Homeless, Helpless and Hopeful

Episode 1 – Initial Thoughts

Before we get into interviewing people out in the world, listen to our concerns and feelings going into the project.

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Open Sea Morning by Puddle of Infinity
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Episode 2 – Amber’s Grandpa

Gaining an insight into a pensioner’s life, and picking up some wisdom along the way.

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In Albany New York by The 126ers Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 In Alb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109

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Episode 3 – Street Performers and Broken Necks

Bita, Arjun and Brendon take a trip to the Downtown East Side, where they meet a couple of colorful fellows and learn something new about regret.

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Running Waters by Audionautix
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Secret Conversations by The 126ers
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Terminal D by Silent Partner
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Episode 4 – Teenagers Talk

As our podcast draws to a close, we reevaluate what regret means to us and what we learned from this experience.

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Who Are the Paper People?

Episode One: “Not Just A Counselor”

In this episode of Paper People, Jennifer interviews Mr. Mark Johnston, Churchill’s current Grade 12 counselor. He’s the man that we all go to in order to plan classes or talk about academics, or sometimes as the man that listens and understands when we have a problem we need to work through. It’s easy to forget that Mr. Johnston is his own person with his own feelings, and it’s easy to take advantage of his kindness – especially when it comes to borrowing his stuff, or asking for favours. Jennifer speaks to Mr. Johnston in the hopes of learning more about him, and to get to know a side of him that she’s only heard of from other people.

Episode Two – “Not Just A Teacher“

In this episode of Paper People, Aamir interviews Mr. Nathan Moes, who used to be the substitute teacher for Ms. Rosengren and is now the substitute for Ms. Moore. In place of Ms. Moore, he currently teaches Social Studies and Social Justice, and is known among students who have been in his classes as one of the coolest and nicest teachers in the school. Aamir aims to show that he’s not just a “teacher”, but a person like all of us. He goes through struggles like everyone does, and has regrets like everyone does. Additionally, he touches upon the idea that we all have a similar way of dealing with those regrets .

Special thanks to Mr. Moes for allowing us to use some music by his band, The Magician and the Gates of Love for Episode Two. Other music used in our podcast comes from freesound.org.

Five Years Full of Regret

They say high school is supposed to be some of the best years of your life. It’s the time for taking on new challenges, exploring different things, and making new friends. During the five years, students go through a rollar coaster of emotions from crazy to stressful to fantastic. Through these challenges, they make many mistakes which leads them to regretting many of their choices. From academics to friendships, this three part podcast will feature different grade 12 students talking about their regrets and how they learned from it.

Episode 1 – A Five Year Journey of Failures

High school is a time to try new things, however, with new challenges comes failures. Farbod Nematifar, grade 12 student from Sir Winston Churchill, is no stranger when it comes to challenging himself no matter the outcomes. This ambitious student shares his failures and regrets during his five years of high school. Along with that, Farbod also shares his next big project and how his past regrets shaped the way he is now.

Episode 2 – Get Involved

They say the only regrets we should have are the ones we don’t take. For David Qi the only regret during his high school experience is the one thing he didn’t do during the first two years of high school. Listen to the second episode and learn how David quickly learned and fixed his regret.

Episode 3 – Onto the Next

In the final episode of Five Years of Regret, we interview two best friends as they reflect on the past five years of high school. Centering around the topic of regret, they discuss topics such as sports, social life, and school. Along with discussing the past few years, the two best friends also talk about the next phase of their lives.

Credits

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Regrets from different POV

We are grade 12 students from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC. our episodes focused on how different social classes may have diverse opinions on regret.

“Red Dahlia Flower”

In this episode, we went to downtown Vancouver and found Dave, our interviewee, on Seymour St. near Vancouver City Centre Station. He shared his life stories with us, regarding his regrets, earlier lives, family, friends, and how he ended up on the streets. Most importantly, he shared his views on what success means to him. The interview raises our awareness of homeless people in Metro Vancouver and allows us to think deeply about the reason behind regrets. It was a very meaningful interview and it was definitely a new challenge for us to go out there and talk to strangers. We hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

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flowermeanings.org
en.wikipedia.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia#”Stars_of_the_Devil”

“Orange Rose”

In everyday life, we always see a lot of people. However, we only see them as a person just walking by, without really knowing who they are and how they are doing. In this episode, we are interviewing Jeanie, a music teacher who is teaching students music. An ‘ordinary’ person who we might see during a day, just walking by. However, she is indeed a successful person who achieved her goal, and a person who is always on her path to her dream. Through this interview, we can take an insight of her energetic, positive life and her regrets, which allowed her to be the better version of herself.

Sources:

https://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/flowermeanings/rose-flower-meanings

An Introduction

Regret is feeling of sadness or disappointment over something that has happened, or had been done. It’s the feeling when you say something you shouldn’t have said or hadn’t said something when you should have, or that feeling when you think of all the things you’ve taken for granted and wished you hadn’t. We all have regrets. Some small ones, some big ones. Some that we’ve accepted and forgotten, and some that still continue to haunt the inner recesses of our mind. No matter who you are or what your background is, regrets are hard to avoid.

Our podcast is not just an autobiographical archive of other people’s regrets in life, nor is it just a run-of-the-mill interview segment. We’ve taken the basic idea of “Regret” and decided to document our own thought processes – and regrets – in addition to our guests’ thoughts and answers to our questions, as a way to show different perspectives and stories related to such a broad topic. It’s not enough to simply ask about the experiences of others, but it’s also important to look within ourselves and work through any regrets one has.

Our aim is to be able to show the growth from a simple, surface level understanding of a person to truly knowing who someone is and what they’ve gone through to get where they are now, and to encourage others to become more mindful of everyone around them. That way, we can avoid regretting things like saying the wrong thing to someone or passing judgement on someone before realizing the truth.

All in all, we want to encourage others to look beyond labels, look within themselves, assess one’s regrets, and become an overall better person.