PROJECT 1: STEP 1: Choose key event(s) to write about

  • An event in your educational career that was particularly formative;
  • A specific learning event that led you to become the thinker you are today;
  • The first time you had a profound experience related to learning;
  • A place, person, book, author, community or experience that influenced your identity as a learner in a positive or negative way; 
  • An important lesson that was learned, a time you learned something about yourself as a student;
  • An experience that influenced how you define “education” and what it means to be “educated;”
  • What your experiences with education tell you about the educational system in America, for example. Or about the ways we learn. 

EVENT 1: 

Why is this event, person, place, occasion or lesson important? 

 

Why do you want to tell this story? 

Why does it matter in your education journey?

How did it impact the way you view “education”?

EVENT 2: 

 

Why is this event, person, place, occasion or lesson important? 

 

Why do you want to tell this story? 

 

Why does it matter in your education journey? 

How did it impact the way you view “education”?

What are some important DETAILS that you want to include in the telling of the story?