School assignment: If many people say something is true, is it really true?

Well, in my opinion, just because many people believe something is true, it does not mean that it is true. For example, if people say this is the best restaurant in the world after trying many different restaurants, I will not believe it is the best. I will only think that it is quite a good restaurant. You may never know, there may be a small restaurant in a small town that is better! It also depends on the person trying the food. Different people have different preferences just like how some people like Manchester United football club while others support Liverpool football club, which in my opinion, is way better than Manchester United.
Moving away from football, now if you really want to find the best restaurant on earth, what you should do is gather everyone in the world and patronise every single restaurant on this earth and not one can be left out. After that, you should then conduct a survey to find out which restaurant is the best and tally the results. Total time taken to find best restaurant in the world: To long to count. As you can see, finding the best restaurant in the world, or any best thing in the world would take to long.
Also, if many people say something, like this certain scientist has successfully cloned a mammoth, we should not just believe it immediately too. We should first find out if there is such an event or is it just a rumour, then see if he or she has any evidence or data to prove it and lastly, find out if the data is real or fake and hence see if this whole incident is a fraud or not.
Hence, I conclude that just because many people believe something is true, it does not necessarily mean it is true.

School assignment: Happiness

Happiness is the feeling of joy when something you want to happen really happens, like when your parents get you the phone of your dreams for your birthday or when your favourite football club wins the league. That is what I think of the term ' happiness'.
There are many things that can make people happy. It may be that the girl or guy of their dreams agrees to go out with him or her. It can be that you have struck the lottery. It can be that you scored an A1 for all your tests. Most people do everything they can to make this things happen, so they will be happy.
However, they should think first if this thing is even worth it. If that girl or guy does go out with you, how do you know he would not dump you for another person they see? And all you get in the end is a broken heart. You can also buy a million lottery tickets and you can still no strike the lottery. even when you do, you would have spent more on the lottery tickets than you have gained. Also, once you strike it, you will feel like buying another ticket as in your mind, you are thinking that it is very easy to win. You will probably then keep buying until you use up all the money you won.
However, happiness is also important. If you are sad or ashamed, you will not feel motivated to work harder and strive to achieve your goal. In your mind, you are already thinking that you cannot do it even though you have only tried once or twice or have not even tried at all.
You actually have control over your happiness. You should try not to be too attracted to something, such as your dream girl or guy. This way, if something happens and you two break up or something, the impact on your happiness will be much lesser and it will be easier for you to pick yourself and work harder.

Science Term Test

I am so UN-lucky. For my science test, I achieved 29.5 marks, just half a mark away from my third A1 of the term. Reason: My statements ( distance of xxxxx= speed divided by time etc...) was judged by my teacher to be incomplete. My teacher says that if we do not write statements, we will get zero for that question, regardless if the answer is correct. Also, she strictly says that all answers should be in 3 significant figures. Total marks lost due to these things= 3.5 marks, which would give me 33 marks, well above the A1 mark of 30. Currently, my MSG is 3.5 and if I ahd gotten just half a mark more for science, it would become 3.3. I am sure there is a good reason why she enforces all these rules but I am sure it is a little too strict? Right? Please state your opinions.

Reflections on average Mean Subject Grade(MSG) so far

I took my last test on Wednesday and so far, of all the tests results that I know, I have gotten two A1s for my Infocomm Studies and Language Arts(literature and english combined), one C5(Geography)and two C6s(Maths and Chinese). I am pleased though with my results for my Infocomm Studies as I had not really studied and for Language Arts as well. On the other hand, I am disappointed for my Geography as I could have done better. I was a little careless and did not elaborate on my answers, which resulted in most of my questions not getting full marks though I had grasped the point. For my maths, I was too a little disappointed but I knew that my maths was not very good( I will have to work harder). As for Chinese, I was sick on the test date and had to take a harder make-up test but it hardly made a difference. I lost marks in the forming of sentences with cheng yu, which is something like a proverb or moral. I had revised, though not very thoroughly these cheng yu but my mind just went blank then.
I have yet to get back my other test papers but do not worry, I will reveal them once I get hold of them. Although my performance is still not very good, I am happy to know that I am improving and will strive for more of the elusive A1s next term.

Conspiracy? Rumours about UEFA not wanting All-english final

The second-leg of the Champions League semi-final between Chelsea FC and FC Barcelona took place on 6 May 2009. Chelsea took the lead from Michael Essien's wondrous strike in the 9th minute. It looked like there would be a repeat of last-year's all-english final when in the last few dying minutes, Barcelona grabbed a precious away goal to send them into the Champions League final. Michael Essien, the initial hero, was to blame. The ball was in Chelsea's penalty box but he cleared it right into the path of Messi, who fed it to Iniesta who then rifled it into the back of the net. That was Barcelona's only shot on target and they made full use of it.
However, Chelsea had four penalty claims turned down by the referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, leading to rumours that he had turned them down so as to avoid an all-english final. Out of the four, at least two were genuine penalties. Although I am not a fan of Chelsea, I feel that it was a little unfair to them.