Self-Direction:

My self-direction has definitely developed since the start of the course. This being the end of my second year participating in What’s the Story?, I was able to use my previous knowledge of t […]

This weekend was an opportunity to revisit the presentations and workshops I saw last year. Rather than feeling redundant, it was a great learning experience to take in old information with a new perspective, new […]

a brief summary of humane practices and violations
When searching the internet for innovation in the area of my topic it didn’t take me long to find a story from the Huffington Post about a meat packinghouse in […]

I might re-publish a better photo if this one turns out to be illegible. Also, I don’t know why it changes orientation when I publish it. The image is right-side-up when I’m editing it.

Since my last blog post where I outlined my three potential topics and included an interview that highlighted the importance of one of them, I have been able to narrow my focus down to one topic.  I’m not […]

I have three possible topics of interest to pursue. The first being: something related to the environment and climate change. Whether that manifests itself as a documentary on problems within the renewable energy […]

I am one of the three returning students from last year’s What’s the Story cohort. I am here because the experiences, opportunities, and skills my first year of What’s the Story presented me with. It is one of the […]

Expected learning
 

The main attraction I had towards joining the What’s the Story? program was the promise of learning that was more relevant to me and my future. It was the promise of something that I co […]

I first learned about What’s the Story through several friends that had been participating in the program last year. At first, the program didn’t catch my attention as an opportunity I should take advantage of, it […]

Leaving our day at Winooski and Burlington we had redefined the story we were looking to uncover. We turned our attention to our own schools to see if we could identify a contrast between the experiences of ELL […]

On the 23rd of January our team pulled off a day of immense productivity that took weeks of coordinating and planning, but once we got to carrying out the plans we had orchestrated everything went as well as […]

Progress update
It’s been over a month since the retreat and I feel like our team has made some really solid progress. Given that most all of us had busy holiday schedules we were still able to maintain a level […]

On December 8th I went to meet a former tutor of mine to discuss the project.

Frankie Dunleavy had helped me skip a level of spanish over the summer and she has been a great mentor for me ever since. I couldn’t […]

I lost all my work so I had to recreate this post. This is more or less what I had written at the end of the retreat

Team Growth
This second retreat came at a great time. Our team had accomplished quite a lot […]

It’s week two and I’m done getting acquainted with this topic, it’s time to open up, dig deeper and develop a real relationship.  Last week I read and analyzed an article by activist Dena Simmons from the […]

Redirecting my focus and building on the momentum
During the November retreat I somewhat spontaneously changed my topic. My mission now is to create something that illustrates the tensions that exist as a result […]