In your entire academic career, what was you favorite assignment? by Miriam Graf Simpson https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment This can be K-12 or college. Why was it your favorite? What did you learn from it? en-us 2021-11-12 15:30:09 UTC 2026-02-12 19:33:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60d.png Favorite Assignment https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940767431 Cultural Plunge Assignment because it helped me to learn about others and my own identity.]]> 2021-12-10 17:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940767431 Bring your fav cultural dish to share with the class. jmr19 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940767751 It inspired years of travel. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940767751 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940768782 In my doc program we had to write a career obituary which sounds creepy but it allowed me to think about the impact I wanted to make and leave with students. Was a powerful exercise. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940768782 Fave Assignment https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940769296 Facilitating a class session with my peers as if we were the teachers—solidified my career choice ]]> 2021-12-10 17:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940769296 Parody essay in High School English https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940770290 We had to write a parody essay about one of the books we were reading at the time. It really deepened my understanding of the book and made me look at it in new ways. Plus I had fun with it!]]> 2021-12-10 17:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940770290 In a grad student class, we worked on an assignment regarding transformative education. I had to present with a group and we got really creative in our approach. This was the first time I was able to explore a true sense of creativity in an academic context. https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940771720 2021-12-10 17:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940771720 Family Oral History Interview https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940772827 I interviewed my Amma and learned so much about her that I never would have known otherwise. I also learned that the stories of ordinary people are just as important as those that make it into the history books]]> 2021-12-10 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940772827 Biology: Cell labeling project where I made an entire cell out of jello and candy. miriamgraf https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940772951 The endoplasmic reticulum were red vines. It took forever but it was beautiful, I sitill remember all the parts, also classmates loved it and ate it. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940772951 Explore a Millennium Development Goal https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773141 I took an international relations class in undergrad where I learned about the UN Millennium Development Goals for the first time and had to cover a specific goal in detail. This class is what initially sparked my interest in public health...which led me to getting a PhD in the field!]]> 2021-12-10 17:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773141 Playing Jeopardy in my Abnormal psychology class! It was valuable to me because our Professor put a lot of effort into making it (wording it so that we could be connected to it), it was a fun activity and also helped us form teams and use great communication so that we could all help each other out (as well as other teams). It was a great bonding experience too so it felt really special to me :) https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773334 2021-12-10 17:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773334 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773491 BUS 128 Writing Assignment on EAPs. I liked the assignment because I got an A and I have been surprised by how much knowing about EAPs has helped me in my professional life and work. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773491 Fav Assignment https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773493 I would have to say graduate school and writing a paper on my family history going back 2-3 generations and how it has shaped me. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773493 Assignment that linked "academic research" to the "real world" https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773723 I had an assignment/project that involved a semester-long internship tied to "academic research"--this helped me connect what I had learned about sociology in previous courses and through peer-reviewed journal articles to real-world implications, focused on housing justice. This project was clearly tied to my interests (social work/helping people) and was relevant to actually making a difference/potentially impacting policies and practices.]]> 2021-12-10 17:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940773723 reading Amy Tan book "joy luck club" and discuss it with the group kassashana https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940775304 2021-12-10 17:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940775304 Observing non-human primates at the San Diego Zoo. https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/FavoriteAssignment/wish/1940776363 Animals! Being an introvert it gave me the perfect opportunity to work on my own but outside of the traditional read/study/listen to lecture setting.  I spend a lot of time observing nature now.

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