Hey Yordani! This sounds like a really great project, congratulations. I have found the same experience with NGO-hours in my project as well. It's interesting to think about how this work really only happens because people are passionate about doing it and find any time they can to contribute. Good luck on your last week!

Hey Arjun! Wow, this looks amazing (wow to the food!). That sounds like an awesome project that you are doing. I love that the school is 100% waste-free. I used to go to a school like that and, though it was sometimes difficult to finish off some of the food, it taught me a lot about caring for the environment. Congrats on the cool project!

Que padre, compa! Me alegro mucho que te haya gustado tanto aprender español. Sabes que siempre estare para ayudarte a practicar!

Hey Phoebe! This is such an interesting and complex topic. We really do tend to look at things from one perspective (namely the American, Western one) so it really is fascinating and important to broaden our perspectives. That is, in my opinion, the only way towards understanding and community. Thanks for your work!

Hey Andre! Really great video, I find the tale of the flying Africans super fascinating -- from Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon to Rashid Johnson's art (in the Guggenheim, you should definitely check it out by the way!), it is a powerful image that is pervasive throughout literature, art, and culture. I'm really looking forward to reading your poster and learning more about it!

Thanks for the kind words. As for your question, absolutely! Next summer, I'm thinking about doing my second summer at a school and focusing on community there. So I guess we'll see!

Hey Kamtoya! I think your research is really fascinating --- I had never really thought about destruction myths, and especially had not considered the fact that they are talked about much less that their opposite: creation myths. From a sociology perspective, I do wonder what our emphasis on creation myths and relative disinterest in destruction myths comes from and what it says about human nature. Thanks for sharing!

Hey Kevin! As usual, super impressed with all the hard thinking that you've put down in words here! Just a thought about the first question, I find it fascinating that you've made this important distinction between a will to focus and just the context that influences focus and attention. It reminds me of my sociology class with Professor Reich, The Social World, and the time we talked about Annette Lareau's work on the importance of cultural capital in education. She shows just how important context is in education --- check it out if this is something you're interested in!