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Three Habits Important to Me!
Jennifer Van Allen, , Quality Education, Getting Started, Bio, Habits of Mind, Questioning and posing problems, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Responding with wonderment and awe, Summer 2022, Showcase, LUTE-STEM, Habits of Mind, 3As a literacy teacher and lover of all things related to literacy (especially as it relates to technology), the...
Using Habits of Mind to Play Music Better
Jesse, , Bio, Teachers as Learners, Listening with understanding and empathy, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Taking responsible risks, Showcase, Quality Education, Summer 2022, Getting Started, Music, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, Habits of Mind, PS/MS 31, 2Hello! My name is Jesse and I am a music teacher with a background in creative approaches. I’ve chosen...
New Covid Drug
Erika, , Getting Started, Community, COVID Around the World, medicine, coronavirus, Covid 19, 0The White House has suggested many ways to help prevent Covid 19 from spreading. Some suggestions they have made...
To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black women
Arual, , Showcase, Voting, Race Relations, Social Class, Black Lives Matter, Slavery, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Argument, Rights, Decision Making, Gender, Getting Started, Women in Action, Gender Equity (Women), Constitution, Stress, Questioning and posing problems, Politics, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Call to Action, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Black Women, 10America has given women the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, yet there are still many obstacles that...
Nap Break?
Andrea L, , Getting Started, Stress, Student-Centered, Listening with understanding and empathy, Striving for accuracy, Orange Cove High School, #mentalhealth, 0In the article Naps at School (Upfront), I learned that there is a school in New Mexico that has...
Aren’t We All The Same
Jaden, , Listening with understanding and empathy, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Showcase, Getting Started, Reduced Inequalities, Managing Impulsivity, Okemos High School, wearethesame, 37Aren’t we all the same?Or is it because of the color of my skin? Is it because I don’t lookthe same...
My name is Maritza Merino. I am 29 years old. I was born and raised in the Bronx, to...
My name is Laura Duran. I was born and raised on my beautiful island, the Dominican Republic. I came...
Finding and Recognizing Our Forces
Mirseda, , Bio, Persisting, Listening with understanding and empathy, Questioning and posing problems, Summer 2021, Showcase, Getting Started, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, 2We need to find the force to fight ourselves when we say ” I can’t do it”. Persisting is...
If Beale Street Could Talk
Drew, , Call to Action, Writing, Literature Guides, Guides, Character Traits and Relationships, Rights, Getting Started, Harvest Collegiate High School, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, 0Tish, the protagonist in If Beale Street Could Talk, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others....
The Water in Our Bodies
Monserrat, , Quality Education, Getting Started, This I Believe, #Cleanwater, 0As growing adults, our bodies should be made up of water making our bodies 60% full of water, but...
Why Was This Election So Different?
Zhelanea, , Politics, Voting, Fall 2020, Showcase, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Getting Started, getting Started, Orange Cove High School, 1The Presidential election that occurred this year of 2020, was one like never before. The pandemic of COVID-19 greatly...
The Harlem Renaissance
Drew, , Politics, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Religion, Media, Music, Slavery, Literature Guides, Violence, Guides, Race Relations, What do I stand for?, Character Traits and Relationships, Black Lives Matter, Community, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Black Lives Matter At School, Getting Started, supportthemovement, blm, Veronica Chambers, The Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, 0(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
My American Values
Tanish, , Getting Started, American Creed, Fall 2020, Showcase, Okemos High School, American Creed, 5When I think about the most important American values I think of freedom, equality, and individualism. These are some...
Pilgrimage: The Art of Wandering
Hannah, , Wonder, Refugees, Media, Raise Your Voice, Fall 2020, Race Relations, Getting Started, Transportation, Lost At Sea, pilgrimage, stranger, through fields, find the deeper meaning., 0The human being is, by nature, a creature of curiosity. We are drawn to what we don’t understand and...
When will a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg occur?
Zhelanea, , Rights, Getting Started, Abortion, Women in Action, Fall 2020, Showcase, LGBTQ+ Rights, Orange Cove High School, Rights of the People, 5The supreme court has lost a great leader, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After serving for 27 years she passed...
The hidden truth, Twilight
Drew, , Friendship, Love, Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2020, Showcase, Family, Getting Started, Harvest Collegiate High School, Twilight books, Twilight movies, Edward and Bella, Vampires, 0So far, the story starts with Bella and how she’s fitting into a new “world” , That’s when she...
Redistributing Women’s Work
Zhelanea, , Family, Getting Started, Gender Equity (Women), Fall 2020, Showcase, women, homework, Orange Cove High School, #womeninwork, 0Women have always had the traditional role of taking care of their home. With new education, and more job...
A Generation Without Limits
Emely, , Rights, Getting Started, History, This is America, Fall 2019, Youth Activism, Showcase, Youthvoices, generations, ELLIS Preparatory Academy, 0Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am capturing, and shaking up about, your instagram video because, people in the government never...
Why do we have different religions?
Keury, , Showcase, Getting Started, Fall 2019, Islamophobia, Islam, culture, Crotona International High School, hijab, religions, 6I think that people have different religions because in their countries they have different beliefs and different gods and...
In 500 years….
Yeury, , Clean Water and Sanitation, Showcase, Getting Started, Climate Action, Technology & Computer Science, Spark Inquiry with Questions, Fall 2019, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 1In my thought, I think that the world will be very different 500 years from now. The world will...
Why do people move to the United States from the Dominican Republic?
Luis, , Fall 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Immigration, Getting Started, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 3The world is changing fast just like people and that is interesting. People have changed this world in different...
Who will be our next president?
Christian, , Showcase, Getting Started, Fall 2019, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 2Donald Trump is currently being investigated and might be removed from office. All I know about this he was...
My biggest wonder and burning question is: How advanced is technology going to get? Technology has always been advancing...
Burning Question
Lizeth, , Showcase, Getting Started, Spring 2019, pediatrics, nursing, Austin Independent School District, 3Becoming a nurse is my career goal, specifically I would like to be a pediatric nurse because I like...
Heated Question
Lucky, , Spring 2019, Showcase, Getting Started, miltary, Austin Independent School District, 4What I know is that the military, specifically the army, is that it is very strict. For instance, at...
Why am I so detached and aloof from people sometimes
Jada, , Showcase, Getting Started, Psychology, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2019, Austin Independent School District, 5It is said that 50 percent of the world population make up introverts and the other 50 percent is...
Same Story Different Names
Natalie, , Religion, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Getting Started, Austin Independent School District, 0My burning question: Is there more than one god? I believe in one creator (I was raised Catholic), however,...
Anxiety
Tori, , Showcase, Getting Started, Spring 2019, health, mental health, anxiety, trauma, Austin Independent School District, 4Anxiety is an illness typically diagnosed alongside of depression. I was officially diagnosed with anxiety five years ago when...
Why does everybody go crazy when they see the Lamborghini Aventador?
Wilson, , Showcase, Getting Started, Transportation, Fall 2018, Science & Math, Design & Style, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 5The Lamborghini Aventador is a beautiful and fast Italian car. The Aventador is named after a fighting bull. This...
Why do people feel the need to come to school and do nothing?
Jada, , Getting Started, Fall 2018, Showcase, Quality Education, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 16This question is important to me because I get strong emotions when I’m in school and see or hear...
Am I ready to graduate?
Yadira, , Showcase, Quality Education, Getting Started, Fall 2018, hard work, successful, Animal Attendant, First to graduate, Accomplishments, Austin Independent School District, 6Am I ready to graduate? Yes, because I would have a better job to support my family. I’ll be...
What it feels like to die?
MacKenzie, , Showcase, Getting Started, Fall 2018, health, Nature, death, mental illness, suicide, Austin Independent School District, 3What I already know about why humans die all the time is because of plenty of reasons. This generation...
Why isn’t everyone the same?
Crismeylin, , Showcase, Getting Started, Fall 2018, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 3One reason I think everyone shouldn’t be the same is because we all made with a different type of...
My Worry Is A Mental Illness?
Tori, , Fall 2018, Showcase, Getting Started, illness, mental health, anxiety, lonely, sweaty hands, Austin Independent School District, fear, 27Anxiety is a illness typically diagnosed alongside of depression. I was officially diagnosed 5 years ago when I was...
Benefit of Higher Education
Lining, , Showcase, Quality Education, Getting Started, Powtoon, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 5The question I choose is if people have higher education, will they live longer than the people with...
What college will I end up going to?
Oswaldo, , Showcase, Quality Education, Getting Started, Summer 2018, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 2Up until now I want to go to Binghamton University. I have been given a lot of thoughts of...
Why do people feel insecure in their country?
Eliezer, , Getting Started, Summer 2018, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Immigration, 0I think that people feel insecure in their countries because of the problems they have on the part of...
Why Is the Sky Blue?
Madjiguene, , Showcase, Inquiry, Getting Started, Art, Science, Summer 2018, ELLS 2018, 0Why Is the Sky Blue? (science, color, earth , planet , ) The sunlit sky is blue because air...
Why are people racist?
Tania, , Summer 2018, Showcase, Race Relations, Getting Started, Bio ELL, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 4Some people are racist because we are quick to judge, it could be by appearance,or personality.We also blame people...
Language, Power, and Society
Mame, , Quality Education, Getting Started, History, Language, Summer 2018, Showcase, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0How were all these words created?(vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, spelling, term) power colonialism, How did people use to...
What is a Myth?
Ceming, , Showcase, Getting Started, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0I’m very interested in myths. I read many books about myths and legends when I was...
What does my family think of me? (self image). Education, happiness,depression They maybe think that I am not a...
Mistakes Over A Mistake
Huiwen Li, , Showcase, Getting Started, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 2Are humans really dealing with their past mistakes? This question is very appealing to me because humanity is always...
The Plants are Life
Evelyn, , Showcase, Getting Started, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0How do plants help humans? This question is interesting for me because I like to talk about...
“Never Good Enough’ for Mom and Dad”
Maria, , Showcase, Getting Started, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0What will I want to be when I grow up? I have a dream to become a teacher and...
Working Hours In The Future
Megan, , Getting Started, Technology, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0In the future how many years will the people work in the future? Why would they be so busy?...
The question that I choose is what life will I have in my future? I’m often thinking about this...
How bad is teen depression?
Jean Carlos, , Spring 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Getting Started, Stress, Happiness, getting Started, anxiety, depression, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 5Why are more and more teenagers being diagnosed with mental illnesses such a y s depression and anxiety? Problems...
When I wanted to quit what made me keep going?
Nataliya, , Getting Started, Friendship, Decision Making, Spring 2018, Showcase, Sports, 0Sometimes quitting could get in the best of you. I have been there so many times. I’m a 15-year-old...
Parkland survivor David Hogg faced his critics
Joshua, , Showcase, Guns, Getting Started, Spring 2018, March for Our Lives, 0According to Vox, they said that David Hogg had beaten the critics that were saying fake news about him...
What capital city should I move to after college- Tokyo or San Juan?
Joshua, , Showcase, Getting Started, Spring 2018, 0Both San Juan and Tokyo are two capital cities in different countries Puerto Rico and Japan. Puerto Rico is...
Anyone can have a Learning Disability around you
Ronaysi, , Showcase, Quality Education, Getting Started, Psychology, Spring 2018, education, ADD, P.U.L.S.E. High School, learning disability, 2It’s important for me to graduate high school because I will have better opportunities with a diploma. I can...
The world was created by the big bang and the chemicals of space not by god or any other...
I was always curious about who created the planet earth. What was here before human beings were present. Everyone...
Mental health and gun violence
Lexi, , Goals, Showcase, Spring 2018, Guns, Getting Started, Crime, Good Health and Well-Being, Media, Call to Action, Con Gun Control, Decision Making, serial killers, attitude, #Trump, mental health, 1Following the Parkland shooting, the President of the United States claimed that the mental health contirbuted to the mass...
I want to be an inspiring teacher that helps kids get curious. I would like to know how to...
Street Life
Christy, , Quality Education, Getting Started, Happiness, Community, Decision Making, Spring 2018, Victor Rios, Street Life, Sensory Details, 0After reading the first three chapters of Victor Rios’ Street Life, I feel impressed about the events he is...
The Time Is Now
Jontae, , Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Getting Started, Police, Call to Action, Argument, Protest, Fall 2017, Taking a Knee, #Calltoaction, #Protest, BlackLivesMatter, 3We’ve all seen or heard of the NFL and NBA players kneeling, raising their fists, or etc during the...
What defines someone as good person?
Cheryl, , Showcase, Getting Started, Happiness, Friendship, Fall 2017, goodpeople, 7Many of us throughout our lives ask this question and wonder to ourselves if we are that good person....
Is technology good or bad?
Hannah, , Showcase, Getting Started, Technology, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, technology, Social Media, 3Technology is more and more common in this society. “With the way technology has pervaded every part of our...
Ethics of Metal, Glass, and Plastic
Eric, , Rights, Decision Making, Inquiry, Biases, Getting Started, Psychology, Politics, Social Media, War, Point of View, Media, Showcase, Robots, ethics, Morals, survey, 2A little while ago, I visited the Moral Machines website. It’s a study put out by MIT to see...
If caffeine is presently found in most drinks like espresso drinks and sugary drinks, do these drinks cause acne-prone...
Is our air pollution getting better?
Jesus, , Climate Action, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Showcase, Getting Started, community, air, air quality, the future, environment, Make the World a Better Place, Pollution, 2Throughout the whole nation many fuels are emitted onto the air wether it being emitted anywhere from vehicles to...
Earth as 2/3 Land
Juliana, , Nature, Life on Land, Showcase, Getting Started, what if, earth, water, environment, 1What would the planet be like if ⅔ the surface were land instead of water? Many have wondered this,...
Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?
Kathryn, , Getting Started, Religion, Fall 2017, Showcase, Terrorism, religion, World, exclusion, Discrimination, 5Christians make up for 33% of the world’s population. Muslims 20%, Hindus 13%, Buddhists 6%, others 13%, and atheists...
Why is there such a high incarceration rate?
Sebastian, , Fall 2017, Incarceration, Showcase, Getting Started, 4In many states in the US, cannabis is beginning to be legalized recreationally. In other states, only medical cannabis...
Nothing Matters and We are All Going to die: So Be Happy
Mark, , Showcase, Getting Started, Fall 2017, 1I have asked a lot of questions about the future and looking back on things and deciding whether or...
Why Does Animal Cruelty Still Exist?
Gilli, , Showcase, Getting Started, Life on Land, Fall 2017, 11The question I have is why animal cruelty still exists. For years now I have been vegetarian because I...
Why are We So Mean?
Zoe, , Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Getting Started, Psychology, Bullying, Decision Making, Fall 2017, sparkinquiry, 4Humans experience an array of emotions, ranging from elated to depressed, apathetic to anxious, excited to afraid. There is...
Social media has had a large impact on our society for the past decade, not only in the United...
The Lower the Social Class, the Lower the Opportunities
Zoe, , Showcase, Quality Education, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Getting Started, No Poverty (Economy), Biases, Fall 2017, 5Think of all the inspiring movies you know about a rags to riches story; Someone that came from nothing...
What will Utah skiing be like 50 years from now?
Ed, , Showcase, Sports, Getting Started, Climate Action, Fall 2017, Snow, Climate Change, skiing, Utah, 5I know that depending on global warming trends, rising temperatures will cause difficulties in producing base layers of snow...
In today’s world, there are millions of people that suffer with phobias, and many feel like these fears are...
How do we find our aspirations and goals?
Cheryl, , Goals, Getting Started, Happiness, passions, Aspirations, 0Transitioning into our last year of high school, we are constantly being reminded of the ways we are growing...
HUMUJAMA
Shantanu, , Spring 2017, Quality Education, Family, Getting Started, Friendship, instagram, humujama, smart students, Group Work, fun, cows, Social Media, students, 6WHAT IS HUMUJAMA If you are wondering what in the world is humujama when you saw this post. Then...
The New Trend?
Dallana, , Good Health and Well-Being, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Quality Education, Homelessness, Family, Getting Started, Drugs, Happiness, family, happiness, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 2TEENS ON DRUGS Did you know that 90% of drug addiction starts in the teenage years. This shows that...
Transgender Equality – My Perspective
Ben, , Beauty, LGBTQ+ Rights, Social Media, Quality Education, Happiness, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Gender, Getting Started, Fall 2016, Showcase, happiness, Relationships, 2nextprez, Gender equality, Okemos High School, education, Transgender, Rights, Equality, 2nd Hour American Lit, Caring, Love, 3Hi, my name is Ben Crino. I am a straight white male who lives in...