The Cree Nation of Mistissini

Today’s journal is about three things that I think about the Cree Nation of Mistissini. First thing I think about mistissini is they have a wide variety of surroundings and weather conditions. In the summer it gets very warm, during the spring and fall they have an abundant rain fall, and during the winter it is cold and dry, with a lot of snow. Their also surrounded by forest and lakes, with a variety of trees and plants. This would be a good place to live if you like to experience the things nature has to offer. I think how it’s interesting that they’re been there since the early 1800’s, and it used to be just a summer encampment, because of the establishment of the Hudson Bay company fur trading post. They were also different traders in the vicinity. I also found out that they got an agreement with the governor or Quebec, which increased the relationship between the government of Quebec, and the Crees of Quebec. After they signed the agreement they were able to do whatever they wanted with the land, and they developed it into their respected community, and over the years they’re become what it is today, I think there’s a lot of things that people don’t know that happened like small things like this, even in Quebec where we live.

Describe what victory feels like to you

Today’s blog topic is an odd topic, it is ”Describe what victory feels like to you.” Well I think victory is basically winning a against a struggle, or at least winning in your mind, because victory means you have won whatever struggle against another. Whether you were by yourself or with other people, victory stills feels the same, like finally lying down after a long day of working, a relief because it means an ending to whatever struggles or competitions were happening, but with every victory there is a loss. Without having a loss, it is impossible to have victory, because it is the fact that the other side lost, that you won, two people or sides cannot win. Victory makes loss what it is, and loss makes victory what it is, in a way they complement each other. Something cannot simply “be” because that’s “what it is” it must have an opposite or it does not exist, it cannot even be a thought, if you try to think of winning without something losing it’s impossible, you might not think about it directly but that’s how you know what it is, because it is not something else. This relates to almost every aspect in life.

What new thing did you learn today?

Today’s blog topic is, “What new thing did you learn today?” Well I don’t really know what new things I learned today, because I haven’t really noticed anything I learned, because it’s nothing big, I guess I learned some things in my PACES, I learned that it’s going to be snowing today, because it’s snowing right now as I write this. I learned that Kendall’s computer is pretty much broken, like to the point of no return. I also got the Swiss Family Robinson book today, because I need it for the English Pace I’m working on. I learned that I have guitar lessons today, because I forgot, until I remembered today. I also learned that when I took my history test again, for history class, I got the same result as I did last time. Some of the questions on the test were wrong, and got me kind of confused. I also learned in history class what our assignment was for this week.

Journal

Today’s blog topic is about whatever we want to write about, so I’m going to write whatever pops into my mind. I’ve always noticed how the first week back at school always seems so much longer than the other weeks, but once the week is over it didn’t seem so long, there’s different things that are like that, it might seem like its taking forever or your doing your best at it, but once your done you think, that wasn’t that long, or you think you probably could have done a little bit better if you really tried, even though you were trying your hardest. I wonder what makes us think like that. I also noticed that a lot of people want what they do not/can not have. During the winter we want it to be warmer, during the summer we want it to be cooler, whenever kids get to drink soda “if they don’t drink it a lot” they get excited about it, when I’m sure there’s a lot of other drinks that they would choose over soda if they had it normally, I think it’s because it’s something they can’t normally have. Poor people want to be rich, rich people get tired of being rich. I think that knowing these kinds of things are interesting, and how the mind words.

What do you like about snow storms, and do you have a responsibilty for shoveling?

Today’s blog topic is, ”What do you like about snow storms, and do you have a responsibility for shoveling.” Well the only thing I really like about snow storms is it’s normally a snow day, and gets a break from school, but what student in high school doesn’t like the fact of a snow day. Besides that I don’t like snow storms at all. I don’t like walking in the blistering cold, with snow flying in your face and all that fun stuff. The buses are normally always late, or full by the time they get to your bus stop, and waiting at the bus stop can get quite annoying. You also can just go out in your normally jacket and shoes either, you actually have to get a hat and gloves, and boots if there’s a lot on the ground, well that’s abnormal wear for my winters :P. As far as shovelling goes I don’t really have anything to shovel since I live on the upstairs part of a duplex, and the only form of land that snow can fall on is our balconies, but we don’t’ really shovel those because they don’t get that bad.

What is your favorite part of the Christmas season?

Today’s journal topic is “What is your favourite part of the Christmas Season?” My favourite part of the Christmas season would be probably the fact that there’s no school during that time and you can do basically whatever you want. I don’t really like the fact that it is normally really snowy and cold. Almost everything is easier to do in the summer. I’m guessing that most kid’s favourite part about the season would be presents, kids as in 3-12. I don’t really care for presents that much anymore, since the only thing I really look forward to during Christmas is the vacation part, but I’m not saying presents wouldn’t be nice, but I don’t think I would really mind if I didn’t have any. I also used to like the snow a lot more when I was younger, now I find it just gets in the way, I actually like the cold though, not like freezing cold, but in between.

Do you find it hard getting back into the school routine? Why or why not?

Today’s blog topic is “Do you find it hard to get back into the school routine? Why or why not? I personally think the amount of effort it takes to get back into the school routine all depends on how much time you spent on vacation, if it was only for 3 days it wouldn’t be very hard to get back to your daily school routine, but when we have summer vacation, it’s often quite difficult to get back into school, and concentrate on our work, we normally get bored and distracted easily, most of the work is basically getting over that first hill of forcing yourself to work, then it gets easier. If you do some work over the vacation it makes it a bit easier when you get back, but it’s already hard enough to work on vacation as it is. One of the main reasons it’s hard to work, is because you’re not used to waking up so early, which makes you tired and lazy throughout the day, which makes it a lot easier to do nothing. I don’t think people ever stop actually working though, might not be in high school but they keep working, until your retired, but not all people retire as they feel they do not want to retire.