There Will Be Blood

Remember the absolute atrocity and madness of the Macbeth Movie project? That’s right! The movie project that was filmed with our entire class. The movie project which took weeks of immense frustration and dedication. With a final outcome that not only didn’t please us, but…

CEO’s Read Mean Tweets

First blog post of grade twelve? First blog post of grade twelve. Let’s get right into this, how does style and form effect meaning? This was the topic of our first unit in English twelve, and it is what our class has focused on throughout…

The Fear Factor: A Look Back on Third Term

There have been many driving questions we’ve studied, and investigated throughout this year in PLP. We have studied what the nature of evil was, how are the rules made, foundations for futility, and finally we studied how fear is used as a political, defensive, and…

Welcome to my SL- I Mean tPOL

Welcome to my transitional post of learning, where I’m gonna try to convince you that I’m ready for the next, and in fact, final year of high school. Do I believe that I am ready for the final year of high school? Absolutely. Now let…

Debate Reflection

This year has been my third year in PLP. Since grade nine, we have had exhibits displaying some of our work and learning from that part of the year. This end of year exhibit was my fifth exhibit while in PLP, and was vastly different…

Power and Authority: An Investigation into Concepts

Throughout the last portion of our school year, our class of PLP has been studying and investigating a variety of different topics. These concepts reflect all of our learning throughout the year, and draw on everything we have studied. A (kind of) new teacher named…

Radiophobia: How the Fear of Nuclear Power is Killing Our Enviroment

Do you fear nuclear power? Since the beginning of its use, nuclear power plants have been a topic of strong controversy. With individuals and groups fighting vigorously for both sides of the argument, the general public has grown a universal fear of nuclear power. With…

Macbeth: The Final Frontier

To be, or not to be? The wise words written by Shakespeare, and thought by me many times throughout the duration of this prodigious project. Never in the history of our class, PLP, have we ever attempted to complete a project like this one. Blood,…

My Canada: A Home

Since I was born, I have lived in Canada. Canada has been the only home I’ve ever known, and because of that, I absolutely love it here. This beautiful country draws in families and individuals from all over the world for a vast amount of…

The Compassionate Story of Helmut Lemke  

Many of us can never come close to imagining the terrible hardship faced by soldiers who fought in either of the world wars. Spending every single day focusing solely on survival and camaraderie, the soldiers who survived faced the immense challenge of adjusting back to…