I this the status bubble should show your name and how you were feeling, Your age and any details you wanted to show but you couldn't how rude photos on it because everyone could see it even younger kids.
I think it would change your day to day life because people wouldn't have to ask you your name because they could just look at your status bubble and if people read it then they could know a lot about you and if someone looks up your name and find out were you live and maybe you could make it only your friends could see your status bubble
Aysha
I am a Year 7 student at Tauranga Intermediate School, New Zealand. I am in Rm30 and my teacher is Mr Mossop.
Thursday 4 December 2014
Sunday 30 November 2014
Does Oscar The Cat Have A Sixth Sense? One Doctor Certainly Thinks So
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When the administrators of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center inProvidence, Rhode Island, adopted six 'therapy' cats from an animal shelter , they had no idea that among them was one that possessed an uncanny sixth sense to predict theimpending death of terminally ill patients.
Oscar the tabby cat's story begins in 2005, when the newly born kitten was placed on third floor of the nursing center, home to patients that are in the last stages of illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer. The kitten spent the first year lazing around and watching the bustling activity around him. Then, just before his first birthday, Oscar began visiting each of the 41-patients on the floor regularly, just like the doctors and nurses did.
Initially, the hospital staff did not pay much attention to the feline's behavior. However, after some of the people that Oscar was snuggled next to passed away, they began to notice a pattern - the cat only went close to those that were a few hours away from dying. Otherwise, he would curl up on a desk and spend the day sleeping.
To test if it was just a coincidence, the staff tried to place Oscar next to a patient they believed was close to dying. But the paranormal cat refused to stay put and decided to snuggle next to someone else. Turns out he was right because 'his' patient died that same evening, while the one whose death the nurses had thought was imminent, lived on for another two days.
Among the biggest believers in Oscar's paranormal powers is Dr. David Dosa, ageriatrician and Assistant Professor at Brown University. He is so convinced of Oscar's unusual 'gift' that he not only published a paper about him in the New England Journal of Medicine, but also wrote a book. Entitled "Making rounds with Oscar: The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat’, the 2010 publication outlines the various pieces of evidence he has been able to gather about the cat's predicting powers. Also convinced is the hospital staff who has been using Oscar's foretelling abilities to inform family members so they can bid farewell to their loved ones before it's too late.
Of course, not everyone believes that Oscar has a sixth sense. Some feline experts think that his perfect timing may have to do with a certain smell that the cat has come to associate with death. Others speculate it may have to do with the lack of movement in people that are about to die.
Then there are the skeptics who maintain that Oscar's record is not as perfect as it has been made out to be. They think that the hospital staff and Dr. Dosa have simply 'cherry-picked' the occasions when Oscar has been accurate and ignored the ones when he has not. Fortunately, none of this negative chatter has affected nine-year-old Oscar who continues to provide comfort to sick people in their final hours!
Sunday 23 November 2014
Never Leave a Drink Unattended
Movie Challenge reflection
What your group did well? We worked well together even though we were in a tuff group and never work with the people in out group
What would YOU do differently next time? I would take me time with the videoing and not rush it because our videoing was really bad
Based on the criteria, how would you improve your movie if we gave you time. I would redo some of the scenes so they look better
Criteria:
Teamwork
Able to work collaboratively as a team to produce a movie
Quality of message -
Life Ed theme. Shows understanding or learning from Life Ed programme
Able to use film making conventions
Camera angles, dramatic intention
Sound quality
Ability to ensure all dialogue is heard
Thursday 13 November 2014
Sunday 9 November 2014
Waimarino Trip
A blade of grass
Thud! A ball lands and hits the ground right beside me kids start running towards me nearly squashing me. I can feel the sand and wind brushing against me. I can see kids hitting the ball and falling to try and get the ball over the net. As the kids leave for the day I sit there moving with the wind and wait for the next morning for the next class to come.
Thud! A ball lands and hits the ground right beside me kids start running towards me nearly squashing me. I can feel the sand and wind brushing against me. I can see kids hitting the ball and falling to try and get the ball over the net. As the kids leave for the day I sit there moving with the wind and wait for the next morning for the next class to come.
Monday 3 November 2014
Life Education
Reason
Excuse
Assertive
Change the subject
Humor
Walk away
Ignore
Toughen up
Say No!
Faster
Absorption
Rate
Memory
Reason
Judgment
Mechanical skills
Intellect
Concentration
Emotions
Addiction is when you need a drug to make yourself feel normal
Excuse
Assertive
Change the subject
Humor
Walk away
Ignore
Toughen up
Say No!
Faster
Absorption
Rate
Memory
Reason
Judgment
Mechanical skills
Intellect
Concentration
Emotions
Addiction is when you need a drug to make yourself feel normal
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