The production evaluation

My Asstel Writing Test

I think that I wrote a very convincing character description on the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet (the world's most boring subject). I am now writing more clearly and naturally and achieving above where I should be in most cases. I need to work on my spelling and punctuation but other than that  I am doing great.

Racism at the Olympics Homework

Racial Discrimination at the Olympics

Many of us know that before the 1950’s and 1960’s, that black and white people were not treated as equals. They couldn’t use the same: toilets, restaurants, water fountains, or even sit in the same area in a bus. The white people had to sit at the front, and the black people had to sit in the back. Different countries of the world had different opinions on racial discrimination, but with so many countries participating in the Olympics, there was bound to be some clashes.

An example of racial superiority was back in 1936 at the summer Olympics. They were held in Berlin Germany. Germany was determined to outdo the last Olympics in Los Angeles, U.S.A, by building: a 100,000 seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and installing a closed circuit television system and Radio network that reached forty one countries. The Olympics were lead by the head of state at the time, Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was known to preach that the Aryan race (white people) were superior to other races.  Instead of seeing this as a time to bring people together, he used the games to promote racial discrimination. This is what he wrote in the official Nazi Party Paper:  “Jews and Black people should not be allowed to participate in the Games.”  After many nations threatened boycott, he eventually let Jews and Blacks take part.

Two black medal winning American athletes actually used the Olympics to protest against racial discrimination. The pair, Tommie Smith (Gold medallist) and John Carlos (Bronze medallist) both took part in the 200m sprints. As the American national anthem played they both stood with their heads bowed and held their hands up, showing that they wore a black glove on their hand. The both wore black socks and no shoes and Tommie Smith also wore a black scarf. They did this to state that they were proud of being Black and to show their support of Human rights for everyone. I agree with their form of protest it is peaceful and the world could see that they were trying to impact on racial discrimination. As they left the stadium many booed them believing that Politics should not be brought into the Olympics. But was it really just Politics? They said: “Black America will understand.” That very evening Australian white silver medallist in the same event, Peter Norman wore a badge in support of the pair’s protest. Two days later the two athletes were suspended from their national team, expelled from the Olympic village and sent home. Upon their arrival home the pair was welcomed as heroes by the African American Community, but consequently for their actions, both received death threats.

I personally thought that there would be more problems with racial discrimination at the Olympics. The Olympics are an International Event, and all races have the right to compete. I cannot find any information on people not being able to compete due to their skin colour. Many countries have used the Olympics to try and get their political racial messages out to the world, although this may come with consequences.  In the case of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, they lost their right to compete in future games, and Adolf Hittler had the threat of boycott of the games to deal with for his beliefs.  

Everyone has different views and beliefs on racial discrimination. Our skin may be different colours, but does that really define a person? It is what is on the inside that counts.

By Jack Wellwood                    

Ben Johnson Homework

Ben Johnson Stripped of Gold!

Ben Johnson was born on December 30^th 1961 in Falmouth Jamaica. He immigrated to Canada in 1976 where he currently lives in Scarborough Ontario.

He won two bronze medals in the 1984 Olympic Games for the 100m sprints and the 4x 100 relay. He also won Gold at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, but this was withdrawn due to cheating.

Johnson represented Canada at these games and met coach Charlie Francis at York university around 1977. Charlie Francis was Canada’s national sprint coach for nine years.    

He established himself as Canada’s number one sprinter and was well known, he was a celebrity runner. Over his Olympic career his goal was to beat rival runner Carl Lewis. It took eight consecutive races for Johnson to beat Lewis. Lewis couldn’t believe that Johnson had won. This was the start of a long time rivalry between the pair. In the 1987 world championship at Rome Johnson had won 4 times against Lewis. He went on to beat Lewis again setting a new world record of 9.83 seconds.

Following the win of Johnson, Lewis tried to explain himself he said: “There are gold medallists at this meet who are on drugs, that [100 meters] race will be looked at for many years, for more reasons than one.” Jonson replied: “When Carl Lewis was winning everything, I never said a word against him. And when the next guy comes along and beats me, I won’t complain about that either.” This followed into a rivalry at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

In 1988 Johnson sustained a few setbacks to his running career. In February he pulled a hamstring and then pulled it again in May. In the  games Johnson beat Lewis in the final, lowering his personal best (the world record at the time) to 9.79 seconds. He claimed that he would have been faster if he hadn’t raised his hands before the finishing line. The Canadian people rejoiced at his winning the gold medal and breaking the world record.

Three days later Johnson lost his gold medal as his urine sample tested positive for the drug Stanozolol (a performance enhancing, prescription only drug). In retaliation to being caught Johnsons coach claimed that Johnson was one of many cheaters, but just happened to get caught. Johnson was suspended for three years and made a comeback in 1991, but failed to qualify for the world championships. He made the 1992 Olympic 100m team, but came last in his semi final heat.

In 1993 he was banned for life from the International Association of Athletics Association as he was caught taking drugs again. In 1999 this was appealed and Johnson was able to compete, but no one in Canada wanted to race against a cheat. Late in the same year he was caught for the third time with a positive drug test.

In conclusion the first part of Johnsons career was very successful, but unfortunately he ruined it for himself by taking drugs.

By Jack Wellwood.

   

Peter Snell Homework

Peter Snell

This is a report on Peter Snell; an amazing Olympic running champion who won three gold medals. I believe he shows the Olympic values. He attended the 1960 Olympics in Rome where he won gold in the 800m event. He also attended the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, where he won gold in the 800m, and gold in the 1500m. He was influenced by an amazing coach, Arthur Lydiard.

Peter Snell was born on the 17^th  December, 1938, in Opunake. His parents, George Snell (electrical engineer) and Margaret had two other children Jack and Marie Snell. Unfortunately there is no information on the primary schools he attended. In 1949 Peter’s family moved to Waikato where he attended Te Aroha College, and became an all round sports star. He went on to attend Mount Albert Grammar school in Auckland.

Peter first met his coach Arthur Lydiard through a rival runner, (Michael Macky) at High School. Michael was competing and beating Peter at high school running events. After Peter lowered his personal best time, Michael asked who was coaching him, Peter replied “nobody.” Michael then arranged a meeting between him and Arthur Lydiard (Michael’s coach). At this point Peter decided to drop the other sports he was interested in and really focus on running.    

When Peter first started training with Arthur, he began with an early morning workout that consisted of 200m repeats. He ran these among others, one of which was Murray Halberg. In a quote from Arthur “The speed was there, but what was missing was the endurance.” Endurance was the base of Arthurs running system. Arthur put Peter on to a 22 mile course on the Waiatarua Circuit near his house in Auckland. One day he was paired with Halberg, he wanted to stop after 15 miles but Halberg would not let him. Peter continued on, proving he had complete faith in Arthur.

After a lot of training, Peter was accepted into the 1960 Olympics in Rome, where he was entered into the 800m. He was ranked 26^th in the world and had only ran out of the country once. His race in Rome was one of the highlights of his Olympic career. He recalls being stunned when he bet the world record holder Roger Moens. In 1964, he went on to win two more gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics. He won these in the 1500m, and the 800m. He also won two gold’s, in the 1962 Perth Commonwealth games.

After his Olympic career, Peter worked for a tobacco company, before moving to the States in 1971. In America (the States) he received a B.S. in Human Performance, and a P.H.D. in Exercise Physiology. In 1981 he joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre.  He then went on to become the director of the Human Performance Centre at the University of Texas in 1990. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his work as an Exercise Physiologist.

In 2000 Peter was voted New Zealand’s sports champion of the 20^th century.

 In 2001, He was made a knight companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He is now known as Sir Peter Snell.

 In 2004 Peter Snell was one of 5 Olympic athletes put on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The $2.00 stamp that Peter was featured on showed him snapping the finishing tape at the 800m in Rome. He also had a “larger than life” bronze statue erected of him in his home town of Opunake, Taranaki.

In conclusion Peter Snell was a very persistent Olympic runner. I think that he clearly displayed the Olympic values through his training and persistence. He is truly a nation hero.

By Jack Wellwood    

    

Final Olympic Evaluation

Art Work Calendar

This is the work that I have painted for calendars.

Nerf Throw

Nerf Throw

Equipment:

20 vortexes

clipboard and pen

cones

measuring tape 

points

1st red = 5 points

2nd white= 3 points

3rd yellow= 1 point

The aim of the game is for the whole team to throw the vortex as far as they can. The person that throws the furtherest distance in each year group gets a red maker and the team will get 5 points. The team with the highest score is the winning team.

Rules  of the game. 

1. Number everyone in the team 
2. Tell to step up to the line in order.
3. Give them a vortex each.
4. Yell 1 go then 2 go and so on for each team.
5. Put a mark on the furtherest throw 
6. Give 1st red = 5 points 2nd white= 3 points 3rd yellow= 1 points

By Josh, Oscar, Jack and Kees

Birth Date

Birth Date

Equipment

2 blindfolds

2 red pens

100 sheet’s of A4 paper (all up)

24 plastic labels 

24 plastic chairs

Set Up

1. Set out the chairs in two lines of 12.
2. Label each row of seats one to twelve.
3. Gather the remaining equipment in one place.

Aim

The objective of this game is without speaking, regardless of the year you were born is to act as a team to get into who’s birthday is first in the year to last. The team to get into the correct order first wins.

Instructions

1. Read the aim.
2. Each of the teams have a choice either one person from their team can speak but must be blindfolded, or the team can have a pen and paper and a single allocated writer.
3. The chair marked one is the start of the year and the chair marked twelve is the end of the year.
4. Ask each team what their choice is.
5. If they chose a person blindfolded, blindfold the person of their choice.
6. If their choice is a pen and paper hand the pen and paper to their allocated writer.
7. Tell each of the teams when they are in the correct order to say STOP
8. When they say stop come along and check the order if they are in the wrong order tell them to keep going if they are in the correct order than the team has won.

If a draw occurs or no team has completed the task in the allocated time.   

1. The youngest members of the team must face of at paper, scissors, rock.
2. The winners team wins

By Jack, Kees, Oscar and Josh