One Giant Community 


The world, traveling, communication and experiences.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - Henry David Thoreau 

Throughout the workshop with Adam Aronovitz, there were many things I learned about how we as humans need to do several things by ourselves and together to cooperate more and to come together. 

There were several things I could connect to with Mr. Aronovitz. One of the main takeaways included traveling internationally and seeing different cultures to him is the "norm" of his summers as every summer after I go to summer camp, I travel to the UK to visit family as he does with Greece. Another takeaway and one thing that interested me during the presentation was how he takes kids from the Boston area to go to these different cultures and communities to make them even better than they originally were. One way this connects to The Odyssey is when Telemachus invited Athena disguised as Mentes to introduce herself “But come, please, tell me about yourself now, point by point.” (164, The Odyssey)

Changing Fenn

Out With The Old and In With The New

Be the change you wish to see - Mahatma Gandhi

Every morning at six am, I regret leaving my bed to get up, get ready, get on the bus and then go to school. That’s why if I was to make 9th grade at Fenn better, I would try and make school an enjoyable experience for all. The list of changes could go on and on and on for miles and then there would still be things that people would want to change. That’s why by changing the most common complaints that my classmates make, school would hopefully be a little more tolerable. Changes I would make include, knocking down the school house, adding more snack to the school store, playing music in the morning and finally, giving the upper schoolers to have less homework.

Getting out of Hard Times

A Time To Throw Myself A Party

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose - Lyndon B. Johnson

Hard times feel like a never ending dark tunnel. Rather than throwing a pity party, I do all the things I know make me happy. There are many things enjoy doing and these include going on FaceTime for hours with my camp friends while sitting on the couch and eating ice cream. This is because I know my camp friends are my best friends and they always bring the best out of me. One example of this was the night before the first day of school. The last thing that I wanted was for summer to end and for school to start so I decided to call some of my closest camp friends. We were on a FaceTime call for what seemed like minuets but really it was hours talking all things from how much we dont want to go back to school to camp next year and the pranks we are going to pull. The FaceTime call got so wild to the point we were having a glow stick rave as if we would at camp. This was all amazing because not only did it seriously boost my self confidence but it brought back so many good memories. It also allowed me to appreciate the fact I have some of the most amazing friends out there. The fact that they know how to make me in such a good mood to the fact I’m a soda ready to explode from my bottle shows that they really know me and that they are always going to be there for me. Instead of letting myself be stuck in the hard times it’s important to have positive vibes and staying true to who you really are in the good times.