BULLYING

        Bullying is never the way to solve anything for any reason! If you have ever witnessed bullying, then do something about it next time. Or at least try because I know it's hard to get up the guts to face a bully. Standing up might be easy for some people, but really hard for others! Just remember to try to stay nice and positive.J

        Once there was a time when I witnessed bullying and didn't do anything about it. There were two girls, let's call them Student 1 and Student 2. The story began when these two girls were sitting in the cafeteria during lunch break. Student 1 would always pack her lunch and sometimes she disliked it. Whenever Student 1 wasn't pleased with her food, she would throw it in the bin and explained to Student 2 that she would tell her mom she ate it all. Do you see where I'm going with this? Student 1 and 2 normally sat together with a couple more friends and since Student 1 no longer had anything to eat, she was starving. So this was where the bullying came in. Student 1 just grabbed food that belonged to someone else. She sometimes asked, but if Student 2 said no, it wouldn't be a pretty scene. She went around telling people not to talk to Student 2 because she said that Student 2 was really mean. That was verbal bullying! But there was more. Student 1 elbowed Student 2 really hard and got some other people to do that too. There was the physical bullying! Sometimes if she sat close to Student 2, she would send her unkind notes over and over again. There was the non-verbal bullying. Last, if Student 1 knew that she couldn't win the fight, she went up to Student 2 and said I FORGIVE you. Not I'm sorry! I considered her a big bully.

        Something I would have done differently to stand up for myself, since I was Student 2, would have been to actually tell her something. I should heve told her that nobody had the right to take the lunch of someone else away just because she disliked her own food. And physical bullying is not the way to settle anything! I would like to tell her all that, but what I actually did was hang around silently and tried to avoid her. After a while, it kept happening and I kind of got used to it. Now, when I look back on all this drama, I don't understand why I didn't say anything to her. I had the words, but they just didn't come out of my mouth! Why? I really don't have a clue...

        I now have two goals for this year, so that the situation would never happen in ISKL! The goals are to never solve something with verbal or physical bullying. This is one goal because I already know that it does not solve a single thing! The other goal is to try to stand up for myself and others. Hopefully I won't have to that because I would prefer that there would be no bullying in the first place! I hope I can contribute to making ISKL a better place!

Thanks for reading my blog! Don't be a bully and stay positive.

~ NatalieJ

Courage

When Did I Show Courage?

        A time I showed courage was when I learned to swim. I chose this specific moment because this was something that impacted my life in many ways. There have been a few other times when I might have shown courage, but this moment stood out in my mind.

What Happened?

When I was about three years old, my mom decided to have someone teach me how to swim. I wasn't as interested in the idea as my mom. Actually, I screamed like there was no tomorrow because I was terrified! Could you blame me? I was a small three years old girl, who had never ever dunked her head into water before. But of course my mom took me anyways and tried to convince me that everything was going to be fine. For a bit, I believed her. But that was before I stepped into that cold baby pool with my swim teacher …

Why didn't I like swimming classes?

        I could sit here and read you a whole list, but I'll just point out a few main facts. One of them is that I disliked my teacher! I don't think she understood how I felt about water and wasn't very encouraging. Sometimes she would yell at me to do things around the end of class and she would also pull me down to sit in the water or blow bubbles. She hardly noticed that I cried throughout half the class! Another reason why I absolutely hated the classes was because I was trying to swim for my very first time and I didn't know how to respond to floating in water. At the end of the day I was completely scared of the cold pool.

How Did I Show Courage?

        I showed courage by continuing with the lessons, which I feared, and not backing out. Maybe there was a bit of tears and wailing along the way, but I managed to make it through each day! For me that took quite a bit of courage. Eventually I got better in swimming and overcame my fear of water. I think I might have also shown courage by facing my teacher each day because I was quite scared of her.

 

How Did It Benefit Me In The End?

        By showing courage and proving to myself I could make it through the classes, I was able to participate in many things! Like swim carnivals, pool parties, a section in P.E., and I even joined one of my school’s swim team! I'm not afraid of water anymore. Not bad for somebody who used to be terrified of pool water. This might not be a huge achievement in some people's eyes, but it's a giant achievement to me and I'm really proud to be able to say: I SWIM WELL!!!

Thanks for reading!

~ Natalie

How Can Understanding The Past, Help Us To Understand Our World?
      

         I think that's a really hard question, but I'll try my best to answer it in a clear way. I think that understanding the past, helps us understand our world in so many ways and they are all different!

        One example would be how they hunted for food. Nowadays we have guns and mechanical traps and all these high-tech tools. But, back in the olden days, they had spears, knives, and nets. If modern people today can understand how they caught their animal meat with spears and knives, then how much easier would it be to catch meat now? With more modernized tools and understanding how prehistoric humans hunted, it's much easier to understand how to hunt in our world today!

        A way we are able to understand the past is through the cave paintings. It's like reading a picture book! With the painting, social scientists are able to hypothesize what had happened in the earlier days and how the prehistoric humans survived. There are no words, but the cave painting had great detail and that helped the social scientists to make more detailed guesses. The scientists can also try to understand how the people felt by the way the prehistoric people expressed themselves through the paintings. Cave painting are one of our connections to the past!

        So as you can see, understanding the past helps us tremendously because if we didn't understand a thing about how the prehistoric humans lived, then today's society would have to go through the same process they did. We wouldn't really be getting anywhere in life. Instead, we would just be going through one process over again since we didn't understand what the prehistoric humans had done. But, with the understanding of the past we were able to go further in civilization and hopefully the future humans will carry it on even further!

Thanks for reading my blog!

- Natalie

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Social Scientist Blog


What Did I Choose?

        If I had to choose a dream job out of either an Archaeologist, a Historian, or a Geographer, I would probably have to go with an Archaeologist! There are a few reasons why I chose this type of social scientist. I never really imagined myself as an Archaeologist before...

Why Did I Choose Archaeologist?
        I chose an Archaeologist because I enjoy get down into the dirt and actually doing something instead of other kind of jobs when you sit, study and read all day long. I like reading, but for a job, I'd rather get out there and do things! Another reason why I want to be an Archaeologist is because what they do sound really exciting like how they dig in the dirt and look for bones of various people and creatures. Unlocking some questions we have about the past and possibly make a new discovery for the world to know about! Doesn't that sound great?! Last but not least, I want to be an Archaeologist because after you dig in the mud and probably find something, you most likely have to do some research on whatever it is! To find out what it is that you found and to know the background behind it. So, when I said I didn't want to sit and study facts all day, I also don't want to be digging all day! Now, if I would be an Archaeologist, I would have a little of both. I'd get the best of both worlds! I think I would be good at this job because I can think logically and understand things pretty easily. Some people also say that I'm observant. Another thing is that sometimes all it takes to succeed is to love what your doing! Archaeology covers an really long period of time and a great variety of different subjects!


Why Didn't I Choose Geographer?
        I decided not to choose geographer because I don't enjoy geography very much. For me it's one of those subjects where you just don't like it as much as others. It may also be because I'm not quite good at it and I would definitely say that geography is my worst subject! Do not count on me to become a Geographer.




Why Didn't I Choose a Historian?
        Historian was actually in my top two! After a while I decided on Archaeologist because they go beyond history and see how people or creatures came, while Historians only find out what they did back then. So, Historians depend on facts that have been discovered and Archaeologists deal with the prehistoric past where we don't know any answers yet. Then, the Historians study what the Archaeologists discover and Historians write about it.


And Finally . . .
        So, now you know that I'd rather be an Archaeologist than a Geographer or a Historian. You have also heard the reasons. What would you rather be?

-Natalie

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/

My Humanities Blog

          Hello! My name is Natalie. My mom is from Thailand and my dad is from Germany. That makes me half and half, but I was actually born in Los Angeles. When my family moved to Kuala Lumpur, I was only two months old! So, this is where I call "home"! As you can see, I've lived here almost all my life and I think it's great!

          The last three books I read were great! The first one was Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. Another book would be A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket and the most recent one, that I'm still reading, is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. If anybody has trouble looking for books to check out, I would recommend all three books to them! I also recently watched a movie. I usually prefer action or funny movies instead of movies where people only talk and talk and talk. So, the movie I chose was Clash of the Titans! That had quite some action and was really fun to watch! I hope you've seen it too!

          I have two main goals for sixth grade. One is an academic goal and the other is a social goal. The academic goal is to be an A+ student or at least a straight A student. This is my goal because I know it would really benefit me in the future and in many different, useful ways! I know I'll have to work really hard for it, but I really want to reach this goal! Now, for the social goal, I would really like to make friends with as many sixth graders as I can and to be able to fit in! This would be a big achievement to me because I'm new and don't know many people. So far everything has pretty much been going in the right direction!

          There's also my favorite vacation memory that I would like to share with you! It actually happened recently and this summer. You see, my family and I went to Hawaii for a week or two and we went to Maui for the first time! As everybody knows, Hawaii is known for it's beaches and I can assure that Maui has the absolute best beaches in the world! I just love the sea water and the sand and I definitely love Maui! BEST VACATION EVER!!!

          This is a little more about me. Something you should know is the five adjectives I would describe myself with. they would be . . .

1. Active
2. Shy
3. Friendly
4. Impatient
5. Curious

          Those are the main adjectives I would use to describe myself! Maybe you would describe me differently. But I hope I'm most of the words above!

          This was my first time writing a blog and I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading!

          - Natalie