Omar Shuqair - 10C -

sports + music + sleep = life ///// "don't tell people your plans, show them your results" 

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A reblog from Mussab's post: comments on Tumblr assignment

I tried to reblog Mussab's post multiple times but it didnt work so i'll just post it as a text.

OMG!!!!! I spent more than 30 mins reblogging this post, i clicked post but it never posted!!! So i took a second attempt!!! I tried to remember everything i wrote the first time and when i was done after another 30 mins, i wanted to copy everything i wrote so i wouldnt have to write all over again if smthn goes wrong, but instead of copying it, i pasted the last thing i copied!!!! So now i’m going for the third attempt!!!!

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I very strongly agree with the points Mussab have made. This is because everything he pointed out i already had it on my mind. This project gave the students the oppurtunity to experience education in a whole new different way. It was definitely more fun and interesting than wasting pencil lead on a piece of paper and it was certainly easier as well. I personally loved this project. I most surely would prefer completing an assignment while sitting on my bed after a good, long, refreshing nap, watching my favorite TV show while sipping some cold, fresh juice, biting some crunchy, flavorful chunks of chips, and just completely ready to get some work done than coming in to class after a long, boring double period of algebra, sitting on an uncomfortable chair, probably next to the worst person in class, either freezing or melting because the AC is never on the right temperature, so tired, bored and fed up with life, thinking about jumping right through the window and landing right on the soft grass, just injuring your arm and probably getting suspended…. forever…. from all schools…. in the galaxy…. did i already say forever?….

I also totally agree that no other website could provide and maintain the proper atmosphere for an educational project like this as Tumblr. Tumblr could be used for a huge variety of different purposes and education is definitely one of them. I would also have to agree with the changes Mussab suggested that would improve and enhance the “Tumblr” experience. The repitition of assignment was somewhat annoying and uninteresting at some points. As a matter of fact, the assignment I’m doing right now is repeated. This is not the first time we were required to reblog a classmate’s post and comment on it or tell why we agree or disagree with it. Also, being able to post out- of- topic posts would certainly add more excitement to the project because I only open Tumblr to complete my assignments without looking at others’ because I know that all I will find are huge paragraphs and more and more text exactly like the one you are reading right now. In general, this project was very exciting and on another level. I really hope that this type of projects would not stop. I hope an improved, enhanced, and modified version of this project is being set up for the upcoming project because students will always prefer working on social media than any other website or medium.

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Social media

Social media, along with a lot of other websites, are useful. However, many people consider these websites terrible and have a bad influence on teenagers. This is because they've only seen the negative side of social media. I am very positive that social media could be, and is used in ways that could be benefitial and useful. Personally, I think that social media and other similar websites have the potential to become the future's learning technique. Unfortunately, social media is being misused and considered only as a place to kill time with and mess around. While on the other hand, it could be used for educational purposes. For those who think that social media is a bad thing, I would like to say that its not social media that is bad, its the people using it that need to be fixed.

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Justice

My overall point of view about justice is that justice is not equality. Justice is providing each person with what they need while regarding their circumstances and abilities. It is not just to assess a handicapped person on his skills in different sports and compare him to athletes. Its not just to give a french person and a beginner the same french exam. My opinion about justice has not changed during this project. However, it did change from previous experiences. I thought that justice meant treating everyone equally but that is wrong. It a common misconception that our society has planted in their minds. Justice is considering others' circumstances and abilities before interacting with them.

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I chose this type of music to add on the scene where Boy Willie starts singing then Lymon, Wining Boy, and Doaker all join in( page 39-40), because this is how I imagine the music would be. Boy Willie starts off slowly then speeds up as they join in. Same thing happens with the music. The music would certainly set the mood and cause interaction.

[aaldimasi-10a]

In my opinion, I do love the idea of doing a weekly assignment on Tumblr rather than doing it during class time. But, and only but, our lovely teacher gave us more time to do the assignments since she knows that our small empty minds dont handle bunches of assignments all in once, Putting in mind...

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Wow, this is even after the "huge" improvement. I wonder what it was like before the improvement if this is the case after the improvement. 😂😛😛

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Week 6 - Question 4

Do you like tumblr? Why/why not? Do you prefer a different social media website? What website could also be used to do this type of school assignment? - Yes, i do like Tumblr, because it allows the users to share any information in any format whether it is a picture, a video, or even a text which i find very suitable for this assignment. Personally, I don't use Tumblr for my own entertainment, but i do know how creative the users could get. However, eventhough I don't use Tumblr, I wouldn't prefer any other social media website to do this assignment, but generally, I would use other social media websites. Twitter and Facebook could also be used to do this assignment although I do think that Tumblr is the most suitable. Was this tumbr assignment good, or would you have preferred writing your responses in a journal in class time ? Why/why not? - Yes, it was good, because it gives students a chance to complete the assignment at any day of the week while sitting comfortably in their room sipping on some lemonade and watching a movie all at once. While on the other hand, writing on a journal would require using class time where students sit uncomfortably on plastice chairs, peeking at the clock every five seconds because all they could think of is the break which is most certainly stressful. Also, writing on a journal would limit students' thoughts. For instance, a student can't present pictures, videos, and audios to support his idea and enhance the experience for the other students. Also, journals would limit the interaction between students while on a social media website, students could easily interact with their classmates and take their time to read others' answers and share ideas. Sharing ideas that are written on a journal could be hard. It either requires reading the text out loud in front of the class or passing the journal around which would certainly cause disinterest, boredom, and simply waste class time. Unlike journals, social media websites like Tumblr would definitely increase expectations and reduce limits. If used properly, social media websites and other apps would, with no doubt, help make education and learning much more fun and exciting and would invite students to acquire more interest in the field and would possibly be the bases of future education. What changes would you make to this assignment for next time? - I would not only require students to post their answers on their blog, but to also interact with other students' blogs. For instance, reblogging other posts to comment, criticize, enhance, agree, or disagree not only when required to do so. Interacting with students is very easy on Tumblr, so why not take advantage of it.

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"Money can't buy you what that piano cost. You can't sell your soul for money." - Berniece

What Berniece is trying to tell Boy Willie is that the piano he is trying to sell is priceless, just like one's soul. This is because the piano holds a lot of precious memories within it as well as descriptions of her parents' past like carvings. Berniece insists that the piano is too valuable to be sold. She considers it as a symbol that represents all the hardships that her mother has gone through. She says that her mother spent 17 years polishing and rubbing that piano until her hands bled. Bernice makes it obvious to Boy Willie that she is not going to sell the piano no matter what. She compares it to the soul that cannot be sold for money. 

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Guess Who I Interviewed!

If you have finished your Week 5 assignments, then you can work on this and post it for extra credit while working in class today. Be good for your substitute teachers!! :-)

Interview a classmate and write down their responses to these questions. Add your own questions as well to make the interview more personalized.

I interviewed a classmate and the answers i got were quiet interesting. you don't wanna miss out on that. Also, guess who the classmate is and you get to see him the next day of school and make fun of him. 

1) Nick-name

- Chicken Nugget

2) Age

- 15

3) Nationality

- White 

4) Hobbies

- Gaming/Wake-boarding 

5) Finish these sentences:

a) When I grow up, I want to be……. Video game designer  b) If I was President of the World, I would…… Make drugs legal c) When my parents tell me to do my homework, I think……. About the toilet

6) What do you think you have learnt about justice this year? Has your opinion changed at all?

- NO

7) What do you think your reputation is like right now at school? At home? With family and friends? 

- Exactly the same as a chicken nugget's reputation!

8) Have your ideas about reputation changed at all? Why/why not?

- IDK

9) As a grade 10 student, what do you think you should be responsible for? Just yourself and your grades, or other things to like your happiness and looking after younger sisters and brothers? Explain your answers.

- I should take care of my happiness because that's all that matters in life. (#Drugs)

10) How would you explain yourself in THREE words? Why?

- " I don't know" He whispered. "I don't know how to explain myself in three words!" He slammed the table, got on his feet, hurried down the corridor of doom, and smacked his head on each square meter of the wall. Disclaimer: Please don't try that at home! or school! or at McDonalds! not even in the bathroom, you know that things get freaky in there. Also, don't show your parents this blog. And if they barge into your room without knocking while you're on this blog, just switch to porn, it's easier to explain.

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A lesson that should be taught

In my opinion, i think that every 10th grader should be able to manage his time. I personally don't manage my time properly, so i usually end up wasting a great portion of my day. I feel really guilty everytime i have free time but not really benefitting myself with it. Managing your time is really important. First, managing your time could get you at of trouble. If you manage your time properly so that you sleep early to wake up early to go to school early, then by that you are preparing yourself for when you have a job and probably avoiding being punished by Mr Hussam early in the morning. Second, managing your time can keep you on track. If you make a schedule to manage your free time and set different activities to do during your free time, then you would probably have no piled work or chores to do during the weekend. So basically, learning the proper way to manage your time prepares you for the future so that you don't show up 34 minutes late to work with bread remains on your hair, an untucked shirt, unmatching shoes, coffee stains on your pants, and holding your son's spongebob school backpack as a briefcase. All of that just because you slept late because you had to finish your work after midnight because you were just watching lame shows on the national geographic channel all afternoon. You don't want that to happen do you? Get your time managed properly and stop wasting your time on Youtube, Instagram, and other social media! (Wow! I'm such a hypocrite!)

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The Piano Lesson in two different mediums

The piano lesson was represented in two different mediums. The novel was published first and the movie shortly after. Representing the novel in a different medium, a movie, would impact the novel very positively. A full length novel would look so uninteresting to many people who don't like reading. While on the other hand, a movie would draw people's attention very quickly. If the movie conveys and delivers the same message as the novel, then it would most definitely spread the purpose more easily. This is because a movie takes a shorter duration, has effects, and is basically someone reading the novel to you while showing you pictures and putting some music on. I've personally never read a book that was later turned into a movie or at least i've never seen both mediums of a certain title. However, i've seen the Hunger Games movie but not read the book. And according to what people say, the movie excluded a lot of dialogue and scenes in which whomever read the book was annoyed by. I think that these people should be disappointed, but i also do think that directors need to exclude some parts of the novel and add some other parts to make all the scenes adhere with one another, transition smoothly, and set the mood. Moreover, the directors are limited with time while an author can publish multiple books with a high number of pages. Basically, representing something in multiple mediums properly could enhance the experience and widen the spread of the message and purpose. This was definitely the case with the Piano Lesson. The movie exceptionally enhanced the experience and grew the interest, especially because the Piano Lesson is a play. It was a great idea, and the message was conveyed properly.

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"Lymon bought that truck so he have him a place to sleep"

This quote shows that at their time justice was not being achieved. Not all people had jobs that could give them money, which mean that they wont have a place to live at. Not all people had shelters or place to live in which made them stay at streets without homes but others had good houses and lived in a better way. (via sr10c)

Yes, i agree with that. Also, Boy Willie could have invited him to sleep over at Berniece's house instead of leaving him sleep uncomfortably in a wrecked car. Berniece has big house and she at least could have offered to let him sleep on a couch for a couple of days. 

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I think that this quote represents an aspect of injustice. Being forced and ordered to do something against your will is definitely injustice. No one has the right to command someone else and force them to do something they don't want to do (so it is basically unjust to give us homework that we don't want to do). In the book, Boy Willie is trying to sell the piano which is against Berniece's will. Unless Berniece is convinced to sell the piano, then Boy Willie has no right to force her into doing something she is not willing to do. This applies only if there were no rules or contracts that might be broken.

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The picture revealed to us that that the inheritance is equal to men and women, because everything is distributed by justice. To link this picture with our story, lets say that the inheritance is the piano, and it is now distributed equally between Berniece and Boy Willie, there is no right for any of them to do anything to the piano unless both of them accept the agreement. This is the main issue in the story, Boy Willie want to sell the piano and Berniece refused.

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I dont think that inheritance is equal to both genders according to the quraan. I'm not rlly sure abt that but you might wanna check. I think it is in surat al nesa2

[mohamadalh-10c]

This song really represent justice because it shows that there are some people that treat others in injustice because of their color, religion and culture. Mist of the people who are treating people in injustice are narrow minded. Some times people can be injustice due to their selfishness and greedy.

The singer is saying that he feels that justice will come some day. People will live their life. He just wants to know he should be done so justice can come. I support his idea because i thing that justice will come someday which will change the world to a better world. 

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I think you might wanna check my blog. I also posted about the same song.

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I own just as much of it as she does.-Boy Willie

Boy Willie said that when he was mad that Berniece wouldn’t sell the piano while he owns just as much of it as she does. During this incident, justice was not achieved. Even though Boy Willie felt that it was unfair that Berniece wouldn’t allow him to sell the piano although he owns half of it, it is still unjust for Boy Willie to sell it. This is because Boy Willie has not cared once about the piano and has left the house for three consecutive years but suddenly came back with the thought to sell the piano only for his own benefit. If Berniece insists not to sell the piano, then Boy Willie shouldn’t, even though he might split the profit in half with her. He has no right to sell the inherited piano if Berniece does not approve, especially if he is being so inconsiderate and selfish.

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Queen Latifah (Berniece): I think that Queen Latifah is qualified to play the role of berniece because according to what i've seen in previous movies starring her, she has always been the mature, caring, understanding person. These characteristics apply in both of her movies, just wright, and the secret life of bees. Also, I think that Berniece has the same characteristics judging by what i've read so far from the book, the piano lesson. Will Smith (Boy Willie): Judging by the movies Will Smith played in, he can perfectly portray Boy Willie and play his role. Will Smith acted so well in the pursuit of happyness that it was hard to tell if his emotions were sincere or not. Also, in the movie wild wild west, he showed pure humor and delivered comedy in the best ways. Agreeing with what most said, i also say that Will Smith would absolutely be the right fit to play the role Boy Willie. Morgan Freeman (Doaker): Considering Doaker's characteritics, Morgan Freeman would be the right person to portray him in my opinion. According to what i've understood, Doaker is an old, mature, wise man and Morgan could definitely play his role because all of Doaker's characteristics apply to him.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3-pfGBLh0Y

This song sends a message to all the people that think that your alone.They proved that their wrong when your been treated by injustice all the people will stand with you and will help you and support you with everything you need. Don’t fell bad of…

[mohamadalh-10c]

I disagree with him completly because the song has nothing to do with justice. The song is not even about justice. Justice is the name of the crew who made the song and its not what it is about ^^

[shaq-10-c]

Hahhahahahahha wallah sawalakkk 😂