I Reached One Of My Goals~! (Final Blog Post Of The Year)

During this year of P.E, I was able to have a lot of fun and even pull my fitness level up more. My fitness scores I guess you would say have gone up, and I am able to endure running for a longer period of time. I was aiming to bring my fitness up this year, which I've been able to do with the help of the Beep Test, Pond Run and the Community Run mostly. I admit I do have a bit of a hard time keeping up with my really low fitness level, but I have some health related issues that make it harder for me to keep/get my fitness up. I have low iron levels, which run in the females of my family, and I injured my back when I was younger, so I get back pain and cramps a bit easily. But, despite that, I am able to keep myself going through fitness, which for me is actually an improvement from over the years.

At first I didn't know anyone and was pretty shy and self-conscious about what I did and said, which lead to me not giving my all during fitness. Slowly I made some friends and got to know the people in our class, which with that I was able to come out of my hard shell of hiding and be myself. I started giving my all during every class, well almost every class. I started trying to motivate others (And maybe I sounded kinda creepy but hey I was trying) which I'm not too sure worked at all. I always tried to keep a positive attitude and get a positive, hard working vibe in during the fitness days, but I don't think that worked well for me either, but it did benefit me. Overall, I'm glad I had who I had in my class, because they were the ones to help me out of my little self-conscious turtle shell.

Also, during first semester I didn't have any other activities I did outside of school or in school that would help me keep my healthier life style. So, during that time I tried harder to stick to more healthy food and not spend ALL day on my electronics. I still don't have any sports or teams outside school, but I do enjoy dancing as a past-time 〜(￣▽￣〜) (〜￣▽￣)〜 ┗(＾0＾)┓┏(＾0＾)┛. So, I decided to take dance for second semester. Then, I found it a bit better to help with keeping the healthier life style I gained. I plan now to continue dancing more often to keep up with my fitness so I'm not back down to not being able to run once I reach the school year next year. Though, with two siblings, who knows how my fitness will be like once school starts again? Could be better, could be worse. We'll just have to find that out in September  (⌒▽⌒)☆.

Now, during fitness, I gave my all. I wasn't very good with the activities that involved long periods of running. That has always been my weakness. We are told we need to pace ourselves in order to improve our times or amount of laps or whatever we are aiming for, but I wasn't good at pacing myself. In some odd way, I guess you can say I just don't know how to pace myself. I would always go too quickly during the first bit then gradually become slower and slower until my mental state pulled me down and out and I would start walking. This was a big problem for me especially during the 30 Minute Run and the Community Run. Now, I liked the Community Run because I got to go out and see scenery and run through different areas, even though I could easily get lost (My bad sense of direction). But, I still enjoyed it. It was like a refreshing morning run, I guess XD. But, I didn't enjoy the pond run. The pond run was constant running in a circle around the same pond, which I find boring and easily tiring. But despite that, I did encourage myself to keep going a bit longer each time.

Over this year-long course, we were also had these blogs (In which I happen to be writing a post on right now XD) and we had to update them with pictures of us doing fitness, showing leadership, having a healthy diet or such other things to show you kept up a healthy life. I can admit I didn't do that on my own blog (Which you can well see through looking at my total of 6, soon to be 7 posts.). Most digital evidence of myself was posted onto Kavita's blog (My friend), and I know excuses won't make anything better, so I won't pull any. I wish I could have been able to at least have posted one or two items of evidence, but well, I didn't. And we won't go into why, because there's no point in it. End of story, I just didn't get any evidence. 

So, my post is titled 'I Reached One Of My Goals~!' because I was actually able to reach a part of one of my goals.I was able to become more fit. Now, that's a good thing for me to at least know I have improved, but I still have more goals of course. Though I may not have been very fit or good at fitness, I still made it, and I'm proud of that. ｡◕‿◕｡

Midterm #3

I think I am at a C+. I participate to my best ability during fitness and try to keep a positive attitude during P.E and I do admit I give up easily. I'm not much of a leader and don't talk to many people which means I don't normally encourage others but I have tried to reach out and encourage others. My attitude toward P.E and my participation level haven't changed since the beginning of the year but I have tried to become better at P.E and reach toward a healthier life style.

I have no evidence.

Active Learning Interm #2

Interm #2

In P.E, I'm not exactly positive and I do admit, I complain about fitness and certain other activities. Even if I complain, I give it my all, even though I may give up and take a break, I don't just tell myself, "Naw, I don't like fitness/this activity. Not gonna." And sit down and laugh at everyone else who does try. I pump myself up mentally and go through with the activity, even though I don't want to. I have goals that include me doing fitness and that means I can't sit out just because I don't want to do it. I normally sweat, even if it isn't fitness XD. I always try. But, on the downside, I'm not exactly the best to be around during fitness. I complain when I can breathe and I find it hard to praise someone when they're doing well. I dislike when people don't try in fitness and just walk or jog around, trying to make it look like they're doing it, but in all reality, they're gossiping away with their friends. When I speak up, which I must say is very rarely, the person never listens to me. So I always think, "Fine, your choice. Have fun when you fall behind and it becomes cool with your friends to actually do the work." I like to help out with setting up and cleaning up too. I don't normally help set up, but I like to help clean up. And I don't know if this is anything at all, but I love to hold the door for everyone XD. I also don't get sucked down into the negative energy during choice or fitness when people around me don't think it's cool to participate. I guess you could say I have an energy of my own XD.

Sorry if this is bad.

Active Learning Mid Term Reflection

During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 
in a variety of activities?  On what days have you participated to your best effort and 
why?  What days have been a struggle for you and why?

- I always have my strip and I arrive to class on time. I participate to my best effort every class because I enjoy active learning and want to improve my fitness and strength, and this is a big part of how I improve. I only struggle on days where I'm feeling ill or injured.

How do you contribute to the overall success of the class?  What kind of attitude do 
you bring and why?  How do you interact with other students in our class?

- I try to motivate others who aren't doing the activities and work my best. I don't normally get brought down by negative energy and work near the people who have a positive attitude and are motivated. Normally I bring a not very motivated attitude to class. I don't normally interact with others in our class, but I interact with them positively. I attempt to motivate them.

Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself 
physically?  What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  What fitness 
goals do you have for the rest of the year? 

- During fitness days, I work to my best potential, which isn't all that good, but I have been able to push myself. I enjoy the beep test and the pond run most for fitness days. I enjoy dancing fitness activities like zumba. For fitness goals, I want to improve my fitness and make my legs stronger. I also want to be able to participate to my best ability and not give up.

What does "leadership" mean to you?  Who are the best leaders in our class - why?

- Leadership to me is when you help others out and stand up like a figure to look up upon. When you are able to motivate others and have the ability to teach others things they don't know and act like a teacher when needed.  The best leaders in our class are Kavita and Hazel in my opinion. They are both motivating and don't give up and quit during fitness days and participate during normal P.E days as well and bring positive attitudes to class.

What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year?  What are 
you the most proud of so far?

- I would like to improve my overall fitness by the end of the year and make my body a bit stronger. I also want to lose a bit of weight. I am most proud of my fitness improving little by little so far.

Finally, what letter grade A, B, C+, C, C- (gulp) best represents the effort you just described? 

- B