Green Team Challenge

Head teacher(myself): Let's consider what these students have said. I must let the GTC know today which finalist we have chosen.

Deputy headteacher: I have looked through their profiles, but it was not easy to decide on. They all have their own strengths and weakness.

Head teacher: All right, let's have a look together.

Deputy headteacher: The first candidate is Marissa. She is a hard working, sporty student with good communication skills. She also likes solving problems which is required for this challenge. She likes being outdoors, so she should be able to adapt to the surrounding easily. What do you think? The second student is Didier who is very confident with his muscles and he seems to be extremely sporty, with map reading skills. He also manages football team and is handy with a hammer, but I personally do not want to choose him as our school's representative.

Deputy headteacher: Why do you think so? He has all the skills needed for survival like using tools and map reading and he is also exceedingly good in sports. I would choose this student. He looks like a person that can help others as well.

Head teacher: I partially agree with you, but when you look at how they speak or write, you can predict their characters. As you can see, the way he puts his words is very impolite. He thinks of himself as a  strong muscular man. I mean, it is good to have confidence in oneself, but he is a narcist. He would most likely look down on others during this team challenge and it is not going to be a good reputation of our school.

Deputy headteacher: I see, I get your point. He might not be the best choice. Let's move on to the third candidate now. Her name is Kim and she likes to think she's an all round achiever. She keeps fit by doing sports and she completed her lifesaving badges in swimming. She has also won a prize at the National Science Fair and she loves inventing which can help in solving problems. She was also the part of the Student Counselling Service for over a year.

Head teacher: She sounds sensible and she matches the requirement. We should decide on the finalist between Marissa and Kim.

Deputy headteacher: I suggest choosing Kim. She is well mannered and she is an intelligent girl.

Head teacher: I agree with you, by looking at her profile, she looks humble, honest and responsible as well. She can also work with others which is the most important part in teamwork and as she is the eldest, she would know how to care others. She would also be able to communicate well and take in information. So, our final decision is Kim and would you please let her know about it?

Deputy headteacher: Sure, I will inform her by the end of this week.

Great Expectations

Summary of first 20 pages of 'Great Expectations'

A boy named Philip used to call himself pip because that was the only way he could pronounce his name as a young boy. He introduced his name as Pip and others started calling him Pip as well. His parents were both dead and he lived with his sister. He liked going to the churchyard to see his parents' grave and used to sit there for quite some time. One day, he went to the churchyard as usual and found one odd, fierce man. He threatened Pip to bring food and files from the blacksmith, which was Pip's brother in law or else he would cut Pip's throat out. As a young boy, Pip feared him and ran back to his house. Like the man told him, Pip stole some food from the kitchen hoping he wouldn't get caught because they had a lot of food since it was Christmas. Without his sister noticing, he managed to take the file and food to the man in the churchyard. 


The next morning, when the family was having breakfast, Pip's sister drank the brandy that was refilled by Pip after taking some for the man, and started jumping around. What Pip thought was water wasn't actually water but Pip's brother in law, Joe's medicine. Pip was extremely nervous that they might find out what he has done the night before, but they moved on and started looking for meat pie. Again, Pip was at the edge of his toes because he stole it too. Luckily, police officers came in asking if they had seen two convicts. The family was curious about it, so without looking for the pie, they went to find the convicts. The officers and the family managed to catch them and one of the convicts, who had received food from Pip the night before, confessed that he had taken some food from the blacksmith's house. That way, Pip could get over with the situation, without the family knowing that he was the one who stole food to give out to convicts.