The Stolen Generation

years after the British had arrived at Australia, they wanted to wipe out the aboriginal race. their goal was to breed out the natives by breeding them with white people until the 'black' is gone. the British settlers had stolen many of the half-caste children from their families and brought them to camps, where they were forced to speak English and they learnt how to be slaves to the British. After watching the movie The Rabbit Proof Fence, I feel that all Australians should show some empathy for the aboriginals and give them an apology. I know that the British thought that what they were doing was the right thing and they thought that they were helping the aboriginals by bringing them into their community and making them British. But i believe that it is always immoral to separate a child from its home and from its family and this is what the British-Australians did to thousands of aboriginal children. i know that no one can replace the whole generation of aboriginals but maybe a sorry will make things just a little bit better for the aboriginals.

Molly

the movie "Rabbit Proof Fence" takes place in Australia in the 1900's. it is about a half cast, girl named molly and her 2 sisters who have been brought to a camp where they are forced to be proper English women. Molly is the protagonist in this movie and in my opinion she is also the hero as she is the one who encourages her sisters to leave the camp and to run back to her family. i think that molly is the hero as the movie is from the aboriginal's point of view and it makes the english look bad. But if the movie were made from the english point of view, Molly would be the antagonist as she runs away from them when the english think they are helping the half casts.

How can Da Vinci be characterized as a true Renaissance Man?

Leonardo da Vinci can be categorized as a typical renaissance man because the renaissance is all about the rebirth and the exploration of arts, science and astronomy. And Leonardo da Vinci studies all of these things. Leonardo invented, wrote, painted and studied in ways that no one has ever done before. This allowed him to invent and discover so much more. The Mona Lisa is one of Leonardo’s most famous paintings because of her smile. At that time not many people painted atomical accuracy and facial expression in their paintings and Leonardo da Vinci was one of the first to do that. Leonardo was also a great scientist as he made many discoveries about the human body; he used to make detailed sketches about every part of the human body. For example, Leonardo made a picture of the woman foetus that was very close to the real thing and before that very little was known about it. The way Leonardo da Vinci made so many inventions and discoveries made him a genius and a true renaissance man.

Brunelleschi's Dome

Brunelleschi, one of the most famous architects in the Renaissance period. I believe that it was his courage that led him to this success. One of Brunelleschi's greatest achievements was the construction of the great cathedral dome. This was so amazing at the time because it was the first dome ever built and before that people did not think it was possible. Brunelleschi was brave to keep going with his ideas even though everyone else did not believe him. When Brunelleschi first came up with the idea to build the largest free standing dome, he went to ask for a commission. But the patron rejected him as he thought it was impossible. But his courage allowed him to continue with is plans and 13 years later he challenged the patron to balance an egg on its top. The patrons tried but could not manage to balance an egg on it top so Brunelleschi showed them by cracking the bottom of the egg to make it stand. He told them that that was how he was going to make the dome. he was then commissioned to make the dome. Brunelleschi persisted and finally finished the dome in 1436 and it still stands today. Brunelleschi's courage to go against what other people believed made him a true genius.

Ideas

An idea is a concept deveoped in the mind. New ideas can come from anywhere like, imagination, exciting experiences, everyday life or just plain thinking. Every thing from the greatest inventions to the most useless things start from an idea. You can think of new ideas at anytime and at any place and they can turn into new inventions, a book or a songs.

my favorite short story

through out our short story unit in humanities we read many different stories like The Sniper, Lamb To The Slaughter and Thank You Ma'am but I think my favorite one is Lamb To The slaughter. I the events throughout the story and i think the conflict was very interesting. I also like how Roald Dahl creates Mary Maloney as a nice old lady then she kills her husband. this story was very interesting and exciting.

I beleive

I believe that people today should be more positive. We should look at the good things happening in life instead of the bad things. If you read the news paper or watch the news for just a few minutes you would find at least 6 or 7 bad things happening in the world today and you would be lucky to find only one good happening. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned but Positivity will make you happy and feel much better about a bad situation.

About a year ago I sprained my neck playing football. This was one of the worst pains I have ever felt. I could not even twist my neck slightly to the left. But the worst thing was that I had to stay home for 2 weeks until it healed. Sitting home with a sprained neck is not easy and very boring. But I thought about the good things in life and I always thought that the next day would be better than the last. I stayed positive and got through it day by day. It helped me by making a bad situation fell much better and made it much easier to get through each day. As soon as my neck had healed I went back to school and playing football. Now I try to be positive and I try hard in everything I do.

I try to see the good things in a bad situation. I believe that positivity is powerful and that positivity brings hope into people’s lives. It helps people overcome problems and helps people get through a bad situation.

I chose this picture because it shows that there is always something good in the worst of situations and you should always stay positive and focus on the good things.