Introduction to Story

Big Change In Education

I moved to New Zealand with my younger sister and we stayed with our aunt and her family. I started school at Acorn Academy, a small private school at Glen Eden. Acorn Academy was very different from the schools we had back in the islands.

First thing I noticed while I was there, was that badly behaved students never get smacks. The teachers will just tell them off. As for someone who was bought up in the islands, getting told off was not something new but not getting hit by a thirty centimeter ruler was very new. The language was obviously one of the big changes that happened to me.

While I was finally getting used to Acorn Academy, my aunt told me that I need to move schools. As I started at Waitakere College, I noticed the a big difference. The atmosphere was different. As a new student, it was frightening. Coming from a small private school to a massive school was a big change. I saw student’s attitude towards teachers were very different from what we had in the islands. Talking back to the teachers and making teachers cry were all new to me. I learned a lot from these big changes.

Something Negative That Happened To Me

The English language is a difficult language to learn. I came to New Zealand with little knowledge of the English language. I was always the shy kid that sits at the back of the class, always by myself. I never talked to anyone knowing that my English is not good. I always have the thought of people laughing at me when I speak English

Watching TV was my way of learning English and it helped. Reading was also one of the ways that helped me through my journey of learning English. It wasn’t my favorite way of learning but I was told that it helps. I learned a lot of new words but I still had the fear of people laughing at me.

One day, I shared my fear to one of my close Tuvaluan friends who grew up in New Zealand. She then told me to not be ashamed because it’s not my language. From that day on, I changed the way I think of myself. It gave me a little confidence to speak English. My Tuvaluan friends started talking to me in English to help me with my fear. I started talking to students in my classes and learned a lot of new words and also made new friends.

A+B = C

A Stationary Shop

  • Books
  • pencils
  • pens
  • computers
  • paper
  • paint
  • money
  • crayons
  • rulers
  • study desk
  • ink
  • cardboard
  • Spray paint

MY Wedding Night?

  • Food
  • Families
  • Friends
  • Music
  • Photographer
  • White Wedding Dress
  • Suits
  • formal dressing
  • catering
  • Entertainers
  • Wedding ring
  • cake
  • wine
  • dance floor
  • Decorations

Outcome

  • Decorating the room with books, paper, pens, pencils, rulers, paints, crayons.
  • Tables will be giant books, pencils, pens.
  • instead of signing papers we spray paint it.

19 March

First Object

  1. It is a squared painting
  2. It has dark and light tones
  3. The area with white paint is bigger than the green squared area
  4. It has small triangular shapes on the sides
  5. The squared painting has different shades of green
  6. This painting has black/dark brown tones
  7. I can see the white area painted over the green areas.
  8. There is a drawing that looks like a bed.

What Does It Mean?

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SO WHAT?

Second Object

  1. It is a teapot made put of cement
  2. The whole object has brown tones
  3. The handle is a bent metal
  4. The only light tone is the white lid of the teapot
  5. The screws on both ends of the handle are the same size
  6. The body of the teapot is a broken rectangle

What Does It Mean?

SO WHAT?

Third Object

  1. This object is a bowl painted in white
  2. There are holes on the sides
  3. The holes looks like they were roughly cut out
  4. It has a hole at the bottom
  5. The bowl is facing upside down
  6. There is a light bulb sticking through the bottom of the bowl
  7. In a dark place the light will shine through the holes

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