Final Post of 2013-2014 Class

The end of the year is here. I'm just going to take a moment to say that it was a blast having gym with this class this year. Everyone was enjoyable to be around and even though the strikes messed us up, I feel like we pushed through and still found ways to make this class enjoyable. And without further ado, the four pillars.

1. Participation

When it comes to participation, is give myself at least an A. I really think my participation level increased more from last year. I don't think I've really missed a day other than Take Your Kids To Work Day and Band Days. My gym strip is usually on point. When participating in activities, it really depends if it relies on group effort and if it does, who is in my group. When it's a group activity and my group doesn't like running and physically moving it really throws me off and makes me think that there isn't a point in trying if I don't have people watching my back. I constantly try to tell them to at least try to help and encourage them to leave the comfort zone but some of them don't listen. It just throws me off my "team spirit" mindset. But other than that, I try really, really hard. Especially in fitness. Ask my friends. Overall, I'd give myself a 20/25.

2. Social Responsibility

This year I'm in Grade 9, I'm no longer the little, new, lost kid I was last year. I have an idea on how things work here in Sullivan, meaning I need to step up and show those Grade 8s and my peers that I can be a leader. I think I do a good job at encouraging other people and telling people that they can do things that they thought they could never do. But when we organize events I'm not the best. I usually use my explosive voice when people need me to get other people's attention and I help clean up sometimes but that's about it, nothing big. But encouraging other people is another story. When someone makes a mistake, I usually tell them "Hey don't worry about it.", or, "We'll get 'em next time." I try to make people realize that their mistakes need to be noticed but not be thought about too much. On this section I'd give myself a 23/25.

3. Healthy Living

My healthy living is good, I've gotten in shape, and my fitness scores improved drastically from Grade 8. My physicality is different from Grade 8, I'm more resilient, I'm more quicker, my body can finally outlast my mind, and I just feel like a totally new person. My capabilities rose a lot. Like my beep test score. My first score was a 7.8. My highest is 9.7 topping my Grade 8 record of 8.2. And my community run scores are improved. Out of all of my friends I'm among the top 3 to finish. A "big deal" to me because I usually was one of the last to finish, beginning this year. And also, during pond runs, I'm among the few of my friends who keep a fast pace throughout the whole pond run. I usually get outrunned by one friend though, which one day, I'll change. And no, it's not Michael. I also do dance outside of school, which I've posted previously on my blog. Oh and just to mention, I've created another short choreo that I will be practicing and try to create a legit video (like moving camera angles and friends dancing along with me) kind of like a build up to my Junior Team Tryouts. Oh and if you're a guy who has dance experience in the Grades 8-10 we need you to tryout. The Junior Team had 2 guys this year and Dinand is moving on to Senior Team. Anyways back on topic, I'd give myself a 23/25. 

4. Digital Portfolio

If there is a "worst aspect" in my Active Learning this year, it would be my blog itself. That's why I'm making this post soooo long. My number of evidence compared to others isn't the best, and I can say the same about the number of posts. But I think it's good enough to survive this year's Active Learning though. I could step it up though. I'm not even bother going into excuses. But I did not provide any evidence in the beginning few months. I slowly started uncovering things about me people never knew. Like my first dance video, I've had my friends go up to me like, "You dance?" And I've only been dancing since Grade 5 no big deal. Just kidding, that's actually pretty big. 4 years of experience. But my point is, it revealed a whole side of me that was there for a while now. In this side, I'd give myself a 19/25.

So overall, I've given myself an 85/100, a clear 85% wow, now that I think about that's lower than expected. I wanted to end with an A but my blog speaks otherwise. I loved this class though, everyone was enjoyable, I made lots of new friends, and I hope I left an enjoyable presence. It be great if we had the same Grade 9s from this class in next year's class. But I'm just fantasizing. I'll miss everybody, Neuf, you've been an awesome teacher, I'll miss you all.

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