Friendship, joy, and courage through the woods ~Will Kugeler, Class of 2025 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal:it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill It was the day before the trip to Windsor Mountain,...
~Jimmy McLaughlin, Class of 2025 Remembrance “History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”~Karl Marx My name is Jimmy McLaughlin, and I was in charge of writing and editing our documentary. For me, teamwork was a huge part of making this project a...
~Jimmy McLaughlin, Class of 2025 Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone “Do something that scares you everyday.”~Eleanor Roosevlt My experience writing slam poetry has been mostly positive. One of the things that I enjoyed so much was being able to express myself. There...
~Jimmy McLaughlin, Class of 2025 Facing Your Fears “Never trust your fears, they don’t know your strength.”~Athena Singh The Tunnel by Dorris Lessing is a compelling novel following the journey of a young boy as he navigates through making friends and growing...
~Finn Whitman, Class of 2025 “I don’t know why part of me hates poetry, but It’s true. Part of me does”-Finn Whitman The slam Poetry unit was challenging yet quite rewarding. The poems that we had to write were always difficult to start, because I could never think of...
2 responses to “A Students Reflection on Slam”
Finn this was beautifully written. Great punctuation!
Nice job! I liked how honest you were about the poetry unit, and how you stated that a part of you hated it. I can relate to you about how hard it is to write a good poem sometimes.