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I presented my IO. The practice of composure really payed off as I was composed. I got 33 out of 40. I was glad but not satisfied with myself because I desired 36 marks. I believe if I work on questions very well I believe I can achieve it.

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During the English lessons I practiced my IO and tried to fit it with the the range 9-10 mins

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We were instructed to prepare for our IOs but i didn’t practice. I closely watched how the first two students presented and edited my IO. Now I will practice my IO until it sounds coherent.

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We had a test this week during class that I had planned and practiced for, so I am hoping to receive better grades. This week, I thought on my performances and realized that no matter what I do, they continue to decline, and I feel helpless. I'm not sure if this is a positive or negative attitude, but I despise failing and losing more than I like receiving high marks and winning. I'm not sure what's going to come in future or what to expect and the last few years have been difficult for me. My performance in everything from football to studies has fallen short of my expectations, but I'm learning a lot of business tips and life lessons from my father, which may be the only good thing that's happened to me in those years. I feel I still have a time to change things around.

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Today is a day that I will remember as a failure. I'm disappointed in myself since, after working hard , I only got an 8 out of 20, which is pathetic. Moreover, the biggest shock I received was that, despite doing so well in business and scoring 7 in all examinations except two as well as working harder than the whole class, . My name did not appear on the list of students who had earned a business award. While at the dinner table, I discovered that my brother and all of my cousins were receiving prizes, but I had not received even one. I believe I've had enough of failures and bad luck. Now I need to cut out all of my leisure time and quit chilling on weekends in order to work harder than everyone else, and I need at least 40 points in this mock. The first step is to delete Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

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This week while studying the features of a poem I realized how hypocritical I was since, while I despise poets and authors who use figurative language in English, we utilize metaphors and idioms in Hindi at home. My resentment was motivated by my frequent failure to get seven points in English, as I subsequently realized. This week, I learned about anecdote and euphony, newer literary features.  my perspective towards the commentary has changed from the IGCSE mentioning to IB reasoning. The way forward is quite plain for me, which is to achieve 7 points as I believe it will aid me to solve my problems.

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I am trying a new way to write the portfolio. This week, we did a group activity where I recapped how to analyze a cartoon strip. Mr. Samuel announced my essay was very shallow. I am still shocked that despite trying everything I try, I still can't get 7 points. I was criticized for putting two features in one paragraph while there was one example essay that had also put two features in one paragraph. I think maybe I should take the approach of a gym as consistency, dedication and efforts provide results. I have not yet received my marks yet but a 6 would be good. As always I aim for the sky, I give myself a target of 7 points in this essay.

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What was new to me?
This is a discussion on a toxic marriage. I've never really looked into it. Especially from the standpoint of women.

what did I learn?
This week, we examined at a text (informal letter) about a toxic marriage in which a 39-year-old lady is unhappy in her marriage because her husband ignores her and leads her to believe that she is in a toxic marriage.

How has this changed my perspective?

We had group discussions in which the TEAPCLAIM was used. In the following lesson, we were given fifteen minutes to annotate the paper as much as possible. This strategy exposed me to fresh ideas that I had not thought of. In addition, I was able to obtain more evidence to back up my points in the commentary.

Way forward?
As always I aim for the sky, I give myself a target of 7 points in this essay.

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What was new to me
The concept of TEAPCALIM, This is a very helpful tool.

what did I learn?
We concentrated on Paper 1 this week. We were provided a sample essay that clearly demonstrated the usage of PEEL throughout the essay, which clarified some of my concerns. We also learned about a new term called "TEAPCALIM," which may be used as a guide for analyzing Paper 1.

how has this changed my perspective?
I was able to have a better understanding of what needed to be looked into under each acronym after seeing the video.

way forward?
In order to get a good grade, I learned how important it is to back up each claim with solid proof. We were also told about our upcoming IO practice, which would contain 5 minutes of questions and responses. I have to start preparing and I'm hoping to do well in my upcoming IO and paper 1 essay by applying TEAPCALIM technique.

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What was new to me?
my IO presentation

What did I learn?
I improved a lot but still not enough for me I should have scored 36 instead of 32

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
timing is important, I have to push the timing the timings 9 minutes and 45 seconds so, I shall Practice timing.

way forward

I have work on the form of the picture and the poem

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What was new to me?
new  IOs by my peers

What did I learn?
I realized how much effort I need to emphasize on the timing of my IO.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
timing is important, if I spent a lot of time in any part and my IO ids without conclusion I may lose a lot of marks
Way forward?
Practice timing.

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What was new to me?
apart from IOs the concept of  time and space

What did I learn?
The clash between the old and young generations is ever going. From the poem with further interpretation, I realized that the difference in ideology between 2 generations creates a clash in many matters such as fashion and relationship ideas.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
That at some point the next generation will contest my ideologies. Change is inevitable and I have to go with the flow or left out.
Way forward?
try to accept things with an open mind.

What was new to me?

apart from IOs the concept of  time and space

What did I learn?

The clash between the old and young generations is ever going. From the poem with further interpretation, I realized that the difference in ideology between 2 generations creates a clash in many matters such as fashion and relationship ideas.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?

That at some point the next generation will contest my ideologies. Change is inevitable and I have to go with the flow or left out .

Way forward?

try to accept things with open mind

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What was new to me?
This week I realized from my colleague's presentation that history neglects women.

What did I learn?
In the past wars were frequent than today. so in history, we learn the physical impact on the general population such as hardship and struggle of men but we never learn about women psychological impacts of the war crimes and loss of loved ones.
How has the lesson changed my perspective?
Till today I thought literature was used only to improve language and communicate emotions. But, I never connected it with history with emotions depicted in the poem which also tells us that how people felt about their culture during their time

Way forward?
Re analyse the poem to increase my I.A marks

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What was new to me?
the story old man with enormous wings and how my colleagues massively improved on their IOs.

What did I learn?
While writing my essay on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's allegory A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, I became aware of the psychological process of dehumanization. Marquez stresses that someone is no less human than anybody else simply because they appear, behave, or think differently which is more relatable to today's world as the recent movements of #BLM was an example of racism and dehumanization.
How has the lesson changed my perspective?
We should not judge a book by its cover is the common phrase that comes to my mind after reading the essay.
Way forward?
Hand in the essay in time which will not put me in unnecessary trouble.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
the story old man with enormous wings and how my colleagues massively improved on their IOs.

What did I learn?
The old person represents humanity, yet his wings indicate that he has fled the mass and flown above it. He is an old guy rather than a young man because the elderly should be revered for their knowledge, yet they are frequently overlooked by the self-centered young population.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
This is the time I decide my future either I fail or succeed and I want to put more effort than others

Way forward?
I have to polish my IOs to aim for 7 points

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
A brief introduction on how to tackle IB easily and get great grades

What did I learn?
every single minute I waste or procrastinating I am closure to failure.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
This is the time I decide my future either I fail or succeed and I want to put more effort than others

Way forward?
I have to create a schedule and plan each activity all the way till the end.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
we were learning how to approach paper 1
the lesson was very exciting with the example of the African man in the café.

What did I learn?
the text can be approached through many ways such as cultural perspective , transformation.
we have to keep in mind the purpose , structure, context , narrative , audience and genre.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
people can play around with psychology to sell a product such as the article - how to attract a woman.

Way forward?
i will use this tips to mark my essay and look for room for correction.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
the new teacher and her teaching style

What did I learn?
I found am not flexible in learning as am so used to Mr. Samuels style. I also learnt that I have to put heavy emphasis on the balance of both text in my IO

How has the lesson changed my perspective?

Her understanding of the IO is a bit different she focusses mostly on form and content.

Way forward?
I have to re analyse my IO to fit the ib standard of 7

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
paper one
cartoon in-depth analysis

What did I learn?
-Cartoons like this are used in newspapers to taunt political leaders and I used to look at it as a joke but it has a lot of hidden meaning in it which I should explore

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
I should not be ignorant towards cartoons I should analyze them as it is also a form of communication.

Way forward?
I have to practice analyzing the cartoon and also finding the context and perspective of the cartoonist for scoring high grades.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
-route 3:- movie and poem
-How will I be graded

What did I learn?
-I lack form in Internal orals. This what is making me not achieve my grade.
-Balancing both texts
-Conclusion is a synthesis

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
I need lots of polishing in my IO to get 7 points in IB. I have to pull up my socks and use creative tactics to be back on track.

Way forward?
I have found myself in a grave situation my English grades are dropping and term 3 has begun and I can't afford to drop Grades.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
the video dear daddy was somehow eye opening for me as I never saw things from that perspective.

What did I learn?
well i learnt that girls are far vulnerable to verbal insults than boys. in the video it shows how boys insulted the victim girl, but in my opinion boys also call each other horrible things but they brush it off so I think I have to control what I say to girls.

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
Well I have learnt that when boys are fun with girls and insult them they say it is fine but they are lying to us. So boys have to careful talking to girls.

What is the way forward?
Well I am a gentleman, I will continue to be so and think twice before i say anything.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
my IO is not worth 7 points so it trash i have to make a new one

What did I learn?
how to balance the IO and flow of it

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
I am Under pressure assignments are piling up one after the another I guess I have to try to finish it and also prepare for exams

What is the way forward?
Well, I am good at balancing but at this point I feel I have to sacrifice something in order to score 7s throughout my report. Teachers really don't understand us students but life goes on... I am really sad to come up to use the concept of opportunity cost because now I have checked the value of things I do.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
lively ib class where we moved around and discussed our IOS
Three pillars of persuasion

What did I learn?
Pathos - appeals to women mostly
logos - appeal to men mostly
ethos - about this and moral people

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
If I use pillars of persuasion in my IOs I can score highly and also in my everyday life communication becomes easier.

What is the way forward?
the pillars of persuasion have a huge impact on communication so using them daily will improve my life.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
we were getting our results for presentations and I scored more than 80 % approx. I was astonished because it had always been a myth to me to score high marks in MR. Samuel's class

What did I learn?
Anything is possible, I personally believed being an Asian and scoring high marks in English do not add up as we speak our native language most of the time. I learned that I can do anything

How has the lesson changed my perspective?
hard work pays off in the long run.

What is the way forward?
I can score high in any subject. I think I have figured out the key to passing the IB program.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
cartoons can also be extensively interpreted
My work was excellent that I got standing ovation

What did I learn?

while my research I learnt about foreign policies and trumps attitude towards it. He was so passionately favoring white American supremist

How has lesson changed my perspective?
receiving a standing ovation has made me extremely happy as my start of the ib was rough and terrible. Now it feels good after working hard to get back to track

What is the way forward?
i wish to continue it and even improve and use the skills of the presentation in my IOs

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
This was a our first physical class and we learnt features of cartoon with a fun activity as well as we worked on an activity

What did I learn?

some of the pictures my friends critically analyzed a part about BIDEN. the cartoon had depicted BIDEN with a big nose which had symbolic meaning of liar in context of Pinocchio

How has lesson changed my perspective?

the analysis opened my eyes about politics in united states of America  that no politician is solely good every politician lies not only TRUMP.

What is the way forward?
i would read more of the articles related to view in foreign policies for both Trump and Biden to enhance my presentation.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?
opinions of my friend toward the play

What did I learn?

in the presentation many of my friends used technical terms that enhanced their skills for the IOs

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I have learnt during the time of the play , women often forgot their dreams and supported their husbands unwillingly and also obeyed them which is unfair this gives a clear picture how patriarchal the society was and how it has changed. in my perspective everybody should have an equal right

What is the way forward?
I will read act 1 again and mark out keywords to enhance my IO and avoid making my IO and opinions generic

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAY ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

What did I learn?

Historical context : Victorian era, First Global industrialization and Realism in literature

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I thought the play would be boring actually but after reading about the historical context, I became a interested in how external factors such as feminism, industrialization affect the protagonist.

What is the way forward?
I prepared my self for realism in the play because I like stories with fantasies and i am willing to explore the writers craft.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

term 2 topic outline

What did I learn?

we will not have lessons on Friday (SL students). This term we are going to heavily focus on the concept of Perspective and Reflection. for  perspective I always have to keep in mind that the readers perspective and writers perspective can vary

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I have improved a lot but you said I still have to put more effort and score high. I believe you are correct shouldn't settle with 5 points but 6 or 7

What is the way forward?
I have free lessons on Fridays, I am planning to use it to polish my IOs for the time being. I have to try to understand the writers perspective by researching on their background and I have to reflect on the language used and try to enhance my language

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

IO tips and styles

What did I learn?

While listening to my classmates io, I realized that I have use the setting, historical background in my oral presentation. At SL the IO is worth 30% which means if I perform well in my IO, I have high chances of getting 7. I also have to address specified global issue.

How has lesson changed my perspective?

War causes an enormous amount of death and disability worldwide. It destroys families, communities and cultures. It forces people to leave their homes or flee to other countries. It violates human rights. It promotes violence as a means to resolve conflicts and it degrades the environment.

More importantly I thought men are major victims of war but if you do aftermath you find that women suffer the cruelty, emotional pain, torture and loss. More to that they have to take care of the remaining family which is not an easy task.

What is the way forward?

I picked useful tips for my io from my friends and the teacher and now I will edit my IO to make it a better one.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

Salome and Introduction to io

What did I learn?

The poem clearly carries with it a sense of revenge where the woman is getting back at men who have killed, or rebuffed woman for their intemperate sexuality. The presumption in Duffy’s poem is that Salome has committed the murder herself, while within the biblical story Salome only caused John the Baptists death. Duffy outlines the character of Salome as a figure who mishandle her control and gets away with anything. Duffy’s poem encourages the behavior of Salome which transgresses moral and social code.

Introduction to io the methods and tips to do io

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I was really hurt by the way Salome treated men and I realized that this poem puts you in the shoe of the woman and view ourselves and I was enlightened on the idea of equality and clear my doubts on feminism spread by the idea of media

I also realized the importance of io and in standard level it accounts 30 % io. So I have to give it 105% effort

What is the way forward?

I have to research on the io read the samples and craft a worthy IO.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

War photographer, standing female nude and before you were mine poems

What did I learn?

The poem "War Photographer" depicts the experiences of a photographer who returns home to England to develop the hundreds of photos he has taken in an unspecified war zone. The photographer faces the trauma of what he has seen and his bitterness that the people who view his images are unable to empathize fully with the victims of catastrophic violence abroad.

“Standing Female Nude” is a poem that deals heavily with social injustices, both those of class and of gender.

"Before You Were Mine " could be a poem that investigates the way in which motherhood changes a woman, how she can lose her sense of personality and how children seldom get to know the free, free woman their mother was before they had children

How has lesson changed my perspective?

The poem references a number of major historical air strikes and clearly draws imagery from Nick Ut's famous Vietnam War photograph of children fleeing the devastation of a napalm bomb. Showing cruelty of few powerful men as they could not come to an agreement, declare war and wait for the results while people suffer.

I was deeply affected by the poem “standing female nude” as I realized they are double standard for men and women where in society if when a woman has relationship with more men is termed as slut and for men, they are praised.

What is the way forward?

In fact, I have also been quite judging and followed the idea of double standards I would like to abolish it and be equal in judging.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

Dolphins and shooting star poem

What did I learn?

Dolphins is a poem where it talks about the cruelty imposed on animals by man but the dolphin also symbolize woman as during that time women were suppressed by men. The dolphin does what ringmaster wants, which can be a metaphor for a women objectification.

Shooting star was a poem where the persona narrates the torture inflicted upon her and other women such as; rape, taken to concentration camp and brutally killed by Nazis due them being Jews and Hitler hated Jews

How has lesson changed my perspective?

Before I thought the issue of feminism was not serious and a time pass for Americans but I looked deep in to my society and found out the movement actually makes sense because it is fighting for equality.

What is the way forward?

I would like to research more about the feminism movement and why Carol Ann Duffy was a feminist.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

Biography of Carol Ann Duffy and Don McCullin

What did I learn?

Don McCullin is one of our greatest living photographers. He was a talented in photography he has proved himself a photojournalist without equal, whether documenting the poverty of London’s East End, or the horrors of wars in Africa, Asia or the Middle East.

Dame Carol Ann Duffy British poet whose well-known and well-liked poetry engaged such topics as gender and oppression, expressing them in familiar, conversational language that made her work accessible to a variety of readers. She was also feminist.

Global issues of war and conflict, male domination and poverty etc.

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I have learnt that it is important to know about the background of the writer to deeply understand the poem and also relate global issues in their time and present time.

What is the way forward?

Now that I have read Carols biography, I must find it easy to know the writers view point and the message they are conveying through her poems

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

New words and phrases employed by Shakespeare

What did I learn?

Heart is burst this means backstabbed by Desdemona and Othello

Didst – do (singular)

Prattle - foolish or inconsequential talk

Toged- not comparable

Affined- related or connected

Learnt about the character and their motivation

·         Iago is manipulator and wants to take revenge

·         Othello is good and naïve

·         Brabantio is racist

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I have look at each dialogue carefully and look for dramatic techniques and start thinking critically

What is the way forward?

I also have to relate essay to global issue in my essays that I write in future and study the language used in Othello in midterm break.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

Some of the creativity and style used by my friends in their essay

What did I learn?

I learnt how to properly use PEEAL in my essay and what mistakes I had made by referring to Newman’s essay which was displayed. I explored how he used writers craft to bring out his point excellently

How has lesson changed my perspective?

I used to skim the articles and was always reluctant to annotate. so, I realized that will not work in IB

What is the way forward?

now I have to annotate and scan the reference piece for essay to make essay powerful like Newman’s  and Alexandria’s

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

We could also interpret small details in poster

What did I learn?

For the poster

·       capital letter symbolized importance

·       lives matter means that their lives did not matter

·       black symbolizes black people

·       lives in the center for priority

·       no punctuation

·       yellow back ground represents hope and optimism in western culture

How has lesson changed my perspective?

Being from south Asian culture, we are ignorant to news and situation in America but for the sake of IB I have to research more

What is the way forward?

Research more to increase the intensity of my essay to obtain better results.

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Learners portfolio

What was new to me?

IB essay structure

What did I learn?

I learnt how structure an essay paragraph in IB. we use PEEAL

P. point

E. evidence

E. evaluation

A. analyze and further evidence

L. Link everything

This is used to meet marking criteria

How has lesson changed my perspective?

The lesson has opened my eyes that I do not have to be on same level as in the previous year. I have level up.

What is the way forward?

Implement the new essay structure in my essay every time and practice using the new structure.

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Learners portfolio week 3

WHAT WAS NEW TO ME?

·        Areas of exploration and conceptual understanding how analyze text using those styles.

·        How do we balance English and literature?

WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?

1.      Areas of exploration

·         Readers, writers and texts is study of the non-literary texts and literary works focuses on the nature of language and communication and the nature of literature and its study.

Key intakes: - investigate, learn how text operate and develop critical thinking

·         Time and space are study that focuses on time when the text is written.

Key intakes: - analyze and reflect on the impact of history or current situation on the scenario or event.

·         Intertextuality is the focus is on the consideration of personal and cultural perspectives.

Key intake: - learn how these features of writing from a piece brings out the situation, emotion, etc.

2.      Conceptual understanding

·         Identity: these are the voices of character and the author

·          Culture: The idea of culture is fundamental to the thought of dialect and literature. It discusses how a text relates to the setting of its creation and gathering, and to the prevailing individual principles, beliefs and states of mind in them.

·         Creativity: As related to the act of reading, inventiveness underlines the value of the reader being able to lock in an imaginative encounter with material that produces a wide variety of possible meanings, as well as past and existing interpretations.

·         communication revolves around the address of the relationship that is established between an author and a reader by means of a content.

·         Perspective: A text may offer a variety of viewpoints which may, or may not, reflect the sees of its creator

HOW HAS THE LESSON CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE?

this has changed my perspective on essays that I used to write in igcses which mostly emphasized characterization and styles.  This also opened my eyes that ib is very demanding and I have moved a level up.

WAY FORWARD

I will try to include these details of conceptual understanding and art of exploration in essays to make my essay more appealing and more rewarding.

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Learner portfolio week 2

What is new to me?

#bluelivesmatter

#alllivesmatter

What have I learnt?

#bluelivesmatter or Blue Lives Matter is a countermovement in the United States advocating that those who are prosecuted and convicted of killing law enforcement officers should be sentenced under hate crime statutes. It was started in response to Black Lives Matter after the homicides of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn.

#alllivesmatter or All Lives Matter is a slogan that has come to be associated with criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement.

How has the lesson changed your perspective?

I have learnt that I should not only use the television to watch Netflix and soccer but I should watch news to, so become globally aware

What is the way forward?

I shall start watching the news and research more on these movement to be active participant in the class .

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LEARNERS PORTFOLIO

WHAT WAS NEW TO ME ?

·        I discovered about that there was a movement going on in the united states of America, “#bluelivesmatter”. According to my this a movement that emerged during the movement “#BlackLivesMatter” and targeting police brutality

WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?

·        Despite the fact of president Trump being racist, some “black” people still support him. This is because the president Trump considers bisexuality as sin and he is totally against him

HOW HAS THE LESSON CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE?

·        The lesson has enabled me to see from the perspective of the victims due to the fact as I was not very activated in following the news. I have also learnt that the opposition of President Trump is using the movement against Trump which may cause Trump high causalities.

WAY FORWARD

·        I would like start watching news which are neutral that show all the perspective such as al Jazeera and follow through so that I can keep up in the class.