a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I discussed some of these challenges in my blog posts. One major challenge I faced during this action project was falling ill when I was scheduled to volunteer. Unfortunately, there was no […]
n my last blog post i explained how I was going to work on the other side of things, because in the past I had just done the sorting of donated foods, but this next time I was supposed to help put together the hampers with the sorted food and […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) If you have read my past blog posts, you would know that I volunteered with the greater Vancouver food bank sorting food. But since my last blog post I have been able […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) I was able to volunteer at the greater Vancouver food bank Burnaby warehouse on April the 19th because it was a Pro-D Day. That day I was sorting all the donations into […]
Do some research on your possible action areas (or your specific action you have already chosen) that you listed in your Action Post #1. 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. I plan on volunteering with the greater Vancouver Food […]
1.) Complete the Values Activity. 2a) What are your 3 most important values? Equality, compassion, friendship b) What are your 3 least important values? Spiritual growth, risk, and recognition 3.) Do you agree with the results? What do these values mean to you? I would say that I agree with […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A challenge that i had throughout this inquiry project was the fact that my question was very broad, which is my fault, but after getting deeper into my research I realized just how […]
As a reminder my question is “To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?” To help answer this today I will be researching some key ideas in ancient philosophy […]
To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past? In my last blog post I explored the how philosophy help us in understanding our life, and our world as well as […]
Blog #3: Round 1 of research My inquiry question is “To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?” To address this my first round of research will be “How/does […]
Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. How/does philosophy help us in understanding our life, and our world? How does it contribute to our world? To understand how modern philosophers contribute to our world it is first […]
Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples) To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past? 2. Explain why […]
Hello everyone, I’m Sammie and I am a 15-year-old French emersion grade 11 student at Dr. Charles Best secondary school which is in Coquitlam BC. This is my third year in social responsibility which means I’ve been doing it since 19th grade. One of my favorite subjects in school is […]
Blog #7: Reflection My question was What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming […]
Blog post #5 As a reminder my question is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? In my last blog post I talked about how Marxism has been involved in revolutions and societies throughout […]
As a reminder my question is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? In my last blog post I talked about what Marxism is and its key principles. In this blog post I will […]
Blog #3: Round 1 of research What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? What is Marxism? “To each according to his needs, from each according to his ability” – Karl Marx Marxism is […]
Blog #2: Project plan 1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? What is […]
Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples) My inquiry question for semester 2 is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? 2. Explain […]
Blog #7: Reflection Hi everyone, this semester my inquiry question “was should we decriminalize drugs?”. I concluded that yes, we should decriminalize drugs, though that is only one step to tackle the opioid/overdose crisis. To fully address this crisis, we must look towards legalization. 1. Address the following questions: a. […]
How decriminalizing could help tackle the opioid crisis/ the difference between legalization and decriminalization. In my last blog post I talked about How the criminalization of drugs effects marginalized communities and the effect that the decriminalization of drugs could have on these communities. In this blog post I will be looking […]
Blog post #4 – How the criminalization of drugs effects marginalized communities / the effect that the decriminalization of drugs could have on these communities? In my last blog post I researched what the decriminalization of drugs entails and What an initiative like this look like both locally in British […]
Blog post #3 What does the decriminalization of drugs entail both locally and globally/what is the difference between decriminalization and legalization. For my first round of research, I will be looking into what the decriminalization of drugs would entail and what it really means. What would an initiative like this […]
1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. What would the decriminalization of drugs would entail/ what would that look like both in our communities and globally? I would like to look into what the decriminalization […]
Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples) My inquiry question is “should we decriminalize all drugs?” Explain why this is a question of interest for you. This is a question of interest for me because of how this […]
Hi everyone, my name is Sammie and I am a 14-year-old grade 10 student at Dr. Charles best secondary school in Canada. I am in the French immersion, and this is my second year in this class. My favorite subject at school is social studies as I enjoy learning about […]
Blog #7: Reflection 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Throughout my inquiry project a challenge that I faced was finding information and sources that was both unbiased and that was at a level […]
Just as a reminder my question is how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups. In my last blog post I talked about what groups are affected by the prison industrial complex and how people’s intersecting marginalized identities play a role in how they are affected by the prison industrial […]
What Marginalized groups are affected by the prison industrial complex? Just as a reminder my question is how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups. In this blog post I will be talking about what groups are affected by the prison industrial complex and how people’s intersecting marginalized identities play […]
What is the prison industrial complex? Just as a reminder my question is how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups. In this blog post I will be talking about what the term prison industrial complex really means. I will also be briefly talking about prison reform and abolition. Firstly, […]
Blog #2: Project plan 1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. What is the prison industrial complex? This will help me and others who read my post really under stand the prison industrial complex. I think this […]
Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. My inquiry question for this semester is: How does the prison industrial complex affect marginalized groups? 2. Explain why this is a question of interest for you. This semester I chose the question How does the prison industrial complex affect marginalized […]
Blog #6: Reflection a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project one of the challenges that I had to overcome was sometimes a lack of information and resources that were easy for me to comprehend. Sometimes […]
Blog #5: Round 3 of research My inquiry question is: Are humans naturally selfish? In my last blog post, I wrote about how it is not just the systems that we live by that make us selfish but also our society and culture affects the way we act , and causes us […]
Just as a reminder my inquiry question is: Are Humans naturally selfish In my last post I talked about what Human nature is/ if it is something that really exists, and how things like social Darwinism play into why some philosophers believe in the concept of human nature. In this post I will be researching […]
Blog #3: Round 1 of research Are humans born selfish? As I discussed in my blog post #2 For my first round of research, I will be reaching the concept of human nature, and whether it is something that actually exists. People describe human nature as different traits or characteristics that all humans share, but people and philosophers often debate on […]
My inquiry question is, are humans naturally selfish. To help answer this question these are the things is will be researching! What is human nature To answer my big question “are humans naturally selfish” I think it is important to research and understand what exactly the concept of “human nature” is and if “human nature” is really something that exists. Is it our upbringing / society […]
For my question I choses “are humans born selfish” . I am interested in this question as how humans , and their brains work is very interesting to me, I would really like to find the answer to this question as I am quite curious. I think it will be […]
Hello everyone, my name is Sammie Lycon and I am currently a grade nine student at Charles best secondary, in Coquitlam Canada. My favorite subjects are socials and English . Something about me that might surprise others is that i play two instruments , the piano and the cello. I […]
