What's the Story? – The Young Filmmakers' Social Action Team | Nathan DeGroot | Activity https://whatsthestoryvt.com/members/degrootnmpsvt-org/activity/ Activity feed for Nathan DeGroot. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:27:26 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 6ec3ae5eb067837b0b3070b3375ad041 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=3357 Sun, 07 May 2017 14:32:43 -0400 I have discovered over the past nine months I have participated in this course, that self direction is a complicated ideal for me. Perhaps I am not a leader in the direct sense of the word. I am easily distracted, […]

]]> b6428519335eed4db58953e050bd5da1 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=3227 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:15:32 -0400 Listen up kids because I’m about to learn you a thing you ain’t never learned before.

In your normal school environment your English and Social Studies classes go somewhat like this. HERE IS CONTENT, UNDERSTAND […]

]]> ae4c381d5e66e7cbdc9a223af710bb7d Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=2821 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:44:51 -0500 (This image is me with my legal name change documents, my small step towards making change for myself).

 

For the past three months I have been a part of my school’s musical, How To Succeed In Business […]

]]> b71a0be469c9875b0855566673b4edbd Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=2419 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:42:55 -0500 Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. November is Trans Awareness Month. If Facebook hadn’t given you that trans support filter for your profile picture, would you have known? The answer is probably no. This is not […]

]]> 91b84f8671ac0dab418e7fe0faaf3484 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=2070 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:52:13 -0500 This weekend was full of excitement and productivity, we spent our Saturday morning rolling through pitches and seemingly endless amounts of candy. I spent the last few weeks focusing on racism in our schools, but […]

]]> 6b3632a0e16328b3698b2aba5bcef59f Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=1715 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:01:48 -0400 I’ve come to a realization about my topic. It’s not something I can explain simply, it’s much more easy to explain in the form of questions.

What does it mean to be a good ally? Am I, as a white person, […]

]]> f07159337d19ea17d032c6ac51556a46 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=1530 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:54:30 -0400 1. Why is this topic/issue important?

YOU ARE NOT BORN WITH BIAS, YOU ARE TAUGHT IT!We cannot control what children learn within their family circles but we can influence the life lessons they learn in […]

]]> 0ebc01c39f08279150c0cedfb30a6c58 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=1379 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:27:25 -0400 3faf5580c8c2facaeba705d1c4898eff Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=1259 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:53:20 -0400 First, a story:

Late one night, a man searches for something in a parking lot. On his hands and knees, he crawls around a bright circle of light created by a streetlamp overhead.

A woman passes, stops, takes […]

]]> 052dc985bd6880982a2a7e0f1282afd4 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=977 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:49:14 -0400 Why I care and why you should care is often a hard question for people to answer. Not me. I care because little children are getting blindsided by years upon years of bias. Who taught me to let my heart race when […]

]]> 58fca7b9a6f2fe268381c3df398baba4 Nathan DeGroot commented on the post, #3 Adult opinions http://whatsthestoryvt.com/3-adult-opinions/#comment-89 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:06:22 -0400 Hey Sidney! Thanks for your comment on my post by the way. I really like how you’re looking at all your options, I think that’s really important. People all have differing views about what our biggest problems are […]

]]> 19d0f570fe78d8f8934d330dea0c75b8 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=622 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 13:04:59 -0400  

Me: Do people say weird or stupid things because you’re Chinese?

Him: People say my name is stupid and they don’t like it.

Him: Trevor doesn’t call me my right name.

Me: Do you know why that […]

]]> 650b0b1b195a3897ea567d04e5f33f77 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=372 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:14:21 -0400 We, as Vermonters, live in a world of little to no diversity, yet that does not mean it doesn’t exist. What I want to do with the resources given to me, is tell the stories of families that are at least part of a […]

]]> c037a6ad3b83024e71b8d11d2e55dac7 Nathan DeGroot wrote a new post http://whatsthestoryvt.com/?p=265 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:20:02 -0400 I am here because I am salty about too many things. There’s this weird, fiery passion I have for proving people wrong, a need to do… something. I have this impulse to fight people, an impulse that is somewhat […]

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