INDEPENDENT STUDY IS FINALLY WORDED!!!-GEORGE

Yes I have finished the post study work and am looking forward to the next year. The study was really hard because I (and I am sure a lot of you can relate to this...) didn't do anything really in term two. My topic was really interesting but I had some really boring activities that I couldn't do they were so boring (namely describe Aztec living conditions before and after the fall) but overall I think I did pretty well.

Independent Study: final final word - Marcus

Independent Study has been really fun. I have learnt a lot and the process of it has been great. I am also now prepared for the various papers I might need to do in highschool. Here are some of the things in my study that I know off the top of my head.

1. J.P. Morgan and James Stillman effectively saved the american economy.
2. There are 5 steps in minting coins: Blanking, Annealing, Upsetting, Striking and Inspecting.
3. The New Zealand Dollar is the 15th most valuable currency in the world.
4. There are 1.2 New Zealand Dollars in an American Dollar.
5. There are roughly NZ$1200 in a Bitcoin.
6. One of the cousins of the Bitcoin is the BBQcoin.

Researching was originally very difficult for me. This was mainly because I didn't know very much about the topic at the beginning of the year and there was a lot to be reaserched. Now, however, I am greatly interested in the topic and know more than ever. I hope that I can get at least highly commended in my study. That would make me very happy. If I get a placing then I would be over the moon. Many of the topics in our class seem very interesting as well. The Titanic, Herge and Captain James Cook seem quite interesting and The students doing those topics also seem to know lots about their topic.

Overall, this year at school has been amazing and I hope that life can be similar later on.

Ender's Game Book vs Movie - Watcher X

Hello all I am Watcher X and recently we (the class) have read the book and watched the movie of Ender's game and they were both great but I personally thought that like most of you that the book was better then the movie.

I was quite disappointed that they had missed out quite important parts of the book and that they pretty much focused on Ender for the whole movie which was fine but they could have gone into some of the other characters with more depth and they missed out the whole story of what was going on down on the earth which I was quite disappointed in.

But the movie wasn't that bad it gave us a good view of the main story line and in all it was pretty good but they should have added a lot more.

And remember JD I'm watching You 

I.S final final word - JD

It feels weird to know that I only have four days left of primary school, then college. I've enjoyed being in 78T, having all the privaleges of being in year eight without having to have done the work in year seven. The hardest part of my I.S, cramming it all into the last term! I probably learnt the most from Jesse or theo , because I knew nothing about power, and now I do. I was worried about my presentation at the start of the year, and I still don't know how mine was an hour long! If I could do another independent study I would do much more at the start of the year.

PS. I wish my consciousnesses would leave me alone...

Independent Study: Final Final Final Word Luke

Indeed, I have done my self-assessment and final word. I think this year was both easier and harder than last year at the same time. This year, I had something to beat and that made me work harder. On the other hand, I was more experienced and realistic. One of my favourite bits was the presentation, because once I got into my stride, it was really enjoyable getting everything out. It's a shame I couldn't do it to another class as well. I got little help from my paents, in fact, my mum was woried because she didn't know what was going on. Everything was fine. I'm proud to have completed my independent vstudy. Hopefully, there will be ind studies at Scots.

Independent Study Final Final Word - Campbell

I am finally nearing the end of my independent study and am looking to relax.

It has been hard working on one document for a whole year.  I one the hardest things to do is remain focused on what you want, the end product is so far away that you can loose sight of what you want to achieve which is a a good, professional Independent Study.

That could have been a challenge but likely, in my opinion I avoided it, and so now i have an independent study on the shelf that I am really proud of.

I think my Independent Study is better than it was last year mostly because it is longer and covers more things.  But the one thing I am most proud that I included in this years and last years independent study was my depth of thinking and the way the whole booklet follows the BSWQ.

The Independent Studies in my opinion will help me a lot in college.  While in Wellesley (before 7/8T) we had only done one inquiry (which I did not do) and that was considered a long project.  But in college it is normal to have assignments that last for weeks at a time.  If I hadn't done an Independent Study then this would be rather daunting but because of 7/8T I have done it all before and know how to manage my time.

I think my Independent Study this year was good and the whole idea of it is great.  I really have appreciated the chance to try something of this size before college.

Independent Study: final final word - Louis

My Independent Study this year has gone well. Despite all the things I missed, I feel like I have done well, and have done a lot more than I did in year 7. I feel that even  though it's all finished, I still have a lot more to go, before I am completely finished (I wonder why...?). Larger inquires will be done when I reach secondry school.

The hardest part in my Independent Study was probably comparing James Cook to other explorers. It required me to look deeply into 4 different explorers, (and Captain Cook) and after that, compare them and find out which one did greater things. Unfortunately, Cook didn't win, but it was still an activity worth doing.

My topic choice seemed like quite a great topic choice as it has relevance to New Zealand, and that it is a topic that most people know about, but also no one had done the topic yet. This was quite unexpected, as it seems like a topic that many people would've thought to do. It has been a difficult topic, but I feel I have learned a lot.

Despite me being very proud of my topic, I feel like there is a gap in it, and that my topic is missing something. When I compare my booklet to a couple of other people in the class, I realise that those people didn't have any gaps. Despite all this, I still am unable to find what might be missing.

Unlike how I thought last year, this year my presentation didn't cause me to stress. It didn't even feel remotely difficult. This would be because I have done this before, and that I knew that it wouldn't be any trouble. I have really enjoyed my Independent Study this year, and I am proud of how it turned out.

Independent Study: Final Final Final Word- Theo

Independent Study is an exciting but daunting task. There have been many good bits, and many bad bits.  But overall it's not that bad. I think the hardest part would've been when I was just starting my presentation, because I didn't know how to do it, even after looking at last year's presentation 'montage'. Eventually I knew how to do it though and was very easy after that. I'm really looking forward to showing my parents my booklet, because I am very proud of it. I don't think I would add or take away something, because I think the system works well. It has been a very enjoyable task and I'm looking forward to doing it next year.

Independent Study: final final word - Mr T

Good morning boys.  Most of you have completed your Independent Study.  You have probably completed you full Self-Assessment and 'Final Word'.  Here is a chance to fill in the gaps and write anything you like about this large assignment which has taken up a full school year.  Consider some 'angles' that have not been covered on my follow up sheets and take this opportunity to comment on your study this year.   Some points to consider: What was the hardest part?  How crucial was your topic choice?  Which classmate taught you the most?  How proud are you going to be when you show your parents?  What would you add or take away if you were to do another one next year?  Did you enjoy doing this?  How hard was the presentation part for you?

Ender's Game - Campbell

I think Ender's Game was a good movie and book.  However there were some very important differences with the book and the movie.  I think possibly the biggest difference between the book and the movie was the role that Peter played in the movie as well as the amount of political stuff like Loch and Demosthenes.

This was a very influential part in the book and the books afterwards.  Peter rules Earth in the book so Ender and Valentine leave.  Because the next book focuses around another Planet 3000 years later, if Ender and Valentine hadn't left Earth because of Peter then there would be no sequel to the book.

I can understand why they did this because with all that political stuff it would be a bit boring.  However the producers will have trouble creating a sequel because of this reason.

Despite that very minor issue i think Ender's Game was very good, the battle school and command school was very much like i imagined it would be as were the people, "Buggers" and costumes.

All in all I think Ender's Game was a very good book and movie and I hope to see more books and movies on it.

Ender's Game: Book vs Movie JD

I'll admit that the book was better than the movie, but everyone is looking at the negative bits of the movie. Think of how hard it was for the directors to fit a massive book into an hour and a half, and keep the futuristic theme of the book. I did like the war games, and the simulations of the real battles at the end, but fitting all the tactics into one battle didn't really work. And since when did Petra like Ender, and who said Bonso was a midget? Wasn't Ender Six when he beat up the bully at the start? Where did Locke and Demosthenes go? There are a lot of major details that the movie didn't add, or changed, but the book was massive and fitting all that into a movie must have been hard, but the book was much better than the movie.

Ender's Game: Book vs Movie- Theo

Reading Ender's Game has been a pleasure and I think the movie is equally good. The battle simulation at the end of the movie was done really well as well as the battles in the battle room.

The scenes that linked up with my imagination the most would probably be the bunk room where the launchees slept and the battle room. I imagined the stars would be orange, I don't know why! but they were still the same shape I imagined them.

I plan to see the movie again with my family.

To finish off with, I would like to see the Cherub series turned into movies.

Ender's Game: Book vs Movie - Louis

Ender's Game was clearly a great book. I enjoyed it a lot more than the other books the class read the year. One of the things that made it better than the other books in my opinion was that it seemed a lot more aimed at people of our age. Comparing it to the movie though is quite difficult however due to both the book and the movie being quite good.

My personal favourite of the two is the book though. This is usually the case when comparing book to movie not only with me, but with most others as well. Books are usually just plain better than movies, usually because the book is a brand new topic while the movie is just piggybacking off that topic, and in a book, your imagination can run wild whilst this is not the same as when watching movies.

There are some parts in the movie that they did a lot better than in other parts. For example, a good part that they did was how they represented and used the battle room on the movie. Another part they did well was how they created the battles that Ender fought. In my opinion, there wasn't any parts that they did really badly, and they kept the movie to a high standard.

The movie was quite good, but it wouldn't be the thing I would want to see again, purely because it is a movie I understand, as I only really watch movies again if they are really really good, or if I didn't understand the movie properly.

Ender's Game - Callum H

Before I start don'ttrust this post because I wasn't here for quite a lot of the book so I will just talk about the movie:
In my humble opinion both the book and the movie are great examples of the human imagination.
I reckon that in the movie they did a very good job of putting most things for the book into the movie apart from Lach and Demestheen. There was a big opertunity for more. Having said that the movie was still just short of two hours so they would have had to be very careful not to make to long and boring. Also Orson Scott Card must have been happy with it because I don't no if you noticed but he was on of the either directors or producers (I can't remeber).

Ender's Game: book versus movie - Marcus

In my humble, personal opinion, of which I greatly trust, the book was better than that modern, 21st century, wannabe movie. The book gives great moral reasons for every activity and it all has relevance to the highest degree. The movie, however, did not meet my reasonable standards and it missed out some exceptionally important things. As a simple example, Locke and Demosthenes were extremely important impersonation characters but they did not appear at all in that second-hand movie. In my second humble, personal opinion, of which I also greatly trust, if there was anything in that silly movie that they should do over, it would be the whole movie.

Sorry, some weird dude got into my blog. I do think that the book is better than the movie but not to the degree stated above. The movie was also very good but it was not as true to the book as I would have liked it to be.

enders game book vs movie

I have had lots of time blogging lately. Anyway the book was soooooooo much better than the movie. They skipped a lot, e.g rat army, Locke and Demosthenes, phoenix army and the whole speaker for the dead thing. I was quite disappointed by the way that the movie is overdramaticised and where did Petra being in love with ender and bonzo being a midget come from. The movie would be so much better if you have not read the book as the bugger demise was a good surprise that was ruined. I think the battles should have been explored in better detail as we only saw one that used all the tactics in one. Then we would have got the formations part. Formics were dumb and it should have been the buggers. Honestly, its already M just do it it isn't that bad a word! The movie I would most like would be … *dramatic music plays*  the silmarillion.

Ender's Game-Book vs Movie Luke

Personally, I thought the movie was better than the book. I found the book hard to understand and the book got quite boring. I'm glad the movie made it much more understandable. I liked Harrison Ford as an actor, though I'm not sure if he'll be good for the new Star Wars. My imagination likes to make things look like things in my own life, so where Stilton was killed was by the music store near Hutt Central. I'm not sure about the character Valentine, because I think that she was younger and a more vulnerable character in the book. They mised out on events on Earth, which I found a bit annoying as I wanted to see Peter, Hegemon of Earth!!!! Now, I think that maybe they should make a grand Asterix movie like the Tintin one(or does that already exist?) and I want the H.I.V.E. series to be movies.

Ender's Game: book vs movie - Mr T

Good morning boys.  It has been a while since we blogged.  I wonder why?  Yes, I think something called 'Independent Study' got in the way...well here is something we can write about now that we are on the 'home straight'.  We all saw the movie Ender's Game on Friday.  You have all had the book read to you.  Did you enjoy it?  Do you prefer the book or the movie (or is that like comparing apples with pears?)?  Is it possible to enjoy both seperately?  Which bits did they do well?  Which bits did they do poorly (if any)?  How did your imagination (through reading the book) match up with the visuals of the movie?  Which was your strongest character?  Best acting?  Most annoying part?  Would you go again?  If you had a chance, on which book would you choose to make a movie?