For this assignment, Mr. McDonnell assigned us each a fictional person living in Haiti at the time of the slave revolt. We had to create 2 different journey entries in the perspective of that person, and explain how they would think through the different scenarios. My character was a young 18-year-old girl who had been living in Haiti since she was 8. She works on a plantation, but gets up…

During the second semester, we spent a good chunk of time learning about the Protestant Reformation. This was definitely a lesson that stayed with me, and I think that it is because it is something we are kind of used to seeing these days. A small or select group of people standing up against something they know is wrong, and inspiring many others to do the same. During the period…

When Mr. McDonell first emailed me to “come to his office” , obviously I was very nervous, as anyone would be. But then he told me I wasn’t in trouble so the fear was relieved, and I just became curious. He began to talk about this role play that he wanted our class to take part in. By this, I became excited because I LOVED the Athens-Melos role play we…

Upon announcement of our big project, I was mostly excited because I’ve always loved doing hands-on projects in school. But I was also a little nervous because Crane Britons theory about Revolutions (what the project was about) didn’t make total sense to me, so figuring out how I was going to conform the project was a worry. Seeing older projects gave my group ideas about creating something that follows a…

This morning I woke up, and as usual, looked at my phone. I looked at my texts, snapchat, and then decided I would scroll through TikTok before I got up. I had opened the app for only about 30 seconds before a video from NBC popped up. The video showed a reporter standing in the capital city of Ukraine. The wind was blowing like crazy, and she appeared to be…

In class recently, we’ve talked about different “Renaissance Men”. So, what is a renaissance man? The formal definition is “a person with many talents or areas of knowledge”, and the way Mr. McDonnell has described it as a person who can do it all. They have the ability to take on anything they want, and succeed at it, while succeeding at many other things. They can do it all! But…

We are almost a month into this new year, and so far it has not been the greatest. Already I’ve dealt with a number of things like COVID, stomach flu, school, friendships, funerals, and a lot of stress. Although these first few weeks have been a little rocky, I know that it’s only just the beginning and there are 11 other months to make up for this 1. But I…

The past three classes we have been doing our Athens-Melos debate. So far, I have really enjoyed the experience and have already learned a lot. For my role, I was given an Athens Admiral along with Hillary and Sean. Together with the Athens Generals, Jordyn, Maia, Zoe, and Avner, our goal is to bring Melos into the Delian League. Since it was my first debate, I originally thought that the…

As a Catholic, I’ve been taught all about miracles. I’ve been told about the miracles that Jesus performed, I’ve been told about the miracles God performed, and I’ve been told about the miracles that Saints have performed. Miracles are a central part of the Catholic faith. They have the ability to confirm people’s faith. They are honestly one of the largest factors in the origins of Christianity, and play a…

After learning about all these different religions in class this year, I’ve been extremely interested in their place of origination. It’s interesting how they are all spread across different areas, and how they dominant each region. It’s always been sort of like a distant dream of mine to be a travel writer when I’m older, and I feel like something I would really want to do is visit all the…