THIS IS THE END. I CREY :'(

Get Fit 2013 is over..
The sadness of leaving such a great class and an even better teacher forever is quite upsetting.
There were tons of amazing moments, both good and bad. So many of us improved a whole lot, and we all worked so hard this semester. There's quite a lot to say about Get Fit, but all is super fantastic and so good.

I love Get Fit so much.
For me, Get Fit is a great opportunity for girls to improve on their fitness without feeling insecure, judged, or left out. The fact that Get Fit is an all-girl class really allows the girls to do their best and try and push for their goals in a setting where the surrounding boys (or girls) are competitive and confident. I enjoy working out in a place where my friends are present to  encourage and motivate me to do better. I believe that since being in an all-girl class, I was pushed to do just as well as everyone else, since we were all girls trying to improve and get well, and not trying to look attractive while running or doing crunches. Get Fit is, I guess you could say, a little more private than a regular PE class, and that's what made me do better than I ever have before.

Get Fit has taught me a lot. I learned to do things I never knew I could do, and it has really benefit me. After the end of Grade 10, my physical activity went down a bit because there was no more mandatory PE classes. So basically, the only form of physical activity I had during the next year was volunteering with summer day camps and YMCA children's programs.
In Get Fit, I learned to run longer. I learned to withstand more burning pain than I could before, and I learned to encourage myself to do exercises and go jogging on my own time.
I am very, very proud of how well my running has improved. My community run times have improved from 29 minutes, to 24 (and that was for the longer one,too!). Also, the fact that I did not stop running for the entire 30 minute run is so good, and I am so happy with myself!! One thing that I know I probably could have done better on was the beep test. The beep test is something that I really dread, and although I did reach my all-time best this semester, I have a feeling that I could have gone further than the 8-3 I reached.
But even though!! I am still so happy with what I have achieved this semester and I am super duper glad that I took this class.

As we leave Get Fit, we all must have taken something away for our benefit.
I definitely feel like the sense of accomplishment from doing things we didn't know we could do or have never done before has seriously improved us. That feeling makes us do better and push ourselves to finish what we started, and also finish with an amazing result. I love that we all have done personal bests in this class, and it's really great how everyone is taking charge of their health to make it better.

I'm going to miss school. Probably. Most likely. Maybe. Ha ha ha hahaha ha idk maybe.
But I will definitely miss all the amazing teachers. LIKE YOU, PHILLIPS BECAUSE YOU'RE SO AWESOME! Really though, I'm going to miss the sense of family. We're all in this together. (insert High School Musical music here)

Thanks so so so so so so so much Mrs. Phillips.
You have blessed us with such a great opportunity and class where we can all be ourselves and reach our goals. Thanks to you, we are better than we have ever been!
Love ya lots!!
And thanks for giving me a 95% in this class, but it doesn't even matter right so lol haha whatevssss ;)

Dove True Beauty - super dramatic but yolo dis is how I feel

Basically all that is needed to say is:

EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL, NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE, SIZE, COMPLEXION, ETHNICITY. 

Everyone is beautiful, including you. And including me. 

The Dove True Beauty commercial really displayed how much we all don't believe in ourselves. We think of ourselves as lesser than others. We degrade ourselves, even though it is unnecessary. 

What we all really need to do it have confidence. We all need to love the way we are, as difficult as that is. Much easier said than done. We have to learn to accept our imperfections and we have to learn how to break out of our insecurities. 

Everyone sees themselves in a dim light, while other people stand in spotlights all around. This is not how it works. We are as equal as the next person. We are just as beautiful as our neighbour, our friends, our family, our enemies. No matter who we meet, strangers or not, we are all beautiful in our own way. 

The word 'beautiful' could describe so many different things. 

There are beautiful personalities. 

Beautiful deeds. 

Beautiful attitudes. 

Beautiful does not define how much makeup you wear, how skinny you are, or clothes you wear. You choose the way you want to be, the way you wish to look, and that should be beautiful to you and to everyone else. 

Beautiful defines you. And everyone. Because we all are beautiful, even with the million differences we have compared to each other. 

So just love yourself and the way you are. 

Nobody else can be a better you. 

Miss Representation - Documentary

This movie is really quite deep. It demonstrates that women and the media are closely linked, but not in a good way. The media depicts perfect women: skinny, large breasts and bum, thigh gap, caked make-up. Although these are traits of very beautiful women, most do not have them. Women are also gown in very sexual ways, to attract others who are drawn to them. 

Women are not shown as they should be. The average woman is not a size zero, size small. The average woman is not as thin as adverts show, and many females feel self-conscious of themselves because they feel that they don't fit Into the image that others think they "should" look like. 

The thing is, everyone has their own shape and size. We are not all the same, so why should adverts show that we must all resemble a supermodel?

Even famous women feel this way too. Society judges them about their looks just because they might have gained weight or ate some food. 

Everyone has flaws about themselves that they want to change, including me. I am not perfect, and if we looked deep down into the supermodels and famous people's thoughts, they would probably have something they don't like about themselves too, even if they seem to h e perfect lives with perfect looks. 

I believe that noone can really be safe from the judgement of others. Everyone has their thoughts about what each person looks like, what they think is good and bad. We all have our own opinions and there is no guarantee that a person will be judged. 

Women should not be known to be people with skinny torsos, tiny waists, or faces full with makeup. 

We also should not be put down, rejected, pushed aside, or taken advantage of just because we are females. 

We must be able to love the way we feel about ourselves and believe in ourselves that we can do what we choose to do. 

We must be able to appreciate the good personalities and achievements of the people around us instead of seeing each other for our looks. 

Level 8 - Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

The beep test. 

The dreadful grossness of running back and forth and back and forth, beep after beep after beep, hearing the Australian narrator say each number, level by level. 

The beep test is obviously not my favorite way to test my fitness, but it does show a lot. In Grade 8 (from what I remember), I was only able to go up to level 5. By Grade 10, the highest I could go was level 7. And now, my personal best was made at the most recent beep test that we did, and I achieved level 8-3.

I am just a little disappointed in it. My goal was to get at least 8, but I thought that I could reach at least level 8-7 to 9. I felt that I could have done a lot better, but I just got so tired and I really don't know why I decided to quit. 

I was hopeful to get to a high level because during the 30-minute run, I was able to keep a pace and not stop for the entire time (which I'm really proud of by the way!), and I thought to myself that if I could run continuously for 30 minutes then I could probably get to level 9 on the beep test. I thought wrong :(

I hope that for the next beep test we will do with our class I will be able to reach my level 9 goal!

.....I am so deeply sorry this is so late and I don't know if ilypillstill be able to use it but here it is

Hai..
I'm SO SORRY MRS PHILLIPS!!
I was so preoccupied with physics, and I forgot to do this even when people reminded me. SO SORRY AGAIN!!

Anyways, it is here, and i know you're probs mad and upset it wasn't in, and probs can't use it but yes here.

Get Fit I probably one of the better classes I've had my whole five years here at Sullivan. I'm so glad an all-girl PE was made because I am very self-conscious and not confident with myself. I don't like that in regular PE there are really good athletes who stare at you while making a fool of yourself and are so competetive that you can't even do anything.
I love Get Fit so much. It's so fun, and the girls in the class are all the same, just trying to get fit and do their best.

So far, the best days of Get Fit were the very first few days. A lot of us hadn't done so much physical activity in such a long time and the painful, sore feelings in our legs and arms and bodies was just so funny and it felt good to know that I worked myself real hard. I believe I worked myself real hard for the community runs because I was really trying to push myself to keep running even when my legs wanted to give in. On some days, yes I do feel like not participating because there's just so much work put onto us this year to worry about, and for me, physics is probably taking up a lot of my time. I am motivated by motivating other people. I like that I am ready to go and try, and then help people get pumped up as well. What also motivates me is trying to look good for grad, as well as for my cousin's wedding which will be in Punta Cana..... meaning lots of skin showing to tan in the hot sun. I need a beach bodyyy.

Field trips so far have been really fun. I loved all of them! I like that we can have fun and play games, and work ourselves at the same time. I would do everything again!

I believe I've improved in running. I feel like I can run for longer periods of time than before. The first community run we did, I finished in 29.30 minutes. The second I finished in just 24! I was really proud of myself for that. I would like to continue this and be able to run for longer periods.

I love running downhill!! Even though It's a lot easier than running uphill or on flat land, it's so much fun and if I could run downhill forever I probably could. I am jut so proud of everything. I'm proud that I took this class and I'm proud of all the hard work we put into this and I'm proud of all the things we've accomplished, new and old. Our class is like a family and I love it so much!!

I would give myself a percent of 85-90% (A) because I know that I have even trying to work myself, but at the same time sometimes I just don't feel like doing anything. I'm super happy with this class though!

Thanks so much, Mrs Phillips!!
Also sorry again, I'm really super duper sorry!!

Weoweoweoweoweo Active Learning!

Dis is about me yo

I am Amberlyn May Togado. I am 17 years old, turning 18 on May 18, 2013.
I am a verrrrrrrry shy person. At first. I will be quiet and silent and reserved. I may or may not talk to you. And if I do, I won't say much.
BUT THEN
When I spend more time with you, you will be laughing and doing weird things with me and you will tell me to shut up probably every day. You will also most likely look at me like I'm on drugs.
BUT I'M NOT I PROMISE I AM NICE

I love to go to flea markets and yard sales because I hate spending tens of dollars on something I can buy for $5. Obvi. Who wants to spend extra money they don't have? Meeeeeh.
I love the ocean. So much. It's like so beautiful. Also the sunshine and lovely weather days. So perrrrrfect.
I love biology!! My fave class. I like dissecting things and I find gross things cool.

Living active fits into my life because my family is quite active. Maybe average-activeness, but yes we do stuff together. We go to the harbour together and Chinatown and the beach and nice places together as a family and I really love it.
We also like to go on vacation. Maybe not to extravagant places like Mexico or Europe. But going to close places like the USA or Calgary or Winnipeg is perfect because we spend our time with family that live so far away.

Living actively helps me have the energy to hang out with the hyper children and go out for long periods of time with y older cousins.
Living actively helps me be prepared to do whatever the day brings me, and not be held back.
Living actively helps me find things that I would enjoy doing repeatedly and I just want to be able to anything that I could possibly want to do.

In our Get Fit class, I feel really good about doing my best and working really hard. Since we are an all-girl class, I don't feel insecure or self conscious about what I do or how I look because I don't have to worry about competitive guys staring at me all the time. I'm really glad we had this option.
To help others, I tell them to keep going when I see them slow down. It also helps me because then it makes me do what I'm telling others to do and not be a hypocrite. I hope it helps them too..... 😬

Feeeeeeeeeeeldtripssssssss

I like field trips
Why
Because we get to leave the school because school is gross sometimes
- a poem by amber togado

So far we have been taekwondo-ing, ice-skating, and snowshoeing. It was all very fun.
Tae Kwon do was fun bcuz we got to punch things and let out our anger yaaaaaaaa I'm excited to see what we will do next time we go next week

Ice skating was fun bcuz it is like flyinggg you skate really fast and then let yourself glide an the cold icy air hits your face and you breathe it in and you feel freshhhh

And snowshoeing was kind of hell bcUz your calves and legs burnoose fire and scream at you to stop and jump into the snow... But fun because its just exciting to fall and laugh and be in the snow on the mountains because we never get snow down here

Weeeeeeeee bring on the next field trips!!!!!!!!!!!!