Wednesday 28 March 2018

The Issues of Cyberbullying - Free Writing

Issues of Cyberbullying


Social Media plays an important part of our society/lives today. Teenagers and Pre-Teens are actively
interacting with social media sites regularly these days. Many people of these peer groups are
addicted to the image that they portray online, including how many likes or comments
they get on particular posts. While they try to, “perfect,” their social/digital image, they look at other
people’s posts and inside they may build up different insecurities. Some people who believe that
they have gone instagram/facebook/twitter famous, think that it is ok to comment on other people
images saying that they will never be like them, that they can never be as good and have as much skills
as others. This leads to a issue called, “Cyberbullying!”  3 of my perspectives based on this topic are…
1) Cyberbullying, possibly leads to a future of depression and/or anxiety
2) The youth suicide is raised every year mainly due to this issue.
3) Cyberbullying can also cause physical, emotional and mental stress/health issues
I strongly believe that cyberbullying laws in NZ should be enforced, so that whoever is
affected by this problem which has claimed many young teens/pre-teens lives, will be stopped.


You must be wondering what, “Cyberbullying,” is? So, what is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is when
an electronic device is used to harm/bully/threaten while communicating online to intimidate their
chosen victims. Cyberbullying may lead to many different things. The major issue is anxiety/depression.
Alongside this comes, despair, feelings of solitude and segregation from daily activities. NZ Herald News
has recorded shown data that 30% of Kiwi Teens who have encountered cyberbullying has been lead to
suicidal thoughts and teens taking their lives to early. Personally, I believe that no parents should ever
have to bury their child. But, sadly, partly due to this problem, this has been happening throughout the
few past years. Anyways, globally, three million children have been found to be absent from school per
month because of fear of being bullied by peers. So… Cyberbullying is the use of an electronic device
to hurt someone inside and to put down others, thinking that you are the best and can do whatever comes
your way.


Secondly, I hate to say this, but New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the world and it is
rocketing, from 564 suicides in 2014 to 579 in 2015 and now a startling 606 suicides in 2016/2017,
according to an article published by Tina Law on the 28th of August 2017. This is sadly the largest quantity
of deaths by suicide since the government started taking accurate records. 46% of all young women aged
17-19 reported high levels of cyberbullying. 37% said they had suicidal thoughts or they have self-harmed
themselves by making cut scars up along their wrists. Teenagers are constantly taunting other people about
the image they portray online/on social media. One resource shows that teenagers are repetitively posting
on other peoples pages about ‘how to commit suicide’ or they are saying ‘you should just go and 'kill yourself’
towards that particular victim. Although there are helplines out their available, many teens would argue
about them being useless. Instead of working through their problems they are facing, they think that taking
their life is a better way to get through it. Mainly, because of this topic.


Many people involved in cyberbullying also experienced physical, emotional and psychological stress.
When teenagers, young girls especially, are cyberbullied, they want to change their appearance.
This meaning they would do next to anything that will help change, whether it means not eating
for days consecutively to lose weight or some even wear piles of makeup to cover their real self.
An article titled “Bullied teens urged to commit suicide” published on the 12th March 2014 by Stuff -
News, which was written by Ben Heather, teenagers have been admitted into psychiatric care after being
urged to end their lives. Psychological stress is the worst type of stress that can happen to a victim.
Emotional stress for a young adolescent is when they are going through a state of mind which can cause
thoughts of rejection, denial, hatred and many others. This stress can cause isolation from family members
and close friends.


Cyberbullying has negative repercussions on society. Suicide rates will continue to escalate if nothing is
done to solve this. Cyberbullying is a problem that urgently needs a solution, Although laws are in place,
along with many people, I believe they should be enforced more harshly because of the consequences
that have happened. Nothing will change the effect that this has on our country and young person(s).
If their are no immediate changes, New Zealand could suffer the loss of many more teenagers.
Therefore, I strongly believe that the cyberbullying laws in New Zealand should be effectively enforced.


I haven’t written this just for fun, I have decided to write this because I don’t wanna see anymore teenagers
take their lives and be hurt inside due to cyberbullying. It is a huge issue and needs to be solved.
I hope that I have encouraged those out their who cyberbully people right now, to stop, because you
could be the reason why another teen takes their life. Don’t be that person, be someone to build them up
and stop this once and for all.

3D Shape - Air-Hardening Clay

This is our task. We had to use modeling air-hardening clay to create 3D shapes. It was
quite challenging but i got through it with the help of my partner, Sheales. This particular shape as teh same length of sides and same height. Here a few questions for you to answer. 1) Can you name this 3D shape? 2) What are edges and how many does this shape have? 
Last of all, 3) How many faces does this shapes have??

Monday 26 March 2018

Attitude Talks - Who are you??: Tony

It's Monday the 26th of March and the intermediate students of Pt England School were given the privileige to get spoken to by a visitor named, Tony from a programme called, Attitude - Programme for Schools. He talked to us about, Who we are? and animals that represent our personality. One of the big questions, was, "Are we Normal?" That question was based around us being different and thinking about who we are as a person and what makes us different.

I learnt that no one is normal and no one is perfect. Everyone has their differences. Tony told us that he felt far away from being normal, back when he was in intermediate. He said that he had a condition called, "Absences," which was known as a form of epilepsy. For example: He could be having a full on conversation with somebody, and then he would just zone out and forget about what he was doing/talking about. He also told us that it wasn't all bad. That he could fake it to get out of doing things he didn't want to. Like, doing the dishes or doing chores.

Anyways, about the animals that represent our personality. There are 4 main animals. They are, An Otter which was known as an entertainer plus a person that gets bored really easily. The next animal was a Lion, which was known as being a really good leader, a person that wants things their way most of the time and someone who just hands out instructions/commands like they are pieces of paper. The second to last one was a, Golden Retriever (Dog), which was known as a peacemaker that enjoys helping people in need and also known as a person that finds saying, "NO!," really challenging. Last but not least, Beaver. The beaver represents someone who is really hardworking. Someone that puts a lot of effort into their work and someone who completes every task to a high standard. So...we had to decide which animals representative fits us the most. I picked, Beaver/Golden Retriever. I am known to be a hard worker but I am also known to be a peacemaker.

My last highlight was what he said about, "Dump Dumb Thoughts!" This means to dump/deny any dumb thoughts that people put into your head. Such as, when they tell you that you can't achieve something, or you are no good at whatever you try to do. In intermediate, Tony tried out for the school's choir. He sung his heart out, but was told that he should just stick to playing rugby, which was one of the particular things that he was
awesome at. This reaction, shattered his heart, but he decided to dump those thoughts and carry on with trying his best to sing his heart out even more. This lead him to becoming a singing teacher in the future. He then tried out for another choir in College and he made it in. And now he is working for the tutor that told him that he couldn't pursue music, teaching kids about singing and how it can help you in life.

Overall, I believe that ATTITUDE, is an awesome programme for students. IT helps you become the person you want to be and it helps you find out who you are, and what represents you. Thank you to Tony from Attitude for speaking to us about this helpful programme based around us and us as people.

Friday 23 March 2018

Maths Problems - Extended Task

1. $375 + $127 = $502

$300 + $100 = $400
$75 + $27 = $102
$400 + $102 = $502

2. 659 + 196 = 855

600 + 100 = 700
50 + 90 = 140
9 + 6 = 15
700 + 140 + 15 = 855

3. $4500 - $2842 = $1658

$2842 + $1158 = $4000
$4000 + $500 = $4500
$1158 + $500 = $1658

4. 947 - 632 = 315

632 + 168 = 800
800 + 147 = 947
168 + 147 = 315

5. $1256 + $236 = $1490

$1256 + $240 = $1494
$1494 - $4 = $1490

6. 1683 - 387 = 1296

387 + 613 = 1000
1000 + 600 = 1600
1600 + 83 = 1683
613 + 600 + 83 = 1296

7. 1693 - 573 = 1120

573 + 427 = 1000
1000 + 600 = 1600
1600 + 93 = 1693
427 + 600 + 93 = 1120
8. 9463 - 3853 = 5610

3853 + 5000 = 8853
8853 + 147 = 9000
9000 + 463 = 9463

5000 + 147 + 463 = 5610

Tuesday 20 March 2018

Spectacular Shapes - No.3

Spectacular Shapes
We are learning to identify shapes by their properties

Algebra Recap:
                     
6A = 36  A = 6
6B = 48  B = 8
14 - C = 5.  C = 9
20 + D = 29. D = 9
E - 6 = 15. E = 21
F x 2 + 1 = 21. F = 10
5G = 30. G = 6
12H + 2 = 62. H = 5

Name the following shapes:



Identify the following shapes based on their properties:

Name of the Shape
Properties
Parallelogram
A Quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides, opposite angles are congruent (the same), none are 90 degrees.
Decagon
A Polygon with 10 sides
Triangle
A three sided polygon with two sides that are the same length
Trapezoid

A quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides
Cube
A 3D shape with all sides of equal length and 6 faces
Rectangular Prism
A 3D shape with 6 faces; 2 square shaped faces and 4 rectangle shaped faces
Sphere
A 3D shape with no sides or edges





  1. True
  2. False
  3. It could be true and false
  4. True
  5. False
  6. True

Spectacular Shapes - No.2

Spectacular Shapes
We are learning to identify shapes by their properties

Algebra Recap:
                     
6A = 36  A = 6
6B = 48  B = 8
14 - C = 5.  C = 9
20 + D = 29. D = 9
E - 6 = 15. E = 21
F x 2 + 1 = 21. F = 10
5G = 30. G = 6
12H + 2 = 62. H =  5

Name the following shapes:





Name the following shapes:



Identify the following shapes based on their properties:

Name of the Shape
Properties
Square
A Quadrilateral with four even sides and four vertices with 90 degree angles
Octagon
A Polygon with 8 sides
Triangle
A three sided polygon with two sides that are the same length
Trapezoid

A quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides
Cube
A 3D shape with all sides of equal length and 6 faces
Rectangular Prism
A 3D shape with 6 faces; 2 square shaped faces and 4 rectangle shaped faces
Sphere
A 3D shape with no sides or edges

Spectacular Shapes - No.1

Spectacular Shapes
We are learning to identify shapes by their properties

Algebra Recap:
                     
6A = 36  A = 6
6B = 48  B = 8
14 - C = 5.  C = 9
20 + D = 29. D = 9
E - 6 = 15. E = 21
F x 2 + 1 = 21. F = 10

Name the following shapes:


Identify the following shapes based on their properties:

Name of the Shape
Properties
Square
A Quadrilateral with four even sides and four vertices with 90 degree angles
Octagon
A Polygon with 8 sides
Parralleogram
A quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides
Trapezoid

A quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides
Cube
A Square that is 3D (three dimensional)
Triangular Pyramid
A triangle that is 3D
Sphere
A 3D shape with no sides or edges

Monday 12 March 2018

Algebra Problems



Here is a presentation based on Algebra Problems. Take a look and I hope that you enjoy.

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Definitions of, "Functions and For Loops!"


What is a "Function?" In Coding...a function is a type of routine. Which means it is a name for a set of commands telling someone or something to do whatever the function says. A function can be made up of different instructions that have been put together to complete a task or challenge. Functions are similar to routines. Like... a dance routine, morning routine or even a cleaning routine.  These are all functions in life, not only in coding and mathematics. Functions are also sort of like shortcuts. Instead of writing an entire line of code, you can just use functions that will do what you want.


What is a, "For Loop?" A For Loop is a sequence of instructions/commands that continuously happen as long as the loop tells it too. So... for example... If you get told to jump 3 times. That is a loop telling you to do the same thing over again 3 times in a row. Loops are not only in computer programming and coding, these such things can also be used to solve problems, complete challenges and can also help you in life.

So... Now you know what a function and a for loop is. Functions and For Loops are quite important to know about when you are interested in coding or computer programming. I hope that this has been helpful to those fellow bloggers interested in programming. Feel free to comment down below and give some feedback.


Friday 2 March 2018

Summarising - Plastic



WALT: Summarise a written text.
This presentation is based around summarising about plastic and the problems that
we have around it. Take a look and I hope that you enjoy.