Independent Blogpost #1

         Recently, I have found myself dreaming of independence. All my life, someone has been telling me what to do and how to do them. I have always tried to live up to people's expectations but I would like to find my own person. I realize that I am unique and that at the end of the day, I should be happy. To accomplish this dream, I am trying to find my niche or  on which I can expand upon. Also I have become more assertive in general. I am trying to come up with ideas for me to have a kind of steady income such as tutoring, therefore; I will not need to be as dependent on my mom for somethings and be able to help when I can. With time I hope to be as independent as possible.

Senate Debate

Senate Debate (Neutrality) by AshaRCAP2017

Assignment/Activity Title— Senate Debate Year—Freshman

Skill—  research, analysis, strong arguing Portfolio Category— Critical Thinking

  

The Senate Debate on whether to provide arms to England during the beginning of World War 2 was a very educational experience which has expanded my thinking in many ways. This helped me in learning how to formulate arguments. Since we did this in debate style, there were many things that I had to do that are not really necessary in an essay. With a debate, I have to state my opinion from the beginning and remain concise because I might not be called on again. Also I need to make sure that I know all about what I am going to say because there are people to refute me as soon as I am finished which would damage my credibility. I also learned how to place my arguments. With debates, one cannot simply go back and re-read, therefore I place my strongest argument last because it will  be last to leave the memory. It also benefits if you can comment last. Lastly, this taught me to look at things from the other perspective. In debating, it is not guaranteed that you will get to speak twice, or directly after your opponent, therefore you need to refute what your opponent says before they say it. This skills can be very useful in future research and essays such as the critical thinking paper.

Harlem Webquest

Assignment/Activity Title— Harlem Webquest     Year—Freshman
Skill— Presentation, research      Portfolio Category— Social Awareness

During the Harlem webquest assignment I learned a lot of things about the Harlem Renaissance and the ideas surrounding it. During this project we were asked to search the internet to find out about the Harlem Renaissance. We had to find out about the history in general, the art/literature of the time, and the politics to create a brochure. We also had to read a poem in front of the class.