Day: 13 April 2017 (Page 1 of 2)

Stress is one of the things I hate most. The reason I hate stress is because it makes me angry and sometimes it makes me hungry. Whenever I am angry, hungry and grumpy because of stress it puts me in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

Some ways I deal with stress are doing my homework earlier, making sure I have enough time and staying organized. The one thing I have trouble with the most is doing my homework earlier and on time. The reason I think I don’t do my homework earlier is probably because I think I have way more time but in reality I don’t. Another thing I do a lot is I procrastinate. I keep telling myself I will do my work in 5 minutes but when it reaches that 5 minutes I procrastinate and give myself another 5 minutes or so.

I will try and solve this problem I have by reminding myself over and over again that I have to do my homework. This problem can affect my learning big time. This problem is all in your head and it’s your choice whether you want to control it or not.

I feel like I dealt with stress pretty well during my life. There were sometimes where I dealt with stress through conflict I had with others. I use different strategies to try and deal with stress like walking away, talk about the problem and just apologize. I mostly use these strategies but sometimes these strategies don’t really work and the problem can get out of hand. Whenever the problem is about to go wild I usually get someone to help and resolve this conflict I have with the other person.

People get stressed just like me and this is just a few strategies that I use to calm myself down, I hope you use some of these strategies too!

“Greatness lies not in being strong but in the right use of strength. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by attraction of his own.”

I think that August deserves the Henry Ward Beecher Medal because he has perseverance, and most importantly, he is kind.

August has perseverance because even when he was being bullied, he kept on going to school. Well, first of all, even though he was scared to go to school just because of his appearance he still kept going because he wanted to learn more and make friends. Remember August was being bullied by the big kids at camp, his sleeves on his sweatshirt were ripped off and he lost his hearing aid? Just imagine, what it would be like to experience that. I know other kids have experienced worse, but, in his ‘condition’.  Just imagine an older, stronger person calling you an alien in front of all of your friends, in my opinion, I’d be pretty embarrassed!  Then they attempt to beat you up, but even though this was one of the most intense scenes that August has experienced. Auggie was very, very brave. He showed all of his characteristics. He showed perseverance because, he didn’t run away like a baby (because he was he was scared out of his pants) and he was kind. How? He didn’t insult them. He didn’t step down to their level (maybe because he was too scared to talk. And he couldn’t hear because he didn’t have his hearing aids.)

August is kind because even if there were some mean children in his class and school, he made them realize that what they did and do was wrong and this made them a better person. For example, when Jack was talking to Julian about August, he said some pretty mean stuff. But no matter what, August still forgave him and they are now close friends.

This has been why I think August Pullman is deserving of the Henry Ward Beecher Medal, though he is a persevering and kind young man, he is many more.

In Community Circle we are doing stuff. We made a big community web. Every day we do a random question. We played games like sit in a chair, I feel, Interview, Great Wind Blows, The Name Game. We make a circle/oval with our chairs. We pass around a random item, mostly SpongeBob SquarePants. We learn about being a S.T.A.R learner. That’s all we did.

I Think Wonder could be about a person because there is a person on the cover. I also think it is also about wondering using your eye, because there is an eye and the title is on the eye. Maybe the person is sad because the eye is blue, because something bad might have happened that made her/him upset. Maybe one ear is bad at hearing that’s why it’s smaller.

When I get stressed out by my sisters, cousins and people in the school, I take a deep breath, walk away, don’t listen, calm down, be quiet and try to stop a fight. This is some of the strategies I use when I get stressed. Some other things like when I get mad at my sister’s I will be quiet, close my ears and walk away. When I get mad at my cousins I walk away, stop playing with them and tell them to stop. When I get mad at a person at the school I walk away, say stop bothering me and tell a super visor. These are the things I do when I get stressed. thanks for reading.

What we did this morning was that we were talking about strategies on how we could deal with stress and solutions on how we could stop stress, what I normally do is that I drink cold water or I go to the couch and think for a minute or two and then I go back and I take things slowly. The way I deal with homework is that I drink a cold glass of water or I go outside and cool off or I take deep breathes but just because you have stress doesn’t mean you put off your work you still do it nut cool off when your stressed. What causes me to be stressed is that my sister is always mean to me and she calls me an idiot whenever I’m trying to help her out and when she says I do it wrong and when I’m actually doing it right she gets mad and she starts calling me an idiot and all sorts of names. Even when she gets mad at me and I get mad at her than I get in trouble when she started calling me names sometimes I think they hate me but that’s not it it’s just because my sister is older than me and my mom mostly believes her than me. But whenever I’m stressed I go outside and play soccer or I just take a deep breathe or go on the couch but I really don’t do that’s because my sister is always there so I just get cold glass of water. It works for me it should work for you too

There are a lot of things that are good and bad about basketball but today I will talking to you guys about some embarrassing things that can happen in a basketball game. Before I talk about some embarrassing things in a basketball game I need to remind you guys that even if something embarrassing does happen to you have to remember that the game is still going on and that the game doesn’t end till that last buzzer/whistle sounds so until then you have to keep playing and suck it up.

I have got embarrassed a lot ever since I started playing but I didn’t quit because I love basketball so much. I will try and remind you that if you are doing something you really love, give it 100% because if you are trying to succeed in that sport or hobby you are doing you have to give it 100% because if you give it 90% that other 10% might affect you in the long run.

Finally the part you have all been waiting for… Some embarrassing things that can happen in a basketball game.

The first thing you shouldn’t do is you shouldn’t make your opponent angry because if you do he might take out all your anger on you and that can cause a very embarrassing moment. The second thing that can happen in a game is that you can air ball (Air balling a shot means that the ball doesn’t touch the rim or net when you shoot it.) Air balling a shot isn’t bad it’s just that you can get embarrassed because people might yell out “AIR BALL!” and that can make you feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. Another thing that can happen is when you play got defence you could get ankle broken (getting ankle broken means that the opposing defender makes you fall because of a dribble move.) When you get ankle broken everyone starts yelling, “OOOOOOOOOH” or “EXPOSE HIM.” Trust me getting ankle broken isn’t fun, unless you’re the guy who breaks someone else’s ankles. Another thing you shouldn’t do in a basketball game is you should try and not miss a wide open lay-up. Missing a wide open lay-up is pretty embarrassing because it is WIDE OPEN, literally nobody is going to block you. I’ll be honest I missed wide open lay-ups before and I got embarrassed but remember what I said last time “The game is still going on and the game doesn’t end until that final buzzers goes off, so until then you have to forget it and keep playing.”

That is all I have for now and I hope that you guys will remember these tips when you play basketball. Remember, whenever you get embarrassed don’t put your head down and keep playing! Thanks for reading this blog hope you enjoyed!