Animal Cruelty February 24, 2012

I think that animal cruelty is very wrong  chimps are very close too human and if  they  wont do it on humans then they shouldnt do it on chimps. I am 100% against animal testing  on chimps because of how much their like us . Thing need to be tested and i get that but I would rather them do it on animals that have million and millions of them. For example flies because flies don’t do anything good for us and   they pests. I think what they did to all thoose  chimps was really wrong and it shouldnt have happened . When they were planning this experiment they should have picked a different animal  and an animal that none cares about , lots of people care about chimps. I don’t know how any one could  hurt those animals when they are so cute and human like . Their are no other animal on  the world that have thumbs. Many years ago there were 500  chimps  that got a virus put in them to see what would happen if humans got the virus and none lived. Today there are only two countries that allow animal testing and that’s the United States and Gabon. Which  they should be ashamed at what they are doing. chimps reasearch  started  with psychologist Robert M. Yerkes in the 1920s. Robert M. Yerkes  was interested in learning more about  chimps   behavior because of  relationship to humans. But in the 1940s, the research at Yerkes Primate Research Center changed from relationship with humans too medical testing,  on chimpanzees.Experiments on chimps were banned in Britain in 1998  because the people of britain didn’t want chimps being tested. Most of the people are mad about what had happened to the chimps, other are happy  that they did it on animals instead of doing it on humans  because a lot of humans would have died. I think no matter what you do it on something is always going to die. I think that what they did and the horrific pictures of the chimps that got tested is so sad , there is probably lots of chimps that didn’t get tested and lived a normal life but there are also lots of chimps that didn’t  live. I’m not exactly sure if chimps still get tested this year but if they do somebody  need s to  stop the companies and building that are doing this to the animals and think about  it . I probably buy lots of things that were tested on chimps and sure I feel bad about it but I’m still going to use choose products but i think that they could have been tested on something else. This is what I think about animal cruelty on chimps and any other animal.

Theese are some links of websites that talk about animal testing:  chimps testing #1, chimp testing#2

Half way to the best day of my life! February 7, 2012

The first  half of  the school year was okay , because I  don’t really  like school  .  Having a new teacher    is pretty cool .Exams were pretty hard because I had no idea what I was doing on any of them other than math , because I am actually good at math for some odd reason. I’m not good at any other subject so I didn’t think I would do good at  any of the exams , and I didn’t, I did good in math tho. I don’t  know what I put in my letter but academically I think I did  pretty good one of my marks is in the 90s two almost in the 80s and one almost  in 70s , I think that is pretty good considering im not very smart.

The first half of the year always is the slowest part to go by, since we are done it im so happy, school is okay sometimes but I  would rather be out doing something. This year having three teacher  is something I like. I can’t wait till next year when I can have more teachers, having more teacher is  cool because  you’re not with the same teacher all day because being with the same teacher  is like your reliving each day over and over. I think that the second half of the year will be better because  it is closer to summer break. Summer break is awesome till it ends and then you have to go back to school. My six word story was: it has been sort of hard. The reason why I said that was because I thing that is hard and it is always going to be hard, school is for you too learn and you’re not going to learn unless you are taught stuff that you don’t know , which may be hard stuff. This is what I think of my first half of the year.

Sign language. December 13, 2011

While working with everybody i learned a little bit about sign language not  a lot because we weren’t organized , being not organized messed us up a lot. While working i learned that the first chimp that was taught sign language was in was hoe was a chimp that was taught  sign language for 47 years.One of the earliest written records of a signed language occurred in the fifth century BC. Learning about sign language4 wasn’t that interesting it was sort of but not really i guess if  i understood it more and knew how to do it , it would be a more interesting topic to research. I  think it would be pretty cool if you knew how to  use sign language as another language that you could use instead of just English.

Their are lots of other languages in the world a second main one is french we are taught french because their are french people in are colony. Using sign language is sort of like talking you cans still express your feeling but you cant do it fro someone to hear you . Sign language is usually used for someone who is deaf because they cant hear what you are trying to say to them . Being deaf  and having sign language is like having your hearing because  you know what people are saying to you , you can understand what their saying but you can  hear them.

sign language.

Working on google docs. November 30, 2011

 for our task we are working together on google docs and we are put into groups and given a topic for each of  us from their  we have to make a presentation but before  the presentation we had to research about our topic so that we knew what to put on the slides.  Work ing  with students 2700 kilometers away is harder than working  with students in your class much harder because in your class you can see how somebody body language is and when your on the computer you can’t . When your working with four people its harder  to agree on things and lots of people wont compromise and get mad because they don’t get their way.I don’t really like working over the computer I would rather work with people in your class because they know how you act and  the people on the computer don’t know your being sarcastic. I think it  fun to work on the computer but by yourself and in general I don’t like working in groups because I think I can  get more done by myself . I think its cool in-all to get to work with people out of your class room  but just not on google docs I think it would be cool to work over Skype or something where they could see you so there wouldn’t be so many people thinking your saying rude stuff when your actually just being sarcastic.Everybody has their opinion on what they think about this and mine is probably different from most people but you should be able to tell your opinion  to everybody. What  do you think about working online together? likes or dislikes?

Google is where we do all of our stuff most of the time.

Things in common! September 22, 2011

Hi my name is Cassie and we are doing this post about things we have in common with our class mates and with our class were working with in ontario.The people  that I have the most in common with would be twenty people and that would be having the same favorite site which would be face book.I don’t have anything really in common with a bunch of people but I do have the same favorite TV show as  Shelby, Kori, Alyssa, melimast and Cassidy which would be pretty little liars.Something I have in common with a few people would have to be my favourite food  the people I have this  in common with is, Chantal , Riley,  Mr. fisher. I’m the only person that wants to be a comedian . The person I am  most alike  with  from the other  school would be Cassidy  because we both watch pretty little liars we both like Facebook and we have the same name. I learned a lot  about wingham from last year and this year so I don’t see that I need to know more.

Passions September 19, 2011

I don’t have a passion because I am interested  inn thing but not passionate about thing. Some of the things that i am interested  in is volley ball and basket ball I love camera and taking photos.It sort of ruins in the family to play these sports. I just like when bumping the ball back  and fourth and just it being intense. I sort of like  taking photos and just having the camera in my hand and just being able to catch all of lives  moment on film and  being  able to look back at how ever long you want and seeing   what was going on than or what you looked like and what you look like know i think its pretty cool  but that my opion not everybody.

About me! September 13, 2011

My name is Cassie I  live in Manitoba my favourite activity here to do is skidoing  and quading . My favourite book is hush,hush it a pretty intense book. I play volley ball I like to play basket ball and soccer.My favourite colours would have to be blue and purple and yellow. My favourite artist’s would have to be Nicki manaj ,mac miller  and eminem my favourite  songs would have to be where dem girls at and super man and  donald trump . My favourite tv shows would have to be pretty little liars , teen mom, keeping up with the kardashians, big brother and south of nowhere my life wouldn’t be complete if these shows werent invented . I love walking around and not being stuck inside I love hanging out at the beach in the summer getting a tan. I love visiting Newfoundland in the summer its pretty fun their just being with the family.My favourite part would have to be driving the quad because it’s really funny when you get stuck.

The Final Chapters of the wave! April 26, 2011

RETELLING: The last four chapters went by really fast and it was  the most important  chapters of the book. Laurie so far is the only girl who isn’t in the wave and is proud of it. Nobody will belive her when she says that the wave is bad and they should stop it. All of Laurie’s old friends were mad at her because she put a bunch of stuff in the newspaper about the wave but bad stuff. So her friends wait for her after school and David goes and talks to her and he gets mad so he pushes her down. When he pushes her down he realizes how much the wave is affecting them . He apologizes to her . The next day they go to Mr.Ross  class room and says that he needs to stop it . Laurie and David are pretty much the only two kids in the school that aren’t in the wave. The wave has went so far as in you have to give the salute to get into a ball game. Laurie refuses to  do the salute.  Mr.Ross left school early that day because he couldn’t handle what was going on and he had to find a reason to stop it. Mrs.Ross comes home and she had been looking for her husband all day and she couldn’t find him. When she gets home she see  him  reading book and asked him why he was home and he didn’t reply he didn’t even look up from his book. Mrs.Ross says to him I need to talk to  you and he snaps and says he needs to finish tomorrow class . Then she says that what I need to talk to you about . You can’t keep going on with this  you have to end it Mrs.Ross says to Mr.Ross. At the end the wave finally gets ended and  everybody is glad except Robert because he actually liked the wave because he had friends when he was in the wave and know he doesn’t.

RESPONSE:The thing that confuses me was why did David push Laurie down when not even a week ago he was dating her. I think it was good that they broke up because what if he had hit her while they were dating. I loved when the wave ended because everybody was relived and happy except Robert but I think he can get over it. If I were a character in these chapter’s I would want to be Amy because she stood up to Laurie for the first time and told her what she tought of her. I didn’t think that Laurie friends should have done that too her since they were friend and if something like that were to come up and they just bail on her about nothing then they really weren’t friends. I think that since David got so mad and him and Laurie broke up because of nothing then they really shouldnt have been together ever. The part in the story that surprised me was how he would push her down even if they had broken up even if you had broken up then  you should still love her because there is a chance that they could get back together and after the wave ended I think they did get back together.

The Wave Out of Control. April 18, 2011

RETELLING:  Mr.ross just think that the wave is just an experiment  but it’s not everybody is taking this way to far and  the  whole school is  in on this and they are having a pep rally and handing out stuff . All the students are practicing the motto and the salute. Since doing that they are finishing  their work and projects faster than usual. All the kids are now all prepared for class when most of them just used to  walk into class tired now they are all excited. They spend half of every class  on the wave because they are so well prepared they finish their lesson in only half of the time they used too. Mr.ross got called down to  Principal Owens office Mr.Ross was so nervous to be going down their  he was thinking it was something  about the wave. Mr.Owens said he has had complaints  from people to stop the  exsperiment.Mr.Ross honeslty never thought the wave would spread this far and effect so many people. Ben began thinking that kids were skipping classes and sitting in his. David and his friends that were in mr.ross class have  told the football team about it and they got into it too. Laurie is starting to wonder about the wave since she got that letter from an animus person that a senior was bullying him to go in the wave. She just can’t get it out of her head .Then when she sees two people fighting. She know who one is but not the other and they are fighting because of the wave so she is thinking that is the person that send her the letter. She was talking to David about not going to the rally because she didn’t want to and he got mad so they broke up. I think Laurie knows what she’s doing because the wave  could go to far. Laurie broke up with her boyfriend David and she is pretty upset about  it . Her parents were right after all the wave was not a good idea!

RESPONSE:  I think the rally for the wave is not a good idea because most students are feeling pressured to go there and to join because if they don’t join they will lose their friends. I think that lots of kids are getting bullied or made to join this and they are handing out  flyers and telling everybody to join.I think it was a good idea for Laurie to drop out of the wave and dump David because everybody is getting hooked on this and  they don’t know how its going to end up.I think my favourite part would have to be when Laurie broke up with David because all he cared about was the wave and why would  you want to date somebody that  only cares about that and them selves.The part that surprised me was  when the kid wrote  to the paper and was talking about the wave that was my favourite part because  the person expressed how they felt about the wave and it wasnt a good thing and that would be the first person to say anything. If I were one of the characters in these chapters I think it would be fun because there is so much drama and drama is so  fun sometimes. If I were a character I would want to be Laurie because I think she is an awesome character. Laurie is one of those really pretty girls but  is also really nice. I think she is one of the best characters in this story because of how she acts which is a good thing.

Mr.Ross , Starting The Wave April 12, 2011

Retelling:In the last four chapters  have been quite interesting. In Mr.Ross history class everybody is really into history. Every time   he asks them a question  they have to sit straight up and yell the answer. Mr.Ross has taught them discipline.    Mr.Ross history  class  have been using it other places  for example  David Collins and using it in the locker room so that his team so they could play  good and get along. Every day when the students come into Mr.Ross class they are excited and what makes them excited is these three word :STREGNTH  THROUGH DISCIPLINEst keeps going on and on about the discipline. It has been getting weird in their class lately instead of the students just dragging into class they were in neat rows and sitting there and not talking. Mr.Ross wanted a symbol for their group and he went up on the board and drew a wave and that was their new symbol. Laurie was telling her parents about the last two days of history . Mrs.saunders didnt think it was such a  good idea. Mr.saunders didnt know why his wife was saying that  but he just let her think whatever. Laurie on the other had  loves how Mr.Ross started the wave and how the whole class is into it and lots of people in the book . A  quote that Mr.Ross said that the class liked was” its the feeling that your part of something more important than yourself. The reason why Mr.Ross choose the wave as the symbol because it changes it moves  and it has impact. The thing  they do all the time is the salute if Mr.Ross salutes them they salute back!

RESPONSE: I think the wave is a good idea but at the same time I don’t think Mr.Ross knows what he is doing what could happen when he does this too these kids it could come as something good but also as something bad.  The quote that I talked about in my retelling I really liked because  Mr. Ross said ” it make you feel as a part of something more important then yourself”  and I think it means you are important no matter who you are and I think that a really good thing to know especially if  you are always down on yourself. The only thing that I wonder about is why they picked the wave for their symbol and why they salute instead of  hand shake or something I  just weird that you don’t know why they picked these things and why they happened. I think my favourite part was  when they all were excited about history class when in a regular school not many people  are excited about history or even like it . If I were a character in this story I would like it for the middle part but I don’t think I would like it for the begging and the ending. My feeling really havent changed about the characters at all because  they really havent done anything the only one they changed about was David because he is trying to get his team to work together and not fight which  is a good thing!