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This guy worked in a programming thing. It looked boring to me because I'm not big into coding and whatnot. He was overall a good speaker though he talked about a lot coding language which most people didn't understand or care about.

blog post 15

Melissa was a journalist and is now a politician or something. I kind of missed the exactly what she does for a living at the moment because she talked a lot about her past jobs and I missed what she does now. If what she does now has to do with politics then I'm definitely not interested in her job. Though if she's a journalist then I am interested in that. Not that a journalist is something that I really really want to do when I grow up, it is something I've considered. Like the last speaker, she was confident and didn't repeat her self too much. She kept her speech at a decent length whereas our last speaker had a very long speech that kind of dragged on. Overall she's got an interesting job and she was a good speaker.

Also, have you or are you going to put a vote on the home page for due dates because we discussed that in class quite a while ago.

blog post 14

Today Christopher Graves came in and talked to us about his job which was with a registered charity called Project Hope. I think what he does is really awesome but it's not something I'm interested in doing. His charity mainly raises money for children and women in Africa. 100 dollars can send a kid to school for one entire year, which to me is a very reasonable price. He was also a much more confident speaker compared our first speaker. He was able to project his voice better and didn't repeat himself often. The only part of the presentation that I lost concentration during (and it think a lot of other people too) was when he kept talking about stats Canada or whatever. He kind of lingered on with all the stats from other charities and stuff which all started to sound the same. Overall he was a good speaker and has a pretty cool job in my opinion.

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Because I can't recall watching TEDtalks with a supply teacher, I'm going to write about the TEDx youth thing we went to. I couldn't stay until the very end because of work, so this will just be about the speakers I got to listen to. Personally, I found the entire day to be very boring. To begin, they picked awful MC's. The guy (whose name I believe is Renjie or some shit but let's just call him guy) was very nervous and not confidant of himself. He kept saying things like "sorry if this is bad, I stayed up to 2am" which automatically lowers my expectations. The girl MC wasn't as bad as guy but she still didn't do anything to try and get the audience excited or whatnot. Also, kind of off topic but, why the fuck did they try to make us do the wave so many times. I thought that some of the speakers were amazing but most of them I found to be boring and just repeating the same message over and over. My favorite. speaker was definitely the slam poet. I found I could really relate to her and I really liked the message she conveyed through her poem. I also found her to be very funny and she was was able to make things less awkward during silences. Overall it was an interesting day even though it wasn't quite what I expected.

Blog post #13

What do you think about standardized testing (e.g. the literacy test, grade 9 math test, OCA reading comprehension, etc.)?  Think about why they exist, who they help/benefit, and what they are testing. (Bambury)

I don't think standardized testing is enabled pointless but I do think it is tedious and boring. The reason they exist is so that the school board can see if their teachers are teaching their students the right things. In this way they benefit the school, if the average is high, because it makes the teachers look good. Like I said earlier, they're testing us to make sure our teachers are providing us with the right information. The problem I find with standardized testing is that since it doesn't count for a mark on ones report card, students won't try as hard. This can lead to I averages for the school which is never good. Since the tests are very boring and repetitive, it's very hard to put a creative effort into it. I find that on things like OCA and the practice lit test, I just write down plain and simple things because it's the same thing every year. I also think that because there's a time limit, you can't make things like essays personal because you're constantly watching the clock to make sure you don't run out of time.

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         In the first section I was a creator which I wasn't surprised by at all. All of the things in that category described me. In the second quiz my result was kinesthetic which I've got before from other quiz's that I've done. I love working with my hands and doing things that aren't just reading and writing. My co-ordinates for the chart thingy are (5.5, -6). None of the things in Authoritarian I agreed with and only half of one is the right section. For quiz's 4 and 5 I got the result of being a people person. I would hate to have a job where I'm not helping anyone and just trying to make money. I found out from quiz number 6 that I'm probably going to go into a career in the arts. From quiz 7 I found out that I'm right brained and in quiz 8 I got a score of 40 (which is low I think). My colour is orange which suits me. Lastly, I'm phlegmatic. The end.