My Mom Reads My Blog

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO:

1) Have you read your son/daughters blog? Was there anything that surprised you or stood out immediately? What was your favourite part about reading his/her reflections? What did you learn about your son/daughter that you didn't know before reading the blog? What part of your child's growth/personality has been reaffirmed for you? What is missing in the blog that you think s/he should include for the teacher or peers? If you were evaluating him/her on his/her blogging efforts, what would you say? What would you give him/her out of 25? How did you come up with that number?
Yes, I read my daughter's blog. My favourite part was when she encouraged the team to know each other so they can play better, is such a good feeling for a mother to see your child can do something for others. I'll give her 20/25. Not too perfect but i'm satisfied.


HEALTHY LIVING:

2) What do you notice about your child's health choices outside of school? What activity and or diet choices does s/he make on their own? What exercise/eating choices are encouraged buy the family/household? Did you see any evidence of this in his/her blog? What is missing that should be included? What improvements do you think your child could/should make to further his/her understanding and participation in his/her own health? What things can you as parent do to push this learning/practice? If you were to evaluate your son/daughter on their progress towards personal healthy life choices what would you say? What mark would you give them out of 25 for his/her efforts and demonstration of those efforts in the blog? How did you come up with that number?

Actually, I can see that Marcia is aware of what she's eating. As teenager, mostly they don't like vegetables and fish, but for Marcia, she can eat those stuffs everyday without complaints. If missing something, probably more pictures. For further understanding  about health? She should continue reading and watching all documentaries about health and lifestyle livings. This time i give her 25/25 for the efforts.

Buddies: modified baseball and lacrosse

So throughout these two days, i feel like i improved with my leadership skills.

I think that becase, i've been more vocal and outgoing than usual. Maybe its the big sister instincts. Well anyways, i was confident on what i was doing as leader; i was wncouraging, setting an example, and acting like the little buddies are not just team mates but firends.

I was doing modified baseball with Katia, Sarah, and Calista, and let me tell you, they did a great job as leaders and teachers. Katia was really good at being a teacher for the little buddies, while Sarah and Calista were good at cheering for the buddies and encouraging them that they are capable of hitting the ball. All in all, we worked well together and i can see leadership potential among the three.

Samething with lacrosse, but the difference was i noticed that there was one thing that i have to work on. Although i was good at setting the instructions, and brining the team of small buddies together, i was a quiet coach. Unlike Miki, Calista, and Janelle, who were constantly cheering them on, i was rather quiet for a leader. It's becase i didnt know what to say, i was hesitant, which made me feel wierd. Well, i dont like it and next time i'll be as loud as Miki, Calista and Janelle, for i admired their cheering.

Side note:
so far in this buddy project, i feel like i've gotten closer with my buddies (yes i have two). We actually talk to eachother and it wasnt as awkward as it was in the first day. Not only that, being around with my buddies is like having two little sisters with me, and i love it. I hope they see me as a older sister.

Oh no... i'm going to be really sad when this buddy project ends.

Lacrosse

So, half of neufs class amd i decided to organize a lacrosse activity ourselves.

It was pretty difficult to get everyones attention, but we managed to get the group (consists of mostly meufs class and some students from other gym classes) divided into teams. Before we actually play the game, we advised thw red and blue team to practice throwing and catching the ball. At the time, i was in team blue, and there (at first) everyone was passing the ball to the people that they are close to. Im not saying it was a bad thing, its just that be because of that, some of our team mates were leftout and thats an issue. Due to my observation i encouraged everyone to get to know eachother a little so that they can work together effectively. In the end me stepping up and promoting to the team felt good. I also felt that i've grown up a little; taking the initiative to bring a positive contribution to others by myself.

I would also like to add that team work and knowing your matesis very important to me, so that was why i did that.

Ps. Very proud on what we did there, amazing job blue team!! v(｡･ω･｡)v

Hm, Gym Class...why?

lately, i've  been pondering about why i go to gym class.

every class i'm ready with the appropriate attire, and with the appropriate attitude. 

every class i try my best, even though there are activities that i have a burning hatred of (insanity)

 let's talk about the activities that i dont like. 

i can skip class whenever the activity is something that i dont like; i can skip class when ever i want, but i dont, so why?

why do i show up for fitness and follow some sweaty, panting, beefcake on some workout video? 

why do i try my hardest in hill runs, even though my ass hurts like no tomorrow? and why do i keep repeating that?

well, first of all, it's because i want to set an example for those who are giving up or gave up (during fitness); i want to encourage them tat they can do it, i want to make them believe that they can surpass the negativity and the 'i cant do it's. 

also, another reason is that, my friends are there. my friends are the best, they motivate me, and i motivate them. not only that, gym is fun when i'm with them.

Lastly, going to gym class is a way for met to relieve stress. doing fitness takes my mind off of anything that gives me anxiety, and if i try harder in gym, i can relieve my anxiety. in addtion, rugby is the same thing, and its a way to let out my anger. i love it.   

Cooking my own dinner

Cooking my own dinner is pretty cool. i mean since im the one who's drving the car of nutrition i getto have control on what im eating and how much.

Tonight on the round table, Squire Marcia puts the stoves a flame to stir up an asian vegatble stirfry, heavily sprinkled with fish. Which Squire Marcia shall feast upon right after this blog post is complete.  

Dance week

dance week as a potpourri of "wow i'm so good at this", "eh", and "wow i suck"

Even though i suck, i still dance, no matter how much i sucked.

On a somewhat serious note, i keep myself up throughout the poses that were constantly bombarded at me. also, to me this week was kind of a mental challenge for me. I'm not a good dancer, but i still did it for some reason; maybe it's because of my drive to learn new  things? i'm not sure but i tried the best i can, so i found it achieving.

with my attitude of  trying-and-not-caring-how-bad-i-looked, i hope that my attitude radiates to the the people that surrounded me that day.  

Rugby

It almost the end of the season, and as a noob of rugby, i got some things to say about the sport.

Rugby is fun, well once you understand the poditions and rules. Also, its different to the sports that i've played, wich was the reason i kept playing; i want to learn more. Even the concept of rugby (in my coach's perspective) is really cool. On the field, during a game our team is a brick wall that no one can go through, and this brick wall can only be achived through communication on the field. So in other words, everyones connected. This was different for me because in sports like basketball, there wasnt alot of connection or communication. In basketball, some can just run the ball by themselves and get a shot by themselves. On the orher hand, in rugby everyones working to get the point, and i like that.

I hope the rest of the team felt that way.