Homelearning

This will be a short blog post. And this post may seem to appear a little late, but I decided to still post it. Today and tomorrow are home learning days since all the school teachers had to attend the education conference.

Home learning can be seen as both a good or bad thing. The good part about home learning is that I can do the homework at the expense of my own time, as long as I hand it up before twelve midnight on the same day. The bad point comes where you are in doubt of the notes or questions. Who can you ask? Your grandmother, or maid. Yes, I forgot about the Internet. But even with all these search engines, who can give you the best explanations? It is quite obvious it is the teachers. So home learning equals to doing work more relaxed which equals to having some or no doubts about the questions which equals to remain in doubt since there are no teachers at home.

That's about it. The end. Please comment, even if there's nothing to comment in this post, at least comment in others. Bye.

Posted on Term 1 Week 9

Intrapersonal

Although naturalist is one of the highest in percentage when you look at my Multiple Intelligence Test report, I still fell that the test is rather inaccurate so I decided to choose another task on my own. The question is: "Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain." Let me start off in the next paragraph.

Well, in my opinion, I would most likely want to be friends with two characters in To Kill A Mockingbird. They are Boo Arthur Radley and Atticus Finch. I shall first explain why I picked Boo Arthur Radley, then I would continue with my reasons for picking Atticus Finch.

Basically, the reason I chose Boo Arthur Radley is because he is pure person or should I say a pure soul. Although many other characters think that Boo is a freak due to being kept in his house for fifteen years consecutively, I differ from their views. If you look at it in another way, since Boo was made to only stay in his house for fifteen years, during this period of time he would not be exposed to any of the evils in society and thus he would have a pure mind and soul. Not many people in society nowadays have such a quality. People in society often put on "masks" to hide their true feelings and identities from others. Because of this, it is rather difficult to determine whether a person is really truthful when they say something. And thus it is also difficult to make true friends. But for Boo, I'm sure that his truthful when he says something. Also, Boo's "pureness" can also be seen from his actions when he leaves chewing gum and other stuff for Jem, Scout and Dill. Although Dill often makes fun of Boo, Boo still tries his best to establish contact with the outside world through the knothole in the tree at the Radley Place. Another important point to note - Boo also saved the children from Bow Ewell when he tried to attack them. The last point that is evidence of Boo's kind soul is from Miss Maudie. In the novel, Miss Maudie's opinion of Boo was that he was a good boy and spoke politely to others. These are all the reasons why I decided to choose Boo Arthur Radley as one the characters whom I would like to make friends with.

Next, on the Atticus Finch. This paragraph would be shorter as I would just list some of the main reasons for my choice. Most importantly, Atticus possesses courage, in moral form. Atticus had the moral courage of standing up for Tom Robinson and being in the minority, despite the fact that he knew the court case would eventually still be lost. By doing this, he also educates his children as to the true meaning of heroism or courage. Atticus also displays determination. He did not give up defending Tom Robinson even though there were numerous obstacles and difficulties - his children were being made fun of at school, people insulted him, people talked bad about him behind his back. Graciousness was shown when Atticus forgave Mrs Dubose for insulting him. That's about it, all my pointers.

In conclusion, I would like to make friends with Boo Arthur Radley and Atticus Finch as they possess the true qualities of good people. What about you? Who would you like to make friends with in the novel. Share your interesting view in the comment box. Bye.

Posted on Term 1 Week 9

Visual

This is part of my Language Arts E-learning homework. This is the map of Maycomb County, Alabama from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

All the positions of the houses and buildings are all based on the descriptions in the novel. I have also coloured it so you may get a better view of the entire map. I'm not that professional as to imagining a map in my brain. This map is actually a reference to another map of Maycomb from enotes.com. Hope you enjoy looking at the map. Click on it for a better view (as in click on the picture).

On to the next task under Intrapersonal section. Bye.

Posted on Term 1 Week 9

Multiple Intelligence Learning Profile

1. Post your learning profile on your blog and write in no less than 100 words the implications or what you feel about the Multiple Intelligence test.

So, what do I feel about the Multiple Intelligence Test? No, I should start off with something general about this test. This test comprises of forty questions in five sections. These forty questions are basically asked based on the eight intelligences, logical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, visual or spatial, naturalist, kinaesthetic, and linguistic. To me, they are just some random questions.

Now, the main part of how I feel about the test and my results. You can see from the test report above, or can't you. Nevermind, I should just type it out, instead of letting you strain your eyes at the image. My two best intelligences are the visual or spatial and naturalist. Just be looking at my results, I feel that the test is inaccurate. I am never a nature-type of person. I crush ants when I see them, and worse, when I was younger, I used to destroy plants by separating the stem from the roots. Basically, the main thing is that I dislike nature kind of stuff. I guess I got such a percentage for naturalist perhaps because of a question. It ask if I could remember names of plants well. And I put the fifth option, which meant that I could remember stuff about nature really well. You see, when you study something, you may need to memorise it well for a test or whatever. So, it does not mean that since I can remember facts about nature very well, I am a naturalist. I repeat, it is not true.

However, the test was right about one thing - I can remember stuff well when I write it out or draw. That's why I got the highest percentage for the visual or spatial section. That's about it. So overall I feel that the test is not really accurate as it is stereotyping the kind of person you are and some of the questions are asked and analysed in perhaps the wrong way?

Please comment on my blog posts. Bye.

Posted on Term 1 Week 9