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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