Who Killed Wellington?

          At 12:07 a boy named Christopher Boone discovered that his neighbours dog Wellington had been killed, murdered. He was stabbed with a garden fork and that's what killed him. Christopher started investigating and was trying to figure out who killed him. It was Christopher
 father Mr. Boone. And here is why.
     In the book there is a line that Mr. Boone says to Christopher that is a bit suspicious and led me to believe he was Wellingtons killer. The said " Just try to keep your nose out of other peoples business.'' Only a guilty person would want to keep other people out of their business. If someone had nothing to hide they would have no problem letting someone else try to investigate. 

Knowing that other people can believe that possibly christoper or mrs shears where the one to kill wellington, i will tell you why it was not them. mrs shears had no reason to kill her own dog. when christoper saw the dog he said it looked like it had been killed recently and when mrs came out she did not seem like she had been up. plus no sane person ever just randomly kills they're own dog. chris is incapable of lying so he did not kill the dog, plus someone that is working so hard to find the killer cant have killled the dog otherwise they would killed him and never spoke about it again. 

therefore mr. boone was they only one that could have killed him, the motive could have been many things stress about having an autistic son that can never love you the way you live him, and the fact that hes a single father, or the fact that he could have been intoxicated with something weather that is with beer, or drugs. Or some type of affair with Mrs sgears that ended badly as they were seen hugging a little more friendlier that normal. Mr Boone killed Wellington. 

Stress songs

      The song I listen to when im stressed out because of school, a fight with my parents, my sister is being annoying, stress about Christmas ( yes i get christmas stress) or anything really. I listen to up beat songs, they make me forget the crappy mood im in and puts me im a good mood for 4 minutes. And i like to sing along forget about all the stress and anxiety about my life, weather that is family related, friend related, boy trouble, school pressure or anything else it calms me down. And the best part about these songs, is that they remind me theres a better day coming and just get rid of your worries and juat dance, sing and let goooooo! 

http://youtu.be/Vwvt2U9WLqM

"Hasta Que Salga El Sol"

Cuando hay sol en la mañana

y es que detona la fiesta

se formará la contienda

vamos a bailar y brincar

Cuando este de madrugada

no te tomes una siesta

todos las manos arriba!

vamos a bailar y brincar

Oooh Ieeeh Ooh

que empieza larga la vida

comenzó el carnaval

Oooh Ieeeh Ooh

aquí todo es diversión

hasta que salga el sol

Vaya, nos fuimos de rumba

hasta que salga el sol

baila rompiendo caderas

hasta que salga el sol

Mami cervezas arriba

hasta que salga el sol

la fiesta es por 7 días

hasta que salga el sol

Toda la calle esta llena

mueve tu cuerpo morena

música que hace que bailes

ritmo, candela que quema

sube el volumen sin pena

que te corra por las venas

música que hace que bailes

ritmo, candela que quema!

Love

           Love is amazing. I stumbled upon Romeo by chance but now I know it's meant to be. He's my soul mate. I’m so deeply in love with him. I couldn't live without him. If I didn't have Romeo I would rather be dead. I can't wait to marry him. Who cares that he's a Montague? His name means nothing to me. I am destined to be with him and nothing it going to change that. I’m going to spend the rest of my life with him. I don't know what I would do without my dearest Romeo. My family wants me to love Paris but I just cannot, now that I have experienced true love it’s impossible to go back. At this point I don’t care what my family says, I am willing to get rid of my last name and become one with Romeo, and I would not have a problem leaving everything just to be able to be happy with Romeo. I know it’s not just a phase or a hormonal thing because I am a teenager and I am going through hormones always so I would have felt something for Paris, but I didn't there was no connection no spark, unlike with Romeo with Romeo I feel like I’m on cloud 9 I’m ecstatic, I feel better, happier and I know in my heart I’m destined to be with him. I’m showing my love by risking it all, going against my families wishes, and marrying a banished man. If that's not love I don't know what is. I believe in love and marriage is the same thing, if one does not love someone there is no point in getting married to them. This became clear when I told Romeo to leave me alone and never come back if he did not love me, if he did not have good intentions. For example I do not approve of my parents marriage, it has become clear to me that my mother only married my father as a business` arrangement. I want my marriage to be inspired by love. That is why I don’t feel a "love" for them yes, I care about them but I do not love them, I love the nurse. She has been there for me all my life. She is a mother to me in every way expect biologically.

Midterm report card

       

            For my midterm I have decided to separate everything into the four categories and then give myself a mark out of 25. And do that for each of the four then at the end add up everything and that is how I am going to calculate my mark. 

The first out of the four categories is attendance. I can proudly say I have never skipped this class or have any intentions to because I actually really like it. I have been away 3 times I believe but they were for legitimate reasons, 2 of them I was sick and the other I had to go to the airport to pick up family members. each time I always made up the work I had missed and did it right away. I think this next one is one I have trouble admitting but its true I might get off task every once in a while. I control it really well because out of the ten times I might want to text my friend back or go on twitter I only do it about twice. 8 out of 10 times I control it and focus right away. I don't think it's a huge problem because I always get my work done at the end. when it comes to behavior I know I don't have a problem because I'm not disrespectful and I like all my teachers and classmates! when it comes to small tasks like reading in class or so on, I think I'm doing good because I'm not shy so that lets me participate and really contribute to the class. overall I give myself a 22/25 .

Section B: as of right now I'm not missing any assignments, I have completed everything. I did though hand in two of them late. the first was the Myers Briggs personality  test because I was having some technology issues but I fixed that and it's been posted! and the second was my chorus translation because I honestly forgot to finish it I'm not going to lie, I remember starting it in class but I forgot about it.  since I have handed everything in and they all have been of good quality I will give myself a 21/25. 

Section C: As I just mentioned before I am really proud and happy with my work so far. I do think it s my best and in every blog post, every comment , every sentence added to the discussion has been my best work. I'm not a slacker and I'm proud of that. I think that my work compared to most of my peers work is a bit longer in terms of length and detail. I like to get my message across and I won't stop just because I'm worried about it being too long. I don't want to say it's better than all my classmates because that not true, there is always someone smarter than me but I will say I do think its somewhere near the top of the class for sure. Here is a picture to show just an example of an assignment that I think i did in more detail than some of my classmates.

I think I could improve by paying more attention to things like capitalizing and grammar and staying on task 100% of time. I am really happy and proud with the way things are going so far! I give myself a 23/25. 

Section D: I think I contribute to the class quite a lot, I am always commenting, raising my hand bringing in new ideas, trying to make my peers usually my table mates come to new conclusions. for example in the big class discussions on Edmodo. I always try to comment as much as  possible and I try to share my opinion to maybe see if we can all figure it out? I really do try my best in those discussions and I know my peers do as well. I actually enjoy them to be honest it is kind of fun to see how we can all figure out something by sharing our ideas! I do think I really do deserve a 25/25 on this because I know I have helped other people realize new things in those discussions and even in my table I like to share my ideas with Avery and Jasmine and together we using come to the same result. we do it together and try to fix and problems we might have together so together we help each other! 

So i think my overall mark should be 22 ( form section A ) + 21 (from section B ) + 23 ( from section C) + 25 ( from section D ) that totals to be 91% . I believe that is accurate and fair for the quality if work I'm doing, my behaviour in class, participation etc. I think i have earned that A. I hope you agree with me. 

Romeo & Juliet Chorus

   I believe Shakespeare uses chorus in his plays as an introduction and well if at the time the people that saw his plays were rather poor and uneducated they might have gotten confused so the chorus explained a bit of the story to the people and gave then insight on what the story is going to be about and what to expect. I think translating the chorus helped me understand the setting and the pain events kind of like an over view of the play. It is one of those '' when you have to teach i, it helps you understand it better '' type of things so here we go!  ( the indented is the original line from Shakespeare and the bold is my translation. )  

Two households, both alike in dignity

Two families, both equal in power, wealth and strength. 

(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),

In beautiful Verona, where the scene takes place. 

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

From an ancient rivalry comes more hate 

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

And citizens end up with the blood of other on theirs 

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

A child from each of the families will fall in love with each other, and even though it is not allowed and looked down upon by everyone they still do it anyways but it ends badly, resulting in death, and to the grave they will take their families hatred for one an other.

The fearful passage of their death-marked love

And the continuance of their parents' rage, 

Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,

Their death was full of fear, but even though they were scared they did not let go of their rage towards each other. and they could only let go of it when their children died. 

Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage—

you will watch all this happen in 2 hours ( on stage or wherever you are watching it) 

The which, if you with patient ears attend,

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

if you pay attention and listen carefully you will understand everything we did not explain here. 

ESTP

 " ESTPs are action-loving, "here and now" realists with excellent people skills. Informal, risk-taking, fast-paced and adaptable, they are not always in agreeance with rules and regulations. They are tactical problem solvers that desire quick results. ESTPs, who present a friendly and enthusiastic face, are straight shooters that are able to handle criticism." 

That was the definition the website gave of ESTP's. I took the test starting off rather unbiast. In the past I hadn't thought these to work, but seeing as how it has worked for some of my peers I decided to put my opinion from the past away and start this with a blank open mind. 

As I was taking the test, I noticed something, it was not going to come out a 100% accurate because well some of the answers were maybes, or depends on the situation, because it does! I think some of the questions were not yes or no answers they should have been more elaborate. At the end of the day  I don't treat every problem the same, there are certain problems that I do think with my "heart" with rather than thinking with my head, but in others vice versa. for example I had a question that said I base decisions based on feelings or facts? I don't know! IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE SITUATION! So I did not like that part of the test, I understand that for logical reasons they can't make the test personal because they don't know you, but maybe add scenarios? I think that way its clearer how to answer and to understand really what you do or would do. so do I overall think the test is accurate no not at all, but it does have some down to the facts information.

I agree with the career choices because what I want to do is actually an option. I want  to become a cbsa agent ( Canadian border security association ) and agent was on there so I'm going to assume it has something to do with that or it's a similar line of work.  some of the other related jobs were the following:

·         Auditor

·         Computer Technician

·         Comedian

·         Detective

·         Entrepreneur

·         Firefighter

·         Military

·         Marketer

·         Network Specialist

·         Project Manager

·         Paramedic/EMT

·         Police

·         Sales Representative 

The one part I did not really understand was the similar characters and people one. I didn't see myself similar to some of the names that were written down.  some of the real humans were Eddie Murphy , Bruce Willis , Donald trump and Madonna. I don't think I have a similar personality to any of these really. maybe I do, I just can't see it? and for the fictional ones it was Bart Simpson, krusty the klown and James bond. other than maybe the funny of Bart Simpson, the out going-ness of Madonna and the " I don't care" of Donald trump I don't see myself at all similar to these people/characters. 

As for the percents I got 58%  extraverted (E) and 42%  introverted (I) which means I am social have lots of friends but enjoy my time alone so I think it's the perfect  combination  60%  social and 40% alone. for the second one I got  63% sensing (S) and 37% intuition (I).  Which means I am very in the moment, realistic, knows what needs to get done, and is practical. I honestly think that way its more afferent. thirdly I got 68% thinking (T) and 32%  feeling (F).  This is my stricter side, because the thinking category is more for stricter people, someone who is thick skinned, rational. rather than easily hurt, gentle and driven by emotion. I prefer it that way to be honest, I'm not going to let feelings get in my way. finally I got also 68% perceiving (P) and 32% judging ( J). This means I am adaptable, can take it easy, a little messy and not totally a perfectionist. I totally agree with this in this aspect I'm very relaxed and adaptable I'm good with change!

   

"To a stranger"

I think the poet is talking about a past lover, most likely a childhood friend or someone who he has known since he was young, who he developed feelings for. I think this because of the lines "You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me,
I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours" I think this refers to someone he has become very close to on a friendship level but he might have wanted it to be more than friends. I also think the poet expressed his feelings for this person, boy or girl, through poetry. He couldn't speak to anyone about these feelings he was having, because it was unacceptable and looked as a sin and an act of the devil. So they only he would express these feelings was through literature. 

Honestly I can understand how someone could believe this was about a sibling, I just don't see that. He seems like a man of high morals because he had good jobs, an good education. So I do think it was about a lover who he had met, but something happened and then they became strangers. 

"Content"

I feel like the poet is content he should be allowed to feel this way. Many people might disagree with me by saying things like " how can someone live like that " and " how can someone be content being an alcoholic and living with whores"

But guess what? Whores are people too! Yes, maybe they aren't they most "decent" people. But they're humans aswell if he neees human interaction he has them. 

Or an aloholic, he's never been around any thing else, he has been exposed to alcohol abuse his whole life. I'm not saying it's a life choice I would make but drinking too much doesn't make you a bad person. It just means you have a problem letting go of a bottle of vodka.

And well he's never had anything else so maybe waking up on a bed without being cut or punched or yelled at, for him is a "win". And yes he might sleep on a park bench, or been in and out of jail but at the end of the day he's never seen anything else. We as humans tend to learn and watch and mimic our surroundings so if all he ever saw growing was physical abuse, yelling, poverty maybe for him that's become normal. But the part that impacted him was the physical abuse and for him not to be abusive is all he needs to feel superior than his father. He isn't hurting anyone. So you know what? He can live  the way he pleases to.

 I can connect to this in a way because I have something similar at home with cleaning my room. My parents say I live in a pigsty and it's crazy how there's so many clothes on the floor and it's unhealthy and gross but guess what I find it okay? I can find everything I need so I feel like yeah maybe my messy room is like the poets alcohol abuse and "undesirable" life style is good for him. Just like the messy room is okay for me because I can find what I need and I don't need to to be freakishly clean all the time like he probably doesn't need to have a perfect life all the time but he's content because it's better than how he was before. His heart is fine, he's not hurting anyone like his father did, so he's alright maybe he has a messy room but he finds everything so he will be okay in the long run. 

Tattoo assignment

The tattoo that I would want when I'm older would be the following. It would be a ying and yang symbol because I believe in it. I think it has such a beautiful meaning, the way I see it is there is the bad and the good, in every good there is a little bit of bad and in every bad there is a bit of good. What my tattoo will symbolize will be something that is very close to my heart, it is the ying and yang symbol on my upper neck because I feel like that is something I should keep close to my brain so I'll always remember it. It like a permanent reminder. And under the yin and yang will be two dates. The first just like this 08•29•2012 and the second right under the first will say 07•07•2012 . These dates are very important to me. They symbolize what the ying and yang means the good and the bad the first date the 29th of August 2012 was the worst day of my life. It was the day my grandfather had a heart attack. Thank god when they took him to the hospital they said he would live, it was going to be a hard recovery but there was a good chance he would live through it. And that for me represents the good in the bad  basically the yin. And then the 7th of September of 2012 was the day my grandfather woke up from all this bevisw haw had been in an induced coma, so the day he woke was one of the best days of my life. This would be the yang, the good. But with every good comes a little bit of bad. The bad in this situation would be that when he was in the coma he had a breathing tube inside him so that caused damage to this throat and that almost killed him as well because his throat closed up and air couldn't go trough. So this really does mean a lot to me. I feel like it recaps some of the bad and the good moments in my lUkge and reminds me that things will get a bit better, no matter how bad the situation. I also feel like the place where I want it is appropriate. Because it's a permanent reminder and feel like because it's so close to my head, it's going to stick in my brain in a way even if that sounds weird it's special to me.  It would look like this. Just more scaled to size. 

Interm report

If you were to ask me my grade in this class right now I couldn't be able to tell you. Well because Mr. Neufs class is structured a bit differently than most classes, the central idea is that we manage our own learning. We are able to self regulate, and take charge of our learning and assignments. We are able to connect with our peers, interact, learn from each other and help each other improve. 

So if I had to try to figure out how well I'm doing on this class I would have to look at this blog, count all my assignments, look on edmodo for the criteria, compare them to my peers's work, and get a good idea of how my work compared to others. And other way you can try to get an understanding of how I'm doing in English 10 is looking at the comments on the bottom of each blog post. These comments where written by my peers, weather to congratulate me on something they liked about my post or to share helpful criticism that can help me improve my learning. 

So basicly there's isn't going to be a letter grade or a percent on my interm because well this is my intern and its up to you to deside how well I'm doing. I think I'm doing pretty well, I get my work done and work productively. So I'm doing alright I could do better I know that, I could improve on handing in my assignments on time. Usually they're done but I just forget to publish, so I really should pay me re attention to that. 

Extended metaphor

The song I choose to use as my extended metaphor is Wreaking Ball by Miley Cyrus. It's an extended metaphor because it compares two unlikely things, love and a wreaking ball. In the song she talks about how she " came in like a wreaking ball, and never hit so hard in love but all he ever did was wreck her. " 

It's not Literally talking about her coming in with a wreaking ball it's about her falling in love with this guy and giving him her all and he ended just hurting her " wrecking her" and letting her feel so much guilt " I never ment to start a war" is one of the lines from the song that I feel she feels guilt and a bit responsible for what happened. Because she gave him her all and he didn't love her like she did him, she feels like she forced the love and really it wasn't ment to be. I think that's pretty clear when she says "I  never meant to start a war

I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force

I guess I should've let you win." This song really speaks to me, I feel like it's really genuine and relatable to. But honestly I feel like this song is a 3 minute story of her 3 year relationship with Liam  Hemsworth.  She loved him but he maybe liked her everything happend and she was the one that walked away hurt, and broken. 

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mileycyrus/wreckingball.html 

Being a teenager is hard

Being a teenager for me is confusing. Because you don't really know you're place in the world, are you a kid? Are you an adult? Well I guess some of the presure comes off or on depending on how strict your parents are. In my case I have parents that are both pretty relaxed about some things but crazy strict about other things. But it's not just parents it's everything else that's involved school, friends, relationships, image and well just overall life. It's hard for me because I'm forced to do all these things, and I have no say in them. Yes, they might be "good" for me, but who said I wanted to do it? For example certain classes. I never wanted to take math but guess what I have to. Or I don't always want to stay home on Saturdays and babysit my 10 year old little sister. I do them because I have to, not because I want to. But being a teenager isn't that bad to be honest because you have more fun than you do when you're 40. You go out with friends, party, have a good time and if you screw up people will be like oh look it's just a stupid teenager doing stupid things. For example if a 45 year old lady went skinny dipping, or jumped off a roof at 4 in the morning they would think she's full on crazy. But if a teenager did that they would "just be being teenagers" so that's the part I like about it. But honestly Its stressful. Mainly school for me. I try to be a good student but honestly sometimes it's just impossible. School is hell. Thankfully there Is a little something called music. When ever I'm stressed about a test, or about something going on I put in my headphones and I'm in my own world. But honestly I don't know how I feel about being a teenager, I honestly wish u was older. Just because I like the responsibility and making your own calls. But that being said I also miss being 6 and the hardest part of my life was colouring inside the lines. Being a teenager is 50-50. I don't really know what I think about it. 

Me + English

I've have a love/hate relationship with English. I like writting pieces like response paragraphs or how I felt about a book or story but I honestly hate things like poetry and reading. I find it so extremely boring. But I also think depending on the teacher I have it affects  my outlook on it. For example I had Ms.Nijjer last year and I honestly did not like her class or how she ran it. She had systems that I found pretty useless and complicated. So I was so unhappy in that class, not because of my classmates or the teacher because of the way she ran it. I think that even though it's a bad habit I try harder in classes where I like the teacher. For example English, I'm not bad at English to be honest. But last year I didn't try as much as I could have simply because I didn't like the teacher.and I ended up getting a 65%.  In grade 8 I did so much better. I ended up getting an 88% and honestly knowing my self I did try harder because I loved the teacher I had. But other than academically speaking I do like to write but I only to do it when I'm stressed out or something like that. I listen to music about twenty-three hours a day. I always have music playing! I also watch a lot of movies.  Thank god for Netflix! But I honestly do think I'll do well this year and I will try my best mainly because I like the system Mr. Neuf has like the whole idea of you controlling your learning. I like being in charge and responsible for my education. So I look forward to this semester!