I will be posting weekly about the connections between Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the tumultuous cold war. I will create an artifact that helps tell my story. In this week’s edition, I am going to focus on the human tendency to violence and conflict. Our world is not a place of innate peace and cooperation. For […]
Read more "Tides of Conflict"In my first year as a senior student, it has presented me with many truths about the reality of life in school. As much as I may dislike the onslaught of tests that challenge my mental sanity it did present me with an opportunity. An opportunity to explore different ways to learn. An opportunity to […]
Read more "Rising to the Occasion"As much as I wish there is a simple change I could make in my life that could make a remarkable difference in my life. In reality, it is a matter of millions of minuscule moments that are in control of my ultimate destiny. I have always seen life in a way of numbers rather […]
Read more "Building Blocks of Success"How can we use poetry to reflect our perspectives on peoples, places, events, and beliefs? In a galaxy far far away… As with tradition, with the release of the latest installment in the star wars series, PLP hosted a star wars winter exhibition. Star Wars is a generational series of movies that are one of […]
Read more "Melodies of the Galaxy"What is the role of tribalism in society? When I first learned that our next project was on tribalism, I was concerned about its content. I never thought about tribalism in our society before the start of the unit. I found that it didn’t take me long to understand the importance of the topic of […]
Read more "On a Collision Course with Deeper Thought"During my latest humanities project, my class and I traveled to the southwest to New Mexico for the Manhattan Project. We visited the major sites found in New Mexico such as Trinity Site, Los Alamos Laboratory, and several different museums that presented the history of the atomic bomb. The trip took us to a variety […]
Read more "Reaching Further in the Land of Enchantment"In the history of the world, there have been moments that have changed the complexion of the world. Over the past month, I have been learning about the key events in our history. The unique part of the project we worked on was that we were focussing on what makes these events so significant. It […]
Read more "Lighting Up the World"So many people have asked me this question over the years and I still don’t have an answer to that question. I simply don’t know what I want to do. I could see myself in so many different fields and I don’t want narrow my focus when I know I could go so many different […]
Read more "What do you Want to be?"For thousands of years, modern-day British Columbia has been the home for a large number of First Nations. From the isolated communities in Haida to the Nations in the Okanagan; the diversity of the First Peoples is a unique trait of BC. British Columbia is an amazing place full of wonder and beauty. The geographic […]
Read more "My Home and Native Land"It’s the final stretch of the year that has been full of so many memories. I have created so many incredible products and have learned so much that it is hard to believe that it all happened in one year. At the end of the year, it so critical that I look back at what […]
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