I Am Documentary

1.  What are the concepts embedded in the movie I AM?  Document responses on your blog.

• How do human beings impact the world around us.
• Society sends a message of separation.  You should separate yourself from others by showing that you’re better.  
• Stuff doesn’t make you happy
• mo’ money, mo’ problems
• Economy shouldn’t be the most important thing in our lives.  
• Cooperation should be a more important value over competition.
• “Be basis of nature is cooperation and democracy.  It’s in our DNA.”
• Mirrored neuron means that what you see happen your brain actually interprets it as something that you yourself did.
• We have evolved to help one another and be compassionate.

2.  What are the enduring understanding(s) from I AM?

• Humankind is interconnected by more than just a physical presence amongst one another.  We influence each other whether we realize it or not
• Humanity is genetically hardwired to feel compassion for one another.
• You must be willing to find what it is that makes you able to make an impact on the world.

What is YOUR new story?

How will you “wake up” the forces of good within your students and your colleagues?

This year as Student Council advisors Dusty and myself have created the goal of making our council a more unified body.  We have been advisors for the past five years and one of the issues we have faced in the past is a lack of unity within our council.  It is often the case that the seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshman have little to no interaction between one another.  Our freshman in particular are often shunted to the side of the work that we do because they do not have experience in the activities we put on.  Our plan is to integrate all grade levels together throughout the year by creating groups that include a few students from each grade.  In doing so we will hopefully create activities that are better planned, more focused, and successful.