Tuesday 29 August 2017

Sir John A. Macdonald Should he Stick or Should he Go

I read “Rewriting history? That’s how history is written in the first place” at http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/rewriting-history-thats-how-history-is-written-in-the-first-place and “Why Sir John A. Macdonald’s name should stay on our schools” at http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/why-sir-john-a-macdonalds-name-should-stay-on-our-schools, both in Maclean’s Magazine.

These articles were written because some activists have started to speak up about wanting to take this man’s name off of public schools in Ontario.

The first article discusses points against having Sir John A. Macdonald’s name on schools.

He may have been the first prime minster but he caused a lot of damage to the Native Americans, this included killing and repressing them.  He was also a known “corrupt politician, and a functional alcoholic.. So why would we want him on our schools?

The second article talks about the point of Keeping Sir John A. Macdonald’s name on schools.

He founded the country and that he wasn’t that bad. Also quote from magazine and quote from Churchill “I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place”.  Another point is that one of the famous five that helped get women’s rights (Emily Murphy) wrote racist screeds infamously around the same time and she is still commemorated not for that but because she helped get women’s rights.


I Think…


Well let’s start with that if I was an alien who had just arrived on Eearth the counter point was written better than the other side. EXCEPT the quote from Churchill, I think a quote from Hitler would’ve been more tactful. The point about the women’s rights was very good so if I had proof that Macdonald did enough good things to outweigh the bad then it would be fine to me at least.


My mom says though, just think of all those indigenous peoples who have had to use ten dollar bills all this time with John A. MacDonald’s head on them, and he’s a guy who killed a lot of them, took their children away, etc. From that perspective she says it’s terrible. Also I fact checked the Emily Murphy point and it turns out she was quite the lady. Effectively she wanted right for white women not anybody else.

Tuesday 22 August 2017

Games Day in Monpazier

Today we returned to the museums game night for the second time, the first being on my birthday which was a lucky coincidence since we had no idea about it.

So we returned to take photos and show you guys.    




This is a weighing game were you role the dice and then you have to place a block depending  which number you role (6 being the furthest out).



This is a classic ring throwing game kinda like horse shoes.

A perfect use of a broken pool stick, and isn't all about muscle (same as pool).


Each person get 4 balls and whoever fill up their side first wins. There are no turns, and if you put a heavy spin on the ball it goes in a lot easier. 

Simliar to the one above this one each person gets to throw all the balls once. the ultimate goal scoring all of the balls and the hundred (which is the centre one).






This is a form of Croquinol that can be played the same, but after a couple of games when your fingers begin to hurt you can be cheeky and switch to the elastic rope. 









Well thats it, if anybody wants to build them I have all the measurements so just comment or contact me and I'll send them to you. 



HAVE A GREAT DAY




Monday 21 August 2017

Bordeaux

We took a weekend to go to Bordeaux for several things, one, my phone, two, school products, and also to meet my mom's friend.

It wasn't too long of a drive (only about three hours), and we arrived with plenty of time to look around. We first went to FNAC though (a tech shop in France, great to sing with the tune of YMCA), where we bought my new phone and all the school supplies. We spent a good couple hours in there and then we had supper and a nice Chinese restaurant although afterwards we found out that there were actually a lot a little farther down the lane. Bordeaux ended up looking pretty much the same, white sandstone from the 18 hundreds, and had a very romantic smell every where you went of pee.


The next day we went back FNAC to buy cases for my phone and my mom's. We then went to Starbucks to enjoy good coffee and to find a place to stay in Belle Île. We then did a quick walk through the museum, the museum had things that we already saw consisting of roman and prehistoric and some midivil artifacts. We then finished the stay with a meal at a different asian restaurant. And that was my stay.