Blog 6

If I could restart my project, I would have found more teacher and professor resources for beginning-level classes. As I said earlier, I had a hard time figuring out each class's difficulty level and gauging their previous knowledge, especially towards the end of the school year when everyone is sort of already checked out. I feel like if I had more variety of activities and base of learning materials prior to the start of the project, I would have been more prepared to help plan these middle school classes. I would tell next year's Hawken Project students to start brainstorming ideas for your project earlier than you think, as waiting for responses from mentors can take months and delay your process of securing a project. While I enjoyed this opportunity to step into a classroom from a teacher's perspective, it was not my first choice, and I wish I had reached out sooner so that I could be doing something that is more in line with my passions and career goals. Also, it is very important to make sure you are doing something you love or at least enjoy throughout your project in order to make the most of your experience. Having allocated time in your senior year to pursue a passion without the burden of classes is an incredibly valuable opportunity and it is a waste of time to do something for three weeks that you do not thoroughly enjoy or consider pursuing in the future at any point. 

 


French 7 doing our March Madness French music bracket activity

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