Welcome to my tPOL! Today i’ll be reflecting on my whole grade 8 year and answering the driving question, “Why do you feel like you are ready to advance it the next grade level?” 

Overall this year i’ve grown a lot, I’ve met new people and tried new things and here’s my proof
in our first project, medium is the message, I grew a lot in a social aspect since we had to reach out to businesses and talk to them about making an ad for them and also just meet our group members since it was our first project together. A few other projects I grew from socially were Destination imagination and The Outsiders because we had to present to other people (mostly adults/parents)
even though most of the growth from PLP has come from humanities, i’ve also had a few moments in other classes where I realized how much i’ve grown over the year. For example in maker in the Herzog and Carr project, more specifically the herzog part, I grew in my skill with photography and image editing. Another example is in scimatics in the Laser Laws project. I learnt about how light works and I learnt a lot overall in that project.

back to the driving question since that hasn’t been answered yet. I feel like im ready to advance to the next grade because I’ve learnt a lot from this year, I’ve grown as a person and as a student in many ways. Even though I don’t agree with how much homework is given out, its taught me that I need to actually be responsible and do it (which overtime has also incorporated itself into working in groups.) PLP has improved my work ethic since elementary never really gave out homework and the work was definitely easier. So to fully answer the question, yes, I do feel like I’m ready to move on because I’ve noticed and acknowledged my growth as a learner.