Final Assessment

Participation: Participation is probably one of my best categories for this year. I always focus my intentions on participating in in-class activities, whether others allow me to do so or not. When it comes to some activities such as speed ball, sometimes I'm not able to participate as often as I wish because others don't pass the ball, but whenever I have the chance, I try to get right in there and join. Every gym class I have my gym strip unless it's a class where we don't have to wear it, then I don't have to change. In this category, I for sure deserve an A. I don't think I could've done too much more to improve here and if I can, please let me know.

Social Responsibility and Contribution to the Class: This year, I tried my best to be out there with my classmates and talk to more people then I usually would have. I'm typically a shy person so I don't like communicating with classmates I'm not close with outside of class. I mostly encourage my closer friends, but I did make sure to encourage people, especially on fitness days. For example, when I run past someone during a running exercise, I'll say something quick like, "You got this, keep going." as encouragement to someone who as started walking or looks like they are working really hard. For leadership this year, I've done my best to help organize and set up the activities and ask if people need help when they are setting up. There have been multiple cases this year where a group of friends and I will organize a game together when we aren't huge fans of the choices given to us, with permission  of course. Even when I'm not pleased with the activity, I suck it up and try to enjoy it as best I can so I don't bring misery to any other people. This is one of the parts I struggle with the most but I think I'm able to get an A in this category as well.

Healthy Living: I haven't been the most healthy person outside of school when it comes to doing activities on my own. I do hang out with my friends very often and we run around and play. I also did badminton outside of class a lot because it's something I enjoy doing. I have however lost interest in doing squash over the past year because I haven't had many opportunities to go do it. In the past I did lots of that but nowadays I do badminton more often. Occasionally, I do toss a baseball around with my uncle, but not enough to consider it a daily activity. Over the course of the summer, I hope to get out a lot more then I did last year so I can maintain my physical condition so it will be easier when returning in the summer. I don't have my black out thingy much anymore. If I do, it's after a lot of running but it only ever happens after a hardcore badminton match or after fitness days like the pond relays. I need to keep monitoring it but it isn't much of a concern. I don't think I'm perfect in this section but I still think I deserve a solid B.

Digital Portfolio: My blog isn't one of the extreme blogs with every single update on it, monotoring every detail and have photos left and right. However, I believe the quality is of high standards and I did really well. One thing really missing from my blog has to be the amount of photos. I do have some photos but the problem with photos is that I don't feel comfortable posting my face online and I couldn't get many photos that reflected the blog post and didn't show my face at the same time. In each post I showed to good detail of what I felt each day and how hard I worked. I think I deserve a B in this section because I feel there was a lot of room for improvement but it is still up to good standards.

Overall this year, I think I deserve an A for how much I have put into gym. I do have a couple flaws here and there but everybody does, and those flaws can be only set for improving myself in further years. Even if people do disagree and say I'm a B, I still look upon myself as an A student and that is good enough for me. Thank you for such an amazing year.

Fitness Test FINALE

On Tuesday, we had our final fitness test of the year. Not only was this our final fitness test but it just so happened to be my best of all time (including last year). My scores this time were:

Beep Test: 8.2

Vertical: 220-255

Sit and Touch: 4

T-Test: 11s 81ms

Sit-Ups: 26

Push Ups: 5

Plank: 45s

Touches: 12

Compared to the beginning of the year where I only got:

Beep Test: 5.5

Vertical: 220-250

Sit and Touch: 1

T-Test: 12s 88ms

Sit-Ups: ---

Push Ups: 4

Plank: 40s

Touches: 9

I am so proud of myself because I was able to beat everything (except the stupid balance board) and it feels so amazing to know that I was able to improve. I hope next year I'l be able to get even better but in order to do that, I'll have to do some fitness-like activities over the summer. I'M SO PROUD!!!

Buddies FINALE!!!

It was our final trek to Cambridge and we all cried as we knew it was the last time of the year we'd be able to skip fitness. Just kidding.....kinda. This buddy day it was our final goodbye to our buddies and getting to see their classroom and some work that they've done. Our buddy sat in a small group of four. She wasn't much interested in showing of her work and class. She wanted to do activities with us and talk about what her summer plans were. Together, Hardil, our buddy and I made a little origami bunny which we let her keep for a memory of us. In return, our buddy drew us an adorable drawing of the three of us. I've had to learn a lot from our buddy. Small things like how to speak to them, lead them and deal with any problems they might have. I really did enjoy this experience despite the ups and downs. Thank you Mr. Neufeld for organizing this and making it a possibility.

Pond Run

The Pond....home of the ancient demon duck of hell. This fitness we ran circles around this water hole in a relay fashion. Grouping up into a group of 5, we all got in bunch of runs. My group consisted of Sophie, Alexis, Gaby, Katie and myself. Unfortunately, partway through we lost a member due to her feeling a little ill so Alexis ended up walking circles around the pond. However, I was rather proud of myself. I was able to keep a steady speed for almost the entire time and even when I slowed down I was going pretty fast. I should've brought my water bottle out though because after we finished, I had a small attack and I had to crouch for a moment to regain my posture. This pond run is one of the fitness days I'm truly proud of and I only wish that it gets better from here.

Buddies #4 Baseball!

Before you start asking questions, no, nobody got hurt with the ball.

Baseball with our buddies was one of the more fun activities we've had but it was one of the most difficult to deal with my buddy on. We partnered up with Sophie and her buddy for the game and we thought everything would go swimmingly. We were wrong. We played the game a little different from what the rules implied only because we didn't understand them completely. The two buddies took turns alternating between the field and being up to bat. Our buddy has quite a strong arm! I was able to give her a few pointers on how to hold the "bat" and that she should keep her eyes glued to the ball. Near the end, our buddy started to get a little violent and when she missed the ball she hit Sophie in the arm in frustration. The atmosphere of the game went down really fast when we had to put our foot down to tell her she can't do that to others. Also, at the end of the game, our buddy was flaunting about how good she was and how she beat Sophie's buddy. Though I am happy for her, I noticed that Sophie's buddy wasn't very happy after that and I thought perhaps I should've asked her to tone it down. At the end of the day, she did have lots of fun and learned a good deal on how to hit the ball and I'm proud to say that I was an influence on that.

Circuit Fitness w/Sophie ft. The S Game

SO. MANY. STAIRS. (stairs is a word that begins with the letter s). The circuit took place on upper field and I tell you, it sucked. So many stupid activities that made me super sore. Sophie and I suffered as we sprinted to other stations. Some stations were scary while others were so-so. Activities included stairs, medicine ball, squats, sit ups, and weights. Sophie and I surprised ourselves by summing up some s words to distract from the stupid stations. Sometimes, she got me stumped when I couldn't simmer up an s word. So back to the station stuff. I was sore for some days after but it was sooo worth it for I feel even stronger then I was before. To sum it up, I never want to do the stupid circuit ever again so stop sucking me into silly station days.

Capture the Flag ft. Black Shoe

Black shoe, black shoe, change your black shoe. Gather 'round in a circle to fight in a competition to the death to see who has the true black shoe. Round and round and round we go, each contestant being eliminated from the standings as each rhyme is dropped. Feet are switching left and right and we are finally down to the final two. Black shoe, black shoe, change your black shoe! Looks like we have our victor! Gaby the Cheater! Winner of every black shoe ever! How does she do it? Luck? Chance? No. Gaby is in fact a cheater.

Close your eyes and imagine. You're running through the woods, twigs snapping below your feet and the sun toasting the top of your head. You hear children's voices echoing in the distance. As the voices close in, you run faster, swatting away tree branches and hopping the rolling stream. You see a red cloth in the distance. The wind tickles your ears as you get closer and closer to your target, but you see guards blocking your path. You turn to run away but it is at that moment when you realize, you're trapped. A wire fence blocks your path, prickly bushes at either of your sides with only one way to exit. Crack. Snap. They're coming. Closer. Closer. Your heart begins to races as you cling to the fence as your only security. Shadows emerge from the trees, slowly creeping up to your feet and you brace yourself. They're here.
"Got you!"
Capture the flag. An intense game filled with running, hiding and defending. The goal of the game is to reach the other team's flag and capture it back to your own side. I made it sound more extreme then it actually it, but at times it can feel exactly that way. In this particular game, Alexis and I were tracking buddies as we roamed the forest either scaring people off our side or defending the flag. There were two really exciting moments in this game. The first one was when a group of girls were sneaking down the path beside the school and Alexis and I burst unexpectedly out of the forest and gave them all a heart attack for they didn't see us coming. The second moment was when there was only two of them. Alexis flew out and scared one off but she didn't realize the other had turned back to continue. At the same time, however, she didn't notice that I was still in the forest waiting for her and I managed to get her out through the element of surprise. We happily took victory in that game and I really hope to do it again sometime.

Capture the flag is one of the few games I feel like I truly participate in. Mainly because it's not like there is one ball that everyone hogs but you can get anyone out at any time. This game is also one of the activities that make running and getting sweaty actually fun. I wish we were able to do it more because I would have much more participation (not that I don't try to participate).