"Gangsta" Bear

Today was chaos compared to yesterday. We had to vote for the best looking toy. The one that won in the end was a “gangsta” teddy bear. Then we had to make copies of it, like in a factory. We had one hour to make as many as we could. We decided to split into different departments, one for colouring, and another for cutting and a third for assembly. I was in the colouring department.

Everywhere everyone was stressed. People everywhere with their voices raised, trying to get it exactly like the proto-type. We only had an hour to complete everything, and after 30 min, we hadn’t even finished one bear. My arm was aching from all the colouring, I was really stressed. Compared to yesterday, where everything and everyone were so calm, and it was very quiet.

The “manager” went from station to station yelling at us to get things ready in time. The boss put on some music for a while, but instead of it being soothing and nice, it was just noisy and irritating. When it was soon over, almost everyone started hating the bear, even the creator, who said, “Don’t kill me!”

Finally when it was over, we had made 39 “gangsta” bears. And we were all happy it was over!

Toy Thinking

I took the piece of paper that the teacher had handed out to us, and looked at the figures on the paper in front of me. Curiosity was building up in me. I followed my finger around the wavy lines on the paper. The paper was white as snow, and soft as silk.

The teacher told us what we should do: Cut out the figures on the paper, and make your own toy.

I started cutting out the figures on the paper with a pair of scissors, the blade of the scissors scraping against the paper, making that scratchy, scraping sound. I started to wonder what toy would be fun to have. I thought from bouncy balls to soft toy animals.

My mind was drifting of until the teacher put on some music. I don’t remember what the song was called. But the song was slow, I think, and kind of sad maybe. I liked the song. Somehow it made me think of my friends in Sweden. They start school today, and that kind of made me a little sad. But I couldn’t think about that for too long, because I still hadn’t thought of what the toy should look like!

When I was done cutting the figures out, I put them together, first the classical way, as a bear. And even thought that might not be so creative, I still went ahead with it. I guess it’s more what it can do than what it looks like that is important (of course the look of it does help). I went to get the glue, and went back to my seat. I started gluing the toy together, and in the last minute, I changed the form from a bear to a mouse. With a hat. I went to get some coloured markers, and wanted something “funky” so I chose a dark version of shocking pink and grape purple. The belly, paws, nose and ears became grape purple, and the rest became pink. The hat and bow tie became green. Together it might have looked a bit much, but it was supposed to be so. Funky.

Up and Down and Round and Round

Going on a roller coaster is an awesome experience! It’s one of the things that I love to do!

First when you are waiting in line, you’re all giddy with excitement, and a bit nervous, because you aren’t sure if you can manage it when you see people sitting in the roller coaster zoom by, do the loopy-loops, the toss and turns. You feel so small, like pea compared to a tennis ball. When you finally go onto the roller coaster, and are seated, you still have the same feelings, but now they are a lot stronger then before.

Then the roller coaster begins, and first it goes slowly up the very steep hill, still that nervous/excited feeling inside you. You look out at the view, and it’s fantastic! The sound of the roller coaster taking you higher and higher to the top is in the background, and you don’t really pay so much attention to it, but you know it’s there. Then finally you‘re at the top. And there is definitely no turning back now!

Then the roller coaster starts going down, and the feeling is so Great with a capital G. It’s like when you were little and you sat on a swing, and sometimes at one point it would start tickling in your stomach, well, you get that feeling when you are going down the peak, but it’s times50! Even more at some points!!! It’s such an awesome sensation.

It goes so fast, you hardly have time to think, your hair is blowing behind you, the wind is gushing in your face. Most of your senses are numbed because of the tickling in your stomach. It can get to such a point you just have to scream. And you do! A lot.The small turns are like tiny surprises along the way.

The ride is over quickly, and you just have to do it again! And again! And maybe even one more time

The fruit roll up raper is very colourful, orange, with a lot of bright colours. The raping is very crackly and slippery. The actual fruit roll up is sea blue, with some cherry red in it, if you look at it all together it looks kind of dark.
It's kind of sticky, and it sticks to this plasticly paper that it is rolled up in . The taste is quite sweet, and a little sour. It also has an artificial taste.When you bite into it it is very thin, like a thin layer that you are bitting into.
The fruit roll up doesn't really have a smell... smelled a little sweet, maybe a little like a cherry, but my nose is blocked, so it's kind of hard to tell....

Mother Necessity

Necessity is the mother of inventions.

I think it's called so, because almost all the inventions that are made are necessary. And why it's called mother necessity (and not father necessity) is probably because the inventor came from the mother, and from the inventor came the idea!

For example the telephone where you can talk to people overseas, the light bulb so you can see clearly when it's dark, or the airplane when you can travel overseas a faster then for example a boat.






Image: inventivekids.com/resource/DiscoveriesGreatInventions.jpg

How I learn best

Hello again!

I probably learn best the kinesthetic way (simulations or making or doing something) since then you are learning while you see how it works... But maybe it's easier in for example science then humanities.

Then if you can't work the kinesthetic way, maybe on a piece of paper, so you don't forget, and maybe go through it so you know what you are reading.
For example you give us a piece of paper what we are going to work on, then talk about what it is about.

well, have to go now, we are gonna have the Socratic seminar now

Bye!

My gang

Hi!

I'm going to write about "my gang".

The people I look up to is probably my family.
My parents that help me not only with my home work, but also with other stuff....Like encouraging me and giving me confidence and stuff like that.

I also look up to my siblings, but mostly my brother that is 19, because I'm closer to him, since my other two siblings never lived with us when I was growing up,they where adults by then. But I still look up to them!

I choose these people to be in my gang because I look up to them and they support me ect.

Bye for now

Hanna Yin

First impresions

What were two highlights from the first week of school?

Being a new student to a completely new and different school.
And getting a bottom locker, but that being okey, since there is a seat next to it.

What was your first impression of Humanities?

My first impression was probably "what do you do in humanities?" since it's called something different in Swedish, plus it also counts as your English class....If you know what I mean.

What are two goals you have for this quarter in Humanities?

My goals in humanities are to write neatly and (come up with another goal for humanities).