Fake facts

For this reading activity we had to describe misinformation, malinformation and disinformation in my own words.

 

Aroha, heart filled with love but mind clouded with grief...

Aroha was a free-spirited girl
Full of warmth and sunshine
She enjoyed exploring the forest grounds
Except the times she fell on her behind

Aroha was a thinker
A strategist no doubt
But as she watched her friends return to their parents
A thought made her pout

For Aroha had no parents
And it never failed to spoil her day
When this happened, she often roamed around
She'd run, and jump and tumble and fall down
All to get away from this feeling, somehow

Though a voice echoed softly somewhere
"Don't worry you're burden isn't all for you to bear"
She refused to let the thought prevail
And held her head up
Instead she breathed in deeply
And let herself exhale

Aroha attempted to share her thoughts
Her strengths, weaknesses and feelings
It made her feel proud
and somewhat lighter
And she knew whenever she felt down
Her friends would be there to make her days brighter

  

Brain diseases

 

My reading group has been studying about Brain diseases. Here are examples of the brain diseases we've been researching.

Mophead - Diary entry

 

 This is a piece of writing in the form of a diary based on a book called Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh

My diary entry:

My gosh, I hate the kids at my school. I want to ask my parents if I could move schools but they'll ask why. I don't want them to get involved with all the bullying happening outside of home. It's annoying...

Oh no, mum said the principal had called her to say that we had to go back to school and have a Restorative Justice meeting, whatever that means...

We were the first to arrive. A few minutes of waiting later my bully (the one whose patronized me the most and the longest and says the meanest retorts) comes in with her parents and sits across from us. My bully and I made eye contact, and just when I thought someone was about to speak, the principal opened her office door, welcomed both families, thanked us for coming to the meeting, and invited us inside her office. It was pretty cramped and the cold, dense atmosphere made me feel like a person diagnosed with claustrophobia. Then the Restoration Meeting began...

My parents and I have jut come back from the extremely long meeting. When I first heard about the meeting I had thought my bully (Regina George) had made up another lie so that the principal could tell my parents about it, but, no. I later found out we were there to discuss the bullying that's been going on. We talked and I shared about my experiences I've had with the countless bullying. The pair on the other side of the room apologized on behalf of her daughter, and then she apologized. I accepted their apology, but didn't forgive them. I don't think I'm ready to forgive Regina and the rest of her followers yet. Until next time, dear diary...