Today in class we learnt how to measure the circumference of a sphere.
You take the string hold it center and then bring the string to the ruler to see how long it is. Then you use the formula to find the circumference to bring all the answers together.

Facts show that the cost of living and providing just for yourself is more than expensive. It’s unlivable. The cost of having to maintain a roof over your head, power, water, food and transport is more than likely to have higher demand then what you’re earning. The cost of living plus the high unemployment rate is skyrocketing. When unable to provide and maintain a currency coming through you will resort to other resources. This also can be shown in young kids the amount of young youth that have exempted themselves from school to go into employment to earn a living for themselves and their family has gone up by a large percentage in the past few years. Why is this concerning? Well as it shows if our next generation is not going through the educational line but the employment line there will be higher demand in jobs, more tax and more rise because if the whole working employment line goes up then the cost of living goes up. Now with the problems that I have just mentioned we can resort back to the question at hand if everyone aimed to be semi self-sufficient would society have the social issues we presently have?, to answer this question we can see that being self -sufficient by growing your own crops, selling them to make income , and generating power and water you don’t depend on the high demand that comes into our society of this day. Living off the land and not needing a budget around the cost of food puts yourself in negating debt trying to survive. If we learn to depend on just ourselves, even if it is just a small amount of independence, it can go a long way to being able to sustain ourselves through our lands and our waters.

Kia ora, we were given the task of being able to do different styles of writing together to see what skills we have, in this case we were given the task of writing from a guidance councillors point of view to a young girl that is facing problems in her school life. Here is mine .

Dear Laila, I want to thank you for coming to me. It takes a lot of courage , and I want to say that what I am seeing is self-doubt even though your teammates are pushing doubt on you too. So what I want you to do is when you feel like you’re not good enough to have bad thoughts, think of something that makes you happy and proud and tell yourself “ I am enough, that can be me” . As for the problem with your fellow teammates I want you to take the problem to them with patience and kindness and if you can, resolve the issue at hand then ask them for help. You may be thinking why should I do that but if you can improve with real players by learning from them you can prove to your coach that you really want to be involved and are trying to be better. The only way to show him that you want to learn and you want to be on the court is by him seeing you improving. I want you to understand that one mistake does not dictate who you are, in your case what kind of player you are. You can’t impress everyone and you shouldn’t expect yourself to, so don’t be so hard on yourself there is always room for improvement. If you need anything else I’m only an email away, don’t forget you are not alone.

In this blog we are going to be talking about Cyber Bullying, cyber bullying is when people online use a social media platform to discourage or talk down on others behind a screen. Cyber bullying is one of the largest forms of bullying in the world, this is because it is easier for people to say hurtful things behind a screen than in person. For example some people will take a problem that happened from an in person interaction and wait till they are in the comfort of their own homes to then message or post hurtful things carrying the problem further than it has to go . Cyber bullying is easier for people because there is no confrontation when you’re using the internet than when you’re bullying in person. People don’t realize the impact of cyber bullying that can get very overwhelming for people because there is no escape from it, personal attacks that can be posted second after second screenshots shared all around the world, your school or friend groups. It’s a digital footstep that can follow you forever. Things like this is the reason that we have to be able to have conversations with people that understand cyber safety and cyber interactions because things can happen online in a matter of seconds whether you want it to or not . Things can always be managed but when it comes to being online it makes it easier for rumors to spread for information to get out and for the people that dislike you to bully you consistently. Whether you take yourself away from social media they can still post you will still be told about it and the problem will never stop. A large amount of suicide numbers relate to cyber bullying. The overwhelming emotional effects that go into bullying can mentally distress you to thinking that there is no other way out than to commit.

One piece of advice I’d give myself for this year would be to understand that things aren’t always going to be the way you want them to be so understanding that you need to be able to reflect and use them to be easier is the way that things I need to do . 

One thing I am proud of from last term is that I passed a lot of the assessments that would have an impact as I turn over to a year 10 , so I’m proud that I set a good mark for that . 

My main focus for the next few weeks would be to be able to make more of an effort in school to be able to stay in school , because the attitude I need to have a positive impact is the mindset I follow. 

I don’t really know because when I need help I feel I focus on myself and zone out and have to think about it so that’s my outlook . 

At the end of this term I want to be able to say that I achieved my goal of staying in school and being able to focus on my learning or future. Some might say I want to be able to say that I am being better for myself.