11.3.09 How Immigration Created a Multicultural Foundation

How Immigration Created a Multicultural Foundation

My heritage is Canada.
My ancestors are from Italy. Mother’s parents are from North Italy and Middle Italy respectively. My father and his parents are from South Italy, Sicily to be exact.

Immigrants contribute to our country by giving our country a culture of its own and contributing to Canada’s multicultural reputation. They also help free up spaces for work by taking on lesser-ranked jobs such as working at McDonald’s, at fast food places, and at many others.
Lives for new Canadians from different cultures are hard at first, getting the money, getting settled down and getting ready to swear the oath in about 5 years. It’s very different and difficult because they need to learn English, to get used to different culture and laws. Most teenagers who moved here from Canada have somewhat of easier time adjusting than adults. They feel themselves Canadian once they’ve been in Canada for long time due to high schools making big impact on life while adults don’t always consider themselves Canadian, it varies by people.

The restrictions that could block an immigrant from coming to Canada are if Canada closed immigration from a country, if they’re not healthy, are not financially stable, or don’t have skills needed for labour jobs in Canada.
The circumstances where Canada would need more immigrants would be if Canada has small population and needed more or if there’re lot of issues with workers.
Ellen was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in 1958, involved in Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Order of Canada as well as first female member of Cabinet of Canada. Ellen was member of Hamilton City Council from 1945 to 1950. When she was in her post during 1958, she introduced regulations designed to eliminate racial discrimination in immigration policy, as well as introduced more open-minded policy regarding refugees, and increased the number of immigrants allowed into Canada. Fairclough was the first female Acting Prime Minister from February 19 to 20 1958

Dear Ms. Fairclough;
Your policies have changed Canada for better. I thank you for it or I would never have met such awesome friends I have now. One of my best friends is a black, few others are from Asia. Your policies have changed Canada so much. It had made me open-minded and I am not racist nor are many people I know. My school is full of different cultures and people. There are students at my school who are willing to share their culture with us as well as interact with us. My home neighbourhood is very varied in culture and the food is delicious. If it has not been for you I would be so close-minded about everything such as food, clothing, culture and language. I thank you.
Thank you;
Linnea

10.7.08 Final Unit 1 Personal Response

Linnea Vella
ENG2D
10/7/08

Final Unit 1 Personal Response

In what ways has this unit helped you develop your literacy skills? Identify strength of yours that was evident in this unit, and an area that could be improved.

This unit has helped me develop my literacy skills in my personal dictionary full of words that I know, as well as how to develop a character as well as modify him through a story. I have also learned about situations that reflect on reality around us, take Lord of the Flies for example, Simon’s death could’ve happened to us if we are not aware and use our logic, as well as that being stranded on an island can change us either for good or for bad. I have also learned about different kinds of description, style, and humour, as well as how to intercept them into a story. Take Lord of the Flies for example, the author described Piggy’s death scene rather excellently, I really felt as if I was there, watching as he turned over once and hitting that square red rock on his back. I have also learned a lesson from IRP that you cannot judge a book by the cover as that I found the book I chose rather boring to read, I had thought it’d be interesting to read from the summary I read. It seems I was wrong. Reading Lord of the Flies has also helped me learn how different every writer are, as well as help me develop how I describe things. I have also learned to look deep into what the book says and not the surface, as well as to read carefully.

9.15.08 English Carrer

Linnea Vella
September 15, 2008

My Career as a Reader

I consider reading a very important part of life, because without it, we would be in a hospital, in a fatal position, or even dead because we can’t read. We need to read the street signs, the menu in a restaurant, for learning in school as well as get past in life.

If we do not read the street signs and be careful, we may die or kill someone by accident because we are going over the allowed speed limit. We may be banned from a place for smoking because we did not read the sign and the owners banished us. I also find reading a good exercise for my brain as well as to help me relax and spend my time. If I was at a party I do not want to be at but got dragged to anyway and I am bored or tense, I can just whip out a book if I have it with me, sit down on a chair of sofa and start to read. I can just whip a book out of my backpack and read on a ride to school or home if I am bored. Reading books has always helped me relax as well as teach me about life as I like books with morals on life.

Books can teach us about what we want or need to learn about such as how to cope with separation or divorce, how to sew, food recipes and fun games. Books is both educational and enjoyment. I have always depended on reading to help me get past by in life because I will be doing lot more reading because I will need to write on a piece of paper to communicate with hearing people and get written replies in return so it is more easier than trying to use gestures.

I have often held in a laugh or just smile when people says they can’t wait till they finish high school, then they won’t need to read anymore. I generally think that is impossible to stop reading and that people have no idea how much humanity depend on reading. We read street signs, the menu in a restaurant, closed caption, subtitles, posters and well, everything! As I type this essay, I am reading what I am typing at the same time. We read what we write out as well, we can never survive without reading at all. I believe that everyone should learn how to read, no matter what the reason because reading is very very important in life, I can never emphasis just exactly how much it is an important part of life. If we do not read, we would be very behind in the news, the new things, never to buy anything, never to sell anything because everything depends on reading, even math and art. Yes, even sport-related things depend on reading. No matter how much we argue about reading, EVERYTHING depends on it.

12.10.08 Drama in Shakespearean Time Essay

Drama in Shakespearean Time Essay

How dramas are presented today and in Shakespearean time are not same. The actors, theatre design, and its benefit to the audience are different during both times. Continue reading below to understand how.

First of all, let us learn about the actors. In Shakespearean time, women were not allowed to act on the stage, as it was considered not suitable for women, as well as commoner job and not honourable. So, the actors who played female parts had to be those who did not go through puberty, so they still had their high-pitched voices, and those who haven’t reached puberty. Can you imagine two men kissing? I can not! Today, the actors are both genders, women are allowed to act on stage.

Second of all, there is theatre design. In Shakespearean time, there is The Globe Theatre, also known as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. It is in the shape of a globe, very round with open roof. In Shakespearean time, there were no manmade lights, so everyone had to perform/watch the plays in the afternoon, through using sunlight that shines through the open roof. Today theatre designs has the roof covered the theatre, and uses electricity lightning to light the place as well as the special effects to add to the overall atmosphere of the play. Today, people can watch plays get performed at all times, in early morning to late night.

Third of all, how the audience benefits from the plays. The audience benefit in various different ways, such as learning the themes, to release their stress, to get laughs, and to relax. In Shakespearean time, people relieved their stress by throwing stuff on the stage; yell at the actors, and to have fun.

In conclusion, drama in Shakespeare time was very interesting, with females not allowed to perform on stage, with open roof, and with how the audience benefits from the plays. I am glad to have learned all of this.

5.26.08 Could Juliet Be Pregant?

Lim
5/26/08
ENG1P

Could Juliet really be pregnant??

A reporter said she had caught a shot of Juliet at a beach and noticed her belly looked a bit swollen. She wondered “Could she be pregnant?”. Juliet admitted she was with a boy few days earlier, before Romeo was banished, yet she refused to name who she was with. Some people believe it was Romeo, some people say it was Paris, others thought it was Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend and Paris’s relative. Juliet was seen on March 25th shopping for baby clothing. Once she was seen at a local pharmacy store, buying a pregnancy test. Her father, Lord Capulet, is suspicious of her doings and has once confronted her publicly about it. How embarrassing for Juliet! A hotel guest who said that night Juliet checked in the hotel, she heard noises from the bedroom Juliet was in. “It sounded like Juliet was having sex and enjoying it” the guest said. The reporters have asked Romeo, Paris and Mercutio if they had sex with Juliet. Romeo raised his eyes and said with a devious smile, “Maybe”. Paris refused to comment and Mercutio got so flushed and yelled, “WHAT? HELL NO!” at the reporter. The people thinks the most possible to have had sex with Juliet are Romeo and Mervolio, reporters say. This is causing a huge riot between the Capulets and the Montagues, even more than ever, and Juliet is tempted to spill the beans, yet she is afraid of how they will react so she has kept silent.

10.21.09 Cold War

Cold War

DEW Line means a series of radar stations along both American and Canadian borders to monitor the air.

NATO means North Atlantic Treaty Organization signed by democratic nations in Europe and North America.

NORAD means North American Air Defense System aimed to protect North America from air or nuclear attack from Russia.

Warsaw Pact means an alliance created to protect each other from a NATO country

Canada got involved in the Suez Crisis by going to United Nations to request that UNEF be created but British and France rejected the idea, so Canada turned to USA. After several days with tense diplomacy, UNEF was created, and several troops were sent to Suez to keep the peace in order so political settlement can be worked out without violence. Suez Crisis started on July 26 1956 and ended in April 24 1957.

The Cold War ended in 1991, a year after the Soviets went bankrupt and could not keep up with the arms race. They could not afford to produce basic goods, and the economy collapsed.

1.27.09 History Exams

Lim
1/27/09
CHC2D

What is your response to the punishment that Meyer received? Did you think he should have been punished at all? Explain your answer.

I think he deserved the punishment; life sentence is enough for his role in the murdering of Canadian soldier prisoners. He encouraged his troops to kill prisoners, and he didn’t even have respect for them. I think that’s horrible and he really deserved to stay in prison for life but he got released from prison.

The soldiers who were murdered at the Abbaye have a special memorial set up in their honour. Are some deaths more worthy of special recognition than others? Based on your knowledge of the Second World War, what other circumstances can you think that might lead to special commemorations?

I’d say it really depended on what kind of person who died is, to deserve a special recognition than others. As for the circumstances, I think that people who died trying to rescue prisoners, fallen during battle, and died in bombing deserved special commemorations, as well as people sacrifices themselves for others.

Why Canada refused to accept Jewish refugees in ‘30s?

Canada was in isolation at that time, and Canadians did not like Jewish at all. Canada wanted nothing to do with foreign people, and wanted to focus on itself, instead of looking out for other people of other countries. Canada only joined the war because it saw Britain needed help badly.

How did women’s social status improve during WW1?

Lot of men were going to war in Europe, and there were barely any men old enough for war in Canada to work, so women started to leave their home to go to help work and to make supplies needed for Canada troops in Europe. Women started to do more work with lot of men away, and the government granted some woman the right to vote.

How did the French Canadians react to conscription?

French Canadians were against conscription, and wanted no part in the war, so most of them sent a reply requesting they be pardoned from the war. They also started a riot in Quebec about the conscription.

TOPIC: WOMEN AND WARTIME INDUSTRY

Women and wartime industry played a very important role during First World War. Women helped with war relief. Women also helped make the society change for better. We cannot forget the fact that it was during WW1 that women started getting rights. This is my argument.

Women helped with war relief. How, you may ask. Well, lot of men went to war in Europe right? So there’re no men that are old or young enough for war in Canada right? So that leaves lot of jobs open, right? Women took this opportunity to begin to work, and to make supplies needed for troops in Europe. Women also went to Europe to be nurses also known as Bluebirds to help the injured men and to try to get them back to health so they can go back into the battlefield.

Women also helped make the Canadian society change for better. Women began to fight for their rights during WW1 by going to work, taking up the roles that only men were allowed to take up, and women earned money to keep the property of their farms.

Women started to get rights during WW1 because they began to help with war effort so much that the army men and the government simply cannot ignore the women and their war effort, so they had to grant the women rights. What rights you ask? Well, the woman got rights to vote in 1916, at first it was only women who were sisters, wives, mother, daughters of the armed men who got the rights to vote, even so it was only in provincial election. Later all women were allowed to vote in only provincial election. Today, all women are allowed to vote in provincial and federal elections.

Women played an important role during WW1. They helped with war effort and war relief. Women also helped improve the Canadian society. Thanks to women during WW1, we women have the rights and are equal to men. Now, those are my reasons why women played an important role.

4.28.08 Careers in Television

Lim
4/28/08

Careers in Television

Weather; A person who gives updates on weather and predicts the week weather.

Sports; A person who gives updates on all sports and says what will be happening the night they update on.

Anchors/Reporters; A person who give updates on what’s happening.

Manager; A person who manage the TV Show.

Producers; People who produce the show

Editors; People who edit the TV shows.

Assignment Editors; People who edit what they’re assigned to.

Computer Graphics; People who make and put computer graphics on TV shows.

Photographers; People who take pictures.

Video Journalist; People who do videos as journals.

Technical; A person who take care of the technical stuff.

Promotions/Publicity; People who promote things publicly.

Programming; People who program stuff.

Sales; People who gives updates on whatever’s on sale and how the sales are doing.

Executive; People who are important are on TV.

10.29.08 Book Review

Linnea Vella
ENG2D
10/29/08

Book Review

The book title is “I wrote on all Four Walls”, edited by Fran Fernley, and told by teenagers. The genre is non-fiction. This book is good, I liked the advice at the end of the book, and I liked the layout of the book. This book is a good way to reach out to other teenagers. This book is also very well-informed and accurate.

You probably know a bit about teen violence but have you ever experienced them? Are you a teenager who is experiencing violence and wants to speak out or to know that you’re not only one? Are you an adult who has a teenage child and don’t know how to handle it? This book has stories that other teenagers has written or told about. Those stories are the teenagers’ experiences and what they went through. There is advice at the end of the book.

This book is a good way to reach out to other teenagers because this book has stories that teenagers has written about their experiences. Teenagers can read this book and perhaps, get inspired to do something regarding their situation. Teen violence is still raging today and the teenagers do not know what to do, this book has just what the teenagers today need.

This book is very well-informed and accurate because the teenagers wrote their articles and sent it to this book. This book also has excellent tips and advice at the end of the book as well as provided some websites for more information.

I give this book a rating of four out of five stars. The book is one of the excellent ways to reach out to other teenagers. There are good and accurate information in the book. I really like this book. There is one small tiny thing I have to mention is that not all of the advice offered in the book works 100% but still great. I recommend this book for teenagers who are going through violence and adults with teenage children who are going through violence.

2.17.09 Blizzard

Blizzard

Blizzard is caused by low pressure system, moisture and high winds. Once there is moisture in clouds, they fall into cold air forming snows then when there are high winds, there tend to be lot of snow flying around in the heavy winds.

Blizzards are most common in north-western, north-eastern parts of USA, and all of Canada. Blizzards also occur frequently in Europe through mostly in Russia, and Northern Asia. Blizzards also occur in North Pole. I think Blizzards are associated with landforms where there are usually cold weather and snow.

Blizzards can cause power outages, frozen pipes, phone service to go out of order, heat to go out, and power to go out. Blizzards also cause frostbites and extreme cold temperatures. Blizzards also have an effect on having people being confined to their houses or wherever they are staying in. Blizzards also cause heavy winds that can topple cars, trucks, houses, and lights over. Blizzards can last for days to weeks. Blizzards also cause Hypothermia. Blizzards also cause the roofs to collapse because of heavy snow.

5.8.08 Analog is spoken

Lim
5/8/08

Analog is old, digital is new.

Analog has bad quality, digital take fast to load and is best quality.

Digital camcorder you can plug in computer, analog you can’t.

Analog’s formats are old-fashioned, black/white, film-like, traditional and VHS. Digital’s formats are new, color, digital-like, modern, and DVD.

Digital Television you can have many channels, watch anime, cartoons, play video games, watch movies on DVD, you can have closed captions installed instantly, has best quality, has color, no antennas needed, is popular and in high demand.

DTV Means Direct-to-video. Broadcasters have to change to it because it is quicker and modern. Who knows when they switched.

Existing Television antennas still work.

Analog television has to be converted to digital television system before receiving a digital signal.

It cost very much for analog television system to covert to a digital television system.

11.5.09 American Cultural Influence

American Cultural Influence

In response to the quote, I agree because during 40s and 50s the teenagers were large population-wise than adults due to the baby booms and loved rock n roll but older generations did not and disagreed with it. There were very few music that all generations loved.

ROCK N ROLL

-combination of the rhythms of the blues, from African American culture, and from America's country music
-Lead musical instrument was piano or saxophone in 1940s and got replaced by guitar in 1950s
-Usually played with two electric guitars (one lead other rhythm), a string bass or an electric bass guitar and drum kit.
-The Beach Boys
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Bo Diddley
- Bobby Darin
- Bobby Lewis
- Bruce & Terry
- Buddy Holly
- Carl Perkins
- The Chantays
- Chuck Berry
- Dave "Baby" Cortez
- David Allan & the Arrows- Dick Dale

NOT ROCK N ROLL

-Pop, classic, country, polka, etc music
-Lead musical instrument was flute, keyboard, drums, etc.
- Not usually played with electric bass guitar and a drum kit
- Coco Love Alcorn
- John Alcorn
- Daniel Bélanger
- Haruhi Aiso
- Ami Suzuki
- Rie Eto
- Takanori Nishikawa
- Charlie Daniels
- Dawn Sears
- Jin Au-Yeung
- Hikaru Utada
- Kumiko Koda
- Jimmy Sturr
- Shiri Maimon
- Ofra Haza
- Kathem Al Saher- Shatha Hassoun

3. USAS had lot more people and thus lot more possibilities for music and most famous musicians were born in USA.

4. The rock n roll music has affected how teenagers dress, how they act, how they behave and how they live their life.

11.4.08 Gossip Girl

Lim
11/4/08
IRP
Gossip Girl, All I want is anything

Category A, #3: In what ways is the reading challenging? What strategies are you using to help you overcome these challenges? Are you glad you selected this book? To whom would you recommend this book? Why?
The challenges I ran into while reading this book was finishing it in time and motivation to finish the book. I managed to finish it by motivating myself that my teacher wouldn’t be pleased if I didn’t finish. That and I never read two books at same time. So, if I wanted to get onto another book, I had to finish this book. I also had to force myself to finish it.

Nope, I am not glad I chose this book as I was disappointed by the book, the cover and summary on the back tricked me into reading this book. The summary hinted that this book was decent. It is a big waste of my time I could’ve spent sleeping on the bus, talking to friends or writing something in my personal story journal.

I would not recommend this book to anyone as I personally think this book did not deserve to be published or to be read. I am sure that if anyone who has read this book would feel same thing I do. This book has no plot; either that or it is confusing. It looks as if the writer has no writing style, and the characters were really undeveloped. I really got nothing from this book, not even a hint of emotion. There is lack of description. I also did not get the theme from this book. The format of this book is terrible. If I had to give a rating, it would be zero out of five stars. If I could, it’d be negative five out of five stars. The characters are very flat, I felt like they all shared very similar personalities.

Category A, #1: What predictions did you make before starting to read? Explain how your predictions were correct or incorrect.
I made few predictions that the book would be about a girl who all she ever is anything; she manages to get something in the end. I also thought that there would be lot of gossip involved. The setting I had predicted would be at a high-school. My predictions were incorrect because there is no gossip around; the setting is not high school, and the plot? Confusing! This book does not connect to the title at all. There is barely any gossip. The setting is a college and some other places. The characters are college-age, or high-school age. It is hard to tell. The book hardly connected to the summary or the title. It went off-topic.

Category B, #3: Do you think this book is believable: Why or why not? (Theme)
I am sure if I think this book is believable, because it is for teens, and has few situations connecting to teenagers but at the same time, I did not feel as if I was a part of the story, or even watching from affair. Also, there is no plot, the characters are unbelievably flat, and I could not nitpick the theme out. I really cannot say anything else.

Category B, #8: Which part of the book made you feel most curious? Discuss. (Style)
I would say it had to be the cover and the summary. The cover caught my attention with its picture, colors, style, title and subtitle. The summary really sparked my interest and curiosity to read this book. The summary hinted that the book was good. The book was not good at all, it hardly connected to anything. It broke my curiosity and interest on first few pages of the book.

11.23.09 Aboriginals Struggle

How Aboriginals Struggle to Be Equal

I know when I’m not being treated fairly because it’s instinct. We were brought up to know what’s fair and what isn’t. For instance, when I’m waiting in line and people line-jump, it is not fair to me because they’re making me wait longer because they’re lazy to wait.

I believe life for Aboriginals in Canada today still is hard and frustrating because of their original land and reserves are being taken over by the government and all that. They are still struggling to keep their culture, traditions and language as they were forcibly assimilated and sent to boarding schools.

I believe that the Aboriginals themselves should look after the rights of their people rather than the government and the court system as they were original occupants of this land, and we’re taking advantage of them which isn’t fair to them.

Dear Jasper Cinquet;

I have read your letter regarding you and your people, and I found it interesting. I agree with you that Canada and its government should do something to help you and your people. Perhaps letting your people be allowed to look after their own rights as well as their businesses, lands, culture, etc etc would help as well as giving your people more reserves since you Aboriginals after all were first ancestors of our country. If we had acknowledged your language as one of official languages, it’d help your people more to know that you’re getting respect needed. It’ll also help that if we put more effort into the investigation whenever one of your people get into a crime or something happened than half-hearted investigation like with The Helen Betty Osborne Murder case. There are many things we Canada can do to help you and your people, Jasper.

From;
~Linnea~