Business Letter

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Patrick Watson

123 Your Street

Scranton, ST 1725

(123) 456-7890c

patrick.watson@rogers.com

patrickwatson14.blogspot.ca

4th September 20

Patty Watts

Boss, Dunder Mifflin

1725 Slough Avenue

Scranton, ST 1725

Dear People who read my blog. Hello,

I would like to announce the opening of my blog. The purpose of this blog is solely professional, I will be posting most or all of the work I have completed through the year and will also be posting professional things I think is important.    

On behalf of the students of Cedar Ridge High School, I am going to tell you what we do here in 21st Century Literacy. First off I would like to state that this course is no ordinary course because it is two course taught in one business and English. This course has been mixed and flipped to perfection. One aspect I love about this course is that there are no test just projects and I think that is very smart because when you get a job you are not writing tests you are doing projects.

   

Sincerely,

Patrick Watson

Your Favourite Outdoor Activities Introduction 

I had introduced a survey about the outdoors and what was your favourite outdoor activity to play. I had 10 responses. The answers I had gotten were different than I had anticipated but none the less they were helpful to my study. My interests for this particular survey was to see what activities my peers enjoyed and what kind of basic concepts are needed for the activity, for example, "what kind of terrain does your activity require". Results I asked 5 simple questions 

1. List one or more outdoor activity you enjoy doing 2. Explain why you like this/those activity 

3. What do you prefer 

4. What kind of terrain does your activity require 

5. Does your activity require a team or just yourself As you can see my questions are quite basic but the responses I got for my first question was different than I had expected, I had thought that the majority would answer with more organized sports such as hockey or soccer but instead the majority had given me sports that are kind of organized or not at all for example skiing and skateboarding. I guess I should’ve expected these answers given that our school is very different than other schools and some ways the people that go to our school are also different. The second question the answers were as expected, My sport is fun, it’s relaxing etc. Third question What do you prefer? 60% Outdoor 20% Indoor 20% Other As shown in the pie graph the majority was outdoor activities which I had found surprising because in today's world people assume that you are always glued to your technology which can be true but shown on my survey even though the outdoor people may be always on their computer they find the outdoors more enjoyable. In conclusion, my answers were quite surprising and unexpected.

Your Favourite Outdoor Activities Introduction I had introduced a survey about the outdoors and what was your favourite outdoor activity to play. I had 10 responses. The answers I had gotten were different than I had anticipated but none the less they were helpful to my study. My interests for this particular survey was to see what activities my peers enjoyed and what kind of basic concepts are needed for the activity, for example, "what kind of terrain does your activity require". Results I asked 5 simple questions 1. List one or more outdoor activity you enjoy doing 2. Explain why you like this/those activity 3. What do you prefer 4. What kind of terrain does your activity require 5. Does your activity require a team or just yourself As you can see my questions are quite basic but the responses I got for my first question was different than I had expected, I had thought that the majority would answer with more organized sports such as hockey or soccer but instead the majority had given me sports that are kind of organized or not at all for example skiing and skateboarding. I guess I should’ve expected these answers given that our school is very different than other schools and some ways the people that go to our school are also different. The second question the answers were as expected, My sport is fun, it’s relaxing etc. Third question What do you prefer? 60% Outdoor 20% Indoor 20% Other As shown in the pie graph the majority was outdoor activities which I had found surprising because in today's world people assume that you are always glued to your technology which can be true but shown on my survey even though the outdoor people may be always on their computer they find the outdoors more enjoyable. In conclusion, my answers were quite surprising and unexpected.

I Am Leader

Patrick Watson                                                                                                       Sep 20th, 2016

I Am A Leader

There are many aspects to being a leader, you could probably think of a few right now, but what are some of the key parts of being leader, here are a few key parts to being a leader. To be a leader you will need to quite creative, always positive even in rough times and communication.

Being creative is a very important leadership skill especially if you are in an environment where you constantly need to be thinking of new ideas all the time, but really in any work environment if you are a leader you will always need to be creative like for example if have a plan that you need someone to do it might not go as well as you thought and you will have to be creative and add things into the plan to help the plan flow better. Being creative will always be an important aspect of being a leader in anything you do.

You may not think that being a positive leader has a big effect on your leadership skills but it really can have a big effect. If you aren't being a positive leader in your work environment it will affect how efficiently you work and will also mirror onto your co-workers and create a bad working environment because of the bad attitude you have projected. Being a positive leader does not just mean showing up to work with a smile slapped onto your face and sending good vibes through the office, it is also showing it through work if you’re presenting something maybe add a little joke or just spice it a little to cheer up the room. Staying positive at work is always important and that is way it is a good leadership skill.

Communication is the glue that holds everything together when it comes to leadership skills if have a very creative and positive idea to purpose to your audience and you can’t convey your team to like your idea someone else might take the spotlight with good communication skills and convey the team towards that idea even though yours might be better. In the end pitching ideas in a business it is a must to be able to communicate well with others.

Being positive, creative and having good communication are all key aspects of being a leader.  

The Big Catch

Patrick Watson                                                                        sep 24th, 2016

The Big Catch

Out in the evening trolling buckshot lake

fishing for a pickerel all yummy juicy

Going slow down the lake

So I don't make a wake

And scare away all the fishy’s

Pickerel’s the goal

But all I’ve been doing is harassing these bass

Although that’s fun I really hope the pickerel will bite

It’s getting really late

They’ve got to bite

I’m sure they will it’s bite

it’s got to be fate

I feel a few nibbles

Then a big chomp

I sought

I fought

I caught

My poem relates to one of Gord Downie's poem styles because this is a true story. For the record this walleye meets the ontario guidelines for sector 17 stating that the slot size limit for keeping and eating is 35-55cm. This particular walleye was 50cm

Elon Musk and The Future of Energy and Transport

http://www.shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-the-future-of-energy-and-transport-2012-11-14

I know the website name is a little inappropriate but I thought the content it held was why i decided to add this to my blog, but in a nut shell this URL with have a video containing the entire Elon Musk  speech which was held at Oxford University which includes a Q and A in the middle of the video dedicated to the future of energy and transport, all though this speech was given 3 years ago so some of the information is outdated i still thought it was a very interesting speech on the future of energy and transport.