Lorna-Leigh+K.

Phase I: Who Am I? What's My Place?


 * What __really__  makes up your identity?

I would say that my identity is constantly changing everyday. The person I am today, isn't exactly the same person I was yesterday. Throughout life and life's struggles, the outcome is the person that I am today. I've had my share of experiences that I've came across so far and it's constantly changing my perspective on life. The things that have the most impact on my identity would be my family, friends, school life, ex friends and boyfriends along with all the minor things going on in my life.


 * What __really__  makes up your sense of place?

My sense of place would be somewhere relaxing, deserted and calm. Such as a breath taking beach that nobody goes too. The factors of my sense of place would mostly be a place where I can just listen to peace and quiet and have the time and peaceful enviroment where I can listen to my own thoughts and think about everything that's going on. I guess a sense of place for me could range from the beach, to a high peak of a mountain.


 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

When working with other peers especially when doing a group project, things may get complicating. That's when many different ways of thinking tend to crash, but that's when my identity comes to play. When doing a group project, I think that it's very important for you to know your partners and at least a little of their background in order to feel comfortable with working with them. It'd be great to know their way of learning too. But I would use my past experience knowledge and apply it to a group project coming up.


 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

From the knowledge that I have about the GLIP conversation, I know that I could bring what I know to the global group that someone from another country may not know, due to their culture. I'm also very open to different ways of teaching, learning, and enteracting. With this opportunity to enteract globally, I think it'll broden my horizons with different teenagers from all around.


 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?

One local problem, from where I come from would be human beings trashing the island. In Hawaii, there's so many amazing beaches, and scenic places, but nowadays trash is starting to pile up, everywhere. The oceans, from afar they may look breath taking, but if you take a good look, you'll see the trash starting to build up. I believe that this issue needs to be addressed, especially due to the fact that tourism is the main thing that keeps our local economy going. Some steps that could help solve this local issue could be more organized beach clean ups and getting teenagers involved. Another thing that could help this issue out could possibly be adding more trash bins along the beaches so that people dispose of their waste properly.


 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?

One problem that has been going on for a long time would be within teenagers around the world having problems with self confidence. Nowadays, especially in high school girls especially are so self conscious about their self image, or if they're not "pretty" enough. It's a very small issue that may be over looked and labeled as minor, but it does take a toll on students. Sometimes it may even lead to girls turning bulimic. If someone were to step up and try to solve this problem, it would be great if they were responsible, understandable, confidence, and they should have basic knowledge about the situations and how they vary and they should be able to always see the other side of the story and understand everybody and to never quickly judge.

Phase II: Sense of Place

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This picture represents a place that is special to me because this is the hometown that I reside in. I actually do believe that this picture represents the beauty of the town that I live in. I live in Kaneohe, a small town on Oahu. People here are very welcoming, and warm hearted. This picture was taken from the Pali lookout, where King Kamehameha fought his battle.

I believe that this picture is a perfect example of where I live because it shows the whole range of land from mountain to the ocean that Kaneohe has to offer.

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue? My local issue that I chose to address would be trashing the land.

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What can you do to be address the issue? For this issue, there are many ways that I'm able to address it. I could start from organizing a beach clean-up with my friends, to just picking up trash on my free time. Some other ways that I'm able to address this issue could be from writing a letter to my senator of Kaneohe explaining how bad this situation has grown to be within the past 5 years. Kaneohe Bay is such a beautiful scenery and a lovely thing to have, but due to the trash, the bay is dirty and not swimmable in.

What is the global impact of your local issue? The global impact of the pollution going on in my state overall is very huge. In America, we don't really use trash can's for their actual purposes. A lot of teenagers are grown to be lazy, and tend to just toss their trash on the side of the road instead of using a trash can. With this being said, if this problem keeps continuing like how it is now, in a couple years from now, my country will be going down the drain from pollution.