Stephanie Dulany

Making connections and diversity are important in life as far as communicating with others around you. The acitivity we did in our last class was called "cross the line." The point of the activity was to watch your peers as they answered serious, private questions by crossing the line in the room. By seeing the individuals answering their questions, and their reactions, I was able to better understand them from a friendship/peer standpoint. This activity showed us how diverse we all were, yet how, on some questions, we had connections with some we may not have thought possible. This activity really opened my mind up to steer clear of judgments and to communicate with one another solely on the task at hand. This outlook will help me to communicate better with our project's affiliates. One of our community partners is Girl Scouts, and this tool of communication is very necessary when trying to work out problems/details, set up meetings to discuss our project, and so forth. You can get involved with ProjectAware by going to www.projectaware.org. We help to try to keep our local water sources clean and share the importance of having clean and safe water. We will try to take a few field trips to local rivers and lakes to clean up, and it is a good way to give back to your community.