Portfolio Refection - Trimester 2

Throughout this trimester, my wheel subject was GLOBAL ISSUES. I have learned many things about conflicts, disparity, barriers to development and how to make the world better. This class was unusual because everything we learn keeps changing, sometimes it feels challenging because we are only 7th graders and the problems seem so huge for us, we realized that many of the issues we discussed actually had no answers, we tried to be environmentally friendly and use no paper and we learned about issues and also had a role in educating other people in the MS too. Other classes are not like this.

The SCHOOL WIDE LEARNING RESULTS all apply to this class, however I feel that LIVING ETHICALLY fits best. Some things that we did to live ethically were to:

• Challenge the Friday Flash paper copies
• Trying to reduce electricity
• Looking at our MW carbon footprint and trying to replant trees
• Organizing AIDS DAY activities, raised money and make people more aware
• We donated food to Haiti through www.freerice.com
• We played simulation games about sustainable farming and life in Haiti
• We spoke in front of the school about AIDS and MALAYSIA WEEK and many other things!

My portfolio reflection for this class is below:

Giving what we're lucky to have to those who need it.

Looking for ways to promote the Millennium Development Goals.

Opening our eyes to the rest of the world.

Being aware of the wars that plague the planet.

Answering the questions of curious students.

Lighting the school with awareness, not electricity.

Imagining life as a poor Haitian farmer.

Solving the problems presented to us.

Spreading the word about poverty and AIDS.

Using our knowledge to find ways to help.

Emptying our minds of prejudice.

Saving our world for years to come.