Hello Ms Willemse, Hello spirit of Hughes. Thank you for coming to my Summer Grade 10 Student led Conference. I am the person truly in control of my learning and I understand that more and more every day in andout of school. Every decision I make has repercussions down the road be them positive or negative. […]

Blue sky Design. Blue sky was different this term. It was more focused on the process then the product. I actually think this blue sky style is much better. It makes failure feel good for some reason because I then think “wow so much room to improve…. willemse would like this… Quick document!’’ It also […]

The great big stories… Erm I mean the Little big stories. These stories are two projects of mine that I created movies on. As a class we are following in the footsteps of CNN and sites like buzzfeed by creating short stories that are focused around small pieces of big things that are impactful and […]

I recently been on a trip that travelled far out of my normal zone of Vancouver Canada. I traveled with 17 classmates and 4 teachers to the Deep South of the United States. Through the four states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee we followed the civil rights movement, it’s relation with music and stories […]

As l am writing this blog post I am standing in front of the LoraineMotel   My third reflection is on the Loraine motel and how it is an example of business that serve both white and African American client ell. In my podcast with Christopher we discuss this topic in a brief but educational way. On a […]

Nash’s Job shadow project. I wanted to job shadow an artist who designs anything. So I decided to choose a artist in the Film Industry, I knew that was a good place to start was my dad, a member of IATSE (film production Union) so I called my father to ask if I was allowed to shadow […]

Hello people who read this, today I am writing about reflection number 2. The last week we learned about the klan, the civil rights and other fun stuff. I chose to write about the civil rights act think that was passed in the land before time. (1964) I wanted to answer the question “why it […]

For my reflection number 1 of the “We Shall Overcome” civil rights English/Socials 10 class. I’ve chosen to investigate an evil villain named Bull Connor, his real name is Eugene but that’s hard to type so Im gonna call bull, that’s his childhood nickname that stuck. He’s a villain who did real mean things to all […]

“Mr./Ms. (teacher’s name), this is my mom ainsley. “Thank you for coming to my conference. I am the expert and the person in the driving seat of my own learning. I am responsible and accountable for what i do at school and the academic choices I make . Today I will be leading this conference, […]

Over the last week Chris and I have created a explain everything that is about how the right to vote went from a privilege to a right in Canada for all segments of society. This explain everything was one of the hardest ones I have ever had to create for a few different reasons. The […]