Today I made a start on my Social Studies works and the topic for this term is Mananging the Enviroment. The first project I did was about Papatuanuku (Mother Earth) which was really easy to the point where I had to compose a poem about Papatuanuku but I did get it done and I think it was pretty good. The easiest part about this project was when I was answering all the question which was, Why is Papatuānuku important? What is her purpose? How can we take care of her? What are you going to do to show your appreciation towards Papatuānuku? I know I answered them resonable and responsible because I put my whole brain into thinkg about ways we can help Papatuanuku and what she really is about. The hardest part about this project was composing a poem straight from the heart because I'm not the rhyming type of person but I pulled myself together and composed a poem I am pretty proud of and here it is.
PAPATUANUKU
Our Solar system provides 8 planets
Out of 8 planets theres 1
That 1 planet is earth
On earth lays Papatuanuku
On Papatuanuku lays plants
Within those plants lay fruits and vegetables
Those fruits and veggies get picked
From being picked us humans eat them
And the cycle goes around again
On earth lays Papatuanuku
On Papatuanuku lay trees
Those trees grow big
Once fully grown they get chopped down
Once chopped they are made to be purchased
Once purchased they are turned into houses
And those houses are used for us to live in
And the cycle begins again
On earth lays Papatuanuku
On Papatuanuku lay humans
Us humans destroy her
while some try to heal her
We live we die
We run we walk
We do everything besides care
We don’t care about what's being thrown away
We don’t care about what’s being destroyed
Because all we do is “destroy”
Earth is now plummeting into destruction
And all we have to do is let the cycle continue
Something I would deffinitly do different next time is to believe in myself because it took some real time to compose that poem to the point where I almost went to the internet to copy one. One promise I will make is to change the way I treat our earth and thats final.
