Icebreaker:

Good evening everyone. My name is Jessie and today I will be doing my icebreaker.

I am in grade 10 and I go to the Woodlands Secondary School. I have 2 sisters (16 and 6) and a
dog named Oreo who is a mix of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle. I’ve started to like
Greek Mythology now ever since I’ve re-read some of the Percy Jackson books, so everything
about the Gods, Goddesses and monsters have intrigued me. And my favorite subjects in
school are Math and Drama. As a hobby, I love playing different sports such as volleyball,
basketball, badminton and football (for fun of course). I used to do gymnastics for 6 years but I
stopped a few years ago. I also know a bit of tennis, but I do not play, I just know the rules. I like
swimming as well. I already have my NL certification so I start working next month after March
break, and I’ve basically done all my volunteer hours in a swimming pool, which is 200+ hours
within 2023-2024. So you could say I am addicted to water. Another hobby I’ve come to love is
cooking and baking, but in my opinion cooking is way more fun and easy. You can always
adjust how much spice, salt, or sugar to your liking as opposed to baking. You need to always
follow the recipe and once you change something and bake it, it won’t really turn out well and
you might need to throw it out (that's only in my case because sometimes I really mess it up).
However, a good side to baking is that you don’t need to worry about it burning unless you don’t
check up on it all the time or you set the oven too high. But technically you wouldn’t really burn
the pastry because you would normally check up on it with a toothpick to see if the inside is
ready or still underbaked. Some things I love about cooking is just prepping the food before
cooking it. I find it super calming because you really don’t need every single thing to be perfect
as long as they are close to the right size. I also love cooking because I would always ask my
family or my friends how it tastes so I am able to fix the food if it is too sweet or salty. I’ve only
started to like cooking because my mom is always busy at work and she needs someone to
help her make dinner if she comes home late or has a late appointment to go to. So she doesn’t
need to stress about dinner. So yeah! That is all for my icebreaker. Thank you for listening!