Status Bubble

I don't think I'd enjoy this one bit. My emotions change 24/7 depending on who I'm talking to, same as my thoughts, and I would hate for people to know, because if they did, a lot of my secrets would just come tumbling out of my head for anyone and everyone to see. And, personally, I don't want complete strangers to know information only a friend of mine would know.

I would only put in my first name and my gender. Yeah. That's it. To me putting all of your personal information in a bubble above my head is a damn stupid idea. And maybe my medical information because there might be an emergency where people need to know that information. 

I don't know if I live any near sociopaths or psychopaths so yeah. Actually, maybe having that sort of information would be an okay idea. I mean... I guess? At least your family and friends would be able to know if you were going to become a danger to yourself or anyone else or if you need help..? 

With that amount of information, I don't think there be much change in my day-to-day interactions or have an impact on my life. I just think if someone was talking to me on the street they'd say "Hey, Zoe." instead of "Hey, you!". Which might be easier.

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When the administrators of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center inProvidence, Rhode Island, adopted six 'therapy' cats from an animal shelter, they had no idea that among them was one that possessed an uncanny sixth sense to predict theimpending death of terminally ill patients.

Oscar the tabby cat's story begins in 2005, when the newly born kitten was placed on third floor of the nursing center, home to patients that are in the last stages of illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer. The kitten spent the first year lazing around and watching the bustling activity around him. Then, just before his first birthday, Oscar began visiting each of the 41-patients on the floor regularly, just like the doctors and nurses did.

Initially, the hospital staff did not pay much attention to the feline's behavior. However, after some of the people that Oscar was snuggled next to passed away, they began to notice a pattern - the cat only went close to those that were a few hours away from dying. Otherwise, he would curl up on a desk and spend the day sleeping.

To test if it was just a coincidence, the staff tried to place Oscar next to a patient they believed was close to dying. But the paranormal cat refused to stay put and decided to snuggle next to someone else. Turns out he was right because 'his' patient died that same evening, while the one whose death the nurses had thought was imminent, lived on for another two days.

Among the biggest believers in Oscar's paranormal powers is Dr. David Dosa, ageriatrician and Assistant Professor at Brown University. He is so convinced of Oscar's unusual 'gift' that he not only published a paper about him in the New England Journal of Medicine, but also wrote a book. Entitled "Making rounds with Oscar: The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat’, the 2010 publication outlines the various pieces of evidence he has been able to gather about the cat's predicting powers. Also convinced is the hospital staff who has been using Oscar's foretelling abilities to inform family members so they can bid farewell to their loved ones before it's too late.

Of course, not everyone believes that Oscar has a sixth sense. Some feline experts think that his perfect timing may have to do with a certain smell that the cat has come to associate with death. Others speculate it may have to do with the lack of movement in people that are about to die.

Then there are the skeptics who maintain that Oscar's record is not as perfect as it has been made out to be. They think that the hospital staff and Dr. Dosa have simply 'cherry-picked' the occasions when Oscar has been accurate and ignored the ones when he has not. Fortunately, none of this negative chatter has affected nine-year-old Oscar who continues to provide comfort to sick people in their final hours!

Tauranga Girls Orientation

Today all the year 8 girls went to the Tauranga Girls College Orientation day.

Each girl was brought into the hall and seated to meet the Head girls for next year. Soon after we were taken row by row and given four school ambassadors and one teacher, Mrs Potter. We were brought to a classroom and given a packet with multiple things inside. This included a map of the school, fees for each of the classes, stationary lists, ect. Mrs Potter then walked around checking that the school had all the right information about us as we filled in a Time Capsule sheet. It was basically asking us for 3 words to describes ourselves, what we're looking forward to next year, ect. 

Then, the ambassadors took us out of the classroom and showed us around the school. They went from block A to block J, all in alphabetical order.

I didn't learn much. Only where each block was, which is still really confusing. And how rude some of the girls there can be. 

After that, we were brought back into the hall for a karakia then left.

I only remember Anna, the head girl. And Tori, one of the ambassadors that showed us around the school.

I didn't really feel much about the whole thing. Probably just scared, most of all. And... Excited? I guess. I don't know if I cared or not, actually. 

I learnt basically everything I needed to know on the open night. And if anything, the orientation gave us less information that the open night. I was told that we'd find out if we're in accelerant today, but I guess not. I largely hope to be in accelerant.  

Movie Challenge Reflection

Movie Challenge reflection

What your group did well?
I think we worked together really well and was able to film really well as well. Actually overall, I think my group did a goo job.

What would YOU do differently next time?

There was a moment where I asked Rachel to say my line instead of me because I was too shy. Next time I would push past my shyness and give it my all.


Based on the criteria, how would you improve your movie if we gave you time.

I'd probably try and get better shots. Less shaking of the camera, positions where you could see both Jordan and Noah's face, as I think we could've been able to do that. 

Criteria:

Teamwork. Able to work collaboratively as a team to produce a movie

I think my team and I did really well as to working with each other. There were no arguments, we all listened to each other and we cooperated and made certain situations fair to everyone.

Quality of message - Life Ed theme. Shows understanding or learning from Life Ed programme

We decided on recreating a situation that Michael actually talked to us about because it was realistic. 

We all understood the messages that Michael taught us which was another reason why we thought the plot we had was a good idea. 

Able to use film making conventions. Camera angles, dramatic intention

We had multiple other shots with different angles, we even had the idea of filming a person each when they talked then edit it at the very end to make it all join up. But we decided that would be too difficult and just took simple, but effective shots.

Sound quality. Ability to ensure all dialogue is heard

The sound quality could've been better, but overall you could clearly hear each character. 

Waimarino - Blade of grass

I bounced in delight as rain began to hit my green, sleek back. The water ran down my back and quickly soaked into the dirt below me. Ah... I love the rain. I looked up to the many children with a confused look. Each one of them were jumping up and down, whining about the rain and how cold it was. Their faces were pale with the occasional blue lips and red noses. Half of them began running towards the spa pool. Once in, they let out a sigh of relief. What's their problem? It isn't that cold...! Is it? I hummed as I closely watched each boy and girl, then looked back down at my kind. Each one of us loved it. We never felt any sort of cold... Oh. Right. Humans can actually feel the harsh weather. I grumbled as my eyes lazily glanced over to the children coming my way. I've always wanted to feel what they feel. But I'm just grass. A legit piece blade of grass. I would like to call myself a special piece of grass, but I'm really not. I dragged my attention away from my thoughts and focussed back onto the children, who were stilling sprinting straight in my direction.

Straight in my... Oh no. The stampede of children trampled all over my fragile body, twisting me back and forth into the ground. This was just something I was used to. That doesn't mean it made the experience any less... Annoying. Painful. Disrupting. I'm happy that these kids are fast. They quickly went over me, then went on their way to their destination. I'm sure that if they knew how we felt when they ran over us they wouldn't, but they don't. Suddenly, the children began leaping into the river, making loud "Splish splash!" noises. Seriously? These large creatures were just complaining about how cold it was, but then they jump into the freezing cold river?! The children quickly scrambled out of the river and onto the concrete. I sighed. Silly, silly humans.  

Life Ed - Addiction

An addiction is when you need a drug in order to feel normal.

This shows addiction to drugs and how it takes affect. 

Memory
Reason
Mechanical skills
Intellect
Concentration
Emotions

Faster
Absorption
Rates

Reason
Excuse
Assertive
Change the subject
Humor

Walk away
Ignore
Tell someone or toughen up
Say no