Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will focus on my chess in-depth project. Progress Report Since my last post I have accomplished my goal of completing the “Opening Principles” unit on chess.com, and I have begun the “Winning the Game” unit, covering the lesson on the 4-move checkmate. Additionally, I have continued playing chess frequently on the rapid setting on chess.com, reaching my goal of getting a 230 rating. Chess terms In my last post, I said…
For the last month and a bit, my lit circle group has been reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. For our cumulative project, we created a theme park for our book. My main contribution to this project consisted of drawing three character sketches and writing a paragraph about each character that drew. When I was drawing my character sketches I tried making them as specific to the characters as possible. For example, I drew Liesel holding a book and…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will focus on my chess in-depth project. Since my last post, I have progressed in my lessons on chess.com and have continued playing chess, specifically on the rapid setting, on chess.com against other people and computers. First I will answer some questions on how my meetings with my mentor have been going. Mentor Questions 2. What relationship challenges did you face? Address some of the sub- questions below a. Were you…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will focus on my chess in-depth project. It has been three weeks since my last post. In this time I have met with my mentor and with the use of online resources, I have learned how to play chess. I will elaborate more on the learning later in this post. Now to answer some questions: How did your mentor gain their experience/ expertise? My mentor Igor, learned how to play chess…
The In-Depth project is something that the TALONS program does every year. Each student picks a topic/skill that they want to learn about and pursue over the next five months. This learning is done in each student’s free time, and they report back on their progress every three weeks or so with the use of their blog posts. This year I picked chess as my In-Depth topic. I picked chess for three reasons: I’ve wanted to know how to play…
Hello everyone! My name is Tavi Gevinson, and I have been given the privilege this year of speaking at the TALONS 2021 eminent night. If you want to learn more about my life and how I was able to impact teenage girls around the world, click here. It will take you to my magazine, the Rookie Mag. Once you have finished reading this month’s issue on my eminence feel free to ask any questions you have for me in the…
Developing The Leaders Around You The John Maxwell Co. Travel agents vs. the tour guides John Maxwell said there are two types of leaders; the travel agent and the tour guide. The travel agent is the type of leader that points people in a direction without any concept or knowledge on how to get there. Tour guides on the other hand are leaders that give people directions while participating in the journey. Tour guides are great leaders because they have…
Partner Interviews: Through the process of interviewing a peer, I was able to practice my interviewing skills and learn what my strengths and weaknesses were. While interviewing Draedon I felt calm and confident. I was told by Dylan that I had great expression in my voice and good hand motions too. However, I was told that at times I didn’t seem fully invested in the interview because of the tone in my voice and I was fidgeting with my pencil….
Through the process of receiving feedback and reading my peers’ posts, I was able to learn about many inspirational figures in history and how I could improve for the future. All of the posts I read were done exceptionally well. Each post had attributes that I wished my post had too. I was particularly exhilarated by the way Xylia wrote about Malala Yousafzia’s struggle for women’s education rights. Other key aspects that elevated her post were her language and the…
“Women are complicated. Not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy, and women happen to be people.” – Tavi Gevinson Tavi Gevinson isn’t a name that everyone might know, however it’s one that influenced many teenage girls. This year for my eminent person project I chose to research Tavi Gevinson, a fashion blogger, feminist, and fashion icon who began her own fashion blog called the Style Rookie at the age of eleven, as a cause of boredom. In…