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Felipe_Zahr

What Did I Learn From This Activity And How Did This Learning (ie A Change In Perception) Apply To Me As A Person?

I can confidently say that this CAS experience has changed my life. And I mean it. But the interesting part is that it has changed me in a multitude of ways and each change ca...

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Risk Journal Entry

I’m going to get straight into this. There’s been a risk in our project that’s really been bothering me for a while. Namely, the fact that Mangroves arenR...

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What Were Some Things That Found Out About Myself That I Didn’t Know? And What Were Some Skills I Developed During My Project?

When I began working on this project, I really didn’t know where it was going to go. I picked a topic- environmental protection- that I never really got involved with. So go...

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Vacation Journal Entry: Activity

So, I actually had a little bit of a hard time picking something insightful to talk about activity. I did a lot of trekking and hiking, so at first, when writing this, I almos...

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Vacation Journal Entry: Creativity

So as I’m writing this journal entry, I am in Tibet. For context, Tibet is a peaceful buddhist country who is extremely rich in culture. Or at least it was, until China forc...

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What’s Going On With Us?

To be completely transparent, not much has happened with our project in recent times. Like most gardening endeavours, at a certain point you’re just waiting for nature t...

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In What Ways Does Your Consciousness Need To Shift?

The prompt for this entry said: “Too much egocentricity and selfishness is showing in our world. Humans need to make a major shift of consciousness to stop harming ourse...

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How The Co-leader Of Our Project Inspires Me On A Daily Basis.

So here’s the deal. Rochelle and I lead the project together. But, if you really look at it, she ends up taking a bigger weight of the work. Our nursery is in her backya...

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Something That I’m Proud Of?

Now, I’ll admit, once I saw the prompt for this entry, it really caught me off guard “Tell us something that you are proud of and why.” That is a really hard...

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Vulnerability And How Our Project Can Grow.

When prompted to think of a time I felt vulnerable in this project, I had a really hard time finding out. The everything always runs smoothly and according to plan in the end,...

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What Have We Done So Far?

So, first of all, in order to understand how far we’ve come, it is important to understand what our objective is. Our objective for this trimester was to expand the scop...

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According To Kant’s Approach To Ethics, Is Our Project Ethical?

Recently, in our TOK (Theory of Knowledge) class, we came together in pairs to explore different theories and approaches to decide whether or not something is ethical. In my c...

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What Activities Have I Done This Vacation?

Now, once I saw the prompt for this journal entry, it caught me off guard. What ?? I doing? I went back to my hometown (or homecity) to visit my family and friends, and then s...

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What Activities Have I Done This Vacation?

Now, once I saw the prompt for this journal entry, it caught me off guard. What ?? I doing? I went back to my hometown (or homecity) to visit my family and friends, and then s...

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How Creativity Plays A Role In My Life.

I like to say that I’m a very creative person. Granted, I don’t know if it’s true; these types of things can be incredibly hard to measure or quantify…...

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What Do We Have Planned For The Upcoming Trimester?

For this trimester, Rochelle and I have chosen to take a different approach for the project. As we wait for the mangroves planted in our nursery to grow, we decided to focus o...

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How Do I Ensure Our Video Helps Our Project?

With the advent of the internet, it has become more and more simple to spread your message around. To tell your story. To be noticed and use that attention to truly make a cha...

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This Is A Storyboard For The Video We’re Working On. I Apologize For The Poor Drawing And Writing Skills…

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So, How Did Cas Night Go? -a Reflection

For those of you who don’t know, CAS night is an annual event where students can present their projects to an audience, to receive both donations and attention. It is al...

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What Were The Goals Of My Activity? And, Did I Meet Them?

So, the activity in question was our Mangrove Restoration event, which I have described in a previous entry (you can find all of them here in wonderment!). To summarise, we he...

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How Do I Make A Difference In My Community?

So, first off, hello. I just wanted to mention that September 23, Saturday we had an amazing CAS event where we brought a lot of people together in order to collect and plant ...

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What Exactly Happened To The Avellanas Mangrove?

After the 7.6 earthquake in 2012 that struck Costa Rica, the level of the earth in Avellanas rose about one meter. With this change, less ocean water was entering the mangrove...

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What Exactly Happened To The Avellanas Mangrove?

After the 7.6 earthquake in 2012 that struck Costa Rica, the level of the earth in Avellanas rose about one meter. With this change, less ocean water was entering the mangrove...

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What Have I Been Up To?

Well, I’m glad you asked! As you know, I have been working with Sebastian and Rochelle on the Mangrove restoration project. We had a meeting on Wednesday, where we met with ...

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The First Step In My Cas Journey: The Mangrove Restoration Project

Here we are. This is the first CAS project I will be involved in. Since I have not yet come up with an idea for a CAS project that will truly affect our communities, I decided...

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Where do I get my food?

My family, especially because of my mother, cares deeply about our food. It’s such an essential part of our culture, so understanding the nature of our food is super imp...

By Felipe_Zahr

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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How well do I understand my dog?

Well, I’d like to say that my dog, Teka, and I understood each other. She passed away a few weeks ago, but in the rare moments of the day where I could talk to her, I fe...

By Felipe_Zahr

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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How can you help Nature?

Avellanas Mangrove Restoration Project

Vacation Journal Entry 3: Activity

Vacation Journal Entry 2: Creativity

Vacation Journal Entry 1: Service

How will you talk about this project in interviews for future jobs or colleges?

Wrap Up CAS Entry

Impactful questions journal entry.

Vacation Journal Entry 3: Activity

Vacation Journal Entry 2: Creativity

Vacation Journal Entry 1: Service

Rochelle Gratitude Email

Ms. Amy Gratitude Email

Something That I Was Not Very Good At In The Beginning Of Cas

What Have I Been Up To?

What Did I Learn From This Activity And How Did This Learning (ie A Change In Perception) Apply To Me As A Person?

Risk Journal Entry

What Were Some Things That Found Out About Myself That I Didn’t Know? And What Were Some Skills I Developed During My Project?

Vacation Journal Entry: Activity

Vacation Journal Entry: Creativity

What’s Going On With Us?

In What Ways Does Your Consciousness Need To Shift?

How The Co-leader Of Our Project Inspires Me On A Daily Basis.

Something That I’m Proud Of?

Vulnerability And How Our Project Can Grow.

What Have We Done So Far?

According To Kant’s Approach To Ethics, Is Our Project Ethical?

What Activities Have I Done This Vacation?

What Activities Have I Done This Vacation?

How Creativity Plays A Role In My Life.

What Do We Have Planned For The Upcoming Trimester?

How Do I Ensure Our Video Helps Our Project?

This Is A Storyboard For The Video We’re Working On. I Apologize For The Poor Drawing And Writing Skills…

So, How Did Cas Night Go? -a Reflection

What Were The Goals Of My Activity? And, Did I Meet Them?

How Do I Make A Difference In My Community?

What Exactly Happened To The Avellanas Mangrove?

What Exactly Happened To The Avellanas Mangrove?

What Have I Been Up To?

The First Step In My Cas Journey: The Mangrove Restoration Project

Where do I get my food?

How well do I understand my dog?

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