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How the drought is slowing down Australia’s economy. Because Australia’s drought is so bad it will slow down the economy because the less water that people can use, means the less water for crops to grow on farms.  The farm output could fall by 20 percent and will reduce the gdp in the year ahead by about half a percentage point. The economic slow down comes as
Australia’s enters an unprecedented 16^th year of growth

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To me this diary entry was not very happy. I think it was created out of anger because the whole time she was victimizing her sister and her parents. But it also had a lot of deep thought and meaning and it was pretty well written. To me when she was writing this she was totally unaware of what was going on, outside of her life, because she didn’t mention that at all. I also think that what she says about her sibling and her mum is basically the same as what most people our age would write; to me it is very real. I think right at this stage in the diary she is just a normal girl. I relate with Anne in this because it is similar to my family because my mum is the one who I always argue with, and my dad is the one who lets me get away with things and the understanding one. He is also the one that cares about education similar to Anne as he is the one that wants me to succeed in life. When I think of Anne I think of me but as a male, more like Anne at the beginning of the diary. As I do not go into much thought and am not that interested in writing, but we do share the same kind of qualities, like we are both curious of what’s going on what everyone is doing, and always victimizing our parents and having the same opinions about our siblings and mum and dad.  

If I was in Ann Frank’s position the things I would take for entertainment or for sentimental reasons would be. A computer to play games and to communicate using instant messenger and to listen to music, and to research or get information from the internet. Another thing I would take would be pictures of friends or family just in case something bad happened and I would never be able to see them again or a reason like that just to remember them. Another item I would take would be some dvd’s to watch movies, and some books because I might start to get bored of the other things if I had stay in a place like Ann for 2 years to help me not go insane. The fifth and final thing I would take would be a guitar so I can practice and probably get really good over a two year period.

Lord of the Flies is a book that we read In English it is a book by William Golding. My class did a project on it we could choose from a variety of different assignments and I chose to write a blurb on the book and do a new front cover. I wrote about the themes of the book and what it is about and who the characters are. I explained what the characters represent and the importance of what they represent. We are using the ESLR on this project so we can get a better understanding of them. We also used the Blooms Taxonomy to help us as well.

I wasn’t being a self-directed learner in this project, because I didn’t really take responsibility in making my own ideas and also developing untried ideas. If I had done this it would have affected my grade and would have made it better. To me this means that I should have developed and made my own ideas from scratch. Next time I will not look for ideas before making my project. I would grade myself C+ because I used this well on writing the blurb because I just made it off the knowledge I had of the book, but making the front cover I used the Internet to find ideas.

I thought I was an academic achiever in this project. I was an academic achiever in this project because I used a variety of sources from the internet .This means that accessing info from a variety of sources. In my opinion this means that that I should use a variety of sources to research information to help me with my project. To put it in a better perspective I should use the internet and books to gather information to help me with my project. I think I used this on my project quite well but there could be improvement so I would grade myself a B.  Next time I will do just a little bit more of gathering information from the Internet and from books that I could borrow from the library.

During this project I thought I was a critical thinker. I was a critical thinker in this project because I used my prior knowledge that I had and I also researched for new knowledge. This means that I have to build meaning and understanding using knowledge I already have, and researching for new information. In my perspective this means that that I should use knowledge that I have and incorporate it in my project, and also gather new knowledge from sources like Internet, books, and also incorporate this into my project. On my next project I will use prior knowledge and knowledge that I gather from the internet and books and use that knowledge and incorporate it in my project. I think that I did this just average about a C+ to a B-.

 While I was doing this project I wasn’t an effective communicator. This means listening respectfully and facilitate understanding and achieve insight. If I had achieved in doing this it would have made my grade higher. I believe this means that I need to ask more questions about the subject with my project and also to achieve more and a better grade. I mean that I should ask a lot more questions to achieve my best grade and to achieve more out of this project. On my next project I will ask more questions to get a better understanding and to get a better grade and I will also listen respectfully. I would give myself a D because I didn’t really do this at all and I think this affected my grade the most because I didn’t ask questions to understand what to do more.

When I was working on this project I thought I was kind of a self-directed learner. I used this in my project by adjusting my work and proof reading it but I didn’t it as well as I could have. This means monitor, adjust and document work in progress. This means that I should change and adjust my work that is in progress. I need to change and adjust what I am doing with any subject on my project for a better outcome and grade. On my next and a better grade, so basically I will just try harder to make the document better. I would grade myself a C because I didn’t do this that good and I could of done it a lot better, and if I did I would have got more out of doing this project I will monitor and adjust my project a lot or than what I did for a better outcome and a better grade.

In conclusion I need to work more on being a self directed learner because I didn’t really make up my own ideas and didn’t come up with any new ones so I am going to have to work on this for my next project. Another eslr I need to learn to do better is being an effective communicator respectfully and facilitate understanding and achieve insight, so I need to ask more questions and listen with more enthusiasm. In this project I was an ok self-directed learner in monitor, adjust and document work in progress because I changed my project a little bit but not enough and maybe I made it to short, so I should of made it longer to get a better grade and get more out of doing this project, so next time I will have to do this better. All of the eslr’s that I did well in this project, there is still room for improvement to make these better so I will just have to work harder in all eslr’s, to get more out of English and a better grade out of English and maybe not just English every class. Overall I need to work on my self-directed learning skills and my effective communicating skills.

What does it mean to be courageous?

In my own opinion, I think being courageous is setting goals for yourself and reaching them in any way you can, and it also means to go for what you believe in. I think people that are courageous will probably be very successful in what ever they do from working to playing games or sports. For an example someone who is always being courageous is a fireman like running in to burning buildings and putting out fires is pretty dangerous and they risk there life saving someone, to me that is a pretty big sacrifice, and not just anyone can do that you have to be courageous to be able to do that. But something like that is very courageous I mean it could be a smaller thing like not being afraid of a horror movie, I think a synonym of this would be brave because all aspects of courage are basically the same as the aspects of brave. So in conclusion someone who is courageous is someone who puts other people before them and that, or someone who is not afraid to do things or watch things or witness things.

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