Reflection #4
……… Inquiry
(replace the dots with the name of your inquiry) -delete once read
Reflect on how you went during your inquiry. What did you learn?
Explain how you worked toward your goals and how it helped your learning. What worked? What didn’t? What will you do differently next time? How did you improve from the last inquiry? How did your topic choice this time improve your inquiry?
Write your reflection here...
My fourth Inquiry went very well, I think this was because I worked along and this made me lock in.
The Inquiry was really useful as it taught me lots about what black people had to go through to get where they are now.
I think my topic choice was good because it taught me about what black people had to go through to get where they are now.
One of my goals was to spelling by working on this goal, which helped me improve my learning because it taught me how to take my time and do things right the first time, so I don't have to do them again.
The goal I did the best with was spelling. The reason it went so well was that I really tried to improve it.
I was a bit frustrated with how one goal went because it was hard not to let autocorrect do everything, like it sometimes does.
Next time I will do the bibliography will help me get better marks.
Evidence of Term 2 goals being met.
Copy and paste all relevant evidence in the form of screenshots or written explanations of what was done to achieve your 4 goals for Term 2.
e.g. Test results, teacher feedback, parent feedback, peer feedback, your own explantion of things you did etc.
1. I got more than eight hours of sleep every night.
2. I got 5/5 on my investigation, which I never got before.
3. I kept my OCD at bay by doing what I wrote on the time sheet.
4. I respected others and how they learned by being quiet or helping them when they needed.
African Americans have had to face tons of racism. For example, black students at school have to endure tons of teasing about their hair, and being asked about the N word is a big thing that they im gay have to deal with; another one is being bullied online.
I am going to talk about the history of Racism for African Americans.
Let's talk about what racism is really about. Racism is when a race is discriminated against. For my inquiry, I focused on African Americans and how they have been shunted aside all their life just because they have a different skin color. This has gotten better due to them now having rights. Now, they can go to school and university, and they even have their own bathrooms, which were called Collared bathrooms. This is how bad things were back then.
It shows how far we have come in the last hundred years. Nowadays, black people feel more welcome in society.
Does Racism affect your physical and mental health? It can actually. A study on how racism shows that psychological and physical health are affected by Racism and bullying, towards a different race or a different way of speaking, like Asians, they have to endure tons of harsh criticism on how they speak and how their eyes look. Going back to how Racism affects your health, studies have also shown that more and more black people are going to universities like Harvard University or Yale University. More are also graduating from high school, whereas 50 or so years ago, many black people would just quit high school and go and get a job straight away. But nowadays it is getting harder to get a job without a degree from attending university.
Most studies on racism are conducted by universities around the world using students as data to get more information on racism.
Lastly, let's talk about how we can work together to get rid of racism from the world.
Let's first talk about what you can do yourself to spot racism.
If you see Racism or someone who is getting bullied for their race, you could say, “Hey, stop doing that,” or something like that.
Listen to and validate the experiences of people facing racial discrimination.
Commit daily to anti‑racist actions and sustained allyship efforts.
Some things that you could do at the community level are doing things like make support clubs for people in need of mental support, if they have been affected by racism. Form councils with leaders from government, businesses, schools, faith groups, and NGOs to audit policies, build inclusive practices, and set community-wide goals.
Then what could the government do about the large? Criminalize hate speech and incitement of racial hatred, imposing clear legal penalties. For example, New South Wales’ new law includes prison time and hefty fines for individuals and organizations. It would be a good one.
Racism is still very much at large. It has gotten better, yes, but it has not gone away, and I am pretty sure it will never go away for a few thousand years more, or maybe it will go away slowly, or maybe it will go away very fast, who knows.
Thank you for listening.