Sunday, November 22
More About Me
Since grade 10, I have been reading the same book. The name of book is Rose Madder by Stephen King. I don’t know why, but I cannot finish it. I have been reading a new book since two weeks ago, it is call Gossip Girl. I really like it and I really like the characters. I have been working for Provigo for a year and a half, but soon it is going to close because another store bought it. Since December 2008, I have been dating the same guy. I still love him even if he teases me a lot. Our relationship has started at Provigo, we have both been work there since and it is a great love story. Since 2007, I have been walking the same dog, her name his Mia. She is my baby and she really like to eat spaghettis and to chase after the cat. Since a year, I have been living at the same place. I live with my boy-friend and his mother, but I miss my mother so much. I have had a car for three months. I really like it, its color is baby blue and it is a Saturn. So since August, I have been driving the same car. I bought it two week after I got my driving lesson. So now, I can drive to Sherbrook when I want to see my mother. I have not seeing her for two months. I will see my family during Christmas break. Recently, I have been feeling really tired. I have too much homework to do, but I am happy because Christmas break is coming.
Saturday, November 14
Barrack Obama
1. Campaign Promise No. 359 :
Obama has rebuilt schools in New Orleans. So now, the kids can have a safe place to study.
2. Campaign Promise No. 502:
Obama has bought a dog for his kids. So now, Obama’s children can play with their new dog Bo in the White House.
3. Campaign Promise No. 88:
Obama has signed the UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. So now, disabled persons have the right to go to school, work and more.
4. Campaign Promise No. 125:
Obama has told the military leaders to end the war in Iraq. So now, there are plans in place to retreat the troops.
5. Campaign Promise No. 222:
Obama has lifted restrictions for Cuban-Americans to visit or send money to their families. So now, Cuban-Americans have the freedom to reconcile with their families.
6. Campaign Promise No. 269:
Obama has given more for Nation parks and forests. So now, the deforestation problem is being addressed properly.
7. Campaign Promise No. 278:
Obama has taking the decision to remove small trees and brush to help again forest fires. So now, it minimizes the risks of fires.
8. Campaign Promise No. 435:
Obama has created a criminal penalty to punish mortgage fraud. So now, people who buy a new house can feel safe.
9. Campaign Promise No. 483:
Obama has invested in the public transport and in new projects around the country. So now, the system has better financing.
10. Campaign Promise No. 327:
Obama has given money for the National Endowment for the Arts. So it helps to promote the economic development of the countless communities.
Obama has rebuilt schools in New Orleans. So now, the kids can have a safe place to study.
2. Campaign Promise No. 502:
Obama has bought a dog for his kids. So now, Obama’s children can play with their new dog Bo in the White House.
3. Campaign Promise No. 88:
Obama has signed the UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. So now, disabled persons have the right to go to school, work and more.
4. Campaign Promise No. 125:
Obama has told the military leaders to end the war in Iraq. So now, there are plans in place to retreat the troops.
5. Campaign Promise No. 222:
Obama has lifted restrictions for Cuban-Americans to visit or send money to their families. So now, Cuban-Americans have the freedom to reconcile with their families.
6. Campaign Promise No. 269:
Obama has given more for Nation parks and forests. So now, the deforestation problem is being addressed properly.
7. Campaign Promise No. 278:
Obama has taking the decision to remove small trees and brush to help again forest fires. So now, it minimizes the risks of fires.
8. Campaign Promise No. 435:
Obama has created a criminal penalty to punish mortgage fraud. So now, people who buy a new house can feel safe.
9. Campaign Promise No. 483:
Obama has invested in the public transport and in new projects around the country. So now, the system has better financing.
10. Campaign Promise No. 327:
Obama has given money for the National Endowment for the Arts. So it helps to promote the economic development of the countless communities.
Friday, October 30
Reading Test Correction
Section A: Guessing vocabulary from context
1.
1) “Several young men… Were herding a large group of men down a hallway.” (paragraph) (1mark)
2) Herding mean: To gather in a crowd like in an animal in a herd (it to keep in one place)
3) Herding mean: To keep the person in the same place, to keep them all together. Mean that the young men were keeping a big group of people at the same place.
4) Paragraph 1, line 3
5) I thing I got it wrong because I did not explain it enough. And because I did not explain it well.Because I get half point.
0.5/1
2.
1) “… steadily increasing their coercive aggression tactics” (paragraph 7). What does this word? (1 mark)2)to put them in the right way. Fixe the problem3) In a regular way, constant.
4) Paragraph 7, line 4
5) I did not have the good answer because I did not have the good explanation
0/1
3.
1) “Institutional settings develop a life of their own independent of the wishes and intentions of those who run them” (paragraph 15). What does this word mean? (1 mark)
2) They have to controle them. Keep working on.
3) The people who administer the prison
4) Paragraph 15, line 6
5) I did not have the good explanation. I knew what the word mean but I did not explain it well
0/1
Section B: structure and author’s intention
2.
1) By discussing the language the text uses and its content, explain why this article would more likely be published in a public source such as a magazine or newspaper, rather than a science magazine.
2) Because is a experience that the girl explaine to us it more like a life experience than something scientifique or phycologiste.
3) Because she is explaining to us what she lived and what happen there the feeling she had. It does not show fact and stats. And it more likes a life experience then a psychologist one.
4) All the text
5) I think it because I did not explain it enough
0.5/1
Section C: General and essential ideas
1.
1) Give 2 complete reasons why Maslach does not agree that she is a heroine.
2) Because she have stop the experience, it was getting to serious and she didn’t want to be the one who stopped it because she had a hard time to wach those person even if it was only a experiment.
3) She had walked into the experiment late and therefore was more likely to be startled. She was involved in the experiment because she was in a relationship with Zimbardo and not because she was a student or colleague.
4) Paragraph 4
5) Because I did not understand the part about her being a heroin.
0/1
3. True or false (.5 point each; in order of appearance in the text. Do these very carefully!
B, 1) The text suggests that some participants’ main motivation in joining the experiment was not money.
2) False
3) True
4) Paragraph 6
5) I got it wrong because I thought it was the contrary
D, 1) Before stopping the experiment, the experimenters never interfered in it.
2) True
3) False
4) Paragraph 7
5) I did not understand the question at first I thought that experimenters mean the prisoner
E, 1) Maslach was immediately shocked when she walked into the prison.
2) True
3) False
4) Paragraph 9
5) I did not pay attention to the word immediately
G, 1) The Stanford Prison Experiment did not have a strong influence on how prisons function, according to Craig Haney.
2) False
3) True
4) Paragraph 15
5) I did not understand the question at first I did pay attention to the word did not have.
4.
1) This text suggests something that was not so clear in the video we watched: why the guards were so aggressive towards the prisoners. What is the reason?
2) Because they take it very seriously. It was reel life for them not a game or a experiment.
3) Because people become anti-social when we put them in situations where they feel anonymous or they can perceive others in ways that make them less than human.
4) Paragraph 8
5) Because I said it in the way that I thought in not in the way that the text said.
0/1
5.
1) Critical thinking. What conclusion could the researchers make about nature in general by observing their prison experiment in the middle of the night?
2) When something go to far people can act differently. It could be mean or nice, but in this casse the guard where really mean with the prisoner.
3) The guards changed the way they acted when they thought no one was looking.
4) Paragraph 10
5) because I did not write about their behavior when no one is looking.
0/1
6, B)
1) How would you summarize paragraph 9?
2) It the difference about the young man how he change in a small time
3) She saw the two faces of the guard (when he is with the prisoners and with normal people)
4) Paragraph 9
5) I did not have it right because I was to general, and it was not in a small time but with people
0.5/1
8.
1) Without using any of the author’s words, explain completely how politicians exploit prisons.
2) The guard are mean with the prisoner but the prisoner are not good guy so they diserve it but in that experience the boy where all egal so it was not fair for the prisoner
3) Politicians use prisons to create a image
4) Paragraph 14
5) I did not get the question. And I thought the question would not be in the text.
0/1
1.
1) “Several young men… Were herding a large group of men down a hallway.” (paragraph) (1mark)
2) Herding mean: To gather in a crowd like in an animal in a herd (it to keep in one place)
3) Herding mean: To keep the person in the same place, to keep them all together. Mean that the young men were keeping a big group of people at the same place.
4) Paragraph 1, line 3
5) I thing I got it wrong because I did not explain it enough. And because I did not explain it well.Because I get half point.
0.5/1
2.
1) “… steadily increasing their coercive aggression tactics” (paragraph 7). What does this word? (1 mark)2)to put them in the right way. Fixe the problem3) In a regular way, constant.
4) Paragraph 7, line 4
5) I did not have the good answer because I did not have the good explanation
0/1
3.
1) “Institutional settings develop a life of their own independent of the wishes and intentions of those who run them” (paragraph 15). What does this word mean? (1 mark)
2) They have to controle them. Keep working on.
3) The people who administer the prison
4) Paragraph 15, line 6
5) I did not have the good explanation. I knew what the word mean but I did not explain it well
0/1
Section B: structure and author’s intention
2.
1) By discussing the language the text uses and its content, explain why this article would more likely be published in a public source such as a magazine or newspaper, rather than a science magazine.
2) Because is a experience that the girl explaine to us it more like a life experience than something scientifique or phycologiste.
3) Because she is explaining to us what she lived and what happen there the feeling she had. It does not show fact and stats. And it more likes a life experience then a psychologist one.
4) All the text
5) I think it because I did not explain it enough
0.5/1
Section C: General and essential ideas
1.
1) Give 2 complete reasons why Maslach does not agree that she is a heroine.
2) Because she have stop the experience, it was getting to serious and she didn’t want to be the one who stopped it because she had a hard time to wach those person even if it was only a experiment.
3) She had walked into the experiment late and therefore was more likely to be startled. She was involved in the experiment because she was in a relationship with Zimbardo and not because she was a student or colleague.
4) Paragraph 4
5) Because I did not understand the part about her being a heroin.
0/1
3. True or false (.5 point each; in order of appearance in the text. Do these very carefully!
B, 1) The text suggests that some participants’ main motivation in joining the experiment was not money.
2) False
3) True
4) Paragraph 6
5) I got it wrong because I thought it was the contrary
D, 1) Before stopping the experiment, the experimenters never interfered in it.
2) True
3) False
4) Paragraph 7
5) I did not understand the question at first I thought that experimenters mean the prisoner
E, 1) Maslach was immediately shocked when she walked into the prison.
2) True
3) False
4) Paragraph 9
5) I did not pay attention to the word immediately
G, 1) The Stanford Prison Experiment did not have a strong influence on how prisons function, according to Craig Haney.
2) False
3) True
4) Paragraph 15
5) I did not understand the question at first I did pay attention to the word did not have.
4.
1) This text suggests something that was not so clear in the video we watched: why the guards were so aggressive towards the prisoners. What is the reason?
2) Because they take it very seriously. It was reel life for them not a game or a experiment.
3) Because people become anti-social when we put them in situations where they feel anonymous or they can perceive others in ways that make them less than human.
4) Paragraph 8
5) Because I said it in the way that I thought in not in the way that the text said.
0/1
5.
1) Critical thinking. What conclusion could the researchers make about nature in general by observing their prison experiment in the middle of the night?
2) When something go to far people can act differently. It could be mean or nice, but in this casse the guard where really mean with the prisoner.
3) The guards changed the way they acted when they thought no one was looking.
4) Paragraph 10
5) because I did not write about their behavior when no one is looking.
0/1
6, B)
1) How would you summarize paragraph 9?
2) It the difference about the young man how he change in a small time
3) She saw the two faces of the guard (when he is with the prisoners and with normal people)
4) Paragraph 9
5) I did not have it right because I was to general, and it was not in a small time but with people
0.5/1
8.
1) Without using any of the author’s words, explain completely how politicians exploit prisons.
2) The guard are mean with the prisoner but the prisoner are not good guy so they diserve it but in that experience the boy where all egal so it was not fair for the prisoner
3) Politicians use prisons to create a image
4) Paragraph 14
5) I did not get the question. And I thought the question would not be in the text.
0/1
Saturday, September 26
Correction of the essay
Correction of the essay
In my essay most of my mistake was about: the contraction of some world and mistake of plural. I wrote a lot of world like: wasn’t, didn’t and others. And I was supposed to put: did not, was not.
I said “researches”, this is wrong because you cannot count “research”. So i should have said research.
I said “witness said” and this is wrong because there is more than one witness. I should have said witnesses said.
I said “parallels”, this is wrong because it not plural. I should have said parallel.
I said “proofs”, it wrong because you cannot count the proof. I should have said “many prove”.
Par:3 (...) And when the police arrived to Marilyn’s place they didn’t find any needle or anything that it can be used to do this. They didn’t find anything to prove she did it to herself. This is why people think that there was someone with her that night.
Par:4 During all those years, we never found who really killed her but we have a lot of suspects. In fact we know she didn’t kill herself with medication because they didn’t find anything to prove she had needles or even a glass of water. And her body was not at the same place when we find her. Many things linked the Kennedy’s to the murder like the red carnet which disappeared. There are still many prove to find.
In my essay most of my mistake was about: the contraction of some world and mistake of plural. I wrote a lot of world like: wasn’t, didn’t and others. And I was supposed to put: did not, was not.
I said “researches”, this is wrong because you cannot count “research”. So i should have said research.
I said “witness said” and this is wrong because there is more than one witness. I should have said witnesses said.
I said “parallels”, this is wrong because it not plural. I should have said parallel.
I said “proofs”, it wrong because you cannot count the proof. I should have said “many prove”.
Par:3 (...) And when the police arrived to Marilyn’s place they didn’t find any needle or anything that it can be used to do this. They didn’t find anything to prove she did it to herself. This is why people think that there was someone with her that night.
Par:4 During all those years, we never found who really killed her but we have a lot of suspects. In fact we know she didn’t kill herself with medication because they didn’t find anything to prove she had needles or even a glass of water. And her body was not at the same place when we find her. Many things linked the Kennedy’s to the murder like the red carnet which disappeared. There are still many prove to find.
Thursday, September 10
This is me
Before I start school I was working full time at Provigo. I was the assistant manager. I was working there for a year because I had to pay for my breezes. I had to pay them all by myself. In May 2009, it was my last payment, and I decide to go back to school. I still don’t know what I want to do in my future but I think it better to be at school then to work for Provigo the rest of my life.
Now I’m living with my boyfriend at his mother’s place. It not always easy. But it better than living on my own. Last year, I was living with my mom, my sister, my brother and my mother’s boyfriend but it did not work between them. My mother’s boyfriend was mean with us
and violent. So my mother decided to move back with my brother’s father. My sister and I have the same father but not the same that my brother. She moved back with him. He lives at Sherbrook so my mom moves back there. Before I came to Montreal I was living there too. But I didn’t want to fallow her because I want to stay here. During that time, I was going out with my boyfriend. So we ask his mother if I can stay with them. It took a lot of time for her to decide but she finally said yes. I was happy because I did not want to go back to Sherbrook. This city is too small.
So now, since I live with them, I have a lot of thing to do. I don’t pay a lot by month but I have a lot of cleaning to do! I don’t really have a lot of free time because I’m working, I’m at school, I have a lot of homework to do, I have my boyfriend and my little dog to take care of. But want I can and when I have time I like to read. My favorite series is:”Gossip Girl”.
I really like to read these books again and again. I start to read them in French and now i bought them in English so I can pratice my reading. And they even have a TV show. I bought both seasons an English even if they were rather expensively. So that is what I like to do when I have free time.This is my baby. She is 2 years old now. She is Chiwawa mix with a Bichon Maltec. Her name is Mia. Every day, I walk her because she like to run outside and I brusher her hair because if I don’t she had knots. I really like her. She haves a little bag and she likes to go shopping with me!
Now I’m living with my boyfriend at his mother’s place. It not always easy. But it better than living on my own. Last year, I was living with my mom, my sister, my brother and my mother’s boyfriend but it did not work between them. My mother’s boyfriend was mean with us
and violent. So my mother decided to move back with my brother’s father. My sister and I have the same father but not the same that my brother. She moved back with him. He lives at Sherbrook so my mom moves back there. Before I came to Montreal I was living there too. But I didn’t want to fallow her because I want to stay here. During that time, I was going out with my boyfriend. So we ask his mother if I can stay with them. It took a lot of time for her to decide but she finally said yes. I was happy because I did not want to go back to Sherbrook. This city is too small.So now, since I live with them, I have a lot of thing to do. I don’t pay a lot by month but I have a lot of cleaning to do! I don’t really have a lot of free time because I’m working, I’m at school, I have a lot of homework to do, I have my boyfriend and my little dog to take care of. But want I can and when I have time I like to read. My favorite series is:”Gossip Girl”.
I really like to read these books again and again. I start to read them in French and now i bought them in English so I can pratice my reading. And they even have a TV show. I bought both seasons an English even if they were rather expensively. So that is what I like to do when I have free time.This is my baby. She is 2 years old now. She is Chiwawa mix with a Bichon Maltec. Her name is Mia. Every day, I walk her because she like to run outside and I brusher her hair because if I don’t she had knots. I really like her. She haves a little bag and she likes to go shopping with me!
On this picture she is trying to fit in my purse because I was living without her. And she was sad. She is funny and I can’t imagine what my life would be without her. I bought her when my ex boyfriend broke up with my and since that time she is always with me. It just sad that she can’t come to school with me! 
Monday, August 31
An Amazing day
Last summer, my family and I went to Mont-Laurier. We were there for a week. During that week, we spent time in a cottage beside the lake. We went kayaking, fishing and swimming. But the most exciting activity that we did was “D’Arbre en Arbre”. All day long, we were climbing trees. We had a lot of fun. Some parts were harder and scarier than others but we managed to finish the circuits. It took us three hours to finish it.
In this picture we were getting ready. We can find my boyfriend Kevin and I on this picture. I was getting scared because it was my first time. I am scared of heights.
That was at the beginning of the circuit. It was easy but I was still scare. I was a little dizzy at that point. It was not high but I did not feel comfortable.
That was at the beginning of the circuit. It was easy but I was still scare. I was a little dizzy at that point. It was not high but I did not feel comfortable. 
After all the climbing on each circuit there were a slide we had to take. That was the part I hated the most. I was really scared. I was scared the rope will break and I will fall. That one was the last slide that we had to take. It was the longest and the highest one. I felt like turning around but I wanted to prove I could do it. So I did it
This is the threes of us standing at the last circuit. We had an amazing day and if we go back to Mont-Laurier next summer we probably will go again.
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