CAP Post-Course Survey, 3rd Quarter 2007

As the quarter comes to a close, I want to get some open and honest
feedback from the 3rd Quarter 2007 CAP class to improve the CAP for
future students. This information will not affect your grade, but
please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by the school, the
Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help us secure funding to make this class accessible to other
high school students. Please Click Here To Take The Survey.

Quote for Tuesday, March 20, 2007

"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out.  Be as I am–a reluctant enthusiast…a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic.  Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.  It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.  While you can.  While it is still there.  So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains.  Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for awhile and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space.  Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators.  I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards."

-Edward Abbey

CAP Reflections, by Brittany Salley-Rains

The Community Adventure Program has changed my life. Not only has it awakened in me a passion I never knew existed; it has increased my awareness about environmental issues in my community and shown me that I can make a difference.  After taking the CAP class for the first time I realized that I loved being outdoors and that I was very interested in outdoor survival techniques. Since that first class I have taken two others and am currently serving as a student mentor in CAP classes and participating in a CE with the Cottonwood Institute. I also started the CAP club at my school with a few friends and have decided to design my culminating project around outdoor survival skills. None of this would be happening if I had not taken CAP.

After participating in three CAP classes and their action projects I came to realize that I can make a difference in my community. CAP gave me the opportunity to brainstorm environmental issues in Boulder as well as design and implement 3 projects with my classmates. Not only was I helping others but developing personal skills such as leadership and public speaking.

Community Adventure Program has empowered me to explore new ideas and volunteer in my community. It has enriched my life in so many different ways and I wouldn’t be the same without it.

Quote for Monday, March 19, 2007

"I feel that the greatest award for doing is the opportunity to do more."

-Jonas Salk

Quote for Tuesday, March 13, 2007

"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children."

-Audubon

Quote for Monday, March 12, 2007

"Nature has made neither sun nor air nor waves private property; they are public gifts."

-Ovid

CAP Reflection, by Brittany Salley-Rains

The Community Adventure Program has changed my life. Not only has it
awakened in me a passion I never knew existed; it has increased my
awareness about environmental issues in my community and shown me that
I can make a difference.  After taking the CAP class for the first time
I realized that I loved being outdoors and that I was very interested
in outdoor survival techniques. Since that first class I have taken two
others and am currently serving as a student mentor in CAP classes and
participating in a CE with the Cottonwood Institute. I also started the
CAP club at my school with a few friends and have decided to design my
culminating project around outdoor survival skills. None of this would
be happening if I had not taken CAP.

After participating in three CAP classes and their action projects I
came to realize that I can make a difference in my community. CAP gave
me the opportunity to brainstorm environmental issues in Boulder as
well as design and implement 3 projects with my classmates. Not only
was I helping others but developing personal skills such as leadership
and public speaking.

Community Adventure Program has empowered me to explore new ideas
and volunteer in my community. It has enriched my life in so many
different ways and I wouldn’t be the same without it.

Journal Discussion for Friday, March 9, 2007

For this journal entry I’d like you to think about the things Bill Hayes discussed with us.  Please spend a couple of paragraphs talking about what was most interesting to you and why.   Also, I’d like you to consider our action project and its importance in our community.  What are we achieving by our collaboration with local businesses and is it worth it?  As always, your comments should be lengthy and edited for errors.

Thanks.

Quote for Friday, March 9, 2007

"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks."

-Gregory Bateson

Quote for Thursday, March 8, 2007

"Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things.  Awaken people’s curiosity.  It is enough to open minds; do not overload them.  Put there just a spark.  If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire."

-Anatole France

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