Stepping Out

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Stepping Out

• Miami Valley School
• 2008

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What is the Purpose of Stepping Out?

• Learn about self-reflection
• Consider what it means to live an authentic life
• Widen our comfort zones
• Learn to appreciates both uniqueness and points
  of connection with our classmates
• Bond as a group those who will spend the next
  three very important years together

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What is an Authentic Life?

• What is an authentic life?
• Why bother trying to live one?
• How do you find out what is authentic for you?
• What is self-reflection?
• Emotional awareness
• Honesty in personal choices
• Taking responsibility for your choices

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Stepping Out of our Comfort Zones

• How do we feel about fear?
• What are we afraid of?
• How do we want to be treated by our peers when
  were afraid?
• What is the best way to conquer fear?
• The reason why participation is very important
  for Stepping Out

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Widen Our Focus

• Experiential learning makes us bigger
• Theres more to life than school
• Seeing classmates in a different light gives us a
  more accurate picture of one another
• Learning more about our own likes and dislikes
  and our ways of reacting to novelty

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Appreciating Difference and Finding Similarities

• Learning to appreciate our emotional common
  ground
• Learning to respect different viewpoints and
  talents
• Learning more about the people with whom we spend
  the majority of our time
• Shaping the community that we will share for the
  next three years

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Yoga with Jannie Brown
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I believe that this immersion has made me a more
open-minded, accepting person. Many of the
experiences allowed me to experiment with new,
unfamiliar activities and allowed me to step
out of my comfort zone. -Suneal Vishnupad
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On the Bus
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Dayton Islamic Center
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• I have found that I am more open to different
  religious beliefs. Since we were able to visit
  the Hindu Temple, Temple Beth-Abraham, the
  Islamic Center, and the Unitarian Church, I feel
  like I have a greater appreciation for other
  peoples beliefs.
• -Maya Kyles

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House of Bread!
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• All of the places of worship that we experienced
  as a group made me think a little differently
  about the world around me. One of my favorite
  things about the whole Stepping Out immersion was
  that I was constantly doing things that I had
  never experienced or even thought of trying
  before. Things like flying, To-Shin Do, House of
  Bread, and the places of worship were experiences
  that were completely unique to my life.
• -Bob Dyer

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• The experience that really changed the way I
  look at the world was the House of Bread. This
  was my first time volunteering at a place serving
  the poor. The word poor in this experience
  really took on a new meaning. I used to think
  that the poor were all just people who made bad
  choices and didnt try to fix them, but through
  this experience I found that they all had their
  story to tell.
• -Cameron Porter

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• The experiences I have had during immersion,
  especially Hocking Hills, have altered the way
  that I think about myself. Mainly in that I seem
  to have found my niche in the MVS community where
  it is not required that I conform to anything,
  and because of that I feel that I act as if I
  truly am me, instead of putting up a façade in
  order to fit in.
• -Jon Nguyen

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• I found out that the world has such great things
  for me and I cant just sit there and think they
  are going to come to me I have to go out and
  tackle them and make the best out of my life. I
  feel very differently about my classmates. I
  didnt know most of them very well and to learn
  about their lives and what they can accomplish
  and do was just amazing to me.
• -Matt Howard

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• I became better friends with people in my cabin
  and I guess I dont really feel like the new kid
  as much anymore. Thats a good feeling.
• -Melani Rudolf

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• Before we went on the hikes, I was not exited at
  all. I did not like the outdoors, and I had no
  appreciation for natures beauty. However, when
  we were hiking, everything was so beautiful, and
  I took many amazing pictures. Hiking caused me
  to see the world around me in a different way (as
  beautiful). I was surprised that I could go from
  someone who hated hiking to someone who truly
  enjoys it.
• -Maya Kyles

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• I feel differently about my character. The
  reason I do is that I found traits within that I
  didnt know I had before this experience. I
  realized that there was a very calm side to me.
  Hocking Hills helped me feel very confident that
  I can deal with what life throws at me.
• -Sarah Workman

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Snow!

• We survived the Blizzard of 08!
• We did not care for the Stouffer Enchiladas, but
  we loved indoor soccer!

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• My favorite thing about immersion this year was
  the trip to the zoo. Ive never been to the zoo
  in my life. I had a blast. I felt like a four
  year old again looking at the animals It felt
  like being on the animal planet channel or
  something getting to pet snakes and stuff.
• -Korey Faulks

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• Also at Hocking Hills I realized how I can be
  when it came to cooking and people doing their
  dishes and putting their stuff away. Since Ive
  been home I am trying really hard to put my
  dishes in the dishwasher and not leave my stuff
  lying around because I get how irritating that
  is.
• -Anne Fyffe

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