January | 2020 | DꓯNIƎꓶ WIꓛꓘSꓕONƎ

Taking My Foot Off The Gas

Even though I feel like I say this every year, its really crazy to think that we’re already half way through the year. This year has been quite the whirlwind, with so much going on in so many different areas of my life. Even in just this school alone, I have found myself spread thin…

From Inverness To Berlin

Right from the beginning of our studies on Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the 1950s, the underlying theme of ‘Appearance vs. Reality’ has been abundantly clear in both these topics. Making connections between Macbeth’s thickening plot and the rising global tensions of the 50s seems almost too easy. As of right now, we have completed reading and…

1% A Day Keeps The Failure Away

Over the past couple months, I have been more invested in an assignment than ever before. As part of PGP 11, alongside my classmates, I was given the task of reading James Clear’s New York Bestselling book: Atomic Habits. Before I even begin breaking down the book, I want to make it known how very…

How I’m A Poet And Didn’t Even Know It

To finish off the first term, PLP 11 completed a unit combining Star Wars with poetry, guided by the driving question: How can we use poetry to reflect our perspectives on people, places, issues and beliefs? Our goal for the project was to learn how this question can be answered through learning about the poets…