Motivation By Tony Gurr

      Tony Gurr's blog post was some what baffling. I wasn't use to the way of presenting as Tony Gurr has presented his blog. His style of displacement caught my observation and interest. Therefore I refreshed the page and read the post again until I understood what Tony Gurr's post meant. The words seemed to be off topic at the beginning but reading it the second time while relating to the images made me laugh often from the easy jokes that lures the readers in. For example in the beginning when Tony Gurr explained that long lasting passion burns from the inside, he also dared the readers to contradict him. Here I believe he both created a strong hook and also taught the second lesson of teaching: a voice. Tony Gurr posted this blog post to educate others, he made an example of asking for the learner's voice by asking them to contradict him. I may be reading into it too much but here I think that this is a great lesson in teaching others of how to teach.

      In the end I made a conclusion: I will not become a professional teacher.

      Why? I do not trust myself in holding the decision of a child's future. Just as Tony Gurr's post says: (If the student does not like me or does not have an inner passion for the subject which may require tests or other events, he or she will not learn well.)

      I agree with this image, teachers should give the students a reasonable amount of voice and choices so they don't feel as if they are prisoners.

      I also understand that a teacher can only create an environment and provide encouragements to the student to be motivated to learn, not to create motivation and try to stuff it down the student's throat. Motivation is ignited by passion, and passion can only be lit by the owner, not a by stander. Emotions can only be obtained by the individual, not by others because it is the individual's emotions, not others. Again teachers must be open, suggestive, encouraging...

      Tony Gurr's one of the last images made me laugh too. Ms.Pushover considers if she has choose the right career when all the students are goofing off. Here it is very sad because she did not realize that all children has those times of fooling around. She is not only wasting her own time, she is also throwing away the precious few years that the students have which will determine the rest of their life.

      

 Learning and teaching is everywhere.
Students and teachers are everyone.

Genius Hour #2 Peer Review

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wNkitnFYvZInZwPdzLa9tdZlw7XmIAbCVAdyKgps914/viewform

Wings by Macklemore (poetry in motion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Yj1S3mJZ4&feature=youtube_gdata
I chose this song because of it's message. It talks about conformism and consumerism and how it has taken over our lives (so to speak). I find the message of the lyrics to be clear, strong, and inspiring.
Lyrics: Wings
Artist: Macklemore
Pictures: Google Images
Song: The Piano

Poetry that Moves!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-SYeuenWwo&feature=youtu.be

Poetry that Moves !

This is my poetry that moves creation! I hope you enjoy !

Song: Radioactive (Instrumental) by Imagine Dragons
Author of Poem: L.T. ( off tumblr )

Poetry That Moves — She Walks in Beauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah1_7oha6yI&feature=youtu.be

Voting in Canada should be required by law (meaning punishable by fines)

Voting for the right leader to help make our economy, education, and people satisfied is actually not that easy these days. The reason being is that not many people want to vote or vote in general. People always complain about the premier raising taxes, making driving laws harsh, making marijuana legal, and the list goes on.  People that don't vote don't have the right to complain, so why don't they just vote?

Voting helps get the voice of the people out there to make communities, towns, cities, and provinces much more efficient; it should be required to vote in Canada as a law, especially when it comes to choosing the right premier for the province. For example, people in Syria are suffering because of the government, the leader of many, has chosen to be a dictator, and killed the lives of many people the past several months. We should be lucky that we get to vote for a leader that is strong and that is willing to make our futures livable and safe, so we shouldn't just take voting for granted; we should use it as an advantage. People in third world countries don't have a say in their lifestyles; they barely get a chance to speak, especially women. People should stop complaining about government and take the time to vote; by making it a law with punishable fines, who wouldn't vote? This can help increase the chance of a successful premier, and likely, a happier province.

In conclusion, voting should be required by law, and the ones that don't vote get punishable fines; voting will help improve our democracy and the importance of elections; to be taken seriously. I agree to make this a new law, it can increase the chances of the new generations to become more active and involved in the Canadian democracy. As Canadian citizens, we should make voting a privilege and an advantage to continue to help strive our province to the very best, and if it means enforcing a law, let it be.