Epitome of the Academy

This activity can be described as all of us going on a puzzle piece scavenger hunt together. Each of us were sent to locate and capture a different puzzle piece of Academy life, and we each contributed to a big picture. It was interesting that each of our puzzle pieces were different, yet served in painting the picture of what Academy life is really like. Through small group discussions, I was able to hear how each individual described their interpretation of what the Academy is. Some chose to observe the life inside the library, others decided to capture the life of people interacting outside. I decided to take the sundial and try to metaphorically relate each part of it to Academy life and the entire school life that we experience here. It’s great that, in essence, each of us really captured how we each identify Academy life, and to each of us, this is our incontestable truth. And while some had different truths, we all still managed to contribute in one way or another. Some of us, whose lives do not fully evolve around the Academy, chose to share their truth in just a distant, observing perspective. Others of us, to which the Academy means more, took it to a more personal level, and gave it more meaning. I like to think that our ideas and truths of the Academy can be represented by different puzzle pieces. While all different in size, shape, etc. we each nevertheless contributed to the big picture, the big puzzle.