The most memorable learning moment this week, for me, happened through compassion. It was beginning our student social topic proposal. I’ve always been passionate about political or controversial topics and always stand my ground regarding my opinions. This being said, I had many different topics in mind as there are many things to be angry about at this moment. The topics I am most passionate about are immigration and women’s rights. Last year, I participated in a project revolving around normalizing controversial conversations in which I spoke about abortion. Choosing my topic, for this project, was hard. Not because there isn’t things to be said, but because there is too many things to be said. After rounding up all the topics I had in mind, I found one that I felt was prominent and that needed to be more present in our environment. Sexual abuse is one of the few topics that I don’t hear being talked much about at our school, so I chose to shine a light on it.
My wonderings and dispositions allowed me to choose such a sensitive topic in order help others. This being said, I believe my compassion was shown through this activity by pushing myself to pick a topic that will help others be informed and to create a safe space for others to share their stories. In humanities, we recently began reading The Bluest Eye which shines a light on topics such as incest, maturity, and growth. Reading about the main character, Pecola, and her unhealthy relationship with her dad made me realize that this is a very realistic situation in which someone could find themselves in.
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Visiting the MCASD gave me a complete 360 shift of how our society came to be. I was able to see some of the most amazing art regarding topics like colonialism, bureaucracy, and modernization. I was able to see the different ways people were able to express themselves, in a time where it was deadly to do so. I related this directly to the social needs we spoke about in biology while watching the movie,Terra.
This week, we finished watching the movie Terra which was all about how humanity started and how it has evolved, for the worst. In this documentary, we are able to see the way man takes over earth and slowly begins to destroy it for its benefit. It shows how man has taken away the basic needs of animals in order to satisfy our social needs. While watching this movie, we kept track of basic/social needs that lacked or were being met. We then shared the different pieces of the movie that we kept track of and made connections with them, as a class. Watching Terra helped me quickly identify social needs that were trying to be met through the art at the museum. All of these artist were able to find ways to gain status and certainty in their life, which is something the government had been constantly taking away from them. The artists that were part of the “Memories of the Underdevelopment” exhibit, were part of something even greater than their own art. They were part of a worldwide movement that left lifetime effects on everyone that came across their artwork. This week, we focused a lot on the human brain, specifically, the teen brain. We went over the brains rewiring that occurs in our adolescent years, the advantages of the teen brain and the basic social needs. In order to learn about these topics in more detail we completed some activities. The top 2 activities that helped me the most were watching a short film while conducting visual note taking and creating short skits. The first activity that helped me better understand this topic was watching “Why the Teen Brain Has an Evolutionary Advantage” and taking visual notes along with it. This video spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of the teen brain, as well as when the human brain reaches a fully developed stage. Some of the advantages included taking risks and learning things at a faster pace. Some of the disadvantages included not putting enough thought into decisions or overthinking decisions. At 25 years, the brain finally reaches a developed stage. It also made sure to get across the message that the human brain doesn't reach a developed stage until age 25. Taking visual notes on this video really allowed me to remember certain facts or ideas that were vital when learning about the teen brain and its rewiring stage. After learning about the teen brain in more detail we moved on to learning about the 5 basic social needs which are: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, and fairness. After learning An activity we did to understand a little more about each social need, we got was getting into groups of about 7 people and creating ted skits relating to each social need. Performing and watching these short skits was really fun and ensured that we knew how each social need could relate to real world examples. After in taking all this information many questions have formed including: Does the human brain rewire from adulthood to the elderly stage as it does from the teen to the adult stage? |
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