Poem on primary school days

When I was in primary school,
everything was fun like heaven,
stress was never felt,
but playtime always present.

The days when I am in primary school
were always filled with excitement,
we had many competitions,
which bonded us together.

When the winner won,
he was congratulated.
When the loser lost,
he was encouraged.
There were no quarrells formed,
but many friendship formed.

In the primary school days,
we were all as one,
we learned,
played and got punished together,
no one was left.

The fun and happy times in primary school,
was so good and cool,
no adults interfere,
and only fun things occur,
these memories would be with me,
and follow me through my life.

LESSON 1: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
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1) There aresome figurative language used in this poem. These includes "grass grows soft and white" and "cool in the peppermint wind". The type of figurative language used are symbolism and metaphor. The poet chose these figurative language to describe the grass and wind near the place the sidewalk ends.

2) I like this poem because it contains many describtive words, is short and simple, but yet nice to read. This poem contains many describtive words that described the entire situation to the place the sidewalk ends. The poet uses the words in a very clever manner, as the poet uses the words to make the reader feel as if he or she was in the situation. Secondly, this poem is short. It is not like those long-winded poems that repeats and repeats and make us bored and tired. Reading this poem is relaxing and is an enjoyment. Finally, this poem is very nice to read. If you read carefully, you would "feel" the situation and this makes the poem a success.

Urbanisation Part Two

This is the second part of the more tax. two part series of posts "Urbanisation". In my group, we discussed about the potential light pollution in Thul with the building of the factory, and its effects on the people living in Thul. We think that the villagers will be angry and upset with the government for using a lot of electricity as the villagers will have to pay more tax. In addition, the villagers would be very tired due to a lack of sleep as they might not be able to sleep properly even at night because of the light pollution outside that is too much for them. Finally, the villagers will feel sad as tgey will not be able to admire the beautiful stars.

Urbanisation

Today, Mr Lundberg had a lesson with us on the effects of urbanisation. We were grouped into groups of five and then we conducted group discussion. We are being monitered by teachers and therefore the quality of our discussion increased.

In my group, we discussed that locating the fertilizer factory complex in Thul will cause soil erosion, infertile soil and plants that are poisoned due to toxic wastes. It will also result in haze and toxic release as well as acid rain, water pollution and oil spill.

There will be negative effects on both the Villagers and the Bombayities. This includes the Villagers being not able to fish and farm due to the polluted water caused by the factories. The Bombayities would also suffer from the lack of jobs, causing more beggars as they could not find a source of income, more crimes committed by people as some of them might be desperate for money when they could not find a job and needed to rob to survive. Lastly there would be overcrowding in Bombay as many villagers wolud go bombay in search for jobs as they could not farm and fish. As they were also not skilled with machines, they could not work in the factories built in their homeland, Thul, so, they are forced to go to bombay.