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ODE TO BLACK WALL STREET
Kevin, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Art, Black Lives Matter, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Black wall street, The U School, 0Black Wall Street, a community of black people that thrived. Attacked from below and in the sky, in their...
Why our current architecture and building methods don’t fit in an evolving world
Nikol, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Persisting, Showcase, Spring 2023, Sustainable Cities and Communities, TED Talks, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, TED, WAMS, 0Architecture today has been developed over centuries for the ever-changing modern world. However, because of its enormously negative effect...
No one cares (with a positive connotation)!
Vivian, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Spring 2023, Youth Activism, article, people, Positivity, student, WAMS, 0Vivian Liu Minding her own business, little Vivian walks down the stairs in her J.C. Penny sweater. But-oh no!...
Causes of Climate Change: Human Activity at Play
Neil, , AI, Climate Action, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment & World, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking flexibly, article, WAMS, 0In this post, I’m showing some of the steps I’m taking to use AI to write an article about...
How the White House plans to and has been addressing the immigration problem
Emma M, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, government, Immigration, immigration reform, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1The issue of immigration is one that regularly makes headline news, so I read a couple of Fact Sheets...
Potential Benefits, Risks of Artificial Intelligence.
John C, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment & World, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Inquiry, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Responsible Consumption and Production, Social Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Are we handing over our fate to technology? This article brings up potential benefits and risks of artificial intelligence...
Hopes Create Dreams
Khoa, , American Dream, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2022, Part-time Indian, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking flexibly, dream, hope, immigrant, indian, Park Slope Collegiate, 0What is hope? For me, hope means dreams, and dreams created the world. Everyone lives with hope, people die...
Caine’s Arcade
Michael, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Documentary, Fall 2022, Listening with understanding and empathy, Persisting, Quality Education, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, arcade, Caines Arcade, creativity, film, inspiring, Park Slope Collegiate, 0Nirvan Mullick, a filmmaker, came across an auto shop that had cardboard in front of the desk. He saw...
A Teenage Dreamer
Isiah G, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Documentary, Fall 2022, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, daca, dreamers, immigrant, lawyer, Park Slope Collegiate, The Mayor, 5Celeste, a Mexican immigrant, came to Georgia with her family when she was four years old. Now in high school,...
A History of Racist Oppression and Resistance
Manuel, Miguel, Ricardo, Mary, David, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, multimodal, Pasadena City College, 0https://youtu.be/9-7q0BuBVZs
Franz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Shant S, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, Franz Fanon, Pasadena City College, 0See our group Discussion Post. Franz Fanon’s book The Wretched of the Earth covers topics of colonialism and obedience.
Violence against and Resistance of Africans
Miguel, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Gender Equity (Women), Thinking interdependently, Pasadena City College, resistance, Violence, 0See our co-authored Discussion Post here.
Violence After Emancipation
Aaron, David, Manuel, Miguel, Mary, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Gender Equity (Women), Race Relations, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, Black Africans, Pasadena City College, resistance, Violence, 0See and Download the PDF.
Classroom Takeover
Shant, Viviana, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Questioning and posing problems, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, education, Pasadena City College, resistance, 0See and Download the PDF.
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Winnie, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, Pasadena City College, Sundown Towns, 0See our group Discussion Post. A set of laws and cultural standards are used to construct and preserve Sundown...
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Malakhi, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, colonialism, Pasadena City College, 0See our group Discussion Post. With the construction of the 210 freeway beginning in the 1970’s this would displace...
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Daniel, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Black Lives Matter, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Race Relations, Rights, Thinking interdependently, Violence, colonialism, history, Pasadena City College, 0Frantz Fanon’s theories on colonization and decolonization, and the violences that come with it. Fanon also talks about liberation...
Unhealing
Jimmy, , Art, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Creative Writing, Fall 2022, Photography, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Writing, Orange Cove High School, poetry, writing, 2There’s pain. There’s anguish that lasts. There is sound that carries from this dimension to the next. No matter...
Review of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nickel, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responding with wonderment and awe, Science & Math, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Neil deGrasse Tyson, William Stevenson, 0Book Review
“Blink” Review
Caroline M, , Books or Plays, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Malcolm Gladwell, psychology, 0Podcast-style review of “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. In his book, Gladwell goes into great detail about human psychology, diving...
“Tattoos on the heart” Review
Stephen, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Good Health and Well-Being, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, change, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0This is a review of Fr. Gregory Boyle’s book Tattoos on the heart Throughout the book, Boyle talks about...
Shehri’s Childhood
Shehri, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Where I'm From, identify, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I am made of eating sweet paint chips off the wall as a child and being scared to tell...
My Life in a Poem
Nicolle, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Where I'm From, Boring, homework, identity, My life, Park Slope Collegiate, 3. I am made of staying in my room all day, doing my homework, and listening to music, while...
My CommunIty
Nicolle, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Write Out, Park Slope Collegiate, south slope, 0Hey there. I’m the bench in front of the school on the corner of 14 st and 4th ave....
Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña
Shanelle, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poetry, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, This Is My Body, Writing & Communication, poetry, The U School, 1This is my body Small and petite Mixed black and Puerto rican girl . ‘’Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña.’’...
Proposal
Crystal, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Habits of Mind, Letter to Colleagues, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Habits of Mind, learning, LUTE-STEM, Pre-k, 3Dear Colleague: I recently participated in a professional learning experience with Lute-Stem about multimodal methods at Lehman College. I...
Youth Voices Turns Twenty: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Paul, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Summer 2022, Teachers as Learners, Technology, Thinking interdependently, nowcomment, Youth Voices, 0What has changed in the two decades since we launched Youth Voices might be described as a digital transformation...
Using Habits of Mind to Play Music Better
Jesse, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Music, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Taking responsible risks, Teachers as Learners, Habits of Mind, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, PS/MS 31, 2Hello! My name is Jesse and I am a music teacher with a background in creative approaches. I’ve chosen...
Irreplaceable
Marlen, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking flexibly, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, 2In the United States, I learned how to think flexibly to respect individuals’ ideas. It is essential to listen...
A New Creation
Emily, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Summer 2022, Teachers as Learners, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, LUTE-STEM, Teacher Preparation, 2Have you heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect? This is a common occurrence where the most confident people are not...
Mental Health Awareness in Schools
Ascha Preston, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking interdependently, mental health, school, 11HEALTH Mental Health Mental, refers to our minds. Health is being free from illness or injury. When you put the two...
Old Dog, New Tricks: Three Habits of Mind and TPCK
Niki Fayne, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Spring 2022, Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, 1Even after 40 years in the teaching business, I have a great deal to learn. As I work on...
Should school offer to the students take a nap during school time?
Monica, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Habits of Mind, Media and Message, Orange Cove High School, student health, 5In the article, “ Naps at school” (Upfront) I learned that at Las Cruces High School in New mexico,...
Starbucks and their Cut-Waste
Ruendi, , COVID Around the World, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment, #pollution, COVID-19, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Starbucks Looks to Cut Waste” (McGraw Hill) I learned that Starbucks was going to cut waste...
Goldfish Adapting to a New Era
Ana, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Technology, animal testing, Orange Cove High School, 0In the short read, “These Fish Can Drive” (Upfront) I learned that six goldish were tested to operate a...
What they hide
Jupree, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2022, The U School, Tulsa, 1One say if you are looking for information you gotta Look long and far for itAnd so I did Because...
Judged because of our skin
Niazia, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Spring 2022, Black wall street, Racism, The U School, 4Brad Girson, Executive Director Atlantic Ventures The Atlantic ATTN: Hayley Romer 60 Madison Avenue 6th Floor: The Atlantic New...
Black wall street letter
Asiyah, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2022, Striving for accuracy, Black wall street, The U School, 0Dear Brad Girson (Editor/Executive Director) I’m writing to you about The Massacre of Black Wall Street: Graphic Novel. I...
Eli’s Regret
Jayden, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Creative Writing, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2022, Stories, creative writing, Fiction., The U School, 4Eli wakes up at the crack of dawn on Monday morning in the middle of Fall. Eli hates waking...
Black Wall Street Egalitarianism
Chester, , Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2022, Black wall street, Racism, The U School, 2Executive Director Atlantic VenturesThe AtlanticATTN: Hayley Romer60 Madison Avenue6th Floor: The AtlanticNew York, NY 10010 Dear Brad Girson, In...
Dying From My Past
Raniyah, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, Short story, The U School, 3*TRIGGER WARNING, STORY INCLUDES SUICIDE* Here I was in Chicago, Illinois. As I pass the big green bushes, I...
Hate Crime
Raniyah, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Crime, History, March for Our Lives, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, This is America, Youth Activism, #hatecrimes, Activist, black history, Black Lives Matter, black power, Black wall street, justice, The U School, Tulsa Race Massacre, 14The Hate caught my attention.But white folks say it was the eventthat took place that caused them to make that...
Black Wall Street
Sianni, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, Black Wall Streer, The U School, Tulsa Race Massacre, 5Hello, my loyal listeners, I’m back today to talk to you about one of America’s most horrific events. This...
Tokyo Fire
Jason, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Creative Writing, Crime, Fall 2021, Guns, Police, Responding with wonderment and awe, short fiction, Showcase, Stories, city, crime, Fiction, fire, Okemos High School, tokyo, 5Mitsu Hamada. The name runs through my tongue like a lemon with hot sauce. Mitsu was a trained military-grade...
Aren’t We All The Same
Jaden, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Okemos High School, wearethesame, 31Aren’t we all the same?Or is it because of the color of my skin? Is it because I don’t lookthe same...
Clementines
Lilly, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Habits of Mind, Happiness, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, Okemos High School, winter, 8the season of oranges i smell the scent of clementinesand i see a window of whiteand all of this...
We Pray
Dawning, , Creating Community, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Creative Writing, Fall 2021, Happiness, Poetry, Showcase, Love, Okemos High School, Peace, 9In the dawn of day We pray We pray so our families feel safe So that one’s happiness may...
MY WONDERFUL TIO/UNCLE
Cristin, , Beauty, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Día de Muertos, Fall 2021, Family, Love, Persisting, Remembering a Family Member, Showcase, Beauty, family, greatuncle, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 12My Tio Tavo Someone in my family that passed away was my uncle who died last month. He was...
My Strong and Weak Points
Cristin, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking interdependently, Writing & Communication, P.U.L.S.E. High School, POINTOFVIEW, Strong, WEAKNESS, 8The Habit of Mind, “Listening with Understanding and Empathy” is my weakness because I don’t pay attention to anyone...
More than makeup and flowers
Jazmine, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Gender Equity (Women), Shadow Box, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, MetWest High School, Mexico, 8My shadow box represents the dominant and counter-narrative of my identities as a Latina woman from Oakland. I decided...
Art helps me express who I am
Alaa, , Craft & Make, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Quality Education, Shadow Box, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking flexibly, MetWest High School, yemen, 6My Shadow box represents the dominant and counter narrative of my identity as a Muslim, Middle Eastern, Arabic speaking...
little me to old me
Jefferson P, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Friendship, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Journey Poems, Showcase, Sports, Park Slope Collegiate, train, 12I’m sitting alone on the train, kids are screaming, very loud.someone dancing for some money, and to make everyone’s...
Broken Arm
Diego R, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Journey Poems, Poetry, Showcase, injury, Park Slope Collegiate, 11Christopher swinging next to meafternoon, cloudy summer daya few kids running around I fell off the swing, i couldn’t move...
To an owl
Ella, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment, Environment & World, Fall 2021, Life on Land, Nature, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, cinquain, Inklings, magazine, man vs nature, Nature, poetry, Silver Creek High School, 17Warm nestDowny feathers, soft mossThe owl’s old bones shake asAxe seeks heartwood and the world falls fromAtlas’s shoulders Owl...
Blue River
Ella, , Clean Water and Sanitation, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment & World, Fall 2021, Nature, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Inklings, magazine, Nature, poetry, Silver Creek High School, 0There is a strong riverOver the hill from my grandmother’s houseAnd although she does not know my nameShe knows...
Am I Somebody?
Yniyah, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, The U School, 8my body, tormentor of my dreamsscars that decorate the outsidebut formed from the misery on the insideAm I Somebody?...
My Life in Sanaa
Albara N, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Family, Immigration, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Park Slope Collegiate, yemen, 1Yemen is not only significant to me; it represents me. Yemen for me is my country and all of...
The Biggest Change of My Life
Kerly D, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Immigration, Journey Poems, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, change, magzine, Park Slope Collegiate, 8It was 7 in morningWalking to my school in Ecuador, the last day for meAll my friends in class...
Kyle
Isiah G, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Family, Finding Humor, Journey Poems, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, magazine, NYC, Park Slope Collegiate, 5Sitting in the waiting room, next to my fatherOut the window, cars driving through Sunset ParkPeople sitting in chairs...
Why am I scared of clowns?
Michelle, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Finding Humor, Good Health and Well-Being, short fiction, Showcase, Terrorism, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Clowns, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, phobia, scary, 11Well let’s start off with saying that clowns are scary and not really there for us. Clowns are supposed...
This Is My Body
Adayiah, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking flexibly, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 1Seeing people and taking a glance at them can make you thinkSome good and bad thoughts, but who would...
Darkness
Dawning, , Bullying, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, fear, include others, listening and understanding, magazine, Okemos High School, 1Darkness, The definition of shame and fearall feelings in which was driving through my mindMy fears unravel one by oneas...
Addressing Issues
Christopher, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, #TealPumpkinProject, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “The Teal Pumpkin Project” (BTW) I learned that food allergies are a real thing, affecting one...
Sunset Park
Jefferson P, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, brooklyn, Park Slope Collegiate, 0I’m heading to this park called Sunset Park, its a pretty interesting place, and I heard that there’s a...
My Body
Ziyair, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Showcase, Taking responsible risks, This Is My Body, magazine, poetry, The U School, 1I like my body from head to toe.I have many part my feet take me where I want to go.my...
Should Citizens Go Space Traveling?
Ruendi, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment, Fall 2021, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Science, Showcase, Space, Technology, #Economy, #NASA, controversies, Orange Cove High School, worldwide issues, 1In the article, “Civilian Space Travel” (McGraw Hill), I learned that in September 2021 four people, a CEO, a...
Nurturing Eyesight
Eleanor, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Language, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #blog, RHS, 0All around the world, people have different perceptions of eyesight. Some people have it worse than others. This could...
Make Your Choice
Tia, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, RHS, vaping, 1Imagine a young high school student. She is a senior this year and in the thick of college application...
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Hannah F, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Responding with wonderment and awe, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, #happiness, RHS, 3Can money buy happiness? This question has been thought over and analyzed by hundreds of sources and people. Everyone’s...
Safe
Ella, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Creative Writing, Environment & World, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Nature, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, Climate Action, Climate Change Effects, environment, Fall 2021, magazine, national day of writing, Silver Creek High School, writeout, 14Flow in Flow out Baby’s breath, Moss Lung, cling to the mouth of the cave, Rustled by her breath,...
Hygenic rats?
Jamie, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Inquiry, cleanliness, interesting facts, pets, 0When someone mentions pets that are gross and unhygienic people usually go to rats. At the mention of the...
The Sky is Going to Kill Me
Ella, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Environment, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Poetry, Showcase, Inklings, magazine, poetryslam, Silver Creek High School, 27The sky is going to kill me at 12:35 tomorrow I know because the trees have told me Great...
Colors and Dirt
Ruby, , Art, Beauty, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #identities, #poemlife, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 1I see this any many of them now,all about their body of how it glistens,how it glows and showing...
Black Female
Donyae, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, magazine, poetry, The U School, 5This is my body,An african-american female,Light skin eyes shaded brown,This is my body,Spirit and might full of confidence,Mind and...
Tatted
Shania, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 10This is my body tatted ButterflyBeautifulBoldCaterpillarsThis is my body Like a caterpillar Grow, eat , sleepThis is my bodyMy heartIt represents beauty,...
M6y body
Iajanay, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, body shaming, magazine, The U School, 1From being 196 to 223 it’s horribleFrom the name calling to the body-shaming To the depression to the loving myself,From...
Talking to the Previous Life
Daniel C, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, family history, magazine, The U School, 0A FOREIGNER IN THE STATESMY ANCESTOR WOULDN’T BELIEVE ITWAS BORN HERE AND STILL GET LOOKSJUST LIKE THEMYET I’M DIFFERENT.BUT FOR...
Dealing with the Hate
Jupree, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 7This is my bodyBorn in the cold month of Januaryraised in South Philadelphia and now MY BODY is just a...
Misunderstood from the Hood
Imeria, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #poem, magazine, The U School, 5This is my body.I got the strengthStrength from my motherThat came from my mother That came from the struggleThis is...
Hidden Emotions
Raniyah, , Community, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Poetry, Psychology, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #emotions, #TheTruth, magazine, The U School, 15This is my body. In it are hidden emotions. Emotions from a dark place with a burnt dust smell....
Staying True
Zahir, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, The U School, 2This is my body… I can bring positive vibes Born during the scariest month of the year, OctoberBorn and raised...
Wildfire
Jaylen, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, magazine, poems, The U School, 1This is my body and I’m not sure how to explain it My head is a wildfire imagination but I...
Master Strength
Byron, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, magazine, struggle, The U School, 2This is my body. I got the strengthStrength from my brother That came from my father That came from...
NYC … my home
Emmanuel, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Gathering data through all senses, Places We Love: Photos, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, Places We Love, writeout, 3Going out in the city is important to me,Hearing the traffic as the cars rush by you is thrilling,The...
Video Games
Litzy, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Gaming, Sports, Technology, #sports, #videogames, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Is Video Gaming a Sport?” I learned that almost 100 million people watched one of the...
A Walk Around The Heights
Kenny, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Gathering data through all senses, Places We Love: Photos, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2021, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, writeout, 1Feel the bass of the beatCars rolling up the street Spanish music is all around you. Every block is...
Maggie’s Diary
Celines, , Books or Plays, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Everyday Use, Listening with understanding and empathy, Point of View, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, ELLIS Preparatory Academy, point of view, 5Today was a great day. When I woke up, everything looked like a normal day but I never imagined...
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