Mychala

Mychala Samuel-Bradley
12-18-07


Expedition Reflective Essay


My experience completing BCS’s first expedition on cancer was very interesting. I learned so many things about cancer and people that have or experienced it. It ws a sad experience because listening to the stories from the people that had to deal with cancer and go through the trials and tribulations in order to deal with it.

Overall, I finally learned the difference between radiation and chemotherapy. I learned the names of cancers that I have never heard of. When we had the cancer expedition for our schedule that one day we learned about different types of cancer. The story that beth told us about ow exactly her cancer came about was one of the most touching stories I have ever heard in my life. It was so sad how she explained how her life was so normal before she found out and went to the hospital.


If I was to continue the expedition, the ideas that I would have and that I would like to pursue are for community service, I wood like to visit cancer hospitals and interview cancer patients, take down notes and try my hardest to help care for them. I would like to do a project on their lives and all of the things that had to go through with the pain and sufferings of cancer. It wouldn't be such a bad idea to do a fundraiser at the school and try to raise money to help the cancer patients, to make them feel loved by everyone and happy.


I liked the day of cancer classes we had a couple weeks ago, I got a lot of information and surprises that day. I also liked the class field trip to the library. What went well was how the partners/groups of kids collaborated together so well and collected all the information needed for the expedition project. What I found to be challenging , confusing and difficult was the way cancer is formed and the scientifically definitions and information of cancer. What I would improve about the experience for next year is the whole entire expedition only because I feel we could have done more to get more information. For example, the community service as a class idea I thought would have been a good idea.


I would describe the expedition as a valuable learning experience because it did teach me way more than i knew and all the things that I wanted to learn. The expedition was very helpful and valuable because I learned the things I probably wouldn’t even have took the time out to do myself.


As a grade and as a school I think that we could capture the experience for other grades to see by sharing our expedition with them and maybe teaching them everything that we’ve learned. We could create a legacy for our efforts by