Fish 'n' Chips YAY!

For our second practical we made fish n chips.

Like the last practical task were given out evenly in the group. It was quite difficult keeping up with the other groups since a person in our group was not present. What I found we did well as a group was time management, apart from having to hurry to put the fish in the oven. When it comes to cooking you can add your own twist to the recipe without worrying about ruining everything. I found that the only trouble we had in our group was keeping everything clean and tidy, making sure we had room for things to go on the cooking bench. 

Our product turned out quite well. The fish was cooked through and the chips were a little crispy. The only thing I would change when making this again would be to add more lemon.

Making SUSHI

For cooking, we made vegetarian sushi!

This took us about 30-40 minutes to make it. Since our rice was cooked before class started, we saved at least 10 minutes. The sushi we made consisted of rice, seaweed, pepper, cucumber, carrot, avocado, capsicum, celery, and wasabi (optional). There are a lot of techniques needed to make sushi such as slices the veggies into little thin strips to rolling the sushi in the bamboo sheet roll thingy. Something we could improve was our time management, as well as keeping our ingredients more organised. Something we did well as a group was collecting all of our ingredients and setting everything out. The outcome of the sushi was quite good. The only thing I didn't like about the sushi was that there were not enough veggies in the sushi, I feel like we should have added soy sauce to our sushi. Otherwise, the sushi was tasty and filling. 

10Hh screen time results

Results from the weekend screen time experiment

Each person in our class was asked to record the amount of time they used looking at screens during the weekend. 

This graph shows us how much time we spend in front of screens from 3pm Friday to 9am Monday. The recommended use of screens is 2 hours per day. The average amount of time used by this class is about 15-20hrs. This shows us how addicted we have gotten to our devices.

 Devices used

From these results, it gives us an understanding of what devices are used the most. From the chart, we see that phones are the most common device used during the weekend. Phones are small and light, making it easier to access and carry around. 

Timetable Of the history of devices 

Jam Drops

Jam Drops

-Week 3

In Home Ec, we did our first practical for semester 2. Our recipe was to make Jam Drops.

Tasks were given out to each member of our group. Everyone had their own specific tasks in which they needed to get done. We had to have the exact accurate measurements of each ingredient. From least semester I had seen that we actually got quicker at getting everything done on time, whereas before my group had trouble getting everything finished on time.

Our product turned out soft and tasty. Since we ate them a little while after they came out of the oven they were still soft and warm. I personally prefer eating biscuits when they are warm. I believe that our jam drops needed a little bit more jam in the middle. 

Our next step would be making sure that we are faster at getting everything finished. As well as making more accurate measurements.

Should Euthanasia be legal in NZ - Persuasive writing

Should Euthanasia be Legal in NZ?

Should euthanasia be allowed to be used on humans? If I had a severe medical condition

with unbearable symptoms, I wouldn't want to be kept alive against my own will. People with

incurable conditions should be able to die in dignity, not in pain, they should not be kept suffering

against their own will, they should be able to choose when they die. 

Sadly there are many people who are diagnosed with incurable conditions such as leukaemia,

Alzheimer's, Aids and others. Some people live their lives suffering until they eventually die from

their illness. Euthanasia would stop these people from suffering from unbearable symptoms and pain.

In New Zealand a survey in 2014-2015 of 15,822 people, 66 per cent supported euthanasia as a legal

means of ending the lives of people with painful, incurable diseases. We should be able to die without

suffering.

Euthanasia should, of course, be only an option to people who are suffering from incurable illnesses.

Euthanasia would give people the option to end their suffering. When healing is no longer possible,

and the patients find their suffering unbearable, then the physician’s role should shift from healing

to relieving suffering in the patient’s wishes. It must be a choice for both patient and physician to go on

with Euthanasia. Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,

Switzerland, and in six US states (California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington

State). I believe that New Zealand should be one of these countries. 

We are able to make our own choices of what we do in life, from who we marry to what kind of work

we do. I think when it comes to the end of one’s life, whether you have an incurable condition or whether

you’re elderly, you should be able to choose what happens to you. We should be able to make our own

decisions for our own bodies. Around the work, 0.2% to 4.6% of all deaths are reported as euthanasia

or physician-assisted suicide where they are legal.

People should be able to make their own decisions even if it means making a decision to die. For those who are suffering from painful symptoms should not be kept alive against their will. Euthanasia is legal in six countries, should New Zealand be one of them?