Greek Attitudes towards Women

 Ancient Greek attitudes towards Women

Women in Ancient Greece had very little to no rights. Women were unable to vote, own land or inherit. A woman's purpose in ancient Greece, was at home and taking care of children. These are the generalised information about women in ancient Greece. However some city states in ancient Greece lacks documentation on the roles of women. Most of our known information on the status and roles of women, came from Athens as they had the clearest documentation. Another popular city state Sparta, also had good information on the roles of women. Spartan women, were known to do more physical training like men. Just like men, they had more rights, for example being able to own land and drink wine. Link

How to work out if a network is transferable?

The seven bridges of Königsberg is a historically notable problem in mathematics. Its negative resolution by Leonhard Euler in 1736 laid the foundations of graph theory and prefigured the idea of topology. (Topology concern with the properties of geometry like continuous deformations, stretching, twisting, crumpling and bending).

But what is the Königsberg problem?

The Königsberg bridge problem was to find the possibility of finding a path over every one of seven bridges that span a river flowing past an island but without crossing the bridges twice. 

How to work out if a network is transferable?

Node: a point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch.

Network: an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.

Solution to the problem?

A network is only transferable when there are 2 odd nodes or no odd nodes.  If all nodes are even then you can start and finish anywhere. 

Shapes

 Side Of Shapes:

Tri - 3 sides

Quad - 4 sides

Pent - 5 sides

Hex - 6 sides

All Triangles: 

Triangle Facts: The sum of all angles no matter what type of triangle is always 180 degrees. A triangle can always be split into two right triangles no matter how the triangle is constructed. 

All triangles:

Equilateral: All sides and angles are equal. 

Acute: An acute triangle is a triangle that has angles less than 90 degrees. 

Obtuse: An obtuse triangle is a triangle that has angles more than 90 degrees.

Isosceles: An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides that are equal in length.

Right angle: Right angle triangle is a triangle that has a 90 degree right angle. 

Quad Shapes: 

Quadrilateral Shapes Facts: 

Quad means 4, so quadrilateral shapes have 4 sides and 4 angles. 

Irregular Quadrilateral: This type of quadrilateral shape is irregular as the names suggests. By that it means that its sides are not equal in length. 

Trapezium: This type of quadrilateral shape has at least one pair of sides that is parallel.

Isosceles Trapezium: Like the Isosceles triangle this has two sides of equal length. If you divides this shape by the middle you would get to equal shapes. 

Parallelogram:  This quadrilateral shape has opposite sides parallel and the opposite angles equal. 

Square: A square is the most basic quadrilateral shape. All of its four sides are equal and four equal as well as the angles. 

Rectangle: Four sides and four angles. This shape has 2 parallel sides that are the same length and another two that are also the same length. Like a square except two of it's opposite sides are longer.

Rhombus: Like the square, all of its sides are equal. But this shape looks like a diamond. 

Kite: A kite shape is part of the quadrilateral group as it has four sides. This shapes' for sides can be grouped into two pairs of equal length that are adjacent to each other. 

Pent Shapes: 

 

Kea Information Report

The Kea is a mountain bird that lives in the South Island of New Zealand. Keas are endangered and are kept in enclosures. They are considered the smartest bird in the world.

 Keas are very big and very colourful. They have green wings and orange feathers under its wings. They are 48 cm in length and weigh 870 grams. They are also really strong, with them being able to lift more than their body weight.

Keas are omnivores. Their diet consists of dead animal flesh, leaves, berries, nectar and insects. Keas also like to eat sweet things.

Kea nests are found below the trees. They usually lay 4 eggs and the incubation takes 22 to 24 days. The Kea chicks will stay in the nest for 3 months.

Trip to Willowbank

On the 4th of June, me and my class went to Willowbank. The trip was for us to learn about the Keas and to see other wildlife. We left school at around 9:50, and headed our way to Willowbank by bus. When we first got there, we were given our paper that we can answer as we go around the reserve. One member from our group were also given food for the animals, so we could feed them. We were assemble into three groups. My group started off at the river were we saw a lot of ducks.Then we went around to try answer the questions from the paper. As we were answering the questions, we were also feeding the animals that were allowed to be fed with the food we were given. After that, we assembled together as one big group so we could go inside the Kea enclosure. In the Kea enclosure, we saw a lot of Kea, as well as other animals. It was really cold, but I found it really interesting seeing them for the first time in person. The keeper talked about a lot of fascinating facts about them. We then went to another room so the keeper could answer the questions that we prepared prior to the trip. Then after all of that we got to eat our delicious food. We were also given the chance to go around the reserve and have a look at the different animals that are kept in the reserve. It was a really fun and amazing day that I will never forget.

Imagery

Imagery: Is to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. It is used to make the text more interesting and paints an image inside their head.

Examples:
It was dark and dim in the forest.
The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.

My examples:
The prisoners were screaming and shouting inside their jail cells.

Antithesis

Antithesis: The term used to refer to an author's use of two contrasting or opposite terms in a sentence for effect. The two terms are set near each other to enhance or highlight the contrast in opposite meaning.

Antitheses are used to strengthen an argument by using either exact opposites or simply contrasting ideas, but can also include both. They typically make a sentence more memorable for the reader or listener through balance and emphasis of the words.

When he became the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong said that it was a "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

My Example:
"It was the best experience, but the worst experience."
"He was the best player in the team but also the worst player in the team."

Anaphora

Anaphora: In writing or speech, anaphora is the repetition of the first part of the sentence to create a more artistic effect.

Anaphora hooks your readers or listeners in. It draws people in because they know what's coming next and they become more interested of the point you are trying to get across.

Examples of Anaphora:
"I want my money right here, right now, all right?"
"Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better."

My examples of Anaphora:
"Tell them to be good, tell them to be respectful, and tell them to follow the instructions."

Source: https://literarydevices.net/anaphora/

I, Robot Review

I thought the movie was good. The plot of the movie was a bit basic because it was just robots betraying their creators but I think it was still a decent plot to have. In terms of how the robots looked, I thought they looked a bit simple. I think they could have had a better design. But the overall aesthetic of the movie looked decent and there were only a couple scenes were it looked cartoonish. At the end of the movie it was the protagonists who saves the day as always and maybe they should have had at least one of them die. For example, in the end scene they should have just let the girl die so sunny the robot should have been the one to inject the thing to kill Viki. Then the it would have made things a bit sad and darker. But to me I still liked the movie. It was cool to seeing all the futuristic things and robots that were it in. I would rate it a 7/10.

English Learning Goals

My goal this year for ESOL is to improve on my vocabulary and grammar.
I also want to improve my listening and reading skills. I want to pass and get credits.
I will behave and do every work that needs to be done.
I will do my best to get my work to the highest standard.

Fixed and Growth Mindsets

There are two different types of  mindsets. Fixed and Growth mindsets.

These two mindsets are very different to each other.

Some people have fixed mindsets and some people have growth mindsets.

People with fixed mindset think that there is no room for improvement.

They think that you can’t learn and that you either have it or don’t.

Their mindset are essentially fixed into thinking that you just can’t improve because you were made the way you are.

Growth mindset on the other hand is different.

People with growth mindset think that everyone can always get better and improve at everything.
They think that if you just work hard you will improve and learn overtime.

So in conclusion, these two mindsets are very different.

Fixed mindset is where you think you can’t improve and growth is where you think you can improve as long as you put in hard work.

And that’s what these two mindsets are all about.

Passion Project

My passion project is sports recreation.
My group is doing 3 on 3 basketball for year 7 and 8. So far we have done the planning and now we just need an approval to use the gym for our tournament. For our next step, once we get the gym we will start the tournament. We have already our planning and getting the gym is the only thing that we need so we can start it.

Treaty Of Waitangi

This my Post about the Treaty Of Waitangi

Class Essay Blog Post

Growing NZ Innovation Project

Introduction

At the start of term 3 we did the growing NZ innovation project. Our class had to choose 2 different people that we can make a group with. There were different topics on this innovation project. The one we chose was the Irrigation Efficiency. Irrigation is used to assist the growth of crops, usually at times when there is insufficient rainfall to optimise production. Water is moved through pipes, canals, sprinkles and other man-made things. So our task was to come up with a solution that will make it more efficient.

Our solution was to create a pipe. The pipe was going to be opened by remote. This pipe basically distributes the water from underneath. It is better to spread the water under so it won't evaporate therefore we can save water.

Digital Learning Objective

Reflection

I enjoyed our topic and I liked what we came up with. I think we chose the perfect topic and the enablers. We also got everything done it was very organised. I enjoyed working with my group. Our presentation was quick and got straight to the point. I think my group did the best out of all the other group. I don't think we could have done any better because it was perfect.

Sources 

                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrCMakolKA
                                   https://www.darynz.co.nz/environment/water-use/irrigation
                                   http://www.irrigationnz.co.nz/knowledge-resources/

Questions

Did you like my group's prototype?
What do you think we could have done better?
What should we have made as our solution?

Do celebrities make good role models?

I think yes and no. This is because there are always a good side and bad side for anything.

But here is why I think they are good role models.

Some celebrities are really good role models.

They inspire a lot of people from different ages and motivate them through movies or their work outside.

Celebrities like Dwayne Johnson are really big role models for many different reasons.

He is a big athletic guy with a bright personality and a sense of humour.

He inspires anyone from all ages to workout and get fit.

There are also celebrity singers like Bruno Mars who inspire a lot of people to sing.

There are a lot of other celebrities like Dwayne Johnson and Bruno Mars who also inspire a lot of people.

This is why I think they are good role models. But as I said there are always a down side to everything.

And here’s why I think some celebrities aren’t so good role models.

Some celebrities aren’t very good role models.

Some of them are dishonest and aren’t very nice people.

Some of them are not nice to their fans.

Some of them have also done drugs etc.

Some celebrities have also committed suicide and this might ruin this reputation.

Sure they had a reason why, but it’s still isn’t a good look.

These are the reasons why I think some celebrities aren’t good role models.

So in conclusion I think it just depends.

We are all humans and some celebrities are different to one another.

But in the end, it just depends on their personalities and how they carry out themselves.

Which is what makes them a good role model.

People under 18 are too irresponsible to be allowed to drive.

I think that not all people are under 18 are too irresponsible to be allowed to drive.

But some of them are too irresponsible to drive. Here’s why.

Some people under 18 are very careful and do follow the rules.

This is because they really want to drive for many different reasons like to go to school easier and to drop off their siblings to school.

Maybe some of them have a big interest in driving because maybe in the future they want a job where they can teach people to drive or supervises them.

So if they knew or started driving at an earlier age they will have advantages to get this job.

But some people who are under 18 are also very hard to discipline.

This is probably because they want to show off to their friends.

Like if they drive fast they’re to look cool.

This is very dangerous because they could into a car accident.

They could also get a speeding ticket. Some of them also go to parties and they get drunk.

So if they drive this will risk them of crashing onto another car.

So in conclusion I think it just depends on the person on whether they are responsible or not.

To be fair it’s not just people who are under 18 who are irresponsible.

But people from all ages.

So everyone should be careful and be responsible if they want to drive!

CARR Lisences

Should every students learn a new language?

Should every students learn a new language? Is having a second language important?

Well it depends. There are many advantages of having a second language.

But learning another language isn’t really necessary. So I think yes and no. Here’s why.

Learning a second language gives the student more knowledge and makes them smarter.

Speaking another language can also help them in the future.

This is because, they could get a job offer from another country.

Going on vacation on another country would be easier especially if you know how to speak their language.

Students can also communicate with new students if they were learning the language that the new student speaks.

These are the advantages of learning another language. But as I said it is also not necessary and here’s why.

If you aren’t learning another language you could be doing things that are probably more important.
You also don’t know if it will be useful in the future. It takes a long time to be able to speak the language you’re learning properly.

While if you didn't learn you could have done more things that will actually matter more once you get older.

This why I think it isn’t really important.

So in conclusion I think it just depends on the student.

It can be helpful but I think it isn’t necessary and students could just learn other things that are probably more important.

Health

What did you think spiritual well being was before you started you started this unit? Religions and your beliefs.

What is spiritual well being about? It is about religions and your beliefs.

Why does everyone have differing spiritual well being? Because not everyone believes in the same thing.

What area of spiritual well being that you need to improve on and why? I think I need to improve on being a better christian. Like pray more and read the bible more.

My dream is to become an Architect.