Reinventing Education: A Journey Through STEM+M High School

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Well for the past four years I have gone to a STEM+M high school, which was trying to make the world rethink the way it did education. Instead of focusing on the books, memorization, and standardized testing, the school decided to focus on preparing kids for college and real-world application. I think this gave me a unique way of looking at things, especially with all of the different style of classes I took, which included multiple years of engineering, integrated math, sciences, and humanities classes, and lots of PLB activities or Problem Based Learning Workshops. This all helped me learn to apply my skills in real life situations, so I could actually use the engineering, science, math, social studies, and so on to real problems, quickly, …show more content…

I think as people get to know me though they learn more about the disabled community's struggles with acceptance and its own unique culture it has created. It is definitely a valuable learning experience. Finally one of my most impacting diverse qualities is the fact that I am transgender. While I can forget, or put the fact that I'm Scottish in the back of my mind, out of sight, I cannot do that with being trans. This is a forever present part of my identity and effects me on a daily basis. Being trans is most certainly not easy, but I love my identity, and who it means I am. I am not ashamed about it, and instead of hiding it, I use it to educate others about my experiences, and those like me, to try to make the world a better, safer place. I think all of these aspects of myself could help diversify and improve the Honors Program by bringing more light and acceptance to it, along with more education. Whether it be a conversation about why a kilt is not a skirt or a peaceful discussion about transgender people and their lives in American Society. I think I have a lot to

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