Reflection for term

Reflection

• I was surprised that I am above the average in reading and very proud.
• I'm going to keep trying in my maths.
• I’m happy with my writing and ready to write more stories. :)
• I have achieved in my music and excited to take part next term.

Journal entry

Journal entry.

I push open the door, I take a deep breath, The look on the nurse's face wasn't good, my tummys a roller coaster looping constantly. I take a seat. Don looked up at me with such innocence. He leaned over to say something. “I'm a gonner Billy.” At that moment I thought back to all the times in the mines, then Don took another breath. “What about the strike,” he said. I sat and waited, remembering as he closed his eyes. It was an awful time in Waihi when my dad used to fight against the black leg. He tried to get some words out “I was a black leg.”

He confessed.

I didn't know what to do. I felt sick. Could I of been with a traitor all this time. And now I see that I wasted my time, I wasted my friendship, in the war. Although I didn't feel completely torn apart, it was like I was glad and relieved at the same time.The question I will always ask till the end is

“Was war really worth it?”  

war in waihi

War in Waihi

1. What did you already know about mining before reading this article?
2. Complete the   ‘somebody/wanted/but/so’   chart below:

Main players	What did he/they want?	What was the problem with wanting this?	What was the end result?
Miners	Better working and  better pay.	There were people against this.	Mather mine ended up closing.
Shareholders	They wanted to get lots of money.	No one was willing to give it.	They got what they wanted.
Politicians	They didn't want to do anything.	It would just get worse and worse.	People left and the mine closed down.
Engine Drivers	They wanted their own union And didn't want to strike.	There were people giving money in to support the strike.	They went back to work.
Federation of Labour	They wanted the strike to end up with a good result.	But there were other bigger businesses that were against this.	They didn't get what they wanted.
P. M. William Massey	He wanted the mine to carry on working.	The miners didn't want to go to work.	He failed then succeeded.
Commissioner Cullen	He wanted the police to fight back the trouble.	Lots of people were hurt.	He got his battle.
Scabs(free Labourers)	They wanted to work.	The miners didn't want them to because of the strike.	They got the work they desired for.
Police	They wanted peace.	They had to work for it.	They got what they wanted when the town settled down.
Fred Evans	He wanted to go on strike.		The strike was a disaster.
Miners Families	They wanted a pay packet.	The shareholders got less.
The mine manager.	He wanted no strike and money from himself.	The miners union.	Eventually he got what he wanted.

3. What can you say about the way decisions were made in 1912?

Decisions were made poorly and they didn't think in a fair position.

It was wealth before health.