Where Children Eat and Sleep

Hi readers this is Tyler here and I am going to be talking about an assignment we got about all the different places that kids call "home' and how they differ from each other. I hope you enjoy this blog post. For more information please check out my teachers blog for details: Where Children Eat and Sleep

In the Namgay family of Shingkhey Village, they manly get mushrooms, cheese and pork, they spend 224.93 ngultrum but in Canadian dollars that's only $5.03. This shocked me, and got me thinking, maybe if I went to live there I would be rich. I could make a difference in this developing country and that really got me going. In there they get their food and they sleep, eat, poo, pee, and work, they don't even have a computer or a book to read, it made me feel bad, it made me think, if I have all of this so easily and take it for granted, then why aren't we trying to make a difference in places like Namgay?

When I was watching the Where Children Sleep slidshow, I felt sympathy for all of them, but one of them shocked me so much I wouldn't shut up about it, and that is because I read about "Anonymos" this kid doesn't have a name, that's horrible! To not be able to called by something that symbolizes who you are, is apalling. If I saw that family I would give them as much money as I could, it's so bad that we let things like this happen in the world, are we really that greedy? Can't you spare $10, so that they can get food at least, or give them enough money to buy a tent or some kind of shelter? Show the poor that we are not all greedy people and we are aware, and helping people, that are there for you when you need us.

CIA World Fact Book

For more information on this assignment please lick this link: Assignment.

1. I visted the CIA world faactbook and found this very interesting: The fertility rate in China is very low, and it got me wondering what they do to the other child if they have twins. Compared to Canada has a higher fertility rate than China.

2.In Canada 15% of the population is 0-14 years of age, in China 17.6% is 0-14, and in Canada 68% of the worlds population is 15-64, but in China 73.6% are 15-64, which got me thinking why does China have more in both of those compared to Canada?

3. In China ther are about 26k deaths from HIV, but in Canada there are less than 1k, why is it higher in China and why don't we do somthing about it?

Childhood Memories

For information on this assignment please go to here: Childhood Memories. This was a hard assignment for me because I'm adopted and I can't remember anything before the age of 6, and I just don't know why it's like a blank when I try to think about. So I mustered all the memories I could remember my sister Skyla telling me, and came up with this. Enjoy!:

1. Franklin the Turtle

My most favourite book when I was younger was the Franklin books.

He was my idol for a very long time, that rhyme at the beginning of the book and his shows(which I never missed)still rings in my head to this day, in case you haven't heard it before(which is totally not possible) here it is:

Franklin can count by twos and tie his shoes.

He can zip zippers and button buttons.

He can count forwards and backwards.

Now that I look back on some meanings of his shows it really makes sense, it tells us that friendship is important and all we need to do is be ourselfs. I read and watch Franklin the Turtle very little to this day because it's hard to find a channle that plays his shows.

2. The Barney Show 

This one is kind of funny because for as long as I can remember I despise The Barney Show. But acording to the person that knows me the best(my sister)I would screem my head off whenever someone changed the channel, when The Barney Show was on, and aparently I always knew when it was on so I would jump in front of the T.V and keep on whining "Barney, I want Barney" until someone put Barney on. I will not put the theme song on here because that would be an insult to my blog, and I very much despise of it.

3.The third thing is

Glogster

Discussion #4 Summary

Thank you Jumanah, Tara, Max, and Tanisha for your contributations to our discussions. It is because of you guys that our discussions have been so enjoyable! Our discussion went really well considering that some people fell behind and caught up. I still haven't heard Tanisha's answer to my question, I am assuming that she is sick or away on vacation. I really enjoy the Digital Literacy Circles that we have. I try to encourage people to read when they haven't even read the book yet except for the title page. Like someone I will not name. I think my groups answers have really good points to them. I agree with all of them.

Your Friendly BLogger,

-Tyler

Geography Assignment

     Hey my favourite bloggers, this is an assignment about these two videos that my class and I have watched. They are about the fact that at the end of 2011 the world will have a population of about 7 billion people. If you have not watched or want to watch the videos then please check out these links: 7 Billion, and Typical Person. After you watch these videos please visit this assignment on my teachers blog: Geography Assignment.  There are 7 parts to this assignment. Let us start!

Part 1: I have to find the definition of globalization then link to it, after that I have to write a definition in my own words.
Definition: I found a definition of Globalization on an online Dictionary.
In my own words I think that globalization means to spread our population all over the world so that we are populating everywhere not just in certain areas.

Part 2: I have to visit a website called "The Face of Tomorrow". Then I have to fool around on another website called Map Page.

Part 3: I have to tell my theory on how someone can find the average faces of different people and races.

I think that taking a picture of lots of people both male and female then stacking them together and make the face stand out more than the rest of the body. I have gone on a website called Face Research and I put two chinese guys and two white guys together and found the average. This is what I got:

Me



   Part 4: I have to write three interesting things I found while playing around with the website Face of Tomorrow(you can see the link in Part 2) in full sentences.

1.I found out that the website was made so that we could see the "faces of tomorrow" meaning that we could see what the faces of the world will look like in the future. Not the future like 2 mins from now but in 200 years maybe.

2.What surprised me was that some races have an actual resemblance to each other.

3.I expected more of an anime thing not actual pictures of faces that were taken!

Part 5: I am supposed to fool around with a website called Face Research. After I did that I created an average that I thought were the faces of tomorrow, and I saved it.

Part 6: I have to write 3 reasons why I think that the pictures above are the faces of tomorrow.

1.First of all I think that in the future the average person will be white.

2.Second I think that people are unique in their own way but also have their own identity.

3.The last reason is that there are more black and brunettes than Red and Blonde hair.

Part 7: I have to write in full sentences about my family and my reassemblence to them. And if my face resembles my nationality.
I think that my face resebles a chinese man and a white women. That is the nationality of my biological parrents, I am adopted and the funny thing is that my adoptive parrents are the same but different genders.

I hope you enjoy this!

-Tyler

History Fair 4,3,2,1 Reflection

If you want some more information on this assignment please visit this link: History Fair 4,3,2,1 Reflection.
4. The four most interesting things that you learned while researching your topic.
1. I saw some not so neat projects and thought to myself: It doesn't have to be perfect to be a good project.
2.McGee had 5 daughters and 1 son. 3 of his daughters died under his parentage, before they even got to the age of 14.
3.He has 7 other brothers and sisters.
4.That Patrick James Whalen was Innocent.
3. Three things you feel proud of on the day of the fair.
1.I didn't faint.
2.I was able to say my speech without stuttering too much.
3.One of the judges were very amazed with my knowledge and passion for my topic.
2. Two specific researching or presentation techniques that were helpful to make your project so wonderful.
1.Break your speech up.
2.Go to the library! The computer doesn't have as much information as the library.
1. One suggestion to make History Fair even better in the future.
1. Put chairs at each station.

Shaken By: Eric Walters Section 4 Question

Do you think that Josh being responsible or foolish to go out and try to get to the one place that everyone is warning him is in choas and is very dangers and has vilolence just for this one girl? Explain your answer.

Shaken By: Eric Walters

In English we have started LitCircleGroups which is when a group of people get together and read sections of books, then discuss them together. Our class and a class in Oshawa are doing Digital Lit Circles, the difference is that we are going to post questions on our blogs and then the people in our group have to answer them in full sentences, by doing so we are expressing our opinions and then we discuss each other's answers. Today is the first discussion meeting on the first section of the book we are reading(Shaken by: Eric Walters). We read from page 1-44. Max is one of the kids that is in our group and lives in Oshawa. He has posted a question asking: If Joshua never met Naomi and she didn't come on the trip, how do you think Joshua would like the trip? Explain your answer. Well I will answer your very good question Max. To see our discussion so far come check out this link: LitCircleGroup

I think that Josh would be very bored, not having Naomi. Naomi is there as a sort of a thing that will keep him occupied. Josh seems like the kind of person who gets bored very easily. If he never met Naomi I think that I would not like the book very much, this is because I have a prediction that Josh and Naomi will get very attached to each other and what is a good book if it does not have some romance in it? It seems that Naomi really likes Josh,  Josh does not necessarily dislike Naomi, but would rather be alone. If Naomi didn't go on the trip I would think that half the book would most likely be very boring. It will be very interesting with Naomi, considering her personality. If I could ask Eric Walters 2 questions about the book they would probably be: Why put Naomi in the book? And why give her the personality she has in the book?
This is my answer and I hope it satisfies you Max and my other Shaken readers.

Your awesome blogger,

-Tyler

SOLE Presentation

This is a presentation  that my group and I have presented to all the people that watch this. Our group's topic is Plagiarism and Plagiarism on the Internet. Our presentation talked about what Plagiarism is and why it is bad, what the fees are if you Plagiarize, and examples of Plagiarism. I want the people who watch our presentation to take the information and use it for the better. I want you to learn from our information and do not Plagiarize. I want you to notice that our group divided our work equally. Each person in our group devoted their time to find information and provide their input on what we should do. My group have two videos because one of our group members was absent for the first video looking for a piece of work for our presentation. The new person that is in the second video is Will, he and Haneen created a short skit as an example of Plagiarism. I learned a lot from having to research what Plagiarism is. For example I learned that when you Plagiarize you can be called a Plagiarist, also I learned that you could go to jail for 10 years, or you will have to pay $2,500-$250,000 in fees! By the way I'm the dude in the blue on the right.
Enjoy!

Ethical Giving

This is an assignment that me and my class are doing. We are researching Ethical Giving charities. Here is a link to the assignment: Ethical Giving.
Enjoy!


If I had $100 I would spend most of my money on gifts from World Vision. From there I would get 2 hens and a rooster for $50 because the hens can lay eggs and the rooster can fertilize them until the people have enough chickens to get all the eggs they need from them, Antibiotics for 10 children for $30, I got this because it saddens me to think that children die from infections because they don't have antibiotics.

The $20 I have left I spent on mosquito nets from Oxfam so that babies or people do not get malaria.

I spent my $100 on what I feel is nessecary for a person in need to have.

Behind my name

Hi my name is Tyler Hawke. On this blog post you will get to know what my first name stands for. Behind My Name Assignment: Tyler Hawke

Before this assignment I thought my name was just plain Tyler, because I thought a name was just a name. I didn't know names had meanings and reasons for it.

After searching on Behind My Name, I learned that my name means a tiler, which is a person who puts tiles on floors or on roofs.

Another interesting fact I learned was that the surname Tyler was borne by American president John Tyler in the late 1700's.

I think my name doesn't fit me because the meaning of it (tiler). I know nothing about tiles or anything, I have no idea why my parents would have given me this name.

If I could give myself a new name it would be, Lythwain, because it was a name that my adoptive dad would have named me when he adopted me, I have grown used to the name and now wish that I had the name, Lythwain.

This is the Hawkes family crest:

Why Plagiarism on the Internet is wrong

Plagiarism is wrong because you're stealing ideas or words that are not yours it's like being dishonest.When you plagiarize you are showing that you don't care that you are depriving someone else of their work and that you cannot be trusted. You are taking the credit and the responsibility of that idea and work that you did not do. When someone does plagiarism on the Internet  it shows that the person is too lazy to go and do the work himself/herself.  When someone plagiarizes he or she can be called a plagiarist. When someone plagiarizes, the plagiarist, can be fined a minimum fee of $2,500 to the maximum fee of $250,000 in fines or 10 years in jail. Why plagiarize and deny yourself the ability to learn yourself for your later careers and risk paying a fee of $2,500-$250,000 in fees or risk going to jail for 10 years, this will all go on your Criminal Record which when you apply for a job the supervisor that is interviewing you will look at your job application and your Criminal Record to see if you have been in jail or have done anything illegal. By doing something illegal you are making your life worse and miserable because it will be harder to find a job.

These are some facts that I have researched and are putting out there so that all that reads this will know why plagiarism is wrong and that they should not become a plagiarist. I hope this will helped and that you will make sure that you do the right thing.

-Tyler