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Who I am;

I am a friend,

The one who will tend,

Someday are roads may end.

I don’t want to walk that road again,

I am an athlete,

The one who competes,

The one Who will not give up after one defeat.

I am a student,

Next year at Darrow I wouldn’t,

I’m a artist,

But I’m not the smartest,

I will never be a chartist,

Letter

Dear Jonah,

For sophomore year my suggestion is do your work early so you so don’t get into the constant loop of doing your work at the last minute. Organization is a big part of getting your work done because if you leave your work and other supplies for class at home, it is a little hard to not get a zero on the assignment. Also planning out your work pattern and then sticking to it it will really help get your work done quickly and efficiently.

If there was one thing that I could change it would be doing my work earlier so I would have more free time and more time to do other work that I have to do. I would also try to be more organized with my work because I have had some incidents with leaving my work at home. So being organized is a big part of being productive.

Also make sure that you find your place in the new community that you will be entering. Because finding my place was one of the biggest things I will be taking away from Darrow. The biggest success I had during this year is finding where I fit in.  That is one of the biggest things you can do when  entering a new school.

One of the biggest things is remembering to keep a growth mindset, because sometimes you feel super dumb and you can’t learn anything. It’s a choice to have a fixed/growth mindset, so remember to make that choice. If you forget remember 4th-8th grade and look at your notebooks from the inner life class with Jon.

Sincerely,

-Jonah

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Questions
I think something that I will remember after we are done with this class, is all the presentations we did because I think that I grew the most in that aspect, Weather it be organization, presentation, and even my confidence.

What I am most proud of that I accomplished this year is the food presentation with Charley, Because it was a great presentation and we had fun while we where doing it. I feel that we where well organized and had a pretty solid presentation.

I think that the nicest thing someone has done for me was, Charley putting in so much work in all the projects we worked on.

I think the most challenging thing for me this year was the first presentation that I had to do. Because it was the time when I was least confident in my presentation skills.

My favorite place in the school is Max and Tench's room on the bean bag. Because it is very comfortable and it is a great place to sleep and do work.

One thing I would change is, the timing of which I did my work. Which was on the later side of when they where due .

The things that I did to help my classmates are, doing my part of the assignments, And I also think that I played somewhat of a leadership role.

I think Something that is easier now is making presentation. I now know how to make them, and make them sound and look good. But actually presenting is still hard, but it was easier now.

Ken Robinson talk I think part of it describes our modern day education. Creativity was educated out of us. I feel that Darrow and my old school are not as much in that modern day education. I think that I'm going to try and integrate more creativity in my work from now on.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pJEL1--Pe5AQclf3eWOTdk9rj2t3_ncjb8rcQzexBuU/edit#slide=id.p
In this project I researched dumplings, I researched where they are originated, how they are made, and how long ago they where made. In the project we included the recipes of the dumplings and there dipping sauce.
The purpose of this project is to make a presentation on the food that is most meaningful to your family. I chose Dumplings but the specific recipe I thought of Gyoza. So that was my first slide and probably the most thorough.
" The Gyoza originated in China and later became very popular in Japan."
I think that this is an interesting fact that I didn't know about.
I think this project has really widened my presenting skills, also I had a great time working on it with Charley on this project.
I think that my presenting skills have gotten a lot better since the beginning of the class in the fall. I also think that my writing skills have grown a lot to, witch was actually my biggest worry at the beginning of the year. But now it's one of my stronger skills in school right now.
I'm really happy with the way that are project came out, it was a good challenge that really made my skills grow. I think it could be better but I'm happy either way. I think that we should have looked over the rubric a little more carefully.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vzhDRP69Lam1U8HIXJgTsHL1L2DHU3fryBSkHZpmNkw/edit#slide=id.p
The Link above leads to Jakaran, Jaideep, and my, Food system project.
In the project we needed to analyze the health of New Lebanon, and weather it is a food dessert or not.
In this Project I think that it showed growth because I got a good grade on this project, witch is a step up from projects I have been apart of before. This happened because I was really able to focus on my tasks and there wasn't as much fooling around till the last minute. I think that change happened because I had a much more focused group than previous times that I have done projects in this class. I think that there is still room to grow in this class as a student but I'm pretty happy with how much I have improved since the start of the year.

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In this project it broadened my presentation skills, that needed to be strengthened. Historical methods wasn't what I was expecting from the class but it is really good for me because I haven't had enough experience with presentations in my past. I'm pretty proud of what I did during this project and I am more confident in my presentation skills.

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In this project, I practiced strengthening my writing skills and creative thinking. Then I presented an Artist statement, that brought me out of one of my comfort zone to improve my creative writing skills. The purpose of the project was to create a picture that you thought represented the House on Mango St. In this project I chose to draw a tree, and I envisioned it to be Esperanza growing to fit into her place. I thought I did a pretty good job on the Drawing and the Artist statement, since the writing is kind of foreign and uncomfortable for me.

In order to complete this project, I needed to be able to write in a formal way, all the while making it make sense.
This project helped me be more confident in my writing skills and my ideas. Because this project came out pretty well for my standards so I’m more willing to experiment with my ideas.

Next project we do, I think that there could be more added to it, more details and more evidence to help support my image.

I still need to work on my writing skills but, they have improved a lot since the beginning of the year.

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Here is the link to my Project
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kva5lyboZc-PyCv1Q64wlK-slnKN26qC/view?ths=true

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What I took away from this project is more confidence in presenting  I think I could improve on my actual presentation. In the past I have had trouble with presentations, or showing my work in word forms. At the beginning of the year I came to school with the intention to grow in that part of my education, and I think this class is a good road for my growth in that aspect.
I also learned about Korean military technology and other technology developments in the 1700's-1900's.

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In the project I was tasked with technology Development in Korea from around the 1700's-1900's, and we all needed to make a slide on our topic. Then we presented to the class and some other people who where there.

Growth
In this project I have improved on my presentation skill and research skills. From last year until now I have known that I needed to work on my presentation skills, Because I have trouble with public speaking/just reading my work to my friends, my parents and my teachers let alone a bunch of people I don't know. One way I can Improve In the making of the presentation I can take the slightly harder route and it would come out in better quality.

Room for Growth
During the presentation I noticed that I have improved my presentation skills. There is still lots of room  for improvement. Which I need to work on in the near future. That showed that I was not fixed on thinking that I'm terrible at presentation and I can't improve.
In the project I was tasked with technology Development in Korea from around the 1700's-1900's. I think that I did a pretty good job for my standards, but I think there could have been more to it than what I did. For example, I mostly focused on the military when I could have done something that I could relate to easier like Architecture. Because I'm not a fan of the military and stuff like that. I think I did focused on the military because it was easier than the other stuff.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RGWcAXe22KhCCC0srw2ovhG7hkD1yT07nuMHGcndlOs/edit#slide=id.p
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWn_TJTrnU