Ancient Aliens Unexplained Structures Documentary Recommendation and Review (R&R =] )

Science Documentary Ancient Aliens - Unexplained Structures –

This documentary describes and hypothesises many unexplainable megalithic structures in the worlds. The documentary suggests that Aliens had once visited our planet, Earth, and had taught or assisted the ancient people in construction of various structures. The interesting part of this documentary is that it really gives me the impression that such visits from extra-terrestrials are real as shown in the movies.

Stones are mainly used in the constructions of the sites described in the documentary. It really brings many questions like how on Earth did the ancient people build such sites with very basic tools? An example in the documentary, the Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, which archaeologists pointed out using carbon dating methods, that it was built 13,000 years ago. At that point of time, humans were believed to have yet evolved and this makes this site hardly possible. To further complicate matters, the stones have special carvings on them, depicting different organisms living at that point of time. The special carvings were made by very talented stonemasons.

As the documentary progresses, they point out more mysterious examples of possible visits by extra-terrestrial. The Incan ruins of Sacsayhuamán in Peru, had an ancient stone fortress. This stone fortress was built out of very unique stones that were extremely heavy, weighing hundreds of tonnes. This presents a very big problem of how did the ancient people quarry all these rocks to this site? Perhaps it is possible to move such rocks in our time using modern technology; however, it would be a very daunting task. Hundreds of thousands of people must have worked to quarry these rocks if they really wanted to build this site. Not only this, the rocks have signs that thermal heat had been applied to the rocks to melt them then mould them. How was it possible for the people to melt these rocks with the technology at that period of time? Local legend claims that a God had helped them by spewing chemicals to melt these rocks. Perhaps the Gods were actually extra-terrestrials that had helped these people melt the stone and eventually the entire site. All these yet present a question, why did these people build these sites for?

The documentary explains that the Carnac stones of France were built on a place which had a strong magnetic field. Frankly speaking, I do not believe what the narrator was saying is true. They claimed that the magnetic field was so strong that you could actually feel it when you touch the stones. I would have to experience it myself to believe it. Anyways, the documentary goes on, saying that many of such megalithic sites are built on a global magnetic grid and perhaps, these grids were used to help extra-terrestrials navigate the Earth. An observation that can only be seen in the skies, that the Carnac stones were built with different shapes and together a huge right angle triangle. Here comes the strange part of the documentary. It starts relating this right angle triangle with Pythagoras Theorem where right angle triangles are involved. The narrator believes that the extra-terrestrials wanted to let people in the modern world to realise that the site is a complicated math concept and only with the help of extra-terrestrials did the people in the past construct these sites. Maybe this relationship is correct and maybe it is not, who knows for sure?

I shall skip the boring part of Zorats Karer in Armenia and go straight to much more intriguing part of a man who had constructed the ‘Coral Castle’. This man claims to have built the ‘Coral Castle’, which was made out of stone, using anti-gravity. He was claimed to make the stones extremely light and he could easily push it around. Professors and engineers believed he had some sort of a machine that could make objects float just like how magnetism can be used to levitate objects. Unfortunately, this man died along with his secret of the construction of the ‘Coral Castle’ as he had explained and he also dismantled his machine after his death. It is really sad that man would not make contributions to Science and explain how he did it. Many people can benefit from such a technology and perhaps with this technology, we can have levitating cars all around and possibly be able to use very little power to move around. This could really benefit many people. Perhaps this man had a reason for concealing this secret and this could be that an extra-terrestrial was actually the one who taught his this technique and he had promised to keep it a secret.

Many things in the world are unexplained or have yet to be discovered. These theories could possibly explain such sites but as of today, we are unable to prove these theories. The world is such a big place and humans have only been on it for a short amount of time. We yet to know much about our history and we should keep thinking and keep discovering more facts so that we can learn more about our pasts. It would be really interesting to find out that extra-terrestrials came to Earth once, and have more sophisticate and advanced technology than us. We could learn from one another and benefit mutually. I highly recommend this documentary for those who non-believers of extra-terrestrials and perhaps, you might change your mind set after watching this documentary. There is actually many more series of Ancient Aliens and anybody who is interested could go watch the other series of documentary.

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London Riots

Riots rocked England as protesters looted and torched everything in sight of them. The riots started after the Metropolitan Police Service fatally shot Mark Duggan on 4 August. Most of the rioters are used youths and they have been very violent in their riots. The picture above are not the only things these youths have done. There has been reported 5 deaths already and 186 polices being injured throughout the protest. I feel that the protest is just an excuse to loot and destroy properties. The hooligans are taking advantages of the situation and are making use of the youths to cause disorder in England. The protestors use social media to organise gatherings and protests and these social media include: BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook and Twitter.

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Book Review : Chariots Of the Gods

My recent obsession with Aliens were evoked by my elder brother. He started watching documentaries on the history of the world and came across Ancient Astronauts theories. I would join my brother when he watches the documentaries and in the process, learn more about these theories. There are many explanation of how humans came about, the usual one being that humans suddenly evolving from apes to become Homo Sapiens. Throughout the years, humans became increasingly intelligent and finally to today's modern world. One of the Ancient Astronauts theories argue that evolution of humans were not by chance or luck and was because the past generation of humans had been 'genetically-modified' by Aliens causing us humans, to become intelligent. The reason for the Aliens to have done this was thought to be, that the Aliens wanted us humans to mine gold and other minerals. However, we had to be intelligent to use the tools and extract these minerals for them. Thus, we were made smarter. Other explanation for the Aliens existence is many of the unexplainable construction of megalithic buildings in the world. Examples would be the pyramids in Egypt and the stonehenge. This explains that the stones used to build these megalithic buildings would have been impossible with their technology at that time. It is believed that the Aliens had helped the Egyptian by sharing some technology to move the extremely heavy stones to build the structure. Other reasons for the believe that Aliens once visited Earth would be the ancient texts such as the Bible and cave drawings. The 'Gods' in these are thought to be Aliens who had high technology and could fly around anywhere they want (with the help of vehicles) and able to breathe fire (shoot missiles).


The image above shows ancient drawings and figures. These ancient objects depict ancient aliens thought to be astronauts, as they have helmets and suits. There are still many more different theories on Aliens and I read up more about it. I recommend this book to all who wish to learn more and have an open mind and not declare this book rubbish before even reading it.

North West Run

Today, I participated in the North West Run. The run, organised by North West CDC, was held in conjunction with Youth Olympic Games last year. My coach decided to support this event once more and the Hwa Chong Cross Country team participated again. We have been training very hard for this competition and we were prepared for the run. However, things were not as smooth as they should have been. I was down with the flu since Monday and I could not give my best in the run. The 5km run started today, at 7.55am. The weather was fine, very cloudy and this weather would be the best for running. Things were pretty smooth in the first kilometer in the race, I was in the lead pack with my CCA mates. After 2 kilometres, my flu started to kick in and I could not breathe in air properly. My coach advised that if something cropped up in the race and if I am unfit to continue, I should slow down and not force myself. I might get injured if I continued so I decided to run slowly. I was really disappointed with myself and I wondered why I was so unlucky to catch the flu, effectively wasting my time and sweat during training. In the end, I reached the end point at about 23 minutes, pretty far from the usual sub 19 minute I can do. Nonetheless, I must reflect on what I have done wrong and prepare better for the next major race I might take part in. I should not let this small setback affect me and I should continue training hard. I will do better next time !

SMS Masterclass Day 1

My first day in the SMS Masterclass was pretty much boring. The first topic was "The Mathematics of Transportation" by Dr Chua Chek Beng. This topic is mainly on a theory/formula made by the Americans during The Cold War with the Soviet Union. They made this formula in case they had to fight a war with the Soviet. This formula is a method to find the most efficient way of cutting of the enemies supply line. In that period, trains were one of the main ways of supplying resources to the soldiers. This steps of the formula are simple but very tedious. First, find a path that connects from the start of the supply point to the area you wish to supply. Maximize the amount of trains that go through and then, find another path (different) that connects supply point to area and repeat the steps. Repeat this until there is no more paths that can be taken and that all trains are used or cannot go through anymore. The next step is to find the lowest number of lines that make up all the trains that are supplying and choose these lines to be "bombed". This topic was rather boring, as it pretty simple yet tedious. After lunch break, a new professor came in and talked about "Seven Bridges and a Mathematical Genius" by Dr Ng Kah Loon. The Mathematical Genius here is famous mathematician called Leonhard Euler. The seven bridges is based in Königsberg. Euler managed to solve a problem there by creating a theory called the graph theory. This theory explains the reason why it is impossible to cross all the bridges and go back to the staring position. The professor explained it in a very humourous way and made the whole lecture very interesting.

Links to find out more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_flow_problem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory

End of June

It is near the end of the June holidays and I will be sharing an overview of what I did during this period. I did not go anywhere far this holidays (again...) except Malaysia. I went there nearly almost every Saturday to visit my aunt and my uncle. Apart from going to places, I attended a workshop. This workshop is called SMS (Singapore Mathematical Society) Masterclass 2011. I will give a more detailed blog on what happen during the workshop. I go to school as per normal (from monday~friday) due to my CCA. I would usually go home and play computer games after training. After all these days, I have yet to complete all my homework. Project day semi-finals is also close and I still have lots of homework to do. I think I need to plan my holidays and make a timetable next time...

The Maycomb Tribune - Mrs. Dubose demise

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The book that change my life : Poppy

This book changed the way I thought about books. When I first started reading, I found books boring and uninteresting. When I was about primary 5, my sister started to read all sorts of books on animals. I was surprised and went on to borrow books on animals. I went to my school library and found this. The picture was attractive and even though they always say never read a book by its cover, I decided that this was the book for me. The book is about deer mouses being 'protected' by an owl called Mr Ocax. Mr Ocax claims to help protect the deer mouse population by getting rid of hedgehogs in Dimwood forest. Mr Ocax claims that hedgehogs will kill and eat them if they he does not protect them. In exchange for the protection, the deer mouses have to obey his rules. Nobody ever questions about his rules till this mouse called Poppy came about. The story moves on where Poppy finds out that hedgehogs are harmless towards them and the reason why Mr Ocax rules over them is to ensure he has a steady amount of food. This book was really interesting and kept me reading all day. I went on to read the earlier series like Ragweed which tells about Poppy's boyfriend. Since this book is meant for children, it does not have many challenging or hard to comprehend words. Even so, I recommend this book to everyone who wants to enjoy reading like I did.

Term 1 - Reflections

It is finally the end of term 1. Term 1 has been a hectic term for me. Workload from academic subjects have somewhat decreased but the quality expected is significantly higher. Not only this, I still have to manage increased training from my ep3 as it is the competition season. I did not do very well this term and my results was lower compared to last year's result. My MSG for this term is about 2 and my target was 1.83 and below. I did poorly in this year's IH test. The level of difficulty is much different from last year and I could not manage. I did revise enough and that cause my grade to be B4. I made my some plans for term 2 and that is to read more books in both English and Chinese. Not only this, I plan to revise more after the national competition, when training frequencies would be reduced and I can put all my time to studying.

Discriminatory Acts

I experienced discriminatory act when I was Primary 6. I feel very guilty as I had joined in the group that discriminates our victim. The victim was my primary school classmate. He was sissy-like, always touching people while talking. A classmate of mine started to ask many of us to boycott him in all sorts of activities. We called him 'it' as we defined him as he wasn't a boy nor a girl to us. He eventually snapped and hid in a corner to cry. It dawned on me that what we were doing was wrong and our teacher punished us for being bullies. The feeling of being discriminated must be really miserable and we have to put ourselves in others' shoes before discriminating them. I think that schools should have more talks on bullying and discrimination so students will know that such acts are bad.

LA test - Compromise(Topic)

The Language Arts test was somewhat difficult for me. The topic was on compromise and the example given was Atticus compromising with Scout. In order to continue reading, Scout made compromise with Atticus and must go to school. The example also included Atticus explanation of compromise. Compromise is an agreement reached by mutual concessions. I do really understand the concessions part so I thought compromise was just an agreement where both parties gain something. I found the definition of concession after the test. I checked my dictionary and it says, "The act of conceding" . The conceding here means giving up something. Lucky for me, the essay I wrote seemed to be correct in the sense that the plot was acceptable. I wrote about a story of 2 kingdoms fighting over some tree. The tree had magical power that could increase anybody's intelligence. By the time I finished planning my plot, I had only 40 minutes left to finish the essay. I knew that I was short of time and removed lots of ideas from the essay as I would not be able to finish the essay on time if I wrote them. I wrote essay as fast as I could and made a few mistakes. One of them was "massager pigeon" where I actually meant "messenger pigeon". After Ms Huang marked the paper, it seemed that the problem with my essay lies mainly on my language skills. I made many mistakes such as tense errors, improper sentence structures and expression problems. This was mainly due to the fact that I did not read often and my foundation in English was weak. Ms Huang recommended that the class read detective books. Detective books describe vividly on the story. The setting, characters and actions must be described with many details so the reader can understand the story and deduce who is the criminal. Therefore, I promised myself that I would start reading books on Sherlock Holmes soon. ( hope I can make myself read :-( )

To Kill a Mocking Bird (Characters)

The character that is my favourite is Scout. Scout is tom-boyish but intelligent child. Even though she may appear rash as a child, her intelligence really amazes me. She has the ability to care and be concerned about various things at her age. She is also able to read before beginning school. Her intelligence come mainly from Atticus, her father. Atticus had taught Scout well and she learns many facts quickly. Her innocence also reminds me of myself when I was young. She believed that she was a type of bird because Jem said so. Scout has the nature to question everything around. Her inquisitive nature lets her know better about the things that are happening. Every time she has doubt, she can just consult Atticus and Atticus would tell her. I really admire her for having such a great parent as well. In short, Scout is a brilliant character which has amazing traits and a amazing parent as well, and this makes her my favourite character from "Kill a Mockingbird".

Mississippi Burning

The movie, Mississippi Burning, gives a strong idea of racism in the South during the 1960s. The blacks were segregated in many ways. The blacks use only a different water cooler from the whites. The blacks had to live in a different area and their houses were very run-down. The blacks had to eat a different places in the restaurant. KKK members threatens the blacks by using violence. They burn the blacks' homes and also lynch the black people. The methods employed by the FBI agents seems to be very harsh but I think, they had to be used. If the FBI agents do not use their aggressive tactic of making KKK members get charged, it would really be difficult to get the KKK members in jail. Overall, this movie is excellent and cause the audience to really feel for the blacks. The treatment they received really makes the viewers pity them and this way, I think the director has successfully brought out the effects of racism.

Responding (To Kill a Mockingbird, Twenty-two through Thirty-one)

Personal Response:
The ending was particularly surprising. I did not think that Tom Robinson would have died in jail. I believed Tom had a chance to appeal and find the way out of his situation. Tom should not have attempted to run out of jail. If I was the author, I might have chosen to end the story differently by saying Tom Robinson managed to appeal and had a fairer trial. The way the story ended, shows how serious the white people who were prejudiced against the Negroes. I would prefer a happier ending where the ending shows that the people of Maycomb realise their mistakes and acquits Tom.

Recall & Interpret
1)The children are worried for Atticus but Atticus is not afraid to Bob Ewell's threats. He believes that Bob Ewell just threatens and will not take any physical action against him.

2)On the way back home from the school pageant, Bob Ewell stalks Scout and Jem and attacks them. At this point of time, Jem tells Scout to run and tried to stall time while Scout runs. Jem injures himself while struggling with Bob and Scout turns back to help him. Bob grabs and squeezed Scout and then, all of a sudden, Bob was pulled away by Boo Radley. Boo Radley took care of Bob Ewell and killed him and brought Jem back to the Finch's house. This incident revealed that Boo Radley was not a monster that they have thought and actually has a sense of justice.

3)Scout tries to treat Boo kindly and walks him back home to the Radley's place. She no longer think that Boo is a ghost or some horrible monster.Scout's image of Boo changed from a monster to normal human being and Scout tries to be friendly to Boo.

4)I believe they made the right decision on how to report Bob Ewell's death. Bob Ewell was the one who attacked and was actually the person who caused all the trouble. Boo was trying to save the children and did no wrong. He did not need any more trouble from killing Bob.

5)I agree that the cause of justice should be advanced through such 'baby steps'. If Atticus takes hasty steps and the community cannot fully condone what he is doing, he might get himself implicated and might die in result. It takes time for the community in Maycomb to slowly realise that their racist feelings towards the Negroes are actually bad.

Responding (To Kill a Mockingbird, Twelve through Twenty-one)

Personal Response:
I emphatise more with Tom Robinson. As the actions goes on in the courtroom, it becomes obvious that Tom is innocent and that Mayella Ewell is lying. Tom was accused of raping Mayella when he did not.
Recall and interpret:
1)Mr Cunningham and a group of men wants to lynch Tom Robinson. They want Atticus to get out of the way or they might harm him. At this moment, Scout comes and tries to engage in a conversation with Mr Cunningham. Scout talks about entailment while the group of men realises that what they were doing was wrong.

2)Tom Robinson's left arm is crippled and he could not have raped Ms Mayella. Ms. Mayella Ewell had been beaten on the right side of her body and that meant the rapist attacked her with his left hand.

3)According to Atticus, Mayella's motive of accusing Tom is that she did the unspeakable by tempting a Negro and kissed Tom. She later realise she has done the wrong thing and pushes the blame to Tom. Atticus fear that the jury will assume that all Negroes lie ,that all Negroes are basically immoral beings and that all Negro man are not to be trusted around the white women.

4) The author make Mayella Ewell a victim other than Tom Robinson. Mayella lost her mother and only has Mr Ewell as her only parent. Mr Ewell abuses her from time to time and we can tell she is also a victim.

5)A think a jury today, would not have found Tom Robinson guilty. The injuries that Mayella suffered are clearly not by Tom as he cannot have attacked the right side of Mayella's body. This is clear as Tom is crippled and cannot use his left hand. A jury today will also be less racist and should be able to give a fair trial. Therefore, a jury today would not have found Tom Robinson guilty.

Responding (To Kill a Mockingbird, One through Eleven)

Personal Response:
After reading about Scout's experiences, I remember about when I was as small as her, I was as naive and always believed what others say. There was this one time,

Recall and interpret:
1)Scout, Jem, and Dill test their courage by acting as Mrs Radley, Mr Radley and Boo Radley respectively. They act near the Radley place to test their courage. They also try to peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo. They think Boo Radley is dead and that his family stuffed him up a chimney.

2)Scout and Jem found a ball of gray twine, a figure of a boy and another one which wore a crude dress, a spelling medal and a pocket watch, on a chain with an aluminum knife. The figures and spelling medal suggest that maybe Boo Radley was a normal, average person. Chewing gum found at the tree also suggest Boo was like a normal person as well.

3) Cecil Jacobs and Francis insult Scout's father, Atticus, being a nigger-lover. Scout is also not mature enough to know that fights will not solve matters. Their comments reveal that Maycomb represents the white people and that the white people are racist towards Negroes. Scout's response reveals that she is very defensive of Atticus and that she feels insulted when anybody insults him.

4)The connection is that both are the right thing to do and that Atticus did it voluntarily.

5) I would describe him as a wise parent. Atticus treats all of him chlidren well. He can openly talk about all kinds of stuff with his children. Being a wise parent, he punishes his children appropriately to teach them a lesson. Atticus always wants his children to think about others at all times and put themselves in their shoes.

Hong Kong trip

DAY 1
I went to Hong Kong for a track and field competition. The whole trip was from Thursday to Monday. On Thursday, I still had to attend lessons as the flight was at night. The whole track and field team gathered at terminal 1 at 4.30pm. We checked-in our luggage, took group photos and got into the boarding gate. We got in the plane and by the time the plane was about to take flight, it was 6.30pm. The whole plane trip was pretty smooth - no turbulence and smooth landings. By the time we landed. We quickly got onto a coach, checked in to our hotels and slept.

DAY 2
The competition starts tomorrow so we decided to enjoy ourselves before going for the race. We woke up early in the morning, had our buffet breakfast and went to Hong Kong's Ocean Park. We got into groups and went to explore the extremely big Ocean Park. Ocean Park consists of two main areas - the highlands and the lowlands. The lowlands did not have trill rides, so my group went to the highlands. To get there, we took the cable car. The cable car ride was about 15 minutes and we took photos of the scenic view up in the cable car. The first trill ride we took was called "Raging River". After that, we went on to the "Crazy Galleon". It is similar to the viking rides we have in Singapore. I was actually afraid to get on to these trill rides. But all my friends were going on the ride so I took the ride. It was first time on these kinds of ride and I found it pretty fun. Next, was "The Dragon". It was roller coaster ride that had 3 loops. I have never went on a roller coaster and it was my first time. The roller coaster went really fast and I could feel the gravity on me. After the whole ride, I felt relieved that it was finally over. By the time we were done with Ocean Park, it was dinner time. We ate dinner at a small restaurant near our hotel. Food was quite expensive in Hong Kong and my dinner cost roughly 7 SGD. We retired for the day after dinner.

DAY 3
It was finally time for the competition. The weather in Hong Kong was very cold and temperatures were about 10~13 degrees Celsius. It was my first time in such a cold country and I could get use to the weather. We increased our warm-up intensity to make up for the cold weather. During my 800m race, I was very nervous as everybody there looked bulky and fit. Halfway through the race, I was freezing and the cold dry air attacked every part of my lungs. Unable to acclimatise to the weather, I could not surge and go faster. Even though I broke my personal best, I was not really happy with the results as I felt I could have gone faster.

DAY 4
Competition today again, this time instead of being in the morning, my event was in the late evening. I felt groggy in the morning due to a bad night. ( Think I might be having a slight cold) Anyways, I had to quickly eat breakfast before the bus leaves without me. Our team arrived at the stadium at about 7.30am. Since my event was like 9 more hours later, I took a nap and woke up for lunch. Lunch was ramen at the restaurant near the stadium. Another 4 more hours...
And soon it was 3.15pm - time for warm-up. I felt weird during warm-up, it was probably my cold affecting me. Soon, my event was starting and I was called to the start line. The race started and tried to pull up to the front, got behind my senior and ran in the slip-stream to save energy. Within a lap, I started to feel exhausted and wondered if I could even survive another 2 more laps. The pace was so fast and I could not keep up, so I fell back. After finishing another lap, I had 1 last lap. The runner behind me surged past me and I tried to keep the lead but to no avail, he overtook me. I followed closely till the last 200m where I pushed my body to the limit and surged. "CHASE! CHASE! CHASE! CHASE!" My teammates roared as I tried speed up and at least get a 3rd place. The other runner looked around and did not expect me to follow so tightly and charged forward as well. By the time I reached 50m mark, I knew there was no chance I could beat the runner and gave up chasing. I looked up the time and saw a 5.026 timing. I did not hit my target but at least I broke my old personal best(PB) of 5.06. I was pretty relieved after this as that will be all the events I am doing.

DAY 4 (Night)
An all night round of fun. My teammates got to my hotel room and we started to play cards. We play "tai-ti" or Big 2 for 2 whole hours( No gambling don't worry). Another 1 more hour of Indian poker and I felt like sleeping desperately. We played blackjack last, but I fell asleep halfway so I can't remember much.

DAY 5 Last Day
We went to "Dai Yi Shan" today. We went there by Hong Kong's train system, MTR. The train took about 30~40 minutes and we were lucky not to travel during the peak hours. The train carriages were pretty much empty. We reached the base of "Dai Yi Shan" and took the cable car up. The scenic view featured the sea,forest and the hilly terrain. I climbed the famous 100 steps staircase to the big statue of Buddha. After that, I bought some souvenirs and got back to the hotel. It was quite a rush as we had to reach the airport at 4pm. We got back to the hotel, got our luggage and left for the airport. Once we reached the airport, we checked-in and it was free-and-easy till it was airplane boarding time. I got to an internet kiosk and updated my family on my whereabouts and what happened in Hong Kong. Time past quickly and it was soon time to board the plane. The plane was a newer model than the plane I took to Hong Kong. It was much more comfortable on the plane, or not. There were long periods of turbulence during the flight. There seemed to be a storm and I had to hold my pee till the plane got out of the turbulent zone. It was about half past midnight when the plane arrived in Singapore. My parents were waiting to pick me up so I quickly got through customs. My father drove back and I fell asleep during the drive back home.

Photo Description

It was cool afternoon. The clear blue sky shone down upon the people in their ships. The horizon was a blue ruler, dividing the sea and sky. Small puffs of cream appeared at the corner of horizon.Gentle waves slide forward towards the shore, as though nature is in a good mood. There were little black polka dots forming near the shore as though the beach had darkened pimples. A tree, like a loner stood alone by the shore, with its body slanting towards the sea.

Home Learning

- Why did you choose the different pictures or background(s)?

I chose classroom as the incidents occur in the classroom. The classroom is the place where Jack gets bullied by James.

- How do they contribute to the elements (plot, setting, characterisation) of your narrative?

Jack being a meek and rash boy, do not know how to counter being bullied by James and do not know how to ask for help. When unable control his emotions after James bullies him, he becomes rash and throws a bottle of paint and by accident, it hits the teacher. Mr Bob, being strict, punishes Jack and jack learns that being angry and thinking rashly could cause him alot.

- How did you make use of the different elements to contribute to the theme you have chosen?

I used the different elements such as characterisation to tell the readers why jack will become angry. Since jack has a rash nature, he would flare up easily. The plot gives a natural reason how Jack would get punish for being angry or how anger can be an expensive luxury.

KWL: LA lesson

Know : What I know about prejudice is that prejudice is something related to having a misunderstanding towards somebody.

Want: I want to know if my previous knowledge of prejudice is accurate or not and what other words are similar to prejudice. I would like to also know more about how prejudices affects oneself and the affected party.

Learn: I have learnt that there are many things related to prejudice. Prejudice is pre(before), judice (judging) and this means before knowing the person/understanding the person/situation/culture and making a assumption. Discrimination is an act caused by prejudice and there are many form of discrimination such as sexism, ageism or racism. The actions taken by discrimination can be genocide (severe), lynching(quite severe), racial segregation.