~Karen's+Journal

 ==Meeting Boori was just sensational. He was extremely funny and lively and he really kept the whole of year 10 amused at his immense acting skills and sense of humour. I saw and heard Boori tell stories of his Aboriginal mob from where his mother and father came from.  His father is from the Birrigubba of the Bowen region and his mother from Yarrabah (near Cairns), a descendant of the Kungganji and Kukuimudji.  Boori kept us laughing the whole time but proved his point in the very end about how Indigenous Australians have seen some very difficult times but yet they are very intriguing, innovative and content people. Honestly, meting Boori was the highlight of the day and was one splendid way to end a Wednesday at school. To hear about Boori’s dad having to wait 75 years for his money was quite sad but yet he passed away a very happy man Boori told us, hence proving money does not buy you your happiness although living in a materialistic world we tend to think otherwise. I learned that people in those days looked down on the Aboriginal people and labelled them as alcoholics or people who may drink their life away but now we see that aboriginals have come along way and are well known for their intriguing paintings and creative and artistic abilities. European culture disturbed the Aboriginals with the way they lived and this upset the Aboriginals. After listening to Boori I learned to live your life and to stand up for yourself and fight for your rights. Boori also told us some of his dream time stories and about the raninbow snake, he also shared with us his experiences at school and told us about his day to day life at school. Boori thought us how to be creative and imaginative, and briefed us on how didgeridoos were shaped and made. Boori ended the gathering by playing his didgeridoo dedicating what he played to one of my class mates Monique. I absolutely loved listening to Boori’s stories and I’m definitely looking forward to reading one of his books. Some words to describe tis experience would be astounding, uique and extremely enjoyable. ==

~ SELF EVALUATION ~
This unit has thought me several things inluding teaching me about different religions, their places of worship and some of their beliefs. this unit has been differnt and one of a kind which made it a bit hard at times to understand and put down but things slowly feel into place and the unit gradually became easier. 1) **What have been my frustrations? my achievements?** A) //My frustrations would be setting up the wiki in the beginnign stages of the assignment and understanding the order of what goes where and what is meant to be done on what page. My Achievements would be actually understading the assignment after working on it in a few classes and being able to contrbute to the humanity page and research and find information on Judiasm.// 2)**What I have learned?** //A) I have learned a fair bit about Judaism and how the religion works visiting the Jewish school helped put things in perspective a bit more. I also learnt that many people enjpyed working on the wikispaces as it was a unique way of approaching an assignment and this is the first time we've done something like this so the I personally had my ups and downs but it feel into place as we went along.// 3)**What is my faith tradition? how was studying this way, and this topic, cultivated my own spiritual path, or deepend my understnading of my own faith tradition** //A) I'm a Christian Catholic and I follow many things that catholics are supposed to follow like going to mass, and my parents have taken the difficulity to search for a good catholic school like Killester so I can grow up with good catholic taught morals and values. Studying this way hasn't really cultivated my spiritual path to be honest I still believe in what I believed in before but I have noticed that at times I have sat back and thought about all the bad things that take place in our world and wondered why God was letting all this happen but I have been brought up to have faith in God and love him so thats my catholic tradition. I have learned that loving your neighbour is not just saying my neighbours are lovely people but actually reaching out to them when they need help and not doing anything that would cause or create unpleasantness in society and that loving our neighbours doesnt mean loving only christians but loving and helping people of all faiths. :)//