P, What could that mean?

The other day I was told to find my learning profile by doing a few tests. I was told to find my dominant hand, leg, ear, and eye. After doing that we were asked a few questions to find out what hemisphere of the brain is dominant. My dominant hemisphere of the brain is Gestalt (right). That means I can't follow instructions easily and I like to see the whole picture.

We also went through a chart to find our learning profile. Mine is P. I was eager to see what it meant. I read a sheet about profile P and it sounded just like me.

It said that I learn best through movement and looking at the whole picture. This makes sense because I need to be moving to keep my focus by doing things such as doodling. But luckily for me moving around comes easily so i don't often lose focus unless I am in a test or stressful situation. Strategies that help me learn are things like lazy 8's and Thinking caps from Brain Gym. Making lists and learning time management, pretty much anything more logic will make me more whole brained, which will help when I am under stress. I would like my teachers to know that durning class I may move a bit and doing things like games or skits will help me process information. Sitting at the back of the classroom is one of the best spots for me because whilst I am moving I won't distract others.

The picture above was taken from http://www.c2cinternet.org/gpage23.html . I chose it because it show how people dominant to the right and left hemisphere's of the brain function.

How Do We become What We Are Today?

Every move we take, every choice we make, it all makes a difference good or bad. Jesus Colon was at the subway station very late one night right before he made a decision that changed the way he thought about things.

Jesus Colon walked aboard a train one night. It was late. A woman with two little children a baby and a suitcase in her hand was also on the train. When it got close to Colon's stop he saw the woman with the two children, a baby and a suitcase get ready to get off. he asked himself, do I help her? he wondered what would she think? what would a black, Puerto Rican man past midnight approaching a white lady look like? would she say yes? he was to worried of what she would think so he walked straight past. This connects to 'No Man is an Island' by John Donne because in Donne's poem the line 'No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main' relates to Colon's story because he felt different and ashamed of his differences, he felt like an island, though really he is a part of the continent because he realized he did the wrong thing and he will never do it again. Colon's story for me relates to everyday things like just smiling in to hallway to someone can really make a difference.

Colon still to this day regrets the choice he made in the subway station and said that he would never not help someone again no matter what the response might be because at least you tried.

No Man Is An Island

No Man is an Island

By John Donne

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

I think that both the visual poem created by Jason van Genderen and the written poem by John Donne above have the same message. The message being no man deserves to be alone or forgotten, each man is part of the world and there loss or suffering will make us weaker as a whole. Fatmire Feka's speech

Donne's poem really expresses the interconnection between everyone and how one loss or bad thought makes everyone weaker. The line ' any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind' really shows how when one man dies or one man suffers even if you don't know who they are it is horrible to know that you have so much and they suffer.

Van Genderen's visual poem's message is to help others because if you just sit back and watch you will get weaker. In the video there are little clips of homeless people in Sydney and New York and that to me really expresses the message many people go without while other have everything they want. Life may be unfair but no one should ever have to suffer.

10 Objects That Represent Me

A flag, a camera, an origami crane, a silly band music note, my iPod, Vegemite, Japanese doll, a shell, a friendship bracelet, and a packet to sour Razzles, How could all these objects represent me?

My flag that says "Aussie Aussie Aussie" and that represents me because I come from Australia and I lived there for 10 years. When I look at my flag, all of my memories come flooding back, I remember having my dogs running up and down the hallway and my cousins laugh. I miss my friends, my house, and the clear blue skies.

My camera: I love taking photos and then looking back at all the fun times I have had. I got my camera for Christmas in 2008 and ever since then I have had a passion for taking photos. On that Christmas day I took a photo of every plant at my grandparents house and I was so happy that I had received that camera because I'd wanted one for so long. When you look through a camera lens you see the world differently almost like everything is perfect for that moment, or you see into the essence of a moment. When you press down the button and look back at the photo and you feel amazing that it is possible to capture a moment that tells a story.

An Origami crane because I always make origami things and I love how many amazing things you can do with paper. A few years ago I brought an origami book and had learnt how to make some basic things then when I moved to Malaysia, I met a girl called Sari who was Japanese and she always taught me how to make a different thing every day on the bus and soon I grew to love origami and made something daily. Fold by fold you slowly start to see what you’re making and once complete I undo it again and start over to memorize every fold.

A music note silly band because I play the clarinet. I started the clarinet when I was nine and I played with my school band in Australia and I had lessons weekly and when I moved to Malaysia I couldn’t do band for 6 months and then I started up again and playing the clarinet was so important to me because it was the only thing I have stuck at my whole life. The day I brought my clarinet I played it all day trying to remember what I had learnt in Australia.

My iPod because I love listening to music and listening to all the latest songs. I saved up for my Ipod touch for 6 months earlier this year and I remember the day I bought it, I was so excited, all the waiting was worth it. Most of my friends and I like Justin Beiber, but I appreciate all kinds of music, it all depends on my mood.

A jar of Vegemite because it is one of the foods that not many people eat it. I have eaten vegemite ever since I can remember and it is one of the things I have liked my whole life and all my friends in Australia have eaten it since they were little too. I also like Vegemite because it reminds me of when I was little. I ate a vegemite sandwich for lunch nearly every day for five years and yet I still love it.

A Japanese Doll because I collect them and I love the way they look. One day I was shopping and I saw these modern Japanese dolls with personalities and I loved them so much that for my birthday I got a few and somehow now I have 9 so when I see one while travelling I buy them if they look a bit different from everything else.

I picked a shell because I love the beach and go there every Christmas and I also collect shells whenever I go to the beach, I went to Sabah this summer and I stayed at a Backpackers Island for a night and they had some amazing shells, so my dad and I picked a lot up so that we could make a jar of shells from our trip so we could have great memories.

I picked a friendship bracelet because I love my friends and they are always there for me and I also think that they are like tying your friendship together. I like my friendship bracelet because I made it with some of my closest friends and whenever I see it I think of them and all the fun times we had in our sleepovers.

The final object I chose is a packet of Sour Razzles because they’re my favourite kind of candy and even though I have only had them once in my life, I still find them amazing because first they are candy and then after you have chewed on them they turn into gum.

I’m a person who treasures my friends because they are always there for me.

If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found

I picked the quote 'If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found' because i agree with the meaning of it. Basically the meaning is, if you don't step out of your comfort zone you will never live life to the fullest. Another way of saying it is, if your don't try new things your life will never change. I think that the only thing that stands in the way of taking risks is fear and even from my past experiences fear can sometimes take over. To me this quote takes a big part in life because your decisions make up your life no matter what it is about.

The picture to the left is called 'Fear', I picked this painting because fear is the one thing that can hold you back from taking risks.

Connecting with Others

I agree with Matt Harding’s essay 'Connecting With A Global Tribe' because people all around the world feel a need to connect with each other on a human level. I think that a lot of evidence is shown in his youtube vidieo 'Where The Hell is Matt' because people from different cultures joined in with his silly dance in a similar way. I think that Matt's idea of connecting with others by dancing is very smart because most of the time when you are dancing you are the same as every one else and the differences leave while you are dancing.

The painting above is called Love Hands and I picked this painting because to me it represents to cultures coming together as one.

Compliments Create Happiness

I think that the 'Compliment Guys' (two students at Purdue University) are doing something good for the students in there university because receiving compliments boosts your confidence and makes you happy no matter what it is about or who says it, it’s the fact that someone spent the time to complement you. I also think the fact that there nearly everyday puts a smile on peoples faces.

The picture above is called 'imaginary happiness' i picked this picture because to me this painting is filled with happiness and happiness is what you receive with compliments.