A podcast documenting a group of Bolivar High School students' journey to discovering true authority in a world of competing voices. Hoping to better understand their essential question "What is power?" these seniors spend a semester hosting Q&A discussions with a variety of guest speakers. Cover art photo provided by Devin Avery on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@officialdavery
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Seniors in Dual Credit Composition spent a semester exploring course content through the lens of a driving, essential question: What does it mean to be an American? They quickly discovered that to answer such a broad question, talking with American's about their individual experiences was an essential component. These are their discussions! Cover art photo provided by Tyler Nix on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@jtylernix
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listen to seniors from Bolivar High School's graduating class of 2020 read pieces they wrote during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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College and Missions Pastor Dave Becker stopped by to chat with BHS students about his experience with the foster care system and how that impacts his view of policy and community.
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Campus Pastor Kurt Caddy joins BHS students to discuss the complexities of life on impoverished Native American reservations.
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Local musician Ivy Schulte stopped by to share her personal experience with having grown up gay in a conservative Christian home. Ivy currently lives in Springfield, Missouri with her wife, Shelby.
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Seniors in Dual Credit Composition speak with marine biologist, Rachel McDonald, hoping to gain perspective of their semester inquiry: What does it mean to be an American?
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Seniors in Dual Credit Composition speak with WWII Prisoner of War, Georgia Payne, hoping to gain perspective of their semester inquiry: What does it mean to be an American?
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Seniors in Dual Credit Composition speak with local farmer Trent Drake, hoping to gain perspective of their semester inquiry: What does it mean to be an American?
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Students remix Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” as they prepare for graduation.
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After experiencing chronic pain in her 30s, Pamela Burke had to re-examine her life, evaluating what she was buying from the world about what a meaningful life looks like.
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Christina Bravata is the Program Manager for CMH’s Addiction Recovery Program. The program uses evidence-based practices to combine pharmacological interventions with counseling. When speaking about power, Christina believes the only thing we have power over is ourselves.
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A small group of seniors gathered for the Showcase of Learning to engage in civil discourse about what they wish other generations knew about their generation.
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Kurt Caddy, campus pastor at Southwest Baptist University, met with students to discuss Native American culture and the complexity of problems found within life lived on a reservation.
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Courtenay Cabot Venton is an international development economist. Town and Country named her one of the top 50 philanthropists in 2017. Check out her organization at www.thesharetrust.com
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Nine students gather around the table to discuss their takeaways from the semester.
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Emmy-award-winning author Amy Bass joined us via GoogleMeet to discuss her recent book One Goal and many other pressing topics of the modern era, from a historian’s perspective.
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Ally Henny, writer and seminary student, visited in person to discuss how the black American experience differs from that of white Americans. She performed poetry and engaged in honest dialogue to explore the issue of racial healing.
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After reading Shannan Martin’s book Falling Free, students spoke with the author via GoogleMeet. Engaging in weighty topics like theology and privilege, students grappled with new aspects of the American experience.
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After students hit roadblocks with researching refugees, Dr. Ofori-Yeboah from Southwest Baptist University took time to share his personal experience and answer questions.
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Nicole Fisher, Forbes writer and founder of HHR Strategies, sat down to talk with BHS students about her perspective of the American experience.
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Traveling nurses Mike and Katie Hafner talk with students about their experiences in the medical field.
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YouTuber Jake Triplett agreed to video chat with students to share about his most recent social media project: Ellen, We Bought a Limo.
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Tanner Isenberger, a staffer for Governor Parson, met with BHS students to discuss his professional experience and how it shapes his understanding of the meaning of being an American.
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Writer Brett Miller took time to sit down with BHS students to share about his time traveling the US talking with folks about what unites and divides us. Check out his blog Something Gigantic!
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