Cooking with Fractions No. 2

This is Odin Swidzinski and this is my opinions of today's class of my first Cooking with Fractions assignment. Things that went well was that we managed to cook muffins, because it tasted good. Our problems is that most of our members forgot supplies, but nothing bad went wrong after we started. Despite some stress, it all went well. Visualizing is easier when you are working with small fractions, but processes, in the long term really work well. That is why I enjoyed this. What was easy was getting the ingredients, but the hard part is trying to understand the group and co-operating. Still in the end, the food tasted good, with us being in 2nd place by a taste test. Next time, I will learn and make the other recipe, which is Smartie cookies.

Signed,
Odin S.
Pointy Haired Swedish Chef

World War II Letter - Odin Swidzinski

(appearance of Ron)

Okay, this is my WWII letter, set pretty much at like 1 am after the storming of Juno Beach, of Ron, a fictional soldier sending a letter to his wife. Here is hoping this letter will work.

Dear Sierra,                                                                   June 7^th, 1944

I am glad that we Canadians have succeeded in the storming of Juno Beach. If you came to the beach right now, it will be really horrid. Blood is splattered all over the place, dead bodies also around, and we are at risk for more enemy fire, especially as we advance inland. Even from this spot under the cliffs, where just a day ago, shots were fired, I can see broken German and Canadian equipment. Just seeing the experience worries me, fearful I could die any moment now. I really miss you, along with my 5 year old daughter, Lily. Is Lily still learning how to sew a hat? It sure seems a while since I last talked to you “face-to-face.”

After all, those Nazi’s are steadfast, thinking they are superior, polite and better than us, while we are the foe. No, those Nazis are wrong, we are better than them, the Nazis are our foe. I am really sad to see my comrades deceased, the scenery which is ruined, and so on. I especially am worried of the injured, with the smell of blood still lingering on, even as we treat the wounded, and buried our dead. Oh, why did we need to go to another war? Tell Lily how much I miss her, and that I will be home when I get home. I feel a lot of sadness for you, how you are trying to keep things going in the farms of Alberta, where we live. Did you move to another city?

Tell me, Sierra, of everything that is going on wherever you and Lily are inside Canada. Did you move to the United States? Or are you still in Canada? I did not know, since I had no time to write my letters at all on this parchment. I am really glad that I got to fight, but I am also worried, fighting my enemies which were my ancestors, and my own ethnic group. Should I even bear to write this letter?

Just because I did not write in a while, does not meet I am dead. In fact, I am very well alive. But, I now need to end the writing of this letter. Again, tell Lily how much I miss her, and that our regiment should be back in several months. After all, it will take a while to get to Paris and from there, into the heart of Germany, but when I get back, I hope to hang my gun up, and never use it again.

In conclusion, I really hope you are keeping the crops going, taking care of Lily and working at a factory, in my place. Get some war bonds to help me, and remember, I hope to fight until the end, hopefully as a genuine war to end all wars. I will really miss you, because you are the wife of me, my own sweetheart. May God bless you and your dreams.

Signed,

Ron

Please be aware all planning is done on pencil and paper. If I can scan it, I may get it up, but I don't know... Either way, as always, comment, comment, comment!

Presentations by Odin

First, I present my handy draft presentation before I joined a group.



Then, here is the group presentation, the one our group did together.



I encourage you to comment on this and hope that this will be common for the group. xD

Halloween 2011

As Halloween approaches, I am thankful for my couple months in Grade 8. Despite my hardships, I have emerged, with short-lived honor, then more hardship. I am glad for my service in the SLC, helping a student, et cetera. It is so good. Anyways, I really am tired of those who don't listen. Even as I type, people don't listen. Heh, one day in the past month, Yusuf was sent to a Grade 1 classroom, with no results. xP By the teacher, because the teacher was annoyed by his interruptions. I am glad to visit Blue Mountain, and will want to go again. I am looking forward to the events, and hope that a cheap (economical-wise) solution will occur.

My Video

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Here is my One True Media video, comment it, rate it, enjoy it. =)

To the Western Cordillera Group:

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AcQOfXDhNy0GZDljZG43NV8wZm4yeno4aHI&hl=en_US

Here is my link, for those part of it. xD