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What makes a good party?
Posted on: September 14, 2009
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Jason set the tone for today’s lesson by telling us about a party he went to on the weekend where a stripper had been hired – lucky your girlfriend wasn’t there!
We then watched the video below of Corey Worthington, who became famous in 2007/2008 for his organisation of ‘the best street party ever’
what makes a great party?
is it influenced by the number of men or woman?
Kyung Suk thought that this depended on the type of party it was: ‘buck’s’ nights and ‘hen’s’ nights (the parties to celebrate before you get married) were a little different
what did/would you do for your hen’s and buck’s nights? Kyung Suk won’t tell us what she did but we’ll find out!
next class we’ll be talking about the best party you’ve ever been to
For homework we were asked ‘what two things would you teach your children?’
So, what are the two most important things you would teach them? Yosuke suggested teaching manners and encouraging them to be sociable.
After all, it’s not what you know, but who you know!
Kyoung Suk suggested something slightly different: diligence and love.
What is ‘diligence’ though? Focus to a particular task and never giving up/perserverance are some of the ways Kyoung Suk wanted to apply this word to her children.
Why did you choose these? Did you parents encourage you to be like this? Are you like this?
We also discussed schooling. Did you attend a private school? Public school? Religious school? Was it ‘co-ed’ (boys and girls) or just single-sex (all boys or all girls)?
Yosuke suggested he would send his son to a ‘co-ed’ but not his daughter!
And would you consider home-schooling?
What are you most scared of?
Posted on: August 2, 2009
Boo! We recently discussed the things that freak us out, spook us, and make it difficult for us to sleep at night.
So what scares you? Jason told us about his fear of swimming and how he managed to beat it. On ya mate. Helen expanded her options and told us about both her childhood and adult fears. Wel, we were all scared of the dark at one point! Of course, the fear of losing someone close to us is something a lot of us suffer, so you’re not alone there. Finally, Yosuke, being a surfer, told us of his fear of shark attacks. Some close calls in there!
At the same time, perhaps it would have been better you not telling us – we had a trip to Manly just two days later 🙂
Last Summer it seemed like there was a shark sighting everyday, but I think that was more the newspapers looking for a story than anything else. Read the article, I think you’ll find you’re more likely to be struck by lightning that being bitten by a shark.
And what am I scared of? This happening again lol
How much is your life worth?
Posted on: July 6, 2009
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Today in class we discussed forgetting the past and how much your life is worth.
This was a difficult question for all of us – so many things in our life are intangible: something that is incapable of being seen or touched, like your personality or emotion.
We read about Ian Usher, a British man who sold his life on Ebay last year. He detailed the sale at the website http://www.alife4sale.com/
In this he sold his house, hobbies, and even his friendships! He’s now started ‘100 Goals in 100 Weeks’ where he hopes to raise $50 000 towards bowel cancer research and awareness.
CJ told us about the kangaroo scrotum/balls bottle opener and here it is!
I don’t know what to say…. lol
how on Earth did they come up with this idea? Who puts time into this sort of thing? 😉
but if you’re interested, you can buy here
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It’s hard to say goodbye… farewell Sun Young! Enjoy yourself in Brisbane and the rest of Asia 🙂
Getting to the bucket list topic, we discussed what was on our bucket lists
CJ wants to start his own business and be remembered as a good husband. Some noble goals CJ!
Moa wants to travel to Greece, much like Joey wanted to in a previous lesson on this topic. What is it with you lot and Greece? 😉 She also wants lots of cats and dogs, and to make her parents proud. More noble goals.
And Helen continued the trend by wanting to buy her uncle a trip overseas, her parents some land and herself a year-long cruise abroad. Aren’t we all such nice people? haha
Money
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Today saw us farewell Su-Jung for at least a month – don’t work too hard!
Today we focused on money. Regardless of how you feel about it, money makes the world go round.
We began by looking at some Australian currency: the $5 note, which features Queen Elizabeth on one side and Parliament House on the other.
Our currency often features important national historical figures – who is on your currency and why have they been chosen?
We also asked: have you ever lost a large amount of money?
have you ever won a large amount of money gambling?
have you ever earnt a lot of money?
have you ever spent a lot of money on a present (Christmas or birthday)?
have you ever saved up a lot of money?
To conclude we read about New Zealand fugitives Leo Gao and Cara Young, who fled the country once they realised their bank had put $6 million dollars in their account by mistake!
What would you do – would you keep the money or would you return it to the bank?
Abba – ‘Money, Money, Money’ + lyrics
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