Today we visited a local thrift store and found several exciting pieces! This trip was a good lesson in building sustainable and reusable wardrobes as well as reusing unwanted products such as books and household items.
Author: Hannah Serwin
Hanging Rock
Today we woke up bright and early to drive to Hanging Rock State Park, about an hour north of Greensboro. Along the way, we went through picturesque towns we’d never heard of and got excited as we saw the mountains begin to appear in the background.
When we got to the park, what we thought would just be an ordinary hike turned into an all-out rock climbing adventure. My favorite part of the day was going outside my comfort zone and experiencing aspects of Hanging Rock that I never would have experienced had it not been for my friends pushing me to explore beyond the trail.
Fortunately, we didn’t find much trash on our hike, but the trash we did find we picked up and disposed of.
What we’ve discovered today on and off the designated trail just goes to show amazing wildlife can be if we take the time to explore, open ourselves to adventure, and work to preserve the natural beauty of our state.
Pumpkin Bread, Pie, and Seeds
For X Day we took to the kitchen and did something I’d never done before: make pumpkin bread from scratch! I thought making pumpkin puree would be much more complicated than it was, and adding real pumpkin made the end product taste so much better. I have also never tried freshly roasted pumpkin seeds before, but we all found that we couldn’t stop eating them. They tasted just like popcorn!
My favorite part of the day was learning how easy sustainable cooking is. It felt really good to decrease our environmental impact through the little steps we did to ensure we used all parts of our pumpkins.
Personalities in Escape Rooms
During the first part of our day, we took the Meyers-Briggs test and learned our different personality types, roles, and strategies. What was really cool was that everyone in our group had different personality types, although there were overlaps between roles and strategies. In the escape room, we found that 8 people trying to solve the same clue became too much very quickly. Everyone talked over each other and nobody could think. We discovered that we solved clues twice as fast by splitting into groups and working collaboratively that way, then joining forces again at the end to combine what we’d uncovered. Our tactic was successful and we escaped the room with 15 minutes to spare. Going forward I will take what I’ve learned from today in group projects and collaborative assignments, knowing now that working together on one thing isn’t always the most efficient way to achieve a goal.
