The Crazy Burrito Business Evaluation

With our business, The Crazy Burrito, it went very well. We made a profit of $123.50 since we had a sponsorship/donation to create our business of $100, something we did not have to return. Something that went especially well was our cooking process, our three-ingredient combination turned out very well as it came through with flavour and was a simpler part of the market day. Another thing that went well was the packaging of our product later on within the day, we packaged it efficiently and it looked appealing. The combination of tinfoil wrapping and a paper plate made it look more professional. The third part of our day that went well was the set up of our stall. We had appealing signage that advertised our product clearly and the complete set up of the equipment was clean and organised.

There was a large portion of things that didn’t go well on market day and the day before when the ingredients for our product were bought. This went bad as we went wildly over the expected budget that had been organised in the financials. This didn’t matter as we had the sponsorship money however it was largely stressful-inducing. The second part of our day that didn’t go as planned was our advertisements for the burritos. We weren’t given the opportunity to print out our posters the day beforehand and it didn’t help us out with the earlier advertisement for our product. The final part of our day that went wrong was our communications between everyone as to their whereabouts. We lost Natasha multiple times on her adventures around the school to gather the ingredients, and while stressful at the time, the idea of her failing multiple times in a row to open the teacher’s car is very funny.

The biggest change that would’ve been when we got the advertisements out. We had none out before the market day and even then we had only ones on our actual stalls. This would’ve made a difference as it would’ve allowed people to know prices and what money to bring to purchase our product. Another thing we would’ve changed is a minor part but still matters, we bought an entire block of cheese that we didn’t even use a quarter of the cheese. If we had bought less cheese it could’ve saved us money, and although it didn’t matter, it would’ve made me feel better knowing that my financials weren’t too off proportion. The final part only remained for a small portion of the day as we soon improved upon it and it was our packaging. In the beginning, we felt as if we were being rushed by our customer and rushed our packaging, this didn’t leave our packaging looking the best and drove people away from our product.

Fuels and Climate

What is the greenhouse effect?

The atmosphere has the ability to trap the suns heat in it and keep the Earth warm is called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect, of course, works like a greenhouse. The base of this effect is a good thing, however, the heat of the Earth is increasing due to the rising amount of unnatural gases entering the atmosphere. These are gases such as methane and carbon dioxide. The rising amount of gases traps more heat in the Earth and is causing the Earth to heat up. Although, without this effect, we would be dead. Without an atmosphere, our Earth would be as cold as -18 degrees Celcius during the day, and as cold as -160 degrees Celcius during the night. This effects even traps heat during winter seasons.

The process of the greenhouse effects includes the first solar radiation passing through the atmosphere. Some of this is then reflected by the atmosphere and the Earth's surface while a large amount still passes through. The solar radiation that reaches through the atmosphere is then absorbed by the surface and warms the Earth, the surface then radiates heat as infrared radiation. Some of the greenhouse gases are then reflected back onto the Earth due to the greenhouse gases, this increases the heat even more.

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/

Effects of global warming?

The effects of global warming have become overwhelmingly more noticeable over time. Glaciers have largely shrunk, the ice in rivers and lakes is melting and rising heat. This seems a small change, however, there are larger and much more important future events that global warming will cause. Global warming will soon cause longer and more intense droughts, heavier and larger amounts of winter rainfall, more frequent wildfires, tropical bugs will soon be able to spread diseases to other countries as the climate becomes suitable to them, weather patterns will become more extreme and erratic and will largely cause more violent tropical storms and similar violent weather occurrences, and the melting of ice will cause a rising sea-level. So to all the idiots who think global warming doesn't exist, I hope your country rises in heat the most and causes you to catch a disease that is incurable. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/greenhouse-effect/

Social Studies Assessment

We have two social studies assessments to be completed, one about an overseas treaty, I did the Treaty of Union which was uploaded earlier, and the other about the Treaty of Waitangi, which we wrote an essay about. There was an essay plan that it was based on posted earlier as well. The next part is the finished essay I have constructed. It includes an introduction, four paragraphs and a conclusion.

Essay

Before the Treaty of Waitangi, there was absolute chaos. The four major contributors to the desire to create the Treaty of Waitangi were the great number of sailors and whalers creating havoc in New Zealand, the Musket Wars between 1807 and 1837 that killed over twenty-thousand people, the missionaries who taught and endorsed the Māori people, and the Declaration of Independence that came only five years before the Treaty of Waitangi. Each and every reason provides new merit as to why New Zealand needed the Treaty of Waitangi to resolve many of the issues that surrounded the country.

Lawless behaviour was a larger reason as to why we needed the Treaty of Waitangi. Lawless behaviour contributed to violence, the spread of disease and prostitution. Proof of this was how when the British settlers - in particular, the whalers and sailors - they would cause a majority of the violence and death when they would return from trips out to sea. They would drink in bars and fight, as well as taking prostitutes as they wished. A second point again has to do with prostitutes, and how they would spread STI's. Dead bodies contributed too, with how a body left not taken care of properly would spread disease. This shows how the lawlessness took a toll on the health of the people. The final point greatly differs, however it serves as evidence of the effect the lawlessness had on the people. The main port of New Zealand, Kororāreka or Russel, after time earned the nickname 'The Hellhole of New Zealand,' because of the lawlessness. Each reason holds merit as evidence and facts to prove how the lawlessness of whalers and sailors contributed to the creation of the treaty over time. 

Twenty thousand people died in the conflict. They chose their own fate by turning on each other. Population and tribal boundaries greatly shifted between the Māori tribes. These are the three greatest pieces of evidence that prove to us how the Musket Wars were a great contributional factor to the development of the Treaty of Waitangi. These wars took a great toll on everyone. This largely matters because, with the Treaty of Waitangi, the Musket Wars could have been prevented, or at least prevented the wars from harming as many people as it did. Out of the twenty thousand people, who could've been saved with a simple formal agreement, so that everyone could get what they wanted? Out of the twenty thousand people, every single life was a price of the choices of those who wanted to go to war, for more than they already had. A treaty would have stopped this, a treaty would have saved lives. The Musket Wars served as evidence as to what would've continued to happen between the arguing people without the treaty.

The missionaries desire for the rights for the Māori people helped endorse the human welfare for the Māori people. The missionaries caring for the Māori matters as they were people of authority that could support them. Without their support, the Māori people wouldn't have had some of the knowledge and rights they do today. The missionaries taught the Māori about written language and their religion. The missionaries taught the Māori about new agricultural ways some they could improve their harvest. The missionaries gave them land and houses as gifts to support them through the British taking lands and the tribal boundary shifts caused by the Musket Wars. The missionaries endorsed the formal agreement of a treaty that supported the Māori peoples right to their land and trading.

How did the Declaration of Independence contribute to the Treaty of Waitangi? Fascinatingly, the Declaration of Independence only contributed in the right that it established a relationship with the British as a newly independent country. This was purely for trade as well, the British helped New Zealand create a flag so they could legally trade as a registered country. This shows us the main reason for the declaration was for trade. Evidence as to why the New Zealand people desired the declaration for the ability to trade comes from how they were continuously stopped by Australian ships for not flying a registered flag. The declaration was merely a starting point for the treaty, as it didn't encompass everything the treaty managed to, however, it began the trading process that greatly assisted the New Zealanders trade with other countries. The impact of all of this was important because the declaration while beginning it, did not provide the people with everything the treaty did. It was a basis for the development of the treaty. The treaty began with the declaration.

This essay has served as proof as to why the Treaty of Waitangi was required as a form of law enforcement and support for everyone involved as people of New Zealand. The treaty was needed because we needed to lower the rates of violence and prostitution that sailors and whalers caused. The treaty was needed because the Musket Wars could’ve continued or started again without it. The treaty was needed because the missionaries wanted to protect the rights of the Māori people. The treaty was needed because the declaration didn’t encompass everything that was needed to solidify a good country. The Treaty of Waitangi may not be as relevant or apparent without current society, however, it furthered the development of our society then, and that is what should matter.

Greta Thunberg Opinions

Although a controversial topic, we have moved onto political views, somewhat, and are analysing what we believe Greta Thunberg to be and what she stands for. 

I, personally, believe that she is brave and informed when she speaks. She speaks with confidence and she knows what facts will cause the older generation she does slightly target, to turn tail. While I can understand how the older generation may denounce Theta for being just a child who shouldn't be involved in such things, it doesn't mean they can't learn and move onto newer beginnings with new information. She proves her point not just with emotion but with scientific facts. I find her as a person to be an interesting character with a strong opinion. Whether she is the right or wrong I cannot speak.

After watching this video ---->

What does the presenter suggest?

He suggests that Greta Thunberg is a pawn in the political scheme to bring up the issue of Climate Change. He likely believes Climate Change is a hoax and he refers to Greta as a hysterical child. He leaves no room for other opinions as he forces the idea that his own bias opinion that Greta should not be speaking like this.

How are children constructed?

They are seen as hysterical and emotion-driven people, the bias watchers who believe the presenter's bias opinion that children should not be involving themselves in politics. They are not taken seriously as the facts that they do present are completely ignored for the intention of focussing on hormonal issues within teenagers so the older generations have something to blame on their strong opinions.

What is the viewer's position?

The likely position of the watcher of this program would likely be members of the older generations who do agree with the presenter's opinion. 

Men and Women in Music Videos

Recently in English, our student-teacher has been moving onto our topic of critical literacy. This lesson we looked at five different music videos and how they presented men and women.

The first music video was Cheerleader by OMI, a music video that can be labelled as controversial due to how it portrays the woman he sings about as his supporter. He also sings about how every other girl is tempting as he doesn't particularly deny that he would cheat on her. The video also shows the women as provocative through the revealing clothing that showed them as eye candy.

The second video we looked at was Blurred Lines, by Robin Thicke (I can't link a video because my account bans me from viewing it). This song was largely controversial by itself without the music video adding onto it, which features the three main singers in the song chasing after various women in revealing outfits and the men inappropriately touching them. The song mentions many other controversial portions such as the lyric that talks about domesticating women as if they are animals and many others.

The third video we looked into was Marina and the Diamonds' 'How to be a heartbreaker.' This song flipped the switch as it was now the female being portrayed as a player character that is usually given to the male. As well as the fact that the eye candy that was similarly portrayed by women in the previous two videos were now males in the background barely wearing anything. This was seen as more of a funny take on the videos that use women in their shots purely as eye candy and to attract male attention towards the song.

The fourth video, Boys, by Charli XCX was a much more wholesome take on the usual music video created to purely attract male and female viewers. This video features a variety of celebrities each participating in separate activities, some paired together, smiling and having fun. This differs from a music video such as Blurred Lines because of how the men are portrayed. The men are having fun and smiling while the women in Blurred Lines don't seem to happy and are wearing provocative clothing to attract male attention.

The final video, Bad Girls, by M.I.A, was a much more controversial topic as it featured many women in their traditional clothing and men standing to the side. This video was less about the eye candy topic and more to do with how women in the Saudi Arabia region and other places alike cannot do anything without a partner, husbands or fathers permission, this includes driving. The main feature of the video is showing the women driving while the men walk alongside the cars. It gives a powerful and controversial message.

Essay Draft for Social Studies

As always with social studies, we have moved on. For our assessment, we are writing an essay about the purpose of the treaty of Waitangi and why it was desired. For now, the essay does not contain an introduction or a conclusion and only contains the main body paragraphs.

Lawless behaviour - 

State your point - 

Lawless behaviour was a larger reason as to why we needed the treaty of Waitangi.

Why it matters - 

Lawless behaviour contributed to violence, the spread of disease and prostitution. 

Evidence/facts - 

Proof of this was how when some of the British settlers - in particular, the whalers and sailors - they would cause a majority of the violence and death when they would return from trips out to sea. They would drink in bars and fight as they wished, as well as taking prostitutes as they wished. A second point again has to do with prostitutes, and how they would spread STI's, as well as dead bodies too and how they would spread disease. This shows how the lawlessness took a toll on the health of the people. The final point greatly differs, however it serves as evidence of the effect the lawlessness had on the people. The main port of New Zealand, Kororareka or Russel, after time earned the nickname 'The Hellhole of New Zealand,' because of the lawlessness.

Sum up your point - 

Each reason holds merit as evidence and facts to prove how the lawlessness of whalers and sailors contributed to the creation of the treaty over time.

Musket Wars - 

Evidence/facts - 

Twenty thousand people died in the conflict. They chose their own fate by turning on each other. Population and tribal boundaries greatly shifted between the Maori tribes.

State your point - 

These are the three greatest pieces of evidence that prove to us how the Musket Wars were a great contributional factor to the development of the treaty of Waitangi. These wars took a great toll on everyone.

Why it matters - 

This largely matters because with the treaty of Waitangi, the Musket Wars could have been prevented, or at least prevented the wars from harming as many people as it did. Out of the twenty thousand people, who could've been saved with a simple formal agreement, so that everyone could get what they wanted?

Sum up your point - 

Out of the twenty thousand people, every single life was a price of the choices of those who wanted to go to war, for more than they already had. A treaty would have stopped this, a treaty would have saved lives. The Musket Wars served as evidence as to what would've continued to happen between the arguing people without the treaty.

Maori Rights & the Missionaries

State your point - 

The missionaries desire for the rights for the Maori people helped endorse the human welfare for the Maori people.

Why it matters - 

The missionaries caring for the Maori matters as they were people of authority that could support them. Without their support, the Maori people wouldn't have had some of the knowledge and rights they do today.

Evidence/facts - 

The missionaries taught the Maori about written language and their religion. The missionaries taught the Maori about new agricultural ways some they could improve their harvest. The missionaries gave them land and houses as gifts to support them through the British taking lands and the tribal boundary shifts caused by the Musket Wars. 

Sum up your point - 

The missionaries endorsed the formal agreement of a treaty that supported the Maori peoples right to their land and trading.

Declaration of Independence - 

Question - 

How did the Declaration of Independence contribute to the treaty of Waitangi?

Answer - 

Fascinatingly, the Declaration of Independence only contributed in the right that it established a relationship with the British as an independent country from the British. This was purely for trade as well, the British helped New Zealand create a flag so they could legally trade as a registered country. 

Evidence/facts - 

This shows us the main reason for the declaration was for trade. Evidence as to why the New Zealand people desired the declaration for the ability to trade comes from how they were continously stopped by Australian ships for not flying a registered flag. The declaration was merely a starting point for the treaty as it didn't encompass everything the treaty managed to, however, it began the trading process that greatly assisted the New Zealanders trade with other countries.

Why it matters - 

The impact of all of this was important because the declaration while beginning it, did not provide the people with everything the treaty did. It was a basis for the development of the treaty.

Sum up your point - 

The treaty began with the declaration.

Home Economics | Couscous Salad | Term 2 Week Four

   - Teamwork Aspects -

Tasks

This weeks recipe was very simplistic and because of that, it left most of us with nothing to do. Besides cutting vegetables, cooking the couscous and making the dressing the most of the period was simply chatting with one another about the recipe.

Skills

As with most lessons, not many skills were required to complete the recipe. The only difficult part was convincing one of the group members to do the dishes again, even though they do them every week and shouldn't be complaining.

Improvements

With our teamwork, there was not much to improve upon. We worked well together and had fun.

 - Product Outcome - 

We had no mishaps and overall the outcome was good besides a slight imbalance in taste with the lemon juice.

Feedback

The feedback from ourselves we should not have had as much lemon juice as we did. While I am sure there were less than two tablespoons, the salad came out with an overpowering lemon taste

Modifications

Like mentioned in the feedback, it was especially lemony. There wasn't much we could do afterwards but that was something I would've greatly altered had there been a chance that I knew what I was doing.

- Next Steps - 

As mentioned we worked well together as a group and feel that there are not many steps we could take to further our cooking's development.

Treaty Project

As always in Social Studies, our new topic has come apparent as we move on from the last. This term our focus is the Treaty of Waitangi and what it means. Within this topic, we were tasked to pick to other treaties from somewhere else in the world and do a short study on what they are and some other information. Out of the two, I picked the Treaty of Union that Scotland and England established in 1707.

Rock Cycle

Home Economics | Chop Sui | Term 2 Week Three

   - Teamwork Aspects -

Tasks

With this week's food, there were very few tasks. The main tasks were chopping vegetables, doing the rice noodles, cutting the meat and cooking it all. This meant it was actually a very boring lesson since there was so little to do, however it did mean that we got everything done in time.

Skills

As with most lessons, not many skills were required to complete the recipe. The only difficult part was convincing one of the group members to do the dishes, even though they do them every week.

Improvements

With our teamwork, there was not much to improve upon. We worked well together and had fun.

 - Product Outcome - 

Our product came out as expected. We had no mishaps and overall the outcome was good.

Feedback

We didn't have much feedback from outside the group, however we noticed that it was bland. We feel as if some spices or herbs would've greatly improved the recipe. This was especially noticed when we added sweet chilli sauce to it, which made it much more tasty and enjoyable.

Modifications

Like mentioned in the feedback, it was especially bland. Spices, herbs, or some form of sauce would've greatly improved the taste of the recipe. When we added more soy sauce and some sweet chilli to the product it tasted much better. I also would've added other vegetables to it, such as corn or bean sprouts. I feel as if it would've improved the appeal of the recipe to others who wanted a healthier meal.

- Next Steps - 

As mentioned we worked well together as a group and feel that there are not many steps we could take to further our cooking's development.