This blog post will be about my Eminent person, Dmitri Shostakovich, the Soviet composer. It is also written from the point of view of Shostakovich himself. Why I am Eminent I should be remembered among influential artists in classical music because of my uniqueness in…
In this blog post, I will share three quotes from John C. Maxwell’s “Developing Leaders Around You” courses. These quotes stick out to me personally, and I will be explaining how they can be applied to my experience in the TALONS program. _____ First quote…
In this blog post, I will be reflecting on a peer interview exercise we conducted a few days ago. In this exercise, we were asked to come up with 10 questions to ask one of our classmates. I was interviewing Jordan and vice versa. I…
When looking at the blog posts of the people in my respective Eminent group, and I learned quite a bit about the people they chose to talk about. I was especially surprised and impressed with the grade 9s and their Eminent blog posts, as it…
“Even if they cut off both my hands and I have to hold my pen in my teeth I shall go on writing music.” – Dmitri Shostakovich, 1936 Who is my Eminent person? I have selected Dmitri Shostakovich, a Soviet composer. I would like to…
1. What are your thoughts on hybrid learning (in person and at home) compared to when you are in your learning groups (at school for all classes)? Which format do you prefer, and why? I think that the hybrid learning system was a fun new…
What is In-Depth? Your In-Depth project is an opportunity to experience learning about any topic (that you haven’t already mastered) so that you can potentially gain a valuable new skill, or gain an interest in a topic you never knew you had. What is my…
Where am I now? Since my last blog post, I have written just under 500 more lines of code for a total of 1739 lines, compared to last week’s 1295 lines. I am nearly finished the second chapter of the game, and have completely finished…
Where am I now? I am halfway finished the “demo” of the game. For the demo that I am planning to release, only 2 chapters of the game will be playable, with a sneak peek into the 3rd chapter. At the end of the 2nd…
Where am I right now? I have finished the first chapter of the game, and am currently working on the second chapter of the game. I have recently been working on the battle aspect of the game, and have made very good progress in the…