World History

This year I preferred Social Issues over World Cultures and Geography, and my favorite assignment during this class was the SIRP (Social Issues Research Project). I wrote about a topic that I hold dear to me, and I'm very proud of my work on my project. I chose how climate change affects access to the outdoors because nature is fundamental to me. I'm incredibly proud of this work because I struggled a lot with my writing at the beginning of the year, and after writing the SIRP, my writing skills were significantly advanced. Writing is also much more enjoyable now than it was to me before writing my SIRP. Another reason why this was also my favorite assignment was that we read a section from others' essays, and it was exciting to learn more about specific topics and surprising information about them. Overall, the SIRP helped me develop my writing skills, and while it was stressful and challenging at times, I'm pleased with my work, and finishing the project was one of the best feelings all year for me.

In Social Issues and World Cultures and Geography this year, we covered so much information on each topic, and especially in Social Issues, so much of the info was very eye-opening and was interesting to dive deeper into. In World Cultures and Geography, I learned more about how the Incas, for example, how they built infrastructure, lived their lives, and how advanced they were, was so fascinating. In social Issues, we learned much about stress, global issues, and the body. Mr. Watson is also a fantastic teacher and did a great job keeping the course engaging. And how funny he is always made me excited to come to class. I am going to miss him next year.