English - Honourable Al Shaymaa J. Kwegyir, an albino in Tanzania

Throughout my reading, the article that got me intrigued is the story about the albinos in some countries in africa. I have chosen this article since it got me interested in how albinos are getting treated. In fact, Albinos in Tanzania are being cast out by their family, in some tribes they get killed after they get birthed. Sadly, albinos are also being sought for their body parts as the witch doctors use them to make a potion for good luck and bring wealth. "Your stories represent the challenges that we are all here to confront. They will inspire and remind us of the very real effects of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on lives everywhere." This quote by Al Shaymaa J. Kwegyir inspired many people to fight back and changed people's perspective, especially the people who were Albino. This demonstrates the negative effects of discrimination on society. “People fear for what they don’t understand”, This relates to the Albinos in Tanzania who were being discriminated against, because they are different. They have a different skin colour. This story is important because it informs and educates people about the physical features of albinos and stopping the pursuit of albinos for their body parts.

Goal in School - ESOL

 In ESOL, We discuss about how we relive stress to do better at school. I choose to do time managing  so I don't feel stressed and pressured. I manage to fix my time schedule, usually I sleep for 4 - 6 hours a day then I noticed that im always in bad mood it is because I lack sleep, so I decided to change it and get better myself, now I sleep for atleast 7 - 9 hours a day. It is really not that hard to change, you just lack decipline. 

The negative effects of discrimination on society

The negative effects of discrimination on society

Theme for Close Viewing/Connections

1. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

        

 - Discrimination is making a distinction against a person or thing based on the group, class or category they belong to, rather than basing any action on individual merit. A simple distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that prejudice is to do with attitude, discrimination is to do with action. Courtesy

2. Why does prejudice persist in society?

       - Prejudice is more likely to develop and persist where: groups have different or conflicting key values • others are seen as different • people see their identity in terms of belonging to particular groups, and • their groups discriminate against others. Courtesy

3. How do we see discrimination in Noughts and Crosses?

       

-  The Noughts are discriminated by their skin color, their civil rights and education, even access to healthcare. 

4. List one specific historic/current example of EACH of these types of discrimination. Include specific details:

1. Racial - Black History Milestones: Timeline

2. Religious - America’s True History of Religious Tolerance

3. Gender - Gender Discrimination

4. Sexual orientation - History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Social Movements

5. What is stereotyping?

- In social psychology, a stereotype is a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people. By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Courtesy

6. What is one example of stereotyping?

-Racial Profiling: One of the more common stereotype examples is stereotypes surrounding race. For example, saying that all Blacks are good at sports is a stereotype, because it's grouping the race together to indicate that everyone of that race is a good athlete. Courtesy

7. What is Social Identity Theory?

-Social identity theory explains that derive esteem from a group that they positively identify with, therefore they favor it. They allocate more resources to the in-group to maximize the difference between their in-group and out-groups in order to achieve such identifications. Courtesy

 

ESOL

 - What you like

What I like in the novel was all the new knowledge that I learned reading through the book.

- What you don't like 

What I don't like about the novel is nothing, I enjoyed reading the book.

- How you feel about the parallel learning essay future

-What you would like to do with this knowledge (games/Kahoot/etc.)

In my opinion, I would probably make a Kahoot based on the knowledge that I knew and in the book.

ESOL - Desperado by Eagles

 The word Desperado means a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal.

The song 'Desperado by Eagles' is about a cowboy who refuses to fall in love, but it could also be mean about a young man who discovers guitar, joins a band, pay his dues and suffer for his art. 

Wananga Reflection

 This week, in Wananga, We set our goals for the year in mymahi and we also did the weekly test, we did better than the previous test,  then we played the geoguesser game, it was quite hard. 

ESOL

  If I were stuck in the middle of the Mountains in New Zealand in winter, what items would be best to bring? Starting with a Lighter, you can set fire with a lighter that can be used for cooking and making a campfire to stay warm. Lighters are one of the basic needs of a survival kit, every hiker brings at least 1 before setting off. 

Secondly, is a machete, it is necessary for cutting trees and hunting, it also can be used for defence from feral animals in the mountain, such as wild snakes etc. 

The last thing you need for survival is food and water, you can’t survive in the wild without eating a single food, although you can hunt wild animals for your food but isn't as easy as you think and it would be better if you have emergency food, next is Water, you can live a month without eating,  however, you will not Elive for a week without drinking water, although you can look for a river for freshwater. 

Bringing a survival kit would be the best option. The survival kit already had most of the things that I said, it already had a flashlight, blanket and many more.

ESOL - Feb 11, 2021

 1. Do a blog entry on the 321 RIQ strategy of reflection.

- On today's  ESOL we learnt about 321 RIQ, it is a strategy of reflection, it means 3 Recalls for 3 things that you remember about the lesson, 2 Insight for the 2 new things you learnt on the lesson, and 1 Question is for 1 question about something for what you didn't understand or things that are not still clear to you. 

2. Write a 321 reflection of ESOL 1 so far 

- For the past ESOL classes, we have done a few activities such as an introduction game, we need to introduce ourselves with a verb started with the letter of your name then what you like, next we did the Benefits Blogging, I learnt how necessary teacher knowing our opinions is, my question is how is it benefiting students.