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Dec Retreat: Preparing for interviews and thinking more deeply about the process itself

I feel as though this retreat has served to catapult my group into the interview phase of the process. There’s...

Dec Retreat: “How Can We Teach Them Something They Already Know?”

It’s time. We got our media kits yesterday and it’s time to really start the process of making a documentary....

Dec Retreat: The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But the Truth

It’s been quite a weekend. We started with learning all about the technical aspects of a good interview, from lighting...

December Retreat- Why You Should, Why You Could

I came into this retreat excited because I had finally figured out that instead of targeting 4 or 5 groups...

A Weekend Of New Experiences

I expected this weekend to be a weekend where we worked a lot on our projects, practiced with our media...

Week 4 Takeaways from Hangout- Possible interviews

List we generated of people that we thought might be an asset to our presentation: Neighboring farm Barney Hodges in...

It’s Amazing How Much Life Can Hinder Productivity, Isn’t It?

The past few weeks have been nothing but a whirlwind. I’ve been stuck in a cyclone of college applications and...

You Do Have A Choice

In the last couple of days, I have come to the decision that I will be primarily focusing on trying...

Preparing for the retreat and exploring language bias

A lot of what I did this week involved logistics to get myself and my team ready to move into...

Emailing Possible Interviewee’s

In the last week, I have sent numerous emails reaching out to people who my group and I could possibly...

#10 Talking to hospitals and pharmacies about this issue

10 questions for interviewees at local hospitals and pharmacies.  Do you see stigma around people with mental health problems? What...

Reaching out to Possible Interviewees

This week my team and I were reaching out to 2-3 people that we were interested in hearing their information...

Week 3: Starting Conversations

This week, I began sending emails to start conversations that will hopefully lead to interviews. I started with three contacts:...

Questions and possible interviewees

The following are people that my group may want to interview: Senators Bray and Ayers. They are involved in creating legislation...

Mental Health Combined With Mixed Feelings

Before you go and start reading this, just know I go a little off topic. But this has a meaning and...

Bite-Sized Pieces and the Snapchat Syndrome

Thus far, we have created a survey that has been circulated around the school about perception of gender bias and...

Education Is Our Most Powerful Tool

Ignorance is bliss, or is it not? Why do so many people live in denial? It ain’t just a river in...

Week 3 Questions on Migrant Workers

What are the questions we have now about our topic / issue? How many migrants speak English? Do workers communicate...

#10 A Busy Week But Contact Has Been Made

I feel as though I personally have not been able to make a lot of progress this week simply because...

#10 – I have a few questions…

So, what our team decided for this week in preparation of our December retreat, was that we would look at...

Seeing The World Through The Eyes Of A Stranger

In the past week I came up with questions that my group and I could use in our interviews, talked...

Gender of the Day: Dragon

Conclusion: People are ignorant. They either don’t know about gender bias or can’t recognize it when it’s right in front...

Understanding a Different point of View

I did 2 different things this week; I talked to my parents about cultural communications in schools, and I looked...

Week 2: We Have to Have Tough Conversations to Get Anything Done

Over the past week I continued working on my topic mostly by talking to my parents and looking out for...

Considering new perspectives and moving into the interview process

A big part of my work this week was beginning to draft some interview questions (something I think will be...

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