One important lesson in Freedom Writers is that empathy and self-expression can change lives. The students learn that sharing their stories helps them understand one another, break down prejudice, and see themselves as capable of success.

This is an important lesson for teenagers because many are still figuring out who they are and where they belong. Teenagers often face pressure, bullying, stereotypes, and conflict, so learning to listen with empathy and speak honestly can improve friendships and mental health. It also shows that education is not just about grades; it can be a way to find confidence, make better choices, and build a future.

On the 23 of april we had a vocational class, where we had to make a peach crumble cobbler, it was a very easy task and it was a simple recipe, and it only took 40 minutes to cook to be brown. We had about six people in our group their names were Luca, Jamain, Jackson, Lulu, Luey.

Lulu has a job to tip the peaches in the boll, well Luey was melting the butter, and Jamain was spreading the sugar on the peaches well i was finishing off my self-reflections. And Luca was just mixing the butter and flower, and sugar into the boll to make a nice refreshing dough.

On Thursday 23/04/26 we made a peach cobbler.

The recipe was

1. 1&½ cup of self rising flower
2.  ½ cup of sugar
3. 125g of butter
4. 2 cups of peaches

The method was

1. Pre heat oven to 180c
2. Mix all the dry ingredients into a bowl
3. Melt butter and add mixture
4. Combine to make dough/crumb
5. Put peaches in a dish and cover with dough
6. Cook for 40 minutes till golden brown

My group was Dallas, Cade, Ratu, Harps, Tarquin and Me (Valla)

I contributed to making the peach cobbler by telling my team what to do when they didn’t know what they were doing, cleaning and helping prep the cobbler before it went into the oven.

On Thursday this week for Vocational we cooked a Peach Cobbler. We had two periods to sort our groups out, write the ingredients we would need for this recipe, write our method, obviously cook our Peach Cobbler, and last but not least clean our mess. My group was Tui, Tyler, Linkin, Maiah, and Raegan.

Once we organized all our cutlery, we then proceeded to cook. Us girls were making the dough, while the boys were doing the dishes after we finished with them. We made the Cobbler pretty fast in about 15 minutes, it was just waiting for it to cook in the oven that took the longest. The Cobbler took about 40 minutes to cook, and once we took it out of the oven we took a photo, then ate it straight away.

After we finished eating, we then had to clean again. Tui washed the dishes, Linkin dried, Tyler swept, Raegan mopped, Maiah put away dishes, and I wiped all the benches/surfaces. In my opinion I rate our Peach Cobbler a 7/10 because it was very good, like the dough was cooked perfectly, but I do not like cooked peaches. I liked my group because we had good teamwork, we communicated well, our skills were varied so that helped. 

Recipe:

1 ½ cups of self raising flour 

½ cup of sugar 

125gms butter 

2 cups of peaches 

Method:

Preheat oven at 180° C  

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl melt butter and add to mixture combined to make a dough/ crumb   

Put peaches in the dish and cover with dough 

Cook for 40 minutes or until golden brown 

on the 23 of April we had a vocational class where we had to make a peach cobbler, it was a very easy and simple recipe and it only took 40 minutes to cook, we had about six people in our group their names were Kaihau, Luey, Lulu, Jackson, Jermaine, Luca.  here is the recipe below.

Recipe Peach Cobbler 

1 ½ cups of self raising flour 

½ cups of sugar

125 grams of butter 

2 cups of peaches 

Method 

Pre heat the oven @ 180c

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl 

Melt butter and add the mixture.

Combine to make a dough/crumb 

Put peaches in the dish and cover with dough

Cook for 40mins or until golden brown

what I did was make the dough, put it on top of the peaches and put it into the oven and let it cook I also help with the dishes.

we also got a picture of the final product

Recipe Peach Cobbler 

1 ½ cups of self raising flour 

½ cups of sugar

125 grams of butter 

2 cups of peaches 

Method 

Pre heat the oven @ 180c

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl 

Melt butter and add the mixture.

Combine to make a dough/crumb 

Put peaches in the dish and cover with dough

Cook for 40mins or until golden brown 

GROUP MEMBERS

LUEY, LULU, JACKSON, LUCA, KAIHAU.

what i did for the group was melt the batter and help pure the ingredients in.