TEDx field trip .

The TEDx talk in a word was ok.The speakers were interesting, and had different story's to tell, i liked the fact that it did not seem to matter who the speaker was or how old the speaker is as long as they had a point to make they were welcomed to the stage. although at first i was paying attention and taking in every word, it felt as though with every speaker the talks felt as though they were getting long and longer and i became less interested in the talks and just hoping the lunch, that was supposed to start 30 minutes ago, would come. i don't know if it was my attention  span or if everybody felt the talks were getting repetitive but by the time lunch ended i was ready to go home but to my dismay home was hour's away. so the TEDx started off really good but in my opinion it gradually got boring so i would give the TEDx talks a 4 out of 10.  

Allison's job-community manager.

The career that Allison has as a community manager is a job I don’t think I would enjoy. Although the thought of being able to do some work at home, creating websites, and having a lot of freedom and trust sounds nice I just can’t get over the years of school you’d have to take, the really long work hours, having to help people online, using a computer all day and all the reading and writing I’d have to do. The job would in my opinion be too boring and too intense for me, I wouldn’t be able to show the dedication to the job like Allison and would most likely end up fired or not even hired to begin with.

Are people mostly good or bad-opinion piece

In my opinion I believe that most people are good and some are bad. My reasoning is that we do things for others that don’t benefit us; we have a society that does not tolerate bad deeds such as murder or abuse.

My fist reason is that we do things for others that don’t benefit us. If most humans were truly bad we wouldn’t do things that wouldn’t benefit us, but we still give money to charities we help those in need we even do small things like hold the door for the person behind you, so that proves we care about others.

My last reason is we have a society that doesn’t tolerate bad deeds such as abuse or murder, there are even jobs set up around stopping crime from occurring the jobs don’t even offer a high pay, people will just risk their lives for the sake of keeping the peace for people they don’t know.

In conclusion there are more good people then bad people because we are willing to do things that don’t benefit ourselves and that we will not tolerate crime

The late penalty for school work.

In my opinion I believe the late penalty for school work should be changed, because there’s no point in handing in work that you’re not going to get full marks on, if they care about school they will try to hand the work in on time anyway, it’s not fair that you should be penalized because you need more time.

My first reason I think the late penalty should be changed is because there’s no point in handing in work you’re not going to get full marks for it. Some people will feel “ripped off” or “cheated” by this, they will decided to just give up and not even bothering to hand in the assignment, I know sometimes I would be working on a project and if it was late I wouldn’t even bother handing it in because I’d rather get a zero saying I didn’t hand in the project then get a 50 on something I worked really hard on.

My second reason is if they really care about school they will try to get the project in on time anyway. Most people enjoy to hand their work in on time and get flustered when the dead line is approaching whether or not there is a penalty for being late, I understand that there are some people who don’t care about deadlines but I and other people do prefer to get their projects in on time.

My last reason is you shouldn’t be penalized because you need more time, sometimes you will encounter problems like you have 50 other projects, you don’t understand the assignment or maybe you just don’t have the time.  I don’t think it’s fair to lose marks over something you can’t control. There are times when I don’t have the time to finish a project but I do try my hardest to get as far as I can.

There for I believe the late penalty for projects should be removed because people feel there is no point in handing it in if you don’t get full marks for it, if you really care about school you will try to get it in on time anyway, and it’s not fair to penalize someone because they need more time.

Personality Explorations

Personality type: I’m doer, I like to be prepared before I do a task and I prefer to work on my own.

Learning styles: I am kinesthetic (tactile) meaning I learn by doing.

Political learning: I am left-wing, so I support social change and I am libertarian so I also support political freedom.

Work values: self-expression - the job is more important than the pay, security – having a stable job.

Interest inventory: I am an information junkie so a job involving expressing myself with art and music and a job that involves solving puzzles or problems.

Myers-Briggs type inventory: jobs that are good for me are anthologist, Casting director, costume designer, set designer, and writer.

Right brained or left brained: I am right brained.

Emotional intelligence quotient: 65 out of 200 so I am below average.

True colours: orange – active, opportunistic, spontaneous, competitive, open-minded, adventuresome, impulsive, easy going, open to change, independent, enjoys freedom in relationships.

The four humours: melancholy – sensitive, intuitive, self-conscious, easily embarrassed, easily hurt, introspective, sentimental, moody, likes to be alone, empathetic, often artistic, often fussy and perfectionist, deep, and prone to depression.

My letter to Catherine Fife

Dear: Catherine Fife.                                                                                                            February, 26^th, 2013     

Before I begin I first have to think you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this letter. I understand you probably have a lot of things that have to be taken care of so I will try to make this short.

Recently I have been researching the issue of clawbacks for the welfare system and I believe the idea of taking money off of a person’s welfare cheque dollar for dollar is flawed(1). If they get too much money taken off of their welfare cheque just because they are making money beyond a set limit will discourage them, and cause them to feel that there is no point working(2).

I believe that instead of the government making it dollar for dollar they should make it an escalating percentage so they still get to keep some of the money they are making. If they feel that they are making money that will encourage them to work harder and longer (2). The more they work the more likely it is that they will get off of welfare.  This will then save the government money and the trouble of having to send a cheque to them. Once there off of welfare they will be out in the community with a job and some money they will start to buy more things than they used to and paying taxes that will give the government more money to spend on things of other importance, they will then become part of the economy by earning money and buying things.

I hope you will take what I have said into consideration and plan on changing the welfare clawback system to make Ontario a better place to live.

Sincerely

Samantha Heinbecker

(1)   – www.cbc.ca/news/background/personalfinace/clawbacks.html

(2)   – www.globalnews.ca/tories+propose+to+reward+welfare + recipients + whotwork + those + who +don’t/6442790835/story.html     

The munchkin cat

                    Munchkin cat breed.

Although there are many different breeds of cats, some new and some ancient, I will inform you about a relatively new breed of cat the munchkin.

The munchkin is a cat that is mostly known for its abnormally short legs, most cats will tend to have longer legs to make climbing trees easier. Through a natural genetic mutation this breed turned out different. Most people think that because they have a mutation there will also be health issues for this breed but surprisingly the munchkin is very agile, being able to do all the tasks a “normal” cat can do such as run, jump, pounce, and play. Although the physical part for this cat is normal they have an issue with breeding, the munchkin cat should not breed with another munchkin because most of the kittens in that litter will not survive, that is not to say the munchkin can’t breed, the munchkin can create many different interesting breeds such as a lambkin, genneta, and minskin but whether or not the kittens have the munchkin gene is a 50/50 chance.

Because this is a relatively new breed of cat we are able to trace the cat back to the first munchkin found. The first munchkin was found in the U.S by Ellen kasten in 1964 in the town of Westbury New York; Ellen Kasten named the short legged cat “little one” but unfortunately little one was never pregnant and never had kittens so the munchkin was not a breed at that point. Years later another short legged cat was found again under Sandra Hochendel’s truck in 1083, Sandra Hochendel named the pregnant cat Blackberry, when Blackberry had kittens half of them had the short legged gene there for creating the munchkin breed of cat.

http://www.cat-breeds-encyclopedia.com/Munchkin-cat.html