Legion's+Reflections

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16/9/08

I feel that our essential question is most challenging, yet challenging yourself is what life is about. If you do not challenge yourself you will not achieve anything, after typing all this I feel like our hypothesis needs improvement for it did not seem detailed enough and it was a very obvious prediction, so I feel that we should change our hypothesis to something more original.

Jacky.

18/9/08

I really feel accomplished from the video I have made, I seems like it can be persuasive and the music felt like it fits really well, I am glad I had made this video and have no regrets, but criticism is always welcome as long as it is constructive.

Jacky

18/9/08

After awhile I have finally thought of a very technical hypothesis in my opinion, it is not obvious for it thinks a few more steps ahead of just the plain old to keep whatever or to make things whatever. I feel that I couldn't of thought of a much better hypothesis. This hypothesis will really challenge us due to all the great leaders that have existed in this world who have used the Capital Punishment as a solution.

Jacky.

20/9/08 I think that the spaces is well organized and we all are doing a great job but i would still like to see Jason and Jeffrey Contribute towards the space and group more

Daksh.

23/9/08

Look back to the hypothesis.

- Reflect on your did ideas-how accurate do you think they were?

They were quite accurate and was very VERY unpredictable for that we have pointed out the legacy of the Death Penalty, therefore we really are progressing well so far on our wikispace so far, but our information and researching is not good enough, so we must develop our abilities there.

Whole group.

15/10/08

Not a lot of reflection lately so I decided to reflect on our wiki. We are really spending most of our time on presentation, this will really be our downfall since we are quite low on "potential" information to answer our synthesis question, although we have been all working really well together except for the timezones where we all c ollide and overwrite each others work. The duties were a great idea so everyone is occupied if they have done all they could for information. So far the wiki is proceeding much better than I though, a few slackers though I wish not to name for my own reasons. Once we have enough information we should be able to finish our wiki because it seems like we're quite ahead of everyone when it comes to presentation.

Jacky.

Reflection 13/11/08

I believe our inquiry was quite a success although we lacked enthusiasm and as time went by we lost dedication leading to our downfall. Many people started to slack off leaving only a few of us doing the work although as we progressed through the stages we all started to participate a lot more yet still lacking the essential features to be critical, informed and responsible.

The next time we do inquiry learning I would really like to change the way we work for it seems the way we were communicating and working made us lose dedication to our work thus leaving us behind from the class or perhaps it was the group arrangements that made us seem to lose interest for we were too concerned on other matters.

The more I do the inquiry the more I wonder about our hypothesis and question, how is it related and will it be correct or not. This topic our group has chosen has been one of our most challenging ones for the death penalty is very unique and not a topic studied by many therefore there is a lack of information limiting our choices which really made our essential question quite an ‘unanswerable question’ although that did not stop us from attempting this question, we pushed ourselves forward until we thought it was correct, thus concluding my reflection.

Forgive me for writing such a long reflection.

Jacky

White Hat

What are the facts about the issue? People are taking the death penalty as a joke thus sorta committing when doing a serious crime, although on the other-hand it can also be useful by repressing the all so serious criminals.

We already knew that the death penalty was not such a common issue because not many spoke of this issue in New Zealand since it was abolished a few years ago.
 * What do we already know?

Black Hat

The problems with this issue is that you cannot stop it unless the government says so since in most countries most people are inferior to the government thus not allowing them to speak out freely therefore not allowing a fair trial.
 * What are the problems with this issue?

How are people affected in a negative way? The dear ones of those who are sentenced to death are affected the most since they do not believe that the punishment is fair, since everyone on the world has the right to live according to human rights,

The human rights that have been denied are the freedom to speak and the death penalty due to the fact that it is the government making the choices allowing such a cruel yet rightful punishment into their country.
 * What human rights have been denied by this issue?

Yellow Hat

What are the positive things about this issue? (e.g. what are the benefits of child labour?) The benefits from this issue is that it might make the society a better place by repressing those who are committing that specific crime will think twice ‘Am I going to choose this path and take the risk?’

Red Hat What are your feelings about this issue? Our feelings about the death penalty is that it is not that cruel to those who ACTUALLY commit very serious crimes such as treason, however when this punishment is sentenced upon minors we feel it is quite unfair for teenagers do not know the real meaning of life.

Because it’s just not right sending a teenager to death when he does not know right or wrong, however when we are talking about adults who attempted to do something serious then it is a different matter and they should be punished.
 * Why do you feel this way?

Green Hat We could send a letter to Obama but it is highly impossible that it would change and we would most likely be under a lot of trouble.
 * What are some things that you could possibly do to address this issue in our community?

The other option is that we get people to sign a petition and see the results.

Other options involve making a website .com so more people would access our feelings.

We have also thought of making a video on youtube or making an ad for TVNZ however it would be pricy.

What things should the government do to ensure that this issue is addressed? The government has to listen to other people, he has to open up inorder for this issue to be solved or else the death penalty will carry on with it’s reign.

What agencies and organisations are there in New Zealand or Auckland that people who are affected by this issue can go to for help or support? Apparently there is none since the death penalty has been abolished from New Zealand.

Blue Hat


 * Record the different hats you have used during your entire Inquiry process and give a brief explanation, e.g. White Hat: We used this in all stages, particularly Knowledge Saturation, Essential Questioning and Investigate. We had to find out all the facts we could about Child Labour and use them to write questions to investigate further.

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Jason Wong's Reflection:

I learnt a lot about this topic which is Death Penalty which is a success, but could learnt more.

I learned which country got the most death penalty, which is the asia countries they got more then 1000 or more kills per year.

From Jason Wong