In late October, I finished my practice HL presentation, which examined the role of the UN in promoting justice in Rakhine State through the lens of the Global Political Challenge of Borders. I found it a difficult process, but I think it helped me learn a lot for...
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Abduction by Hannah Höch – Through 2 Global Issues
This post can also be read in this google doc. Abduction by Hannah Hoch Culture, Identity, and Community “Abduction” by Hannah Hoch can be thought of as a piece challenging colonialist white supremacist views. This is mostly because of the choice of photo in the...
History Society CAS Reflection #3 – First Earth Day Presentation
Today in History Society my partner and I presented our argument for why the first Earth Day was the most significant event of the 20th century. It was an unexpected challenge for several reasons: We were the first group to present My partner had made additions to our...
CAS Interview #1
Today, I had my first CAS interview. I was asked by my mentor teacher about the progress I have made on my portfolio, ManageBac, and how I feel about CAS so far. One thing I took away from the interview is that I need to collect more evidence. Although I have uploaded...
HS History Society – CAS Reflection #2
As I said in my introduction post, in History Club we are currently making presentations arguing for something to be the most important event of the 20th century. I chose to work with one other person to make a presentation on the first Earth Day, and so I developed...
Boxing / Muay Thai CAS Reflection #1
For my first introduction, I did some goal-setting and reflection on my last year with boxing / Muay Thai. Now that I have done a few sessions again after several months, I feel like I should reflect on my strengths and weaknesses again. Strengths Areas for growth I...
Leaders of Environmental Initiatives CAS Reflection #1
Because it is the October break right now and I have a lot of free time, I have decided to make this a written reflection. It has now been 4 weeks as chair of the Leaders of Environmental Initiatives, and I feel like the way that I approach my leadership position has...
Representation and Identity: “In A Parallel Universe” by Eli Rezkallah
For the last few weeks in English Language and Literature, we have been exploring advertisements in the context of identity. Building on that, we have been Eli Rezkallah's collection In A Parallel Universe, which parodies 1950s advertisements featuring women. You can...
First geography unit test – a reflection
Section A (short answers) 19/20 What I did well: Read the questions carefully What to improve: Have more breadth in my understanding of processes - for example, did not know I had to know how constructive plate boundaries create earthquakes and volcanoes When...
Generation. Education. Period. CAS Reflection #1
You can listen to my reflection here. There is some traffic noise at the beginning, but hopefully what I am saying is still audible. I say in this reflection that I am helping to work the group through the Investigation stage of service. We are using presentations...