WH GCE Portfolio

For this first unit of Endurance, we learned about famous figures in history that've endured hardships, and looked at our own lives to see what we've endured throughout them. We also started reading Night  by Elie Wiesel, which is a book about his experiences in a concentration camp during the Holocaust and how he endured it and survived to tell the tale.  In this Action Project, we were tasked with writing our own autobiography from the future. Below is my autobiography. I’ve always had a certain place in my heart, a certain passion for books. Something about being able to escape reality and come into this new world that the author of the book has woven for you just captivated me, and it still does to this day. Books have been a constant throughout all of my childhood. Even now, I find myself getting hooked on a series of fantasy books and can’t wait for the author to release the next volume. The feeling of excitement and joy when I find out that that one book I’ve been waiti...

The Anti-Cruelty Society is an organization that specializes in helping cats and dogs in shelters and pounds. They're an animal welfare group that also educate folks on the subject of animal cruelty and how people like us, who aren't really involved in animal cruelty prevention, can help with the cause.  My reason for choosing to take part in this project was because I felt like helping create dog beds for animals in need is a very worthy cause and it really resonated with me as a pet owner myself. I couldn't imagine what it would be like for my dog, Cowboy, to be in the same situation that a lot of the pets in the pound and kennel system are in, and I'd want the best for him or any other dogs or cats in the system and for them to have the most comfort possible in their situation. Each year, it's estimated that more than one million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States. The number of euthanized animals could be reduced dramatically if more peo...