Bullying

I have not had any bullying experience in my life but let me tell you what happened to my sister. Two months ago my sister was in the line for going from Language Enrichment to the bus when another 2nd grade student started to punch her in the back deliberately. My sister said. "Ow! Why are you doing that?" And the students response was: "Because you're a punching bag!" And then the student said. "Now the face!" And the student punched her in the eye. My sister started to cry and a teacher saw and came over to ask why she was crying but the student said that he hit her in the eye when he was turning around.

When my sister came home that day she told us what had happened and how she had felt when she was bullied. She said that it made her feel bad and angry and make her feel sorry for her self. My sister thought that the punching part wasn't the only bullying in the story but also the part where the student lied about what had happened which made her feel even worse.

If I was standing there and I saw that, whether it happen to my sister or another student, I would step in between them and threaten to tell a teacher.
Goals for the year:
1. Stop all acts of bullying if I see or hear one.
2. Walk away if anyone attempts to bully me.

Something I did that was courageous

The only thing I can think of that I did that was kind of courageous was when I was at the top of a hill in Thredbo, Australia.  I had to ski down.  It was so steep that the only way I can describe it is to say that when you walk and your hands swing it is about as steep as the mid-way swing of your arm.

I stood at the top and looked down.  Snowboarders and skiiers were going down really fast.  But I knew I was a beginner.  I shivered, not just from the cold but from fear that I would get obliterated by one of them as they zoomed down without looking. I picked up my sticks and pushed off downhill.  It seemed a long long way to the bottom.  My dad said "Hurry up!"

It wasn't an easy slope, we had looked at the map and found the route, it was coloured blue to show it wasn't for beginners.  The routes have names like "Michael's Mistake", which was coloured black for professionals.  I wondered what the mistake was...

I began to gather speed but then I couldn't stop so I fell.  But I pushed myself up again.  My dad stopped and waited for me.  He had to do a lot of that because I fell down around 15 to 20 times and I got bruises
from it.

There were times when I didn't want to go on.  It was annoying and frustrating.  But when I got moving it was fun because I could control it.  The snow was beating down and I could barely see, it was bone-chilling cold.  The freezing wind blew and stung my face.  My hands were freezing even though I had gloves on.  I kept on going because there was no choice, you couldn't go back up.

It took 45 minutes but when I got to the bottom I felt proud of myself for even having the guts to do it.

What do artifacts tell us about early humans?

Early humans also known as hominids have left tools and paintings for us modern day homo sapiens to study so we can learn about the early humans. In 1940 a group of teenage boys in France were playing around when they found a cave now known as the "Hall of the Bulls", there were paintings all over the walls and ceiling, before then people thought of hominids as unintelligent beings until most artifacts were found. Many artifacts from the hominids are in very good detail like this spear thrower that might have been for a great hunter:

Hominids did not only create weapons but also made art also known as cave paintings and that is actually the way early humans got the name cavemen. Here is one of the many cave pictures:

This painting is part of the "Hall of the Bulls" in France

As you can see early humans took delicate care in their work, which tells us that hominids were intelligent and could make a masterpiece of work.