In the Reflections unit, we considered the overarching question “Who am I?” We developed insights about ourselves through writing our personal statement and a lyrical essay in English, creating a video about our perspective about a certain topic in Digital Media, and creating a variety of different art pieces in Design, one of which juxtaposes two different images and displays them together so that they are in conversation. The common thread throughout our classes was that the work we did was introspective and encouraged us to reflect on our experiences and relate them to the world around us.<\/p>\n
I valued getting the opportunity to take a step back and reflect a bit about myself. Especially with it being college application season, I found it beneficial to focus on something applicable to my other responsibilities as well. Through this unit, I also learned more about myself. My values and the things important to me became more evident through the assignments I completed for Freestyle.<\/p>\n
The Personal Essay was the first major assignment we worked on this year. In this assignment, we had to write an essay based on one of four models given in the book\u00a0College Essay Essentials.\u00a0<\/em>I chose to model mine off of the structure for students who had gone through challenges but didn’t know what they wanted to study. After deciding this, I completed a variety of brainstorming activities to organize my thoughts. I knew I wanted to write about my ethnicity, so I chose to put a magnifying glass on one specific example, which was my name. Because my essay is essentially about my name, I feel that I answered the question, “Who am I?” pretty well. The core values were a bit hard to get across, but I feel like I managed and because the essay is so vulnerable, I think it does show who I am.<\/p>\n