Social Study's Poll Tax

My opinion on the Poll Tax: It’s dumb to jury people on there rase but all the other people got in for free they just targeted the Chinese

Why was it targeting Chinese: Because they’re racist

What is a poll tax? Its charging people to come into the country

Did they ever get paid back: Yes you can apply and get funding for stuff.

What was the yellow peril: The Yellow Peril is a racist colour-metaphor

Social Studys

My opinion: The teachers should get a pay rise because there isn’t anyone training to be a teacher
because they won't be getting enough money

Why is this happening: Because there aren’t enough teachers because the teachers do not get enough
money.

What I think should happen next: Teachers should go on strike until they get an agreement with
the government.

How does going on strike affect kids: We miss a day of quality learning and
parents have to work from home

Social Studys #3 Vietnam War

My Opinion: There should be half and half of each Communism and Capitalism a good comparison is New Zealand, when you go to a doctor and you’re under the age of 18 they pay for it but with Capitalism none of that happens, Also when you retire you don’t get a pention but here we do.

What Happened: People were fighting over Communism and Capitalism. America was worried about the spread of communism.

When: 1955, 1975. During that time millions of people got killed.

Why did this happen: America started to fight because they were getting scared of communism being brought into America.

What happened/how were they fighting: The USA was trying to stop the spread of communism in the south of Vietnam. The Viet Cong used a surprise attack by tunnelling and ambushing the American soldiers.

What is the peace movement: University students in the USA didn’t support the war or violence and started protests all across America. The war was unpopular. It was unpopular with lots of Americans. Which is odd because they were fighting for America...There was no clear objective. They didn’t declare war. The media made it seem unwinnable as the news showed body counts each day.

What was New Zealand’s involvement: We were allies of America through ANZUS!

The Dawn Raids Social Studys

                                                           The dawn raids




(My Opinion) It was unfair how some people kept their jobs and over people got their houses raided and got sent back to there home.



What Happened: After world war 2 there some difficulty with jobs, mainly bosses were giving free jobs away to overseas workers.


When did this happen: Mid 1970’s to the early 80’s.


Why did this happen? The police were kicking people out because people didn’t have working visas even though they said they could stay and that caused lots of racism.


Why was there difficulty with jobs? Because everyone was running out of working visas that were from the Pacific islands.

Chess Tournament Reflection.

It, Was so fun!! Won 5 games out of 7! Woke up quickly got ready and sprinted down to school and saw everyone in the busses, I started to freak out and started to sprint over to the bus and quickly jumped in. On the way there I didn't really talk because I'd just woke up and I was really nervous. When I got there I played a friendly game with Lochie, He won obviously because he is super good at chess, just before he checkmated me Bruce started to go over the rules. I knew them already but I still listened, straight after he finished going over the rules I played my first game against Griffen, He's also super good. I lost to him but it took him a while to beat me. I went 0-2 in my first two games then won 3 then lost another 2 and finished off with 2 wins. I loved it so much and I can't wait for next time. I got a silver medal and a certificate.