 year =( 365 days /y ) (24 h / d ) (60 min / h) (60 sec / min ) = 31 536 000 sec / year
 It takes light 31 536 000 seconds to travel 1 light year.
 1 light year = 9460800000000km