1. Under the Northern Lights
EMILY SHORT

2. Overview
B E F O R E , D U R I N G , A F T E R S H I F T
C O M M U N I C A T I N G S H I F T T O O T H E R S
M Y R E A C T I O N T O T H E S H I F T
I M P A C T O F S H I F T O N M Y L I F E

3. "The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing,
we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold
and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as
we can."
-Robert Cushing

4. Before the
Shift
•New Albany,
Ohio
•White fences
•Country Club

5. Before the
Shift
•Trapped within
“the bubble”
•Ignorance

6. During and After the Shift
•Senior Seminar •New teaching goals
•Northern Lights branch •Popped “the bubble”
•Outside of “the bubble” •Still connected to both
sides of the fences

7. Communicating the Shift
•Daily journal
•Project Management

8. Communicating the Shift
•Casual conversation (peers, family,
instructors)
•Meetings with Advisor

9. Communicating the Shift
•All completed components
•Formal presentation

10. Response to my Shift
Friends and Family
Their Response: My Response:
•Genuinely interested •Explain enthusiastically
•Unfamiliar •Influence

11. Response to my Shift
Advisor
Her Response: My Response:
•Impressed •Taking her advice
•Wanting to know more •Thoughts about doing
•Pushing for more things differently
involvement

12. Response to my Shift
Senior Seminar Judges
Their Response: My Response:
•Intrigued •Confidence
•Impressed •Appreciation
•“You will make a great •Satisfaction
teacher”

13. "A mind that is stretched by a new experience
can never go back to its old dimensions.”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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