In ETC, Jewish Studies, and Social studies we are doing a capstone project. Our essential questions for this project are who am I as a Jew, a citizen, and as a learner? We are having speakers come and tell there stories and doing projects that will help us answer these questions.

One speaker that I really had a connection to was Sheldon Wasserman. He is a doctor and a politician. He talked a lot about the choices we need to make as we get older. This was a heart experience for me. He made me more aware that now that I am getting older that my choices will effect me in the future. I also had another heart experience when he talked about when you work hard you can do the things that you want to do. One example that he gave of this was  because he works hard he is able to travel the world and go on amazing adventurers. This touched my heart because it made realize that to do things I love to do like traveling I need to work hard. This was also a hand experience because it made me want to take action and work hard. Lastly I had a connection to him because when he was little he wanted to be a doctor. I also want to be a doctor like Dr. Wasserman. He made me realize that if I want to become a doctor and do the things I enjoy, I have to make good positive choices and work hard.

I really enjoyed all the speakers and there stories. They helped me become more aware of who am I as a citizen, Jew and as a learner.