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My character diary

December 5, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Dear Diary,

I am absolutely excited that I have finally got the new carpet for the floor, it was getting pretty packed with all the toes hanging around. My two best friends came rushing to my place, desperate to talk. I knew that look when I saw it, so I quickly opened the door only to find them wasting their breath talking about some punishment being given. They said something about a person called Prometheus. When they had finally finished, my mouth stood ajar. I had no idea what was going on.

It was utterly weird of them to just come in and tell me such nonsense. It jumbled around my head, until it all hit me, Prometheus was the man who gave us fire! Because he didn’t teach anyone how to  make the fire in the first place, not to mention all the wood in the town. I was going back to sleep, when they grabbed me against my will and took me to the place where he was punished and was eaten by seagulls. I was shocked at what I was seeing, I hadn’t came for his punishment and must have missed it at home. Prometheus may have been buried, the un finished livers of the decent Titan.

It was completely devastated at the fact that the God Zeus, would commit such a treacherous crimes to fellow people of the city. This was officially the worst day of my life.

New Zealand Earthquake

November 17, 2016 / / 0 Comments

The earthquake happened because the continental plate and the oceanic plate collided, making the oceanic plate go beneath, when it snapped, that caused the earthquake. This also caused the tsunami, which had an effect on New Zealand.

This devastating Earthquake happened just recently, it was a strong _92420890_7608eab3-619b-42c5-a08b-102a66e21cf0magnitude of 7.5. The tragedy may have been a whopping size in magnitude, it actually didn’t kill a lot of people (only 2 people died).

The effects of this earthquake were that New Zealand’s citizens had to move quickly to other places because their homes weren’t fit for anyone to live in.

This monster went all over New Zealand and shook many houses. Many streets were practically split in half due to the chaos this terror of an earthquake brought to this harmless town. It just got worst every 5 minutes. It was only early on Monday when this happened. Even a Tsunami  came into view that was 15 meters deep and 100 meters back from the coast. It is strange that only 2 people died. This is because New Zealand is a very rich country, so they had enough to build earthquake proof buildings.

It may have been a 7.5, but scientists who studied this, pushed it up to a 7.8. This is a picture from the Earthquake, food smashed on the floor, cartons leak as they get stomped on by panicked citizens.

Many of these earthquakes are normally just short and they would go away, but this one kept on going on and on. It was getting worse every minute or so.

This devastating earthquake only killed 2 people, but it had a giant effect on the whole of New Zealand. It will stay as the most tragic thing that has ever happened in the whole of the country’s history.

The Many Faces of JJ Rawlings – My Hero

November 5, 2016 / / 0 Comments

In June 1979, Ghana was at a cross road, another military group was attacked. A young Air force pilot who a few weeks ago, awaiting assassination, was rescued by his colleagues and was going to help the people to June 4th revolution. He would be part of the group who would revolutionize Ghana. His name, was Jerry John Rawlings.

He gave this quote while awaiting assassination:

“I am not an expert in economics, and I am not an expert in law. But I am an expert in working on an empty stomach while wondering when and where the next meal will come from. I know what it feels like to go to bed with a headache, for want of food in the stomach”

He was born on the 22nd of June, 1947 in Accra Ghana. In March 1968, he started his training for the Flying school. Because of his skills, he won the Speed Bird trophy, and then became part of the Air force in April 1978. The early years of Ghana’s independence were full of joy because of the first President in Ghana Kwame Nkrumah. He was set to catapult the country to glory. But he wasn’t being supported any more, and he said that Ghana would only be a one party state. Kwame Nkrumah went to Vietnam and China, 1966, he was overthrown from his job because of him being disliked everywhere.

Jerry J. Rawlings, military and political leader in Ghana who twice (1979, 1981) overthrew the government and seized power. His second period of rule (1981–2001) afforded Ghana political stability and competent economic management.

From that day onward, he became a hero for doing the right thing. Later, he and his men formed a group called the A.F.R.C (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council). Rawlings and his Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ruled for 112 days, during which time the former heads of state, Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and Lieut. Gen. Frederick W.K. Akuffo, were tried and executed. Rawlings then yielded power to a freely elected civilian president, Hilla Limann, who promptly retired Rawlings from the air force.

The quality he possesses makes him a hero

Devastating Quake Leaves Thousands Dead In Afghanistan

October 26, 2016 / / 0 Comments

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Afghanistan suffered an unbelievable 4.2m earthquake that killed thousands of people, left hundreds of homes destroyed and lots injured. “It is the worst thing that has ever happened in the whole of Afghanistan, we don’t have enough money to pay for the damage.”

Sky news: What happened exactly when the quake struck?

Eye witness: We were all sleeping, it hit very fast and many were killed 1 minute into the earthquake

Sky news: What happened to the school girls, how many did you rescue?

Eye witness: We rescued only one, everyone else was dead.

Afghanistan suffered an unbelievable 4.2m earthquake that killed thousands of people, left hundreds of homes destroyed and lots injured. “It is the worst thing that has ever happened in the whole of Afghanistan, we don’t have enough money to pay for the damage.”

This earthquake was a whopping 4.2 magnitude. It may have been small, but even the smallest of earthquakes can cause a lot of damage. The country was hit on October 17th in the morning. Mastuj, a place in Pakistan, was only 154km away, along with two other cities: Termez and Kundus.

This earthquake was a whopping 4.2 magnitude. It may have been small, but even the smallest of earthquakes can cause a lot of damage. The country was hit on October 17th in the morning. Mastuj, a place in Pakistan, was only 154km away, along with two other cities: Termez and Kundus.

This monster of an earthquake was mainly centered in the mountains, in the Hindu Kush region. 767km (45 miles) South of Faizband. The death rate was set to rise as the badly affected places in the country. It is very remote and all sources of communication had been cut off. A school in the country had almost all the girls in the school dead when they were trying to get out. The aftershocks went as far as India and Tajikistan.

Wide Reading Project

September 20, 2016 / / 0 Comments

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During the year you will be asked to read a wide range of texts. Using texts studied in class as well as texts you have selected you will also complete a log of the reading process. Overall you will read eight texts including at least six written texts and two visual texts. You will complete log entries on each text and present a report on your findings.

Attached is the outline of your required personal reading project – inside is the guidance you need to make sure your own-choice reading is going to meet the wide reading criteria.

You can always ask your teacher for advice about which texts would be best to concentrate on – and once you’ve read each text, you’ll then be asked to write a journal entry on your blog explaining how it helped develop your understanding of The Individual and Society.

This year everyone in the school will be required to have a ‘book at hand’ – and for English students, it makes a good idea to make that book one that helps you towards this reading project.

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