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Global Citizenship In My Own Backyard
By Lindsay Nielsen, IV Form
Throughout my freshman year at St. Mark’s, I became very familiar with the term “Global Citizen” or “globally 
responsible citizen.” I confess, however, that even though I was repeatedly hearing these terms, I did not have a real understanding of what they meant. I felt as though I was learning everything about the topic except for the definition of what it means to be a global citizen.
In addition, I had no idea how to apply what I knew to my own community.
Making the Connection Between Food and Animal on the Farm
By Claire Benning, V Form–Currently Attending Chewonki Semester School
{Editor’s note: The following piece is graphic in its real, intelligent, and vivid portrayal of the writer’s experience of slaughtering a chicken.}
This is not something that we usually do at Chewonki. Legally we are not allowed to slaughter our own chickens to then serve to the dining hall; we have to send them to a slaughter house. This was a one-time opportunity that was made available to us by one of our faculty members who works in the woodshop. He had three roosters who were causing him some trouble and were dangerous to keep around both his hens and his baby daughter. He asked our (more…)
$$$ Entrepreneurship Makes You Bank $$$
By Jonathan Qu, V Form
It is well known to St. Marker’s that clubs here usually meet once or twice a year and then die out. This is not to say that all clubs cease to meet, but maybe 77% of clubs are categorize by this stereotype. Luckily, the Entrepreneurship Club is part of the other 23%. Up till now, Logan Kelly and I have had the duty to plan at least two meetings per month. So far, our main goal, to meet regularly, has been achieved; the next step for us is to set up a Shark Tank simulation. In ABC’s series Shark Tank, aspiring entrepreneurs stand before a panel of astute businesspeople who (more…)
Le Magazine De La Résistance
From Dr. Stephen Lynch: Students in the Advanced French Literature course read two novels (Silence de la Mer and Hiroshima Mon Amour), which dealt with the French Resistance movement during the German occupation of France during WWII. They created a Resistance Magazine typical of the clandestine magazines of this period. Each student wrote articles recounting real historical events and original articles and poems that represented the themes and characters from the works we read. (more…)
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