The Takeaway
Over the course of this project, we learned a lot about ourselves and what it takes to get a massive project for a community started. One of the most important things that we learned is that our voices, as students, do in fact matter. As a student, you’re almost always at the mercy of the adults in your school district. The idea that they are not only willing but excited to hear about your ideas and help you get them started is absolutely incredible. We hope other students will discover the same thing during their time in high school, since it is so incredibly important for students to feel like they have a say and can contribute to their learning environment. This leads into the second thing that we learned, which is that deviating from the norm is scary but possible. Our project was more than setting up bulletin boards around a school. We essentially started a conversation about what could be improved in the current teaching methods and how those improvements could be brought abou...