Hello Basketball Girl. I have examined the problem and have came to the conclusion that you need personal help form the coach. Think that you need to talk to the coach and ask for certain exercises and drills to help you excel at the game. You need to come to the realisation that your not all that. You will naturally be on the bench. You don’t need to sit around and sulk around about not being good when you can be on the court training hard so that next time you step on the course you will make a better impression of your talent.

You need to focus on yourself and not on the crowds. They can talk but you can decide whether it gets to you or not. Get through it and push on and eventually you will improve and prove the haters wrong. In conclusion i think that with time great things ca happen and you will improve and you will prove the people against you wrong.

My name is Diego I live in the back roads of Russell. I go to BOIC. I live with my mum,dad, and sister. I come from California  and moved to NZ when i was 8. 

The scene i chose was when corries house got blown up by the helicopter. my scene contains grass, the house, a helicopter and the dog on the balcony. So far in the book this has been the most exciting event. After this event they went back to hell to camp out.

This year for the science fair, my mates Angus and max decided to team up. at the start we couldn’t think of an idea, and were stuck. one day while still thinking of an idea matua Rob said that there was a $1000 prize for the team that helped nature and the environment the most. we kept thinking but still no ideas.

one morning we walked into class and matua Rob said that there was one more spot for this thing called Aqua-bots. we thought “well we don’t have any other better ideas so might as well!” so we went for it. On the first day of the program we were introduced to the teacher ( I forgot his name ). we then got started with a booklet that explained how to do it. We then got started building. We cut the PVC pipe and drilled the holes so that the water could enter and escape. we then soldered the motherboard and the wires to the propellers.it was then time to set u the final design and when we tested it in the pool, it didn’t even work. The motors didn’t even work. So then we had to change the science fair idea.

one day i came to school to learn that Max and Angus had an idea, Prince Rupert drops. The drops are made from molten glass dripping into water and then solidifying before it hits the bottom. the first attempt we used a broken measuring flask which didn’t work because the glass being too thick and not getting hot enough. the second attempt we used a thermometer and that worked but we didn’t have any successful ones. The third attempt we looked at the last two failed and had another idea. maybe the shock from extremely hot glass to cold water was too extreme so we warmed up the water and the first drop broke but the second and thirst both worked.

we thanked CJ and went back to class to review the drops and do the experiment. In class we cut the tail of the first one and i successfully worked. The second one left us confused and questioning what happened. On the second one we cut the tail once and it didn’t cut, but that was semi expected. We then cut the tail again and it didn’t break, so we cut the closest as we could and it still didn’t break so we then tried to stomp on the thick side and it didn’t break as hard as we tried. Later that day i took the drop home and smashed the drop with a hammer against concrete. And the concrete that was under it was dented.

In class we are reading the novel When the war began. So far it has been a pretty good book with a lot of detailed parts. So far the group has gone to “Hell” where they have had to fight off a snake in a sleeping bag. One of the main events so far was when one of the girls saw 6 rows of war planes flying low to the ground at very high speeds, and with no lights on. Personally i think later in the book they’re town will get attacked or bombed by a neighbouring country.

In science we are learning about Bio-security, and Bio-diversity. We went to the Opua marina and took some DNA samples searching for endangered species. We then went back into the class room to learn about bio-security and bio-diversity. We Put the samples into tubes and got them in the QPCR machine and got the samples back. and reviewed the information.

The reason I chose the topic of speeches id because I don’t admire anyone and that I thought all the other topics were dumb and a problem in side of m the school/ community would be much better to talk about.