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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, A Year of Learning Condensed Into A Blog Post 4 years, 4 months ago
So, it’s the second day of our last retreat, which feels odd somehow: maybe it’s just that we’re not quite in summative assessment mode in my other classes yet, though I’m not surprised that a) “What’s the Story?” […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, March Retreat: Regrouping, Re-energizing, and Moving Forward 4 years, 6 months ago
For most of my time in high school, I’ve been participating in forms of progressive education to further causes that I really believe in, but until this year I’d never experienced anything like “What’s the Story?” […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, New, Complex Perspectives and My Evolving Understanding 4 years, 8 months ago
Yesterday, I interviewed UVM associate professor Cynthia Reyes for the second time, along with a doctoral student with whom she works named Hemant Tamang-Ghising. I’d made a list of the topics Cynthia and I […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, An Intensive Day of Interviewing and Consequent Realizations 4 years, 8 months ago
Yesterday, our team visited Winooski and Burlington all day, conducting the bulk of our interviews. Organizing this was actually quite a feat, as the five of us go to four different schools and only one of us can […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, The Process of Communicating, Collaborating, and Planning 4 years, 8 months ago
These past few weeks have definitely required the most consistent work for this course so far this year, in that it has really been composed of keeping up correspondences, making logistical decisions, and locking […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, A Note To My Team: What Now? 4 years, 9 months ago
Hi Greta,
I think you’re asking a lot of really important questions. I left a few suggestions and additional questions on the shared doc, but as far as the pre-interview goes, I think that a big part of it […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, Dec Retreat: Preparing for interviews and thinking more deeply about the process itself 4 years, 9 months ago
I feel as though this retreat has served to catapult my group into the interview phase of the process. There’s definitely a tight timeline, and it will require consistent communication, updates, and mutual […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, Preparing for the retreat and exploring language bias 4 years, 10 months ago
A lot of what I did this week involved logistics to get myself and my team ready to move into the interviewing phase and the coming retreat. I read my teammates’ blogs to catch myself up on their thinking, I […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, Considering new perspectives and moving into the interview process 4 years, 10 months ago
Greta,
That’s a really interesting note, thanks for pointing me in the direction of that article! I’ll be sure to read it. I think that there’s definitely a level of eurocentrism and racism involved in the way […] -
Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, Considering new perspectives and moving into the interview process 4 years, 10 months ago
A big part of my work this week was beginning to draft some interview questions (something I think will be a continued goal in the coming week), and one of my biggest challenges there was trying to create […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, Expanding my knowledge on both broader and more specific scales 4 years, 10 months ago
This week, I mostly focused on doing some more research and thinking about the topic in light of the formation of our team and the new added focus on cross-/intercultural communication. I read Erin’s blogs (and […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, Nov. Retreat: Collaborating to create a focused and impassioned team 4 years, 10 months ago
I wasn’t exactly sure how this retreat was going to look. I knew that we would have to come to consensus about which topics to focus on and the breakup of groups, but I was also a little nervous about that: the […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #6 Mind Map 4 years, 11 months ago
Ben,
I’m sorry I’ve taken so long to reply, I really appreciate your commenting: you are always very detailed and provide more for me to think about, so thank you for starting these conversations. You mentioned […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #6 Mind Map 4 years, 11 months ago
Elsa,
My apologies for taking so long to reply, I really appreciate your comment! What you mentioned, the “add not replace” aspect, is also one my favorite parts of this issue, mostly because I think it’s an […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #6 Mind Map 4 years, 11 months ago
Justin,
Thanks for commenting! Sorry I’ve taken so long to reply. I think your ideas about what I define as “benefit to community” are pretty similar to mine…I believe that in our rapidly globalizing […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #6 Mind Map 4 years, 11 months ago
Thank you!
Sorry I took so long to respond, I really appreciate the feedback. My thinking behind the “Power in…” section was that simply by asking people to share their stories we are legitimizing and […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, #8 More inclusive, appreciative, and effective communities 4 years, 11 months ago
I want to make Vermont educational communities more inclusive, appreciative, and effective places for New Americans and English Language Learner students in ways that allow everyone to grow in new directions […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #7 A rising generation of culturally aware people 4 years, 11 months ago
Dianne,
I think you’re definitely right that I need to refine and narrow my pitch. I also think you make a good point that I don’t really provide examples/evidence for the claims of injustice, and I actually […]
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Clara Lew-Smith commented on the post, #7 A rising generation of culturally aware people 4 years, 11 months ago
I really appreciate the feedback, and I think you’re right: I need to be clearer about my actual goal. Raising awareness is an aspect of it, and an important one, but it’s more of a step in the right direction […]
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Clara Lew-Smith wrote a new post, #7 A rising generation of culturally aware people 4 years, 11 months ago
Imagine that there is a war in your country, one that threatens your rights and your safety and those of the people you love. You have no choice but to evacuate and emigrate to another country. You are young, […]
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What's the Story? The Vermont Young People Social Action Team is sponsored by Middlebury College, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, and the Bread Loaf Teacher Network.
