Samuel @ Ōtaki College
I am a student at Ōtaki College in Ōtaki, NZ. My blog is a place where I will be able to share some of my learning. Please note....some work won't be edited - they are just my first drafts, so there may be some errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas on my posts.
Friday, November 12, 2021
Blog about going to Kapiti island
Monday, June 14, 2021
A blog about school:\ And about how I feel about it
We all hate going to school because we have to do work, and write in books, mostly reading. The options we do are fun, but there is always one thing that ruins it. The mean and naughty kids, my most hated people are in one of my classes, and I hate them like I want them to die, the naughty ones are irresponsible, never listen to the teacher, and don't give a damn about anyone's feelings, like mine:\
Bullies are the only ones that try to stop you in life and not get through anything, just like that. school is just a small part of your life and it's very important. The naughty kids in class will play games or go on their phones while the teacher is not looking. When the teacher comes, they hide their screens. They try to hide it by bribing the teacher with work they did or copied and pasted, thinking that the teacher would let them off, and IT ACTUALLY WORKS, which I hate, most of this is mostly about me and how I think of it.
I only like to spend time with my friends and others, that are kind and do good things only at school
//I get taunted everyday by the same people I hate like heeck..,<---
Monday, May 10, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
How Maori land film festival was
On Thursday 25th of march all the year 7/8/and 9 s walked to Maori land film festival, we left at 9 am in the morning and walked to the memorial hall, while we were walking, some people were naughty and walked on the road, and went to the dairy to buy candy, and they weren't aloud. When we got there the crowed was huge, and it took like 8 mins to get inside, because there was also other school that came to see the films too.
the place I sat was next to the low areas, and one big horizontal pole was kind of in the way, and I was not that tall, but i was just tall enough to see the whole screen. One thing I did not like is was people being disrespectful, they were chatting when the films were on, and kicking chair, and also on their phones playing games. Some people were told off, or told to move somewhere else.
some films were interesting, some were funny, and some were kind of Meh. The first film was about a fox and a wolf, who did not like each other, but they helped each other and became friends for ever. Another one was about a girl who was practising her Maori singing and her poi fling dance. She started off bad but got very good over time. Tho other films were about peoples cultures and traditions, and how they live, And also some other films.
At the end when they finished while we were leaving we all got to vote what one they liked, and I did not vote because I did not know what the names of the films were, I did not understand Maori words. While we were walking back people were going to the dairy again to buy things, But the teacher caught them and they got in trouble and more people walking on the road. They were told off after we go back.
Friday, March 5, 2021
Good and bad things about the week
This week was meh, something fun is that in science we got to make a solar oven, and it was not easy. We had to get a box and put tin foil on it and tape it together, we had to fill the entire inside with foil. we used black paper so it will trap more heat in to light dose not escape, and the tin foil will reflect the light heating up the inside making it hotter. We have not done this yet because we just completed it yesterday.
my most hated part was yesterdays art class, because of bullies, and they won't leave me alone, they keep talking about inappropriate content about where I live, and saying sexist things about my family, I did't like it because I was annoyed the whole period and I didn't fell like doing it, so I spent the whole period and the entire 1 hour break depressed about it, but when I went to science class I was no longer sad. The same thing happened on Wednesday, the some people won't leave me alone, they will still bully me. and the same thing happens, but not always.
On Wednesday we did posters about yourself and I completed mine with someone else. Because we wanted to stay in class and do it so we finished it when the break ended, but the teacher told me to add some more and more background colour, for it to be colourful. It was very fun and I liked doing it and, I got to stay in class. I did not even have any lunch so there is not point going out on break. While we were doing it there was a dog from the other side of the fence barking a lot and people were teasing it. they were trying to grab a stick and make the dog look at it and bark, when the owner came out to tell the dog to come back in it was still barking, and it walked back into the house.
honestly the week was very boring ill rather stay at home and play games, except for the fun parts of school. I also have to write about my week in class every Friday, the last day of school week, everything has to end very boringly, especially when its Sunday, the last day of our weekend, I have to vacuum the cars and clean them and also wipe the dust off, and I don't even get paid or get any credit for doing it, my life is very boring and chores stuff, and very annoying when my dad will shout and me when I don't do what he says.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
What I enjoyed and not enjoyed this week
This week was very annoying, because one person keeps following where I sit and he keeps kicking me for fun and I don't like it, wherever I sit he will sit next to me. Our class is good because there are no bad people, only 1-2 people are irresponsible, they go on the wrong thing like games when they lie about it, and the teacher always believes them and not me, even if I'm telling the truth.
A good thing is that we got to do good stuff in science, like balloon experiments and use Bunsen burners to boil water. With the balloon experiment we used less than 20 balloons and flipped a table upside down, and we carried half the class on the table with just using balloons and we also had the heaviest people in our class on it, none of the balloons popped because it was my strategy that made it work. When we boiled water with Bunsen burners, it went to 100° and cooled down very slow, some people had there water beakers black because they used a orange flame, a blue flame is actually 2-3 times hotter than a orange flame, but the orange flame burnt the beakers because it has no oxygen.
In my English class we did a lot of reading and writing, and sometimes I don't even get to finish it because I always run out of time. My class only has a maximum of 3 to a minimum of 1 period of this class. In year 7/8 you will have the max of 5 and the less of 3. I like my class because my class has almost no bullies at all, and last year I wrote down the people I want to be with and the people I don't want to be with.
When we do writing work on Chromebooks I always type very fast, But sometimes not get things finished, or if I can't think of anything to write at all. In writing we have to write at least 4 paragraphs with 4-6 sentences in it. If we are struggling with our writing or work we can ask our teacher for help, But sometimes I can't. In year 9 we get to pick our options and pick what we want to do and the things we are interested in. I wrote a lot so I'm going to stop right here. Plus no picture.