Don't forget:
- photo retakes are tomorrow
- haunted house thur -fri
- halloween dance thur...explain when , where what etc.
- stair climb next week...remind
- challenge week nov 14-17.....tell them more about challenge day and our hopes to have all of next year's grade tens participate
the challenge day experience
the challenge day experience
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
book of awesomeness gpp4o1 edition
Another Day
We’ve all been there. The long commute to work or on the bus route to school. The skies are still dark and the streetlights along the road are still aglow. The day hasn’t even begun but your ready to go into the day and do the same old boring thing that you do every day. The sun appears over the horizon and the dimly lit sky becomes a deep crimson red. Your mood becomes slightly lightened, the music changes, and its your favorite song. Your frown becomes a smile of glistening gold and all of a sudden you feel like the entire world is yours. The sun is peering through the window like a spotlight on stage at a U2 concert. The warmth of the golden light on your cold skin makes you feel like your center stage. You open your mouth and yell the words to your favorite song. It’s like the world is watching you, rock on superstar. Awesome.
When you lose track of the day and suddenly realize it's lunch, or the end of the day.
When the vending machine finally accepts the dollar.
I ALWAYS have issues with the machines at school. It either eats your dollar or spits it back out. Sometimes i pay double, sometimes i dont get anything.
The First Time You Say “I Love You”…
He. She. Whoever it may be. Saying I love you to your significant other for the first time is one of the moments in life that no matter how joyous or humiliating, you will always remember. Maybe you’re on a romantic date on Valentine’s Day. Maybe you’re trying to one-up the superhero that just got the girl on the movie. Maybe you scribble it down on a sticky note. Spell it out in their favourite food. Send it through time and space electronically. Maybe you stutter it awkwardly. Maybe you mumble it to your feet. Maybe, maybe you have to shout it in a last ditch attempt to save the relationship they think won’t work out. Or maybe you whisper it to no one while you watch the love of your life gallop into the sunset atop a white steed. Love is the greatest gift you can share with someone. No matter how or when it happens, it is a feeling that cannot be replaced. Awesome.
Post-Thanksgiving-Dinner Nap
You've smelt it cooking all day, and now it's finally time. The meal you've been waiting for for at least the past month; Thanksgiving dinner. You're surrounded by your closest family, but Mom or Grandma has put enough food on the table to feed your whole neighbourhood block. Everyone is waiting anxiously for being told when they can dig in, and then it begins. Turkey, potatoes, turnips, gravy, cranberries, are all being passed left to right, and if you don't pay attention you might miss the stuffing. After the feeding frenzy is over you suddenly feel like you're moving in slow motion as you make your way to the couch. For once there's no nagging about clearing off the supper dishes, we'll get them after, because everyone has been hit with the post-thanksgiving-dinner haze. The only thoughts are how on earth are you going to be able to have your pumpkin pie? Eventually all thoughts are lost as you drift off into your 'turkey-coma'. Awesome.
The Adrenaline Rush While Playing an Intense Sport
There is nothing quite like the massive rush of energy that shoots through your body as what feels like an electric current, energizes your muscles, propelling you to achieve feats you previously thought were not possible. The thrill of performing at your absolute best with your brain single-mindedly focused on the task at hand, allows any worries to disappear for the time being and just enjoying the epic moment of glory.
You know that moment when you've got that unbearable tickle at the edge of your nostril, the tickle that averts your attention from everything around you. No one really knows how to get rid of this annoyance, its just kind of there. You can go hours with this burden, without any signs of it disappearing. You are forced to overcome it, forced to live your life, but you know you cannot really live your life like you know you can, not with this distraction. Then all of a sudden it starts, the tickle intensifies, the itch becomes unscratchable, and everything around you goes silent. It as if time stops, you are the only thing not frozen in time. You uncontrollably inhale all available air, you head cocks back, and then you too are frozen like everyone around you. Then you erupt with a room shaking AAAACCCHHHEEEEEWWWW!!!! and just like that its over, as soon as it hit you it leaves you. That horrible tickle is gone, awesome.
Finding Out You Passed The Test You Thought You Failed
Your sitting in class, your thinking about the test you took last week, you know that test you didn't study for. The teacher is just standing in front of you, talking about how a half the class did great but a good percentage did not do as well, she says "more studying was needed" (we have all heard that one before). She grabs the big pile of tests and starts to walk up and down the isles giving back tests one at time. Your nervous you know you failed, she is getting closer, your shaking, taping your pencil on your desk so fast the pencil flies out of you hand. Next thing you know that test you thought you failed is sitting in front of you. Slowly you move your eyes to top of the page, and guess what it says......... 55%, yep you passed. AWESOME.
Its a rainy and you have the need for a sweet treat. Shrug on that bright yellow rain coat, tug on the old boots and walk to the best ice cream parlor in town. Decide on your favourite flavour and take a walk around. Maybe do a couple spins and twirls in the rain, jump in the biggest puddles and dance all around, all while licking that delicious ice cream cone. Don't think about if anyone is watching you, just enjoy this wonderful moment of.... AWESOME!
Game Day
Getting up everyday doing the same routine can get pretty boring. This is why Game day is awesome. Waking up on game day is not like any other day. Its like waking up for a purpose or waking up for a mission. The feeling that tonight you will be working as hard as you can to try and win a ball game. This feeling carries with you throughout the day whether it be at school, at work, or duing daily activities. This feeling is the will to win the will to play well. The anticipation, nerves and not knowing what is going to happen is all apart of the fun and preparation for the game. What you do, think, and act will establish your mental game, the most important aspect in order to play well in any sport.
After a day of patience and fear comes the ‘last supper’. This meal is not one of your regular meals, this meal has to be a super meal. This meal is going to be the factor that will cause you to last the whole game or half way through. This meal will determine if you can make the final shot or blow the game for your team. . But don't eat to early or to late, at the right moment so when the energy is needed you have the power to use it. The choice is yours.
Finally the time has come when the uniform is put over your head and you are ready to represent yourself on the field, floor, court, or ice. This is your stage, your time to show the fans and the opposing team what you got. This is the day you look forward to. To step on the turf and play the game of your life.
Randomly smelling your favourite smell... whether it be the smell of freshly cut grass or your favourite cologne. When you pick up the smell its just pure AWESOME!!!
That feeling, when you need a sweater to wear and the timing works out so that you get it straight out of the dryer. That wonderful layer of warmth and comfort that you get from clothing as soon as the beeper goes off.
The best is putting on an entire outfit on a cold, wintry day that's clean and smelling of Bountry dryer sheets. Hot clothing out of the dryer makes any clothing comfortable. Even your scratchiest, lowest thread-count tshirt is heaven on your arms, warming you to your very soul.
Awesome.
The night before your birthday.
Getting ready for bed, putting your pajama's on and getting comfy in bed. Your mind is racing and thinking of all the things that happened that day, but then you stop and think, tomorrow is your birthday. You will be flooded with happy birthdays, smiles and hugs tomorrow. Tomorrow is your day. So enjoy it.
Making that spectacular catch after almost dropping something.
Whether it is in a sport or in everyday life, everyone appreciates a good catch. Especially when it looks like you are going to drop something. Nothign feels better than battling to save your dignity and pride batting it around not quite able to grasp it solidly. While all of existence does everything in its power to keep you from your goal. Then when all hopes seems lost and you are about to give up ad let it drop, a wave of adrenaline and focus sweeps over you and you manage to get a hold of the object. Gripping it tightly so as to not lose it again, a smile pertrudes from your determined face, the occasional cheer erupts from those around you, you have triumphed. Awesome!
Waking up in the middle of the night and realising you have a couple hours left to snore away.
When you suddenly wake up at three in the morning worried that you are running late, you take a look at your phone, watch, or alarm clock, do some quick math in your head,and realise you have four more hours left of your precious sleep.
So, go back to bed get your beauty sleep, and wake up a new person.
AWESOME
"Having the exact change for your purchase"
Whether you are at tim Hortons or even your favourite clothing store, it is just awesome to have the exact change right down to your very last penny, for your coffee or your newest addtion to your closet. The cashier will also be your new best friend.
You have so much to accomplish in the next week. You really can't take on anything more or you'll be pulling all nighters like there's no tomorrow. You're sitting in class knowing you have an assignment due, but you have no idea where to even begin. You've told yourself to work on doing a little bit every night but so far that hasn't worked out. You're panicking, it's due tomorrow. How on earth are you going to finish this. Even if you stayed up all night you probably won't have time to finish everything you need to. Then it happens, the teacher asks how everyone is doing with the assignment. Most people are in the same boat as you. The class pleads "we just need one more day, just give us the weekend." Then the teacher lifts the heaviest weight off your shoulders. "Fine, hand it in on Monday". You're biggest wish has come true. You might actually get a few hours of sleep tonight. You will be able to hand in a decent assignment. You can finally breathe again.
Awesome!
We’ve all been there. The long commute to work or on the bus route to school. The skies are still dark and the streetlights along the road are still aglow. The day hasn’t even begun but your ready to go into the day and do the same old boring thing that you do every day. The sun appears over the horizon and the dimly lit sky becomes a deep crimson red. Your mood becomes slightly lightened, the music changes, and its your favorite song. Your frown becomes a smile of glistening gold and all of a sudden you feel like the entire world is yours. The sun is peering through the window like a spotlight on stage at a U2 concert. The warmth of the golden light on your cold skin makes you feel like your center stage. You open your mouth and yell the words to your favorite song. It’s like the world is watching you, rock on superstar. Awesome.
When you lose track of the day and suddenly realize it's lunch, or the end of the day.
When the vending machine finally accepts the dollar.
I ALWAYS have issues with the machines at school. It either eats your dollar or spits it back out. Sometimes i pay double, sometimes i dont get anything.
The First Time You Say “I Love You”…
He. She. Whoever it may be. Saying I love you to your significant other for the first time is one of the moments in life that no matter how joyous or humiliating, you will always remember. Maybe you’re on a romantic date on Valentine’s Day. Maybe you’re trying to one-up the superhero that just got the girl on the movie. Maybe you scribble it down on a sticky note. Spell it out in their favourite food. Send it through time and space electronically. Maybe you stutter it awkwardly. Maybe you mumble it to your feet. Maybe, maybe you have to shout it in a last ditch attempt to save the relationship they think won’t work out. Or maybe you whisper it to no one while you watch the love of your life gallop into the sunset atop a white steed. Love is the greatest gift you can share with someone. No matter how or when it happens, it is a feeling that cannot be replaced. Awesome.
Post-Thanksgiving-Dinner Nap
You've smelt it cooking all day, and now it's finally time. The meal you've been waiting for for at least the past month; Thanksgiving dinner. You're surrounded by your closest family, but Mom or Grandma has put enough food on the table to feed your whole neighbourhood block. Everyone is waiting anxiously for being told when they can dig in, and then it begins. Turkey, potatoes, turnips, gravy, cranberries, are all being passed left to right, and if you don't pay attention you might miss the stuffing. After the feeding frenzy is over you suddenly feel like you're moving in slow motion as you make your way to the couch. For once there's no nagging about clearing off the supper dishes, we'll get them after, because everyone has been hit with the post-thanksgiving-dinner haze. The only thoughts are how on earth are you going to be able to have your pumpkin pie? Eventually all thoughts are lost as you drift off into your 'turkey-coma'. Awesome.
The Adrenaline Rush While Playing an Intense Sport
There is nothing quite like the massive rush of energy that shoots through your body as what feels like an electric current, energizes your muscles, propelling you to achieve feats you previously thought were not possible. The thrill of performing at your absolute best with your brain single-mindedly focused on the task at hand, allows any worries to disappear for the time being and just enjoying the epic moment of glory.
You know that moment when you've got that unbearable tickle at the edge of your nostril, the tickle that averts your attention from everything around you. No one really knows how to get rid of this annoyance, its just kind of there. You can go hours with this burden, without any signs of it disappearing. You are forced to overcome it, forced to live your life, but you know you cannot really live your life like you know you can, not with this distraction. Then all of a sudden it starts, the tickle intensifies, the itch becomes unscratchable, and everything around you goes silent. It as if time stops, you are the only thing not frozen in time. You uncontrollably inhale all available air, you head cocks back, and then you too are frozen like everyone around you. Then you erupt with a room shaking AAAACCCHHHEEEEEWWWW!!!! and just like that its over, as soon as it hit you it leaves you. That horrible tickle is gone, awesome.
Finding Out You Passed The Test You Thought You Failed
Your sitting in class, your thinking about the test you took last week, you know that test you didn't study for. The teacher is just standing in front of you, talking about how a half the class did great but a good percentage did not do as well, she says "more studying was needed" (we have all heard that one before). She grabs the big pile of tests and starts to walk up and down the isles giving back tests one at time. Your nervous you know you failed, she is getting closer, your shaking, taping your pencil on your desk so fast the pencil flies out of you hand. Next thing you know that test you thought you failed is sitting in front of you. Slowly you move your eyes to top of the page, and guess what it says......... 55%, yep you passed. AWESOME.
Its a rainy and you have the need for a sweet treat. Shrug on that bright yellow rain coat, tug on the old boots and walk to the best ice cream parlor in town. Decide on your favourite flavour and take a walk around. Maybe do a couple spins and twirls in the rain, jump in the biggest puddles and dance all around, all while licking that delicious ice cream cone. Don't think about if anyone is watching you, just enjoy this wonderful moment of.... AWESOME!
Game Day
Getting up everyday doing the same routine can get pretty boring. This is why Game day is awesome. Waking up on game day is not like any other day. Its like waking up for a purpose or waking up for a mission. The feeling that tonight you will be working as hard as you can to try and win a ball game. This feeling carries with you throughout the day whether it be at school, at work, or duing daily activities. This feeling is the will to win the will to play well. The anticipation, nerves and not knowing what is going to happen is all apart of the fun and preparation for the game. What you do, think, and act will establish your mental game, the most important aspect in order to play well in any sport.
After a day of patience and fear comes the ‘last supper’. This meal is not one of your regular meals, this meal has to be a super meal. This meal is going to be the factor that will cause you to last the whole game or half way through. This meal will determine if you can make the final shot or blow the game for your team. . But don't eat to early or to late, at the right moment so when the energy is needed you have the power to use it. The choice is yours.
Finally the time has come when the uniform is put over your head and you are ready to represent yourself on the field, floor, court, or ice. This is your stage, your time to show the fans and the opposing team what you got. This is the day you look forward to. To step on the turf and play the game of your life.
Randomly smelling your favourite smell... whether it be the smell of freshly cut grass or your favourite cologne. When you pick up the smell its just pure AWESOME!!!
That feeling, when you need a sweater to wear and the timing works out so that you get it straight out of the dryer. That wonderful layer of warmth and comfort that you get from clothing as soon as the beeper goes off.
The best is putting on an entire outfit on a cold, wintry day that's clean and smelling of Bountry dryer sheets. Hot clothing out of the dryer makes any clothing comfortable. Even your scratchiest, lowest thread-count tshirt is heaven on your arms, warming you to your very soul.
Awesome.
The night before your birthday.
Getting ready for bed, putting your pajama's on and getting comfy in bed. Your mind is racing and thinking of all the things that happened that day, but then you stop and think, tomorrow is your birthday. You will be flooded with happy birthdays, smiles and hugs tomorrow. Tomorrow is your day. So enjoy it.
Making that spectacular catch after almost dropping something.
Whether it is in a sport or in everyday life, everyone appreciates a good catch. Especially when it looks like you are going to drop something. Nothign feels better than battling to save your dignity and pride batting it around not quite able to grasp it solidly. While all of existence does everything in its power to keep you from your goal. Then when all hopes seems lost and you are about to give up ad let it drop, a wave of adrenaline and focus sweeps over you and you manage to get a hold of the object. Gripping it tightly so as to not lose it again, a smile pertrudes from your determined face, the occasional cheer erupts from those around you, you have triumphed. Awesome!
Waking up in the middle of the night and realising you have a couple hours left to snore away.
When you suddenly wake up at three in the morning worried that you are running late, you take a look at your phone, watch, or alarm clock, do some quick math in your head,and realise you have four more hours left of your precious sleep.
So, go back to bed get your beauty sleep, and wake up a new person.
AWESOME
"Having the exact change for your purchase"
Whether you are at tim Hortons or even your favourite clothing store, it is just awesome to have the exact change right down to your very last penny, for your coffee or your newest addtion to your closet. The cashier will also be your new best friend.
You have so much to accomplish in the next week. You really can't take on anything more or you'll be pulling all nighters like there's no tomorrow. You're sitting in class knowing you have an assignment due, but you have no idea where to even begin. You've told yourself to work on doing a little bit every night but so far that hasn't worked out. You're panicking, it's due tomorrow. How on earth are you going to finish this. Even if you stayed up all night you probably won't have time to finish everything you need to. Then it happens, the teacher asks how everyone is doing with the assignment. Most people are in the same boat as you. The class pleads "we just need one more day, just give us the weekend." Then the teacher lifts the heaviest weight off your shoulders. "Fine, hand it in on Monday". You're biggest wish has come true. You might actually get a few hours of sleep tonight. You will be able to hand in a decent assignment. You can finally breathe again.
Awesome!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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#16 at the quarter term mark,.....you...your school..your community ...your world
as you know , our leadership program is to be participatory.....doing things...being involved....leading the way...setting an example
so , as always,....what have you done?
what have you done to contribute to the life of your school, your community , your world (not necessarily them all in such a short period of time....that's a big ask) in the first quarter of the term
explain as specifically as you can
(I won't ask you to put a mark on that at this point....I will at mid-term)
so , as always,....what have you done?
what have you done to contribute to the life of your school, your community , your world (not necessarily them all in such a short period of time....that's a big ask) in the first quarter of the term
explain as specifically as you can
(I won't ask you to put a mark on that at this point....I will at mid-term)
#15 leaders and leadership
another election tomorrow and turnout again expected to be very low (though complaints afterwords expected to be very high)
Why do today's political leaders fail to inspire / motivate / engage people .....especially young people?
respond
(simple test: name the leaders of the major provincial parties running to be premier this week)
Why do today's political leaders fail to inspire / motivate / engage people .....especially young people?
respond
(simple test: name the leaders of the major provincial parties running to be premier this week)
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