Homework All blocks April 19/24
My reflection:
I enjoyed today’s presentations, each one varied. (I’m not saying some of them sucked, but some they were different) Some were really funny, and some were just nice, like the enthusiasm, and the energy… mine was pretty good I guess. I was pretty satisfied with what I’ve got. I mean I had a lot of information, and the speech I wrote was… not that - never mind, but, okay, my oral speech was a little dull. I don’t have stage fright, but it feels weird to read something out loud inside a classroom. Really, I’d rather do it in front of a full audience inside a 300-seat theatre (which I have done before and is not as bad as the classroom). Maybe if I did this over again, I might try to packed more things into it, rehearsed the thing more, and maybe dress up too!
Homework All blocks April 19/24 Part I
For this assignment, I had to be Thoth. Thoth is the god of scribes, knowledge, science, inventor of writing, all that stuff.
http://http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2962/colourbook/thoth.gif
My speech:
Who am I? You want to know? Every person and has a story of their life. I will tell you mine. Let me introduce myself, I am Thoth also Tehuty, Djuhuty, and Djehuti, plus Dhouti, Zehuti, Tahuti, and ooh, of course, Zhouti, and Techa, and Thout, and many others, but just Thoth is fine. A great Egyptian god of all knowledge and scribes I am; science, intelligence, wisdom, inventor of writing, creator of magic, messenger of gods, I have created a path for your future, by giving what I claim to be important knowledge. And even I had to come to be. I will tell you everything.
Now, you all remember Ra. Him, well, I flew out of the waters with him, although some consider me being created by that - uh, oh… (Suddenly) ignorant idiot… He cursed many gods, but I was the only one that has overcome it… (Like talking to himself) oh, that Ra, who thinks he’s all that, he’ll pay… oh… (Murmur) He thinks I’m his son!!! And still to some people… Ahem! Anyways, I came out of the waters… but at that time, I was only a moon god, associated with the moon. Eventually, over time… I changed into what is a fabulous and most wonderful god of knowledge. And I now have a called Ma’at.
Many consider me to be depicted as a man with an ibis head, holding a stylus and a writing palette, the most wonderful objects ever to have been created by… moi! Some people, however, see me as a full ibis, or a baboon. My main cult center is in a place called Hermopolis… where that was my main “center”.
I also played a roll in afterlife. I worked as a clerk, recording the judgments of all the people. My magic powers could be used to heal many things, if necessary. I was also a minister for Osirian myths.
So for all you followers of moi, I thank you, you are what you learn. Continue doing it, I wish you all the best on your journey. I will help you… who am I? Thoth…
Who am I? You want to know? Every person and has a story of their life. I will tell you mine. Let me introduce myself, I am Thoth also Tehuty, Djuhuty, and Djehuti, plus Dhouti, Zehuti, Tahuti, and ooh, of course, Zhouti, and Techa, and Thout, and many others, but just Thoth is fine. A great Egyptian god of all knowledge and scribes I am; science, intelligence, wisdom, inventor of writing, creator of magic, messenger of gods, I have created a path for your future, by giving what I claim to be important knowledge. And even I had to come to be. I will tell you everything.
Now, you all remember Ra. Him, well, I flew out of the waters with him, although some consider me being created by that - uh, oh… (Suddenly) ignorant idiot… He cursed many gods, but I was the only one that has overcome it… (Like talking to himself) oh, that Ra, who thinks he’s all that, he’ll pay… oh… (Murmur) He thinks I’m his son!!! And still to some people… Ahem! Anyways, I came out of the waters… but at that time, I was only a moon god, associated with the moon. Eventually, over time… I changed into what is a fabulous and most wonderful god of knowledge. And I now have a called Ma’at.
Many consider me to be depicted as a man with an ibis head, holding a stylus and a writing palette, the most wonderful objects ever to have been created by… moi! Some people, however, see me as a full ibis, or a baboon. My main cult center is in a place called Hermopolis… where that was my main “center”.
I also played a roll in afterlife. I worked as a clerk, recording the judgments of all the people. My magic powers could be used to heal many things, if necessary. I was also a minister for Osirian myths.
So for all you followers of moi, I thank you, you are what you learn. Continue doing it, I wish you all the best on your journey. I will help you… who am I? Thoth…
Earth Day
Sources:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1613762,00.html
What is the issue?
The “issue” is that on April 22nd, all over the world, people took part in Earth Day. Earth Day is a special day where people around the globe all take part in cleaning up all the streets, and the beaches, and we all take care of the environment. People let the cars take a rest, and projects to protect the environment are held. One example is in New York; a plan is to plant up to a million trees in the big city, so that the trees could suck up carbon dioxide, and the city mayor hopes the city could cool down. Wal-Mart employees clean up and do community service… scientists are also working on reusing everything so that everything we throw out can be made into new things. This is part of a plan called zero waste. Another interesting project is to see if olive oil or vegetable oil can power our cars. This should stop pollution and global warming.
Who is involved?
The entire world is involved because we are the ones who could help stop these things from happening, like global warming, and reusing stuff, recycle stuff… etc. etc. etc. We are the ones that can help. If everyone did something small, then it would obviously make into something big… which would then help the world.
Who is affected and how?
We all are. We are affected because of course the effects of if and if we don’t do anything about stuff that’s going on will affect out lives. Stuff like zero waste, and vegetable oil powered cars will have great effects on the Earth… which is what we live in, which will affect us.
What would I do if I were directly involved?
All right, there I not a “directly involved” thing in here. Although I might want to find a way to make way for new Earthly projects. If that’s not possible (it might be), I will just do what everyone should be doing, like recycling that soda can, or turning off the TV when no one’s watching it… if everyone did something little (and there are lots of everyones) it will equal something big. So go ahead. Spread the word, make a difference.
