Hello, my name is Isobel Wingrove, and I am an XLab student at One Stone. Some major components of my TPopper are dance, LGBTQ+ rights and history, and working with kids. My artifact was a slideshow of pictures that show various things that I have gained from working on XLab’s Halloween Xtravaganza. This relates to my TPopper because I was working with kids and dancing the entirety of the Halloween Xtravaganza.
To do good to me is to improve the lives of others. It could be something huge, like paying somebody’s bills, or buying somebody a house, or it could be something small, like offering somebody part of your lunch because they forgot theirs. I was given the opportunity to help teach dance to younger students at my studio, so I took it, and now I help teach three classes on Wednesdays. I was given the opportunity to plan a booth with a team for the Xtravaganza, and I discovered that I enjoy working with kids more than I thought I did. This artifact is reflective of my idea of good because I improved many people’s lives. I improved many kids’ lives by giving them something fun and memorable to do.
This artifact reflects what breaks my heart because the isolation and loneliness during the “quarantine” period from March to May impacted me negatively, so I can’t imagine what it must have been like for younger kids. Given how important Halloween is to me, it must be hard for kids who can’t go out and trick-or-treat. This artifact reflects the good I want to do because we engineered a Covid-19 safe event that was fun and memorable for the kids, and we did it mainly by ourselves.
This experience inspires others to do good because we saw a problem, and as a team we figured out how to solve some of it. This should inspire other people to do good, because they can see a problem and then come up with a way to solve it. If a group of teenagers can do good, why can’t you do good?
Over these past 10 weeks, I have learned that as a person, I tend to gravitate towards more creative things versus logical and scientific things. I have learned that I like working with kids, and I like solving problems. I’ve learned that I’m passionate about connection during the pandemic. I haven’t learned more about my purpose yet, but I can feel that soon, I’ll discover at least part of my purpose.
