Handling Knives

Selecting the correct knife for the right job

It is important to use the correct knife when cutting food. For example:

Paring knife for peeling fruits and vegetables which is also used for small works such as deveining small sea food, removing seeds, skinning or small garnishes. 

Cook/Chef Knife for mincing, chopping, slicing, dicing vegetables, slicing meat and disjointing large cuts.

Bread Knife for cutting bread

Preparing area for usage

In this picture, you can see that we are cleaning the table with cleaning detergent and cloth. 

And the cutting board has a wet cloth underneath it so that it won't move around while doing the work.

You can also see that the equipment for use is clean and sharp.

To maintain knife

In this picture it can be seen that we are maintaining the sharpness of the knives. You can use a long stone for sharpening knives but for this one we are using steel. One should hold the steel at a 45 degree angle and sharpen the knife from the heel to the tip of the blade from the top going down the steel.  The same should go for the other side of the blade of the knife.

Storage 

Knives need to be stored correctly to avoid them being damaged or blunt 

In class we store them in a cupboard 

Bystander Effect

The Bystander Effect

     Have you ever hesitated to help someone before out in public? Why do you think you hesitated? 

    

     Humanity is rather strange. We are involved in a vast amount of everyday activities such as working, studying, hanging out with friends etc. Under these situations, there’s always a moment where someone that we don’t know is doing something that needs helping with. Imagine walking down a busy road. Then a student who fell or tripped and got their stuff messed up. Normally you would help right away. But then, you feel something like you don’t have to. These thoughts might come into your mind; ‘someone’s going to help anyway’, ‘there’s a lot of people. I’ll just let them be.’ This is called the Bystander effect

     The Bystander Effect is experienced when you hesitate to help someone in need out in public because one might think that someone’s about to help. One will hesitate because there are a lot of people. This is not because of anxiety or peer pressure. This is because one is holding onto that hope that someone else will help. I’d describe this as laziness, not anxiety. 

     In our stranger and wonderful world, nothing’s perfect. Everyone is sure to experience the Bystander Effect every once in a while. But, too much of this isn’t the Bystander Effect anymore. It would be called ignorance. As stated, no one is perfect. But we can always be a better version of ourselves than others in our own thoughtful way.

English Poetry

What do these poems suggest about the way we should approach poetry?

The poems suggest that we shouldn't be afraid to study and read poetry for they are literary pieces that are meaningful and have creative ways to covey their intended message or theme.

What is one specific example (evidence form the text)?

 "Yet one is surprised To see the poem Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self As one reads it Again And over again. "

                                                                           

Reflection on Research on The South Island Robin

Finding information about the South Island Robin is something I wasn't looking forward to. To be honest I didn't want to do anything and just draw my time away. But it is a requirement so I have no choice but to do it. 

My teachers from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines taught me that Wikipedia shouldn't be trusted with information. With that in mind, I went on to find some other site. But before I completely ignored the possible correct information in Wikipedia, I read the whole page. It seemed right and reliable. I took down notes from Wikipedia and went on to search for other sites. Immediately after leaving Wikipedia, I found the site nzbirdsonline.org.nz. The format of this site is professionally made. Okay, I also loved the colors. I compared my notes from Wikipedia with the information form NZ Birds Online. None of the information contradicted each other. Wikipedia is more like the summary of NZ Birds Online. Every bit of information on both sites is correct and reliable. 

I had really weird thoughts about this. Maybe whoever wrote the information on Wikipedia based their information on NZ Birds Online. I mean, I went through other sites and they don't have the same amount and accurate information like Wikipedia and NZ Birds Online. It's a possibility, right?
  

Setting aside this ridiculous thought of mine, I combined the information I found on Wikipedia with some of the new information I found on NZ Birds Online. Now I have notes to be prepared for the upcoming assessment. Oh yeah, I don't have to do the assessment. Oh well. Learning about something new is fun and beneficial. And yes, I found my research about the South Island Robin fun. I'm into animals don't judge me.

The Kea

The Kea is a nationally endangered bird endemic in New Zealand.

These birds are the only mountain parrots in the world. Nesting on the ground, they live in the alpine regions of New Zealand. Keas are covered with greenish-brown feathers that allow them to camouflage in trees. Under their wings, a radiant orange patch can be seen which they use for communication. They have 4 toes in order to grab on branches. Using their strong beaks, they test everything that they find. There are cases when they use their beaks to rip apart car parts such as the side mirrors and the rubbers around windows.

The Kea's diet consists of different plants and insects which makes them omnivores. They are known to be opportunists and scavengers because they will eat any meat that they will find. However, if there's no food to be found, Keas attack livestock, especially sheep, which is the main reason why farmers shot down thousands of these birds in the late 1860s.

The breeding season of Keas starts from July and ends in January. During the breeding season, the female incubates 5 eggs at most in a span of almost a month while the male Kea finds food for his family. The female Kea will take care of her hatchlings for 4 months until they become fledglings. 

The kea is a nationally endangered bird and thanks conservation methods, their numbers slowly but surely increasing. 

Tips on Getting an E8 for Unfamiliar Texts Exams

It's not about the What's. It's about the How's and the Why's
How was the technique used to make us feel things?
You're going to need:
  >Personal Voice - there's no wrong way of reading a poem; link it to yourself
  >Appreciation of the Text - the emotional effect and power it has to change
                                                 our perception

Why? This is the author's purpose
  > Talk about how the author may have had some sort of experience incorporated with the speech.

Language Features
  > There's no grammar in the poem
  > It's got a stream of consciousness
  > How the text makes us feel different emotions

Structure and Answer
  > Thesis statement at the top; "I'm gonna prove that.."
  > Go straight to your thesis. NO introduction.
  > The structure goes
         - The message of the text
         - Author's purpose
         - Tone
         - Techniques
  > Relate them back to your thesis

Goals for ESOL

I would like to improve my English speaking skills. Concentrating in pronunciation. I would also like to improve my grammars and punctuation for my essays in the future. Learning the British accent would also be lovely.