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my inovation day project review

This year for innovation day we had a little different process to complete. Every other year we did the scientific method to complete our projects: question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, results, analysis, and finally conclusion. This year however we followed the design thinking project. This form of experimentation was more hands-on. Empathy, define, ideate, prototype, and test was the formula we followed this year. When we first started our projects I was pretty nervous because I’ve never done projects like this before although I was excited to be building more this year. The goal of this year’s project or the empathize was to build the best sled for winter. As this project progressed I got more comfortable with how this process was done. I had a lot of fun woodworking, painting and figuring out new ways to improve our sled. Every time we worked on it we tweaked it because me and my partner kept seeing new ways to make our sled the best sled we could build. The one thing that my partner and I had trouble with was calculating the length of the wood and the angle we would chop the wood. It took a lot of time researching and calculating what would work best and being precise with our cuts to make sure we would have an aerodynamic sled that would crush the competition. At the end of this project I walked away with a third place medal which goes to show if you put effort into your work you will succeed in life. All the qualities in my sled reflected on my effort and all these things will be the key to success in life.

of mice and men site

the site

this is a site about a ranch we created revolving around mice and men.

Protected: food truck

terry fox social media project

this is a project that i did in English’s class to commemorate terry and his marathon of hope. the goal of the project was to post at least ten pictures with each post. each post is to show terry’s journey and what he accomplished. as i was researching this project i saw a video of terry in Tampa Bay. it was him concluding his marathon of hope. that struck a cord in me him knowing that it might be the end really hit me hard. i know now how import cancer research is so everyone please lets make this world a better place one step at a time

my goals for the year

this year i have set goals to help me strive with academics and socially improve my life. these are my goals.

My S.M.A.R.T. goal is…	Two practical steps I can take to achieve this goal are…

Is to try and be a better organized student at home and in school with my work.	Organize my desk at home and in school Add more to my calendar to notify me Check my homework board each day and update my personal calendar at home
Try to get into a team sport (basketball) and make friends and have team experiences.	Practice hard and try to engage with other kids Be friendly
I want to get a lot better at pie and the understanding of it.	Ask for more help from friends and colleagues Try and do research on my own
I want to be a better leader	Help be a role model in school with work Be a role model at home for my brothers

picket Avot

this is a project i had to do to study the Mishnah we had to pick a verse and connect it to a song that could relate.

Verse:
“Rabbi [Judah HaNassi]* would say: Which is the right path for man to choose for himself? Whatever is harmonious for the one who does it, and harmonious for mankind.

Be as careful with a minor mitzvah as with a major one, for you do not know the rewards of the mitzvot. Consider the cost of a mitzvah against its rewards, and the rewards of a transgression against its cost. Contemplate three things, and you will not come to the hands of transgression: Know what is above from you: a seeing eye, a listening ear, and all your deeds being inscribed in a book” (Avot 2:1)

The meaning of this parashat is that in life there are going to be choices and you need to pick the choice for you and your community. For example, when you are working on a group assignment, each person has a role to play. If an individual chooses not to do their part, it can negatively impact others. The lesson you can take from this is don’t give into peer pressure or dumb ideas, you have to do what’s right for you and your future.

The song that I picked is called Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. This song is about a father who does not care for his child and chooses to ignore him, resulting in the child learning to grow up by himself. “My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away” (Hapin). This is a part of the song that states that the father knows the boy is growing up and does not care. This lyric shows that the father is choosing not to help his son grow up. He makes a choice that negatively affects his son. These are the ideas that we have to consider when making important decisions.

Don’t separate yourself from the community which means don’t cut off a connection with others that would help you in times of

Hillel said: do not separate yourself from the community, Do not trust in yourself until the day of your death, Do not judge your fellow man until you have reached his place. (Avot 2:2)

Don’t separate yourself from the community which means don’t cut off a connection with others that would help you in times of need.

If you don’t allow yourself to have connections then you wont allow yourself to love or care for someone. Don’t disconnect yourself

from the community because I believe that depression is a form of loneliness and if you’re surrounded by people who love and care

for you you can’t be lonely. I chose the song mother by Pink floyd. This song is about a guy wants to build a wall or separate himself

from his family, friends and community. Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb? Mother, do you think they’ll like this song?

Mother, do you think they’ll try to break my balls? Ooh-ah, Mother, should I build the wall?. This is showing that he is contemplating

on building that separation. This connects to the verse because people sometimes have these thoughts, but you need to look around

and see that there are people who care for you so you don’t have to be lonely.

Holocaust blog post

in class we are learning about the holocaust and i listened to a podcast about a boxer who was sent to ausvichs, the people there made him fight his friends for entertainment, but some nights he would risk his life just to steel some bread for his friends. every time he went to steel some bread he was risking his life for his friends and one day when he was running back with some food he was shot. the name of this man was Victor “Young” Perez.

imagine what he had to go through. torcher day in and day out, forced to fight his friend, almost no food to eat. the moment that most captivated me was his death how he was shot just because he was taking care of his friends. I was impacted by the story because I saw when I heard that he died because of food. It showed me how horrible it was back then for Jews. this story can help kids all around the world to show how cruel people used to be to Jews all around the world.

It is important to commemorate the holocaust so that way we can remember what happened so it doesn’t happen again but it is also important to look forward and to forgive what happened in the past. I learned from this source that even in some of the worlds darkest times there was still kindness and compassion.

My Jewish Values Blog Post

Earlier this year me and a partner where working on a Jewish Values project. the goal of the project was to pick five Jewish values with a partner and then right about why you picked them.

My partner and I partner chose: Love, kindness, Understanding, Responsibility, and Service work. We chose these values because there all a core part of life.

Two things that I have learned are… One: I learned how to cooperate with my partner when she wanted to do something that I didn’t we cooperated to find a solution. Two: I learned its better to do it sooner then to leave it to the last minute.

the dangers of texting well driving

The Dangers Of texting While Driving are so high I don’t even know why people do it. Hello, today we are talking about driving and texting at the same time!

Did you know that every day everyone’s life is in danger because of texting while driving. When you do it you’re not focused on the road so you could easily drive through a red light, or miss your turn, and maybe even get into a car accident. A Lot of texting in the car is done by young adults. “the current study investigated this behavior by looking at patterns of use and driver assessment of the risk of the behavior”(Atchley). Additionally “teens are the most inexperienced drivers out there, and they are also the most addicted to texting”(Soltan).

There are some ways to stop people you know from texting while driving. First of all, if you’re a parent, set a rule so when they’re in the car they have to leave their phone at home because they don’t really know the dangers of it. The second thing you can do is when your friend or you are driving you should ask them for when they’re texting they should pull over. The third thing you can do is suggest that you send messages for your friends so they don’t have to be in the car (Wellskopf). The fourth and final thing you can do to help them is to tell them the fine like in Oregon has the highest penalty for texting and driving. In Oregon the fine goes up to 1000 dollars.(Texting and Driving Laws and Fines by State).

So as tempting as it may be to text while you drive, remember that “Cell phones are involved in 1.6 million auto crashes each year that cause a half million injuries and take 6,000 lives (United States Department of Transportation)” (Dangers).

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