Class notes 3/22

We were handed a sheet on writing proposals for getting money from the school in order to help pay for some of the expenses that our projects may entail. I think personally I will not need money because mostly everything I need (i.e. seeds) has already been payed for and most everything is based on the earth now.

We also talked about how other people are blogging and what tactics are helpful to learning from yours and your peers blogs. We found that everyone finds pictures, audio, research, and being well organized are very helpful to keeping an interesting and useful journal.

We did some more show and tell. Chesna is doing an Italian cooking project and shared some pictures of the pasta she has made, one of which looks extremely difficult. Chelsea talked about her jewelry project and showed us a ring that she made which took her 5 hours to make.

Class 3/1

Class today was based on looking back on old wise students work and reflecting on how they went through the wise process. We also viewed a documentary that another student did. This documentary shows a very interesting relationship between two wise students as well as the relationship between a father and son. It really helped to give a view on the wise project and not that it is all about finishing your project but how this project causes you to grow as a person and find out what you are capable and not as capable in doing.

Class notes 2/15

Tabea did her mini research presentation on tobias wolff. Her creative piece was based on a young Tobias, who has been beaten up. She asked us to compare the picture she drew and the picture of him as an older man. As he became older he seems more solemn. I think that the things that he has gone through have helped him to grow more mature and grew out of that immature childish angst. I think Tabea made a great choice using the class as a way to enrich her presentation. The presentation as a whole was well put together.
We also spoke today about some of the aspects of our projects that we have encountered so far. Everyone seems to be really excited and involved in their projects. I am very excited to see how things start to grow exponentially in the next few weeks once people get even more settled in their projects.