For my final project of PLP, we focused on impact. Specifically community impact makers that we have some type of connection to. We worked to refine our definitions of impact, primarily through studying what made a “crazy one”, a term from an apple ad that seemed to be a big inspiration for this project. We […]

In a day and age where certain knowledge appears to be everywhere, changing someone’s mind is hard. This latest PLP project proved that to me. For this project we were tasked with creating a persuasive text to change a persons or peoples mind. To answer the question “How Can I Use My Voice to Effect […]

The most recent PLP project is (almost over), and as I march ever forwards towards my graduation these blog posts become more and more valuable to me. A chance to take a step back and reflect, -albeit for only one course- is a needed pace change, in these hectic last months of my highschool journey. […]

If anything, this year has really, truly, concretely taught me how to implement the skills I have cultivated through reflection over my 3 years with PLP. To quote my conclusion from the “Playlist of my Life” project: “being able to strongly support our choices of interpretation not only with just music is the core learning […]

Music has always been a large part of my life. Mostly I listen to music as a soundtrack to my day; it tends to keep me grounded and focused. That is why I was so excited for the latest PLP project: “The Sounds of Poetry”. During this project we learned to more accurately recognize literary […]

The Winter PLP Exhibition 2021 took place last Wednesday. The PLP class and I presented our conceptual art pieces, and like most of the exhibitions I’ve been a part of, it went surprisingly well. That’s awesome! We were tasked with creating conceptual art pieces that explored the historical significance of the atomic bomb through a […]

Like any great piece of art or literature, John Hersay’s 1946 new journalism novel “Hiroshima” raises more questions than it answers. Mainly, it challenged the western view of the Japanese population at the time. To me, this asks: does the decimation of a mostly civilian, an arguably innocent, city justify the end of the bloodiest […]

As I conclude my first PLP project of the year (“You Think You Can Do Better”), It is now time again to transition into a new one. The Manhattan Project. During this project we will focus on historical significance, and look through a multitude of different lenses to see how an event changes the world. […]

“How Should We Govern Ourselves?”   This, the driving question of my latest PLP project. During this project we learned about ideology, Canadian government structure, and about political strategy in general and we were tasked with creating our own unique political party that could run in Canadian elections, the Zettlekasten system used to take notes […]