the ladder of inference

   The ladder of inference is a way that we draw conclusions, first proposed by Chris Argyris. The ladder of inference is seven rungs. The first rung is our observational data, the second rung is where we select what we think is important data, the third rung is where we add meaning, the fourth rung is where we make assumptions, the fifth rung is where we draw conclusions, the sixth rung is where we adopt beliefs, the last and seventh rung is where we take action. We can also create a loop with the first, observational data, and the seventh, take action, rungs. That also happens with the second, selecting data, and sixth, adopt beliefs, rungs. People believe that the ladder of inference creates bad judgement. There are also ways we can make sure that we are not drawing the wrong conclusions, asking questions and looking at body language.

Jonas's character traits.

Jonas's Character Traits

  'The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain, or past'. Jonas has never had anything unusual happen to him, most of his life was decided by others. He has never known about colours, seeing in black and white. He doesn't know anything about the past, until he becomes the Receiver. He is very curious and unsure, but brave.

  He is curious because he is always asking a lot of questions to the Giver, asking about the Receiver before him that didn't 'make' the job and about the Giver's family. He also wonders about a lot of different things. In the beginning, he wondered what job he was gonna get, later he wonders why everyone doesn't have memories and colours. In one paragraph where the Giver is explaining that the memories are the whole past, Jonas asks, "The Whole World? Do you mean not just us? Not just the community? Do you mean Elsewhere, too?"

  He is unsure because he's never really chosen what to do. He's never made his own choices, and never had anything unexpected happen to him. For example, when he's wondering what job he's  gonna get, he isn't sure because he's never focused on one spot. Also, when he got his instructions for his job, he is unsure of some of the rules. The book says that he wasn't quite ready to think about the final rule and he also seems unsure about the exemption from rudeness, as it says that it would be unnerving to ask an intimate question.

  He is brave because when he asked the Giver why the first memories didn't hurt and the Giver said that it need not be painful yet, he said that he was brave and got the memory of sunburn. Later in the book, Jonas knows that the sunburn wasn't great pain that gets the Giver hunched over in pain and he says, "What is it that makes you suffer so much? If you gave me some of it to me, maybe your pain would be less." He also goes on a maybe impossible quest to release the memories to everyone.

  I do not know how Jonas feels, but I have felt unsure before, whether it was about a presentation or making something. I also felt curious about some things, like when people talk and I can only catch a few words or when I find out something and I want to know more about it. So, I believe that Jonas is curious, unsure and brave.

Schema debate.

  Police are justified in shooting black people in the US.

  I strongly disagree with this statement because even though they are 'coloured', they are still human beings and have feelings. Black people don't always do something bad, in fact, I believe that we white people do worse things. When it's a white person running away from cops vs a black person running away from cops, some cops might shoot the black person, but run after the white person so they can bring him/her to jail.

  It's like in some movies where the a black person gets pulled over just because they were driving a nice car. Also, in comments for a YouTube video about David Belle running away from police in a movie, in the comments there was one particular comment saying 'if he was black, the police would be shooting him instead of chasing him' or something like that. There were a ton of reply's to it saying stuff like 'too true'. If cops are justified in shooting black people, than they should be justified in shooting white people too, but that's murder.

  Also, in what I can remember, there was this post about a black person standing up to a white person who said "coloured people are not allowed to sit here" or something. Anyways, the black person stood up and replied, "When I am born, I'm Black, when I grow up, I'm BLACK, when I'm sick, I'm BLACK, when I can't breathe, I'm BLACK, and when I die, I'll be BLACK. But you sir, when you are born, you're PINK, when you grow up, you're WHITE, when you're sick, you're GREEN, when you can't breathe, you turn PURPLE, and when you die, you'll turn BLUE, and you have the nerve to call me coloured?" What he said is true and if we call them coloured, what are we? Rainbows?

  So, again, why is it murder when police kill a white person for running away, but it isn't murder when a police kill a black person running away? Why are black people pulled over when they are driving nice cars? Why would it be justified for a police to shoot a black person?

Character scene

  Isis woke up to her friend, Rosaline, shaking her and waking her up, saying "hurry up Isis, we're going to be late." "Ugh." Isis groans, "I'm up, can you stop shaking me?" Rosaline left the room and Isis got up out of her warm, comfy bed. She quickly got dressed and grabbed her bag full of her other clothes. She met Rosaline downstairs and grabbed a quick bite.

  10 minutes later, they entered the building. They quickly got changed and went into the studio. "You girls are late." said the instructor. "Sorry" they both muttered and went to go practice some pirouettes and leaps. After a few minutes, the instructor told everyone to gather around for some exciting news. "As you all know, the nutcracker ballet is coming to this town," he starts, "but the reason they are coming is to look for talent and they are looking for the talent here at this studio. So, the best of our dancers might be able to dance in that ballet."

  For the next few days, that was all Rosaline and Isis talked about until the ballet came to town. Most of the dancers tried out and then it was Isis's turn. She was super nervous, but she believed that she could do it. She stated that she would like the lead role. After that it was just doing leaps and turns and bounds, she was in her element, she's been doing this since she was seven. She could do it. She stopped when the judges turned the music off and looked at their faces, they didn't show anything about how well she did. She turned on her heel and left the room. 

  On the way back, the two girls were asking questions about how it went."Did the judges think you were amazing?" Rosaline asks."I don't know, they didn't speak about it, they just turned off the music and talked quietly to each other." Isis states. "Did you even wait for them to say something to you or did they just dismiss you?" Rosaline seems worried. "Um," Isis starts sheepishly, "I just left, I got really nervous because they turned the music off and weren't saying anything to me. Anyways how did yours go?" "They let me do the whole dance and they said they would have to think on whether it's good enough to go on stage and dismissed me." Rosaline says excitedly. They chat a bit more on the dancing and the judges reactions before going home.

  A year later, Isis is dancing professional ballet. She's had a fun time with Rosaline, and they're both getting more and more requests to dance in people's ballets.

About me

Hello, people! I'm Abigail, but call me Abby. I was born in 2001, and I'm from Ontario. I have amazing parents, a twin sister, and an older brother. There is also all of my cousins, aunts, and uncles, but there are a bunch of them and it would take too long to write. My best friends are Angel and Jewels. 

  Okay, now my likes and dislikes (I'll try to make it a bit more interesting). Sooo, basically I like animals, dogs especially. Music, reading, watching movies, and I just realized that I have a lot of stuff I like. I dislike poisonous things, vegetables (who needs them), and something else that I forgot (I think it was homework or something to do with school). There's a lot of other thing, but listing them all would make this much more boring than it already is.

  I need to write more, sooo, I absolutely love Doctor Who! My favourite doctor is the tenth doctor because he's so energetic  and his comments! My favourite episode would probably be the (WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE OF THIS) one where Rose and the Doctor met Queen Victoria and the werewolf. I'm not exactly sure why, but I absolutely love his scottish accent, and yes, I know David Tennant is scottish. (OK, IT'S SAFE TO READ AGAIN)

  I have played soccer and baseball in the past, but I am now in tae-kwon-do. I used to do ballet, but had to quit because of tae-kwon-do. I also used to do swimming lessons in the summer, but now I swim almost every monday with some cousins and my grandfather. Other things I used to do is bowling and girl guides.

  I'll do one more paragraph on books! I really like adventure, action, horror, and young adult books. Seriously, I got my own bookcase full of books. My favourite books would have to be The Diviners by Libba Bray, Struck by Jennifer Bosworth, all of Rick Riordan's books, Eric Walter books, Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz, Harry Potter by J.K Rowling, and Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord.

  Now I am finally done, was it boring? Do you like Doctor Who? Do you like or know any of the books I wrote? What is your favourite episode of Doctor Who?   

Mindsets

 A fixed mindset is when people believe that they can’t change their level of smartness or that they can’t do something. A growth mindset is when people believe in themselves that they can become smarter or that they can do a lot of stuff, but they understand that it takes a lot of hard work sometimes. People with a fixed mindset give up easily and like stuff that makes them look smart. People with a growth mindset try harder and likes stuff that challenges them to work harder.

 Mindsets can be affected by what people say, for example Carol Dweck had children brought in for a simple block test thing, and when the kids finished she praised some for finishing it and others for their hard work and effort. After she gave them a harder puzzle, the ones praised for finishing it liked the simple puzzle and some didn’t finish the harder puzzle. The ones praised for their effort liked the challenge of the harder puzzle and most finished and didn’t give up.