Why I am Here at What’s the Story
I am here at What’s the Story because I want to work with others who express my same desire to...
I am here at What’s the Story because I want to work with others who express my same desire to...
Over the course of this retreat, I have continually been practicing active listening, group collaboration, and figuring out approaching an...
I am here because my guidance counselor brought the course to my attention, and I thought it sounded interesting. Social...
Self-Direction I already knew my topic since I was continuing it and I used the same emotional and statistical points...
Self-Direction Before starting What’s the Story, I had an idea for what I wanted to research, but I had little...
What’s the Story? has been ( I will just plainly say it) the most beneficial class I have ever taken....
Expected learning The main attraction I had towards joining the What’s the Story? program was the promise of learning...
All across the United States, progress has been made to accept people’s differences and provide equal opportunities for all Americans....
What’s the Story is a year-long digital storytelling course. What makes it stand out from a typical course is that it...
I first learned about What’s the Story through several friends that had been participating in the program last year. At...
I have now been doing “What’s the Story?” for going on two years, and there are many reason’s that I...
What’s the Story isn’t just another thing you join and then forget about, skipping meetings and not doing the work....
So, here we are. The end of filming. The beginning of the next stage of change. We are so grateful...
My group met at CVU last week, where Grace and I planned to film the first video of the web-series....
Coming into the retreat, I was not sure of what I would learn and the technological aspects of filmmaking. The...
This past weekend was one full of learning. Although I had to take my SAT’s Saturday morning and leave early...
I didn’t accomplish everything I would have liked to over the past four weeks, however I worked with Eva to...
Different Perspectives: Immigrants Understand what they are getting and are… Happy Upset Unnerved Isolated duty-bound Anti immigration People think they...
This past weekend has been one of the most productive of my time with What’s The Story. We gave our...
The change I would like to see is the acceptance and equitable treatment of Mexican farmworkers in our community. I...
You probably worry about certain things at school. That important test you forgot to study for, or what the cafeteria...
In Vermont, everything is dairy. You can’t go 10 miles without seeing one of those seemingly never-ending cornfields or the...
Here is a link to my mind map: Problems For Mexican Migrant Workers This map is used to depict the many...
One of Vermont’s largest issues is its declining population. Last year while I was in Mexico I collaborated with a...
“It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your...
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.