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Field Studies

TEXAS!!!!! (also Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, maybe Denver and California)

In my mind, I visited six states over the past eleven days. Did I only step foot in five of them? Maybe. Was one of the state visits completely unplanned and coincidental? Also maybe. I actually never thought that I would ever visit Texas. I have nothing explicitly against Texas, it’s just not a place […]

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Humanities

🙏⚾️

It takes a certain type of person to be able to overcome adversity, show resilience, and come out of all of it with a feeling of hope. It takes a certain type of person to be able to share that story after surviving some of the hardest things that life can throw at you. Stories […]

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Humanities

A Scope on Hope

The Oxford English dictionary defines hope as, “a belief that something you want will happen”. Cambridge says, “to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might.” Merriam-Webster’s definition is “to cherish a desire with anticipation”. From a literal standpoint, hope is defined as a […]

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MPOLS and TPOLS

My Own Learning Progress (MOLP)

Before you say anything, yes, I know it’s called an MPoL. At this point in my academic “career”, I have learned a lot about myself. Like, a lot. As I am looking back at my MPoL post from last year, I can see how far I have grown. My goal last January was to learn. […]

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Humanities

Don’t Cry Over Split Atoms

About seven seconds into my speech, the only thought that was running through my head was, “Amy, slow down.” I was doing it again. I was speeding up and going ahead and getting lost with what I was saying. I don’t remember what I said, if I faltered, if I sturrered. I only remember that […]

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Exhibition Humanities Maker

Round Pegs in Square Holes….And Other Crazy Things

Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post? Are you ready to Think Different? In our most recent project, we were challenged to define a changemaker; essentially someone who thought different about the world around them, and used that thinking to make an impact in our community. In all of our projects, a big […]

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Humanities Maker MPOLS and TPOLS Uncategorized

The Perfectionist’s (guide) of Learning

Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post! Today, we are going to be talking about my year. Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest […]

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Humanities

Core to the Shore

Hello lovely readers, and welcome back to another blog post. Today, we are going to be talking about our most recent project in Humanities: Shore to the Core. Throughout this project, we created multi-paragraph compositions (essays), focused around a local and a national topic of significance. We then turned our multi-paragraph compositions into zines, that […]

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Maker Uncategorized

I Can’t Belay: The Story of My Newfound Effectiveness

Hello lovely readers, and welcome back to another blog post. My name is Amy, and I am now effective. Throughout the past weeks, while juggling DI, podcasts, Loon Lake, and more, there has been something else going on. We have been learning how to be effective people. Using The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People […]

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Field Studies

Canoes, Peach Juice, and Italy: A Loon Lake Advance

Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another bog post. On April 4, the PLP 10 cohort (my classmates and I) went on a trip. And not just any trip. An advance. Yes, that’s right. In PLP, we never retreat, only advance. Loon Lake Lodge was overtaken by 21 grade 10 students for four days. […]