Valedictorian

Valedictorian Speech

In my valedictorian speech I will summarize all the positive and negative points of what have we done in our class this year. I will say it by assuring them and by providing them examples of what we did was either right or wrong. I will say my speech loud and clear with pauses in between where necessary.I might say a bit about some students but not everyone. I won't make fun of graduation but might say something which will make others laugh but will also get my point through their minds. I would really appreciate the person who helped me all along in my career life this year and I will proudly say their names.

I would like to give them advice on how should they react towards their career and life? and how important it is for them to count on all these points? If I was not a valedictorian I would like to hear a serious, emotional, and helpful speech. A speech that is full of life and options which will help me in my future life.

Ecological Footprints

I need only one earth to support my lifestyle. My footprint is like this because we use less transportation and we siblings share rooms and takes up less space than other families. The worst thing we do in our environment is we drive up to 10 km per week and travel by air for about 25 or more hrs every year. We use electricity at home but sometimes we do misuse it. We can make it smaller by changing our lifestyle and habits towards using toxic material, burning fossil fuels and electricity. The three things we can do to make a difference with global warming are
1. Use Energy Saving Bulbs rather than usual bulbs.
2. Turn off heat/air conditioners while leaving home or when it’s not needed.
3. Recycle paper and pop cans.

Movie..

My favourite category or type of movie is drama, horror or comedy. It depends on my mood that which type of movie should be watched at certain time. My recent favourite movie is "Syriana" because of the facts shown in it. Syriana is drama based movie. It shows how political people are involved in oil industries and how they are effecting people involved directly and indirectly. It shows how on political level the innocents are being used and how people are trapped to take wrong steps for money. It also teaches a lesson that any normal people who doesn't have power of making decision can suffer and can be used by other people without knowing they are being used.

Article...

I have found the information about Iraq-Kuwait war from the following websites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait

http://www.geocities.com/iraqinfo/gulfwar/whyinvade.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html

Current Events....

I found an article on Toronto Star Newspaper website about "Ontario to ban 'old' light bulbs. It was published on Wednesday April 18,2007 in Ontario. It talks about how Ontario government energy minister Dwight Duncan took a decision to band light bulbs and other ineffective lightning technologies by 2012 in an effort to reduce province electricity consumption. This decision is been taken to lower the greenhouse gases that can cause global warming. He said it can be done by changing the bulb, and disposing them the right way, without letting it release toxic waste in environment.

The article on Mrs.Book blog was published on Fort McMurray Today Newspaper on Tuesday April 17,2007. Its written by Larissa Liepins who stated the situation of fire in four storey apartment building in Downtown Fort McMurray. No one is sure about the cause of fire by now but the resident of this place are extremely hurt by watching their homes on fire. When alarm went off, resident didn't take it seriously as it happens at least once in month but later they realized that its a real fire when people were running, screaming and knocking on door and telling everyone to leave building.

Spring Break

The upcoming spring break I have planned to go to Edmonton with my family. I heard about West Edmonton Mall being biggest and greatest mall in Canada. Therefore, I wish to visit and shop there. I have family friends in Edmonton too so, I will be visiting them with my family. The fun part of my trip will be looking for furniture for our home here. We will be looking for things we can fill our home with. I love shopping especially the one done to decorate my home with. I am new here therefore its going to be fun in Edmonton as I will be exploring a new place and also I will be buying new stuff for my home.

I will be visiting my family friends whom I haven't seen for last 2 years. It will be fun with them to hang out, go on movies and to shop. We together are bunch of kids who no one can control. We go crazy when we all get together. One of my cousin will meet me there so I can picture us having fun, screaming, not sleeping, fighting with each other for small things. I will be staying there for 4 days so I am guessing this spring break will be one of my Best spring break ever.

I left a comment on Sadia's drinking and driving blog.

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is stealing or copying some one's ideas and thoughts. Rephrasing words or sentences doesn't means you are not plagiarising because you are still using someone else's ideas, thoughts and their work.
Plagiarism is not allowed in school because from copying and pasting you don't learn anything. You simply steal other people's idea and show it as your work. It's not your effort therefore, teachers can't give you marks for it. Teachers want students to learn and write by themselves with their own thoughts and ideas which means you can not copy other peoples work and show as your and get marks. Plagiarism puts you behind in work because you do not understand the concept on that certain topic.
My experience in plagiarism was when I wrote my English essay by the help of online study guides from Internet which was not a good decision. I lost marks because of copying and also I did not knew what am I writing about and what certain word means. When teacher came up to me and asked me what it means I was totally clueless. It didn't help me to learn it just shut my brains off towards it because I didn't pay much attention towards it.