CONNECTIONS

It is so crazy that this is the assignment today because just yesterday I was thinking this exact same thing. How many things throughout my day give me that "instant travel bug". Talking to Jared Perry yesterday was one thing that inspired me. Now together, we are going to scheme up a plan to "do something cool". This stems off the oh-so inspirational instagram page I follow that truly tells people to live life and do cool things in your life. Do what makes a better story. These two connections within one day made me want to get out there and do things! Then later, when babysitting and talking to this little girls mom who is from Germany, she offered me to come stay with her family anytime I want. Just another connection is exactly what I needed in my life now! I have never felt so content and happy in life!!! :)

DESIGN

it can be a difficult thing for a student to wrap their head around that they are supposed to design a course or pathway to benefit them in their learning experience.  These teachers who have gone to school for years and studied to benefit us are supposed to design a curriculum for us. They have had the experience of school before us and should know what is the best. Now, a teacher is telling us, the students, to make our learning experience better. I am not exactly sure how this is possible. By throwing out an idea, I came up with the people around me. However, you can't fix other people. What I mean by this though is that the people around me are never on task, always talking, and not motivated. It is hard for one to be fully committed to such work or even focused when people around you are constantly messing up your own motivation.

FIVE STEPS

Over break I spent my time on my masterpiece by...
1. Reviewing my favorite blogs. This gives me an idea of what the travel world followers like to see so that I can present things they want to see as well.
2. I personally "traveled" for my mom's birthday. This reminded me of the "travel bug" I get when I get to go places.
3. I read Brooke Saward's story of how she accomplished what I wish to do
4. I took note of the little things in each moment spent not in my hometown
5. I watched travel vlogs and put together my own

REQUEST FOR RESPONSE

     My initial thoughts on this article was, "Why would we be reading on how to raise a child?" But as the article went on, I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that this article made you take a deeper look on something that many people think comes so naturally. Parenting. It's supposed to get easier with experience right? Well, in some aspects this may be true such as learning the better products for your child. However, who says a first time parent can't be just as good as a parent on their sixth child. I feel like with this article's help, you can raise your child to be "morally good" with the help of understanding a few differences in how to react to your child's behavior.

IN SEARCH FOR THE POSITIVE

LOOK AT MY BRAIN

Traveling. How does this reflect on my brain? Traveling fulfills my soul. Being in a different spot, hearing the different languages spoken as I walk along an unfamiliar street, breathing the brisk air of a foreign country, eating the food from a local bakery. These small things that others take for granted while traveling are the things I thrive on the most and take full advantage of. My passion for traveling shows how creative my mind can be and how simple I can make things. While traveling, my souvenirs were things like receipts, flyers from shops, and thrift store finds. I enjoy these simple pleasures in life.

PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS

Our chat in class today ended very productively and on such a positive note. I felt empowered leaving the class room to do more for my project and I am sure I am not the only one. I feel the class talking like this should be done more often so more people can come forward and begin to pitch ideas or even problems and get tons of feedback in response.