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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Our Trip to MOTAT
As part of learning our team (Room 9, Room 11, Room 12 and Room 13) all went to MOTAT to learn about Christmas. Here are some photos of our time there. Despite the rain, we still had a lot of fun. From playing in the Challenge Zone and doing the Christmas Trail to the Mirror Maze, decorating a Christmas Tree and Making Chocolate. Thank you Antoaneta and team for looking after us.
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Dear Room 10
Thank you for sharing the photos of your trip. It was nice seeing you there having fun, sitting nicely and also taking part in the activities. I like the way that Point England students always smile for the camera, look happy and always look like they are learning. I have enjoyed visiting this site a huge amount during the year and would like to wish you and your teacher a wonderful christmas and a happy new year.
Mr Webb and Room 8, Melville Intermediate School, Hamilton, Waikato.
I love learning about all that you are doing in your classroom. I am impressed with the way you share your learning and thinking through videos and photos and writing!
A man named Finite awoke and found himself in a sinkhole full of quick sand. He was sinking very slowly and knew that he would meet certain death.
A man came along who had holes in his hands. The man threw Finite a rope and told him to grab it and he would pull him to safety.
Finite looked at the holes in the man's hands and said, “Your not real.” “It is not scientifically possible for a man to live who has holes in his hands.
The man with the holes in his hands looked at the guy a little puzzled and said, “You are in a sinkhole and about to die. Your response to my help is to say I’m not real?”
Finite said, “Well, I like how warm the sand is and I really don’t want to get out. Second, I know I am having an illusion because it is not possible for a man to have holes in his hands and still help me out.” Therefore, morally I like my plight and scientifically, you don’t exist being a mere projection of my mind.
The man with the holes in his hands said, “Listen, I was sent here by my father to help people out so please let me help you! I will take you to my father’s mansion where you can enjoy life for eternity. Obviously, death was not able to hold me in the grave because the holes in my hands are proof that I overcame death. I now have the power to save you so grab the rope!”
Finite put his fingers in the ears and said, “Now I know I am hearing things because there is no such thing as eternal life…Everyone dies so I am going to take my turn and just enjoy this warm sand until the end.”
The man with the holes in his hand said, “If you won’t grab the rope, then I won’t be able to help you…please, please take the rope and I can pull you out. Have faith my friend.”
A few moments later Finite sunk into the quick sand and out of sight. Finite was surprised that he did not die as expected. He just sat there surrounded by sand, unable to move, unable to breathe, unable to talk with his fingers in his ears. Finite tried to comfort himself by thinking, “I would rather stay here for eternity than believe that the man with the holes in His hand could help me. Faith in that mirage is irrational!!
So Finite sat in the quicksand for eternity. Day in and day out for eternity Finite was always thinking about the man with the holes in his hands. He would comfort himself thinking, “It was better to not have faith than to believe something that didn’t make sense.”
The man with the holes in His hands continued to call him for the rest of eternity; however, Finite could not hear his voice because he had plugged his ears.
The Lesson
If you are not with Christ, you will be thinking about Christ for eternity anyway... so have faith.
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