[Social Studies] - "Human Rights Assessment" Introduction

Human Rights

We will conduct a Social Inquiry on the Human Rights issue of Inhuman treatment and torture (Article 5 of the Universal Human Rights Bill) . Our case study will focus on the country of Afghanistan.

Introduction: The Human Rights issue that we will be researching is “Inhuman treatment and torture.” The reason why we have chosen this topic is because we have prior information about this topic and we feel strongly that it is something that shouldn’t happen and is an important issue that needs to be stopped. There are numerous people within the Middle-East, in Afghanistan that have been subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Within the research that has been done, we’ve found that there has been Afghan Police Officers killed in a Taliban attack, in Afghanistan, Gardez.

[English]- "Expressive Writing: Why are young people focused on fighting?"

Why are young people focused on fighting?

Fighting, arguing… whatever you want to describe it as. Definition of fighting, is the action of violence, caused by discrimination, aggression, in which all decreases our limitations… of striving to succeed. Power doesn’t come from the hate and anger that strives within us, it comes from the will of hope, the hope that withstands our need of helping our friends and family. Witnessing the lives of others who see life without a definition is an experience that I’ve encountered many times throughout my life. If you’re reading this, wondering what it’s like of people causing violence, well it’s almost as if you were to be watching, ‘animals’ willing to overcome the fear of being “afraid,” and stand up in a negative way.

Have you ever felt pain, as if you were to be feeling wounded, not just physically, but mentally & emotionally… well you may or may of have not noticed, that everyone & anyone, can feel pain. The moment that you hear and feel the excruciating pain, streaming upon your bones and flesh, you have experienced something that some of us have in common, anxiety, stress, fear of something that may decrease your reputation. Now this may be a big problem for the majority of us as ‘human beings,’ in which is gaining pressure upon ourselves and from others, such as your friends and maybe your siblings, but especially your friends. This pressure is well-known to be called, ‘peer-pressure.’ Peer-pressure can lead to bad decisions, as it is a cause that informs you to choose to do the wrong thing, at the wrong time and in the wrong place. There are times that your friends or siblings may tell you to do this, do that… but ideally think that it is wise to follow a well-known quote, said by Oprah Winfrey herself, “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.”  

[English]- "Expressive Writing: Why are uniforms important?"

Why are uniforms important? 

As a formal student at Tamaki College, in Glen Innes, Auckland, I will speak with respect to announce that uniforms are important, and there are numerous reasons as to why that is. Within this piece of writing, I will be stating the importance of uniforms, and why they are important.

People... students specifically, may have no idea what the importance of uniforms are, and they wouldn’t know what uniforms can do. Well first of all, uniforms come in a price, and sooner or later... we have to pay that price with the help of our parents or family members, in order for us to ‘fit in.’ Not all that we just have to ‘fit in’, it’ll make us comfortable in any way possible. Most students nowadays, have no respect towards uniform, as they consider them as, “similarity between themselves and others.” I get the reason as to why most students would prefer ‘other clothes’ than ‘uniform,’ as they are willing to look different from the rest, therefore… to either gain popularity or to be different from others.

Have you ever wondered about what uniforms can do for you, and others? Well, you may not be thinking about others, if you were to be thinking about yourself… am I right? There are students out there, who are feeling worried if the school were to be a ‘non-uniform’ school. Most of us never witness or feel that ever happen to ourselves, and that is what I am going to talk about. Imagine if you didn’t have enough clothes to go around for the years of living life as a student in college. Agonising, am I right… well that’s the thing for most students who have insufficient funds, meaning not having much money to pay for new clothes of such.

Money is everything, and everything is from money. If you’re starting to get an idea of what I’m trying to talk about, you should also have a reason as to what having no uniform, such as the effects that can be caused within your social and your mental/emotional well beings. You may never know whether someone is having a bad day, so ideally think that people should start thinking about what they’re saying because that could lead to a cause. A cause in which will affect their opinions on their very own lives. So therefore, it is always wise to follow this well-known quote, “Think before you do” - Efthimis.

[Science]- "Atom & Electronic Configuration"

Greetings and welcome to my new blog post! Throughout this term (term 2) in Science with Mr Tyagi & Ms Smallwood, we've been learning and discussing about, "atoms" & the "electronic configuration." Mostly about atoms and what they are. I find this unit quite interesting, as it relates to things in life that we may be capable of coming upon it throughout our lives... Here is my definition of what atoms and electronic configuration are. Please feel free to leave a comment down below in the comments section for any advice on what I can do better in the future, I'd appreciate that. Thanks :)

The Structure Of An Atom & The Electronic Configuration:

Atoms are commonly known as the “basic units” of matter, in which is the structure of elements. They consist of three particles known to be, protons, neutrons & electrons. Protons and Neutrons are in the centre of an atom, which is inside the nucleus. Electrons however, are located around the nucleus, in orbits well-known to be called orbital shells or energy shells. Electronic configuration is informed by the particles of atoms, in which you are able to find in an element, example; Sodium has an Atomic Mass of 23, and an Atomic Number of 11, the electronic configuration of this element is 2,8,1.

S.No	Name Of The Element	Symbol	Atomic Mass	Atomic Number	Electronic Configuration
1	Sodium	Na	23	11	2,8,1

Equation:

Atomic Number= Number Of Protons

Mass Number = Protons + Neutrons

Number Of Neutrons = Mass Number= Atomic Number

Number Of Electrons = Number Of Protons = Atomic Number

An atom that is charged is called= iON

Losing electrons= Positive

Gaining electrons= Negative

Sharing electrons= Partial Positive or Partial Negative

[Health)- "Why Tobacco is sometimes chewed, and sometimes smoked"

Greetings and welcome to my new blog post! Throughout the term of learning about drugs/alcohol and the affects that they can do, we've been given a task to complete and that is to... reflect back onto the certain drug and find the differences between them. Here is a Google Drawing presentation that I've created which will inform you of the differences between "Chewing tobacco," and "Smoking tobacco." Click the image above to see what I've written in which what I have learnt about tobacco. Thank you for your time!

[Health] - "Tobacco Affects On Hauora/Well being"

Greetings and welcome to my new blog post! Throughout this term, we've been learning mostly about drugs and alcohol. Today, we've been given a task to complete and the task was to figure out which Hauora or Well being could be affected by Tobacco. Here is an image that shows the dimensions affected by tobacco. Thank you for your time. 

[Health] - "An Intro To Drugs In New Zealand"

Greetings and welcome to my new blog post! Here is a presentation I've created for our topic, "Intro to drugs in NZ." Press the next button to continue through my presentation!