Self-Direction:

This course pushed me to take learning into my own hands in ways other courses had never before. I remember in the beginning I struggled to find motivation to write independent blog posts, but […]

This weekend my learning was different than the last retreat because I had to learn to listen to other people’s ideas about shifting our group focus a way I had not expected it to go. The idea was brought up that […]

I think I’ve reached a 3.5 in Identifying & Pursuing Questions because I was able to pitch the essential components of my story and what I cared about to my teammates: intersectionality, feminism, looking at the […]

Simon Sinek’s TEDTalk on “How Great Leaders Inspire Change” taught me how to appeal to peoples’ primary decision-making brain functions. Sinek starts with explaining how the Limbic System of the brain (which […]

Last week, I talked about the idea of following one aspect of feminism/combatting sexism full circle. Starting with identifying/discussing a problem and how it affects women, and bringing it back to: how do we […]

My family is Jewish, and while I don’t want to perpetrate the reinforcement of a stereotype, I will say this: we talk. A lot. Discussions, arguments, and heated debates often fill the air in my house. I like to […]

I’m the one who likes to lead small groups. I like to collaborate. I do my best work alone but I always save energy for group work. I don’t like to waste time. I don’t think going off into tangents of having fun […]