FUTURA
2012
• Students were given the three questions below to
respond to about their FUTURA experience.
• 1 - What is one thing you learned from your
FUTURA experience that you believe will help
you later in life?
2 - If you were to describe FUTURA to an alien,
what would you say?
3 - "I know what FUTURA technically stands for,
but to me it really stands for..."
• “Definitely pursuing
challenges. That will
stick with me forever.
FUTURA isn't exactly
your average gifted
and talented
program. It's
practically built on
the idea of pursuing
challenges.”
• “I learned how to
connect to the realworld. I would say it's
a creative place for
people who think out
of the box or who
think differently. Fun,
Unbelievable,
Thinking, Universe,
Real-life, Adventure.”
• “(Aliens? Really? What are the chances that they
even speak English...) I would say it is
completely different. Take everything about
regular school and flush it out of your system. It
is a creative and fun way of making kids realize
their own values and others. It focuses on
anything ranging from the government to the
human body. From bridges to underwater
explorers. FUTURA is RANDOM. That's my
favorite part.”
-FUTURA is challenging
-FUTURA is interesting
-you can learn new things
in FUTURA
-we do fun projects in
FUTURA
-FUTURA makes us think
about things in a different
way
-FUTURA helps us solve
complicated problems,
like brain teasers, by
using logic
-FUTURA is a great
program
• Fun
Unlimited
Teaching
Utilized
Resourceful
Awesome :-)
• “One thing I learned from FUTURA that I think I
will carry with me through my life is that you
shouldn't wait for someone to tell you be creative
or to go to "Infinity and Beyond". It is good and
sometimes more fun to do more than the
minimum. It's kind of like if you needed to score
one goal to win a game, but instead you scored
three. It's much better and WAY more fun.”
• Honestly, FUTURA
changes your point of
view. It makes you think
things logically. But not
just logically, but
creatively. The
"Revolution" is life.
FUTURA prepares you
for life. I kind of don't
want to leave FUTURA.”
• “I found the
creative, hungryfor- info, "leader
of the pack", and
the what's the
rest of the story
sides of me in
FUTURA.”
• “I would say to this alien about FUTURA
that it is a fun class to stimulate your mind
for many years to come. Maybe even your
whole life. I would say that it can help you
express the creative side to you that no
one has ever seen before. It prepares you
for the challenges in life and gives you
several different ways to conquer them.”
• Fantastic
• “It is very
Unbelievable
different from a
Terrific
normal
Unique
classroom."
Research included
Awesome
• “To me it really stands
for Further
Understanding The
Use of Real-life
Applications. For
example, this is
creative and open, like
almost everything else
in the future life for
children. You're not
always going to have
someone to guide you.”
“Several things I
learned from my
FUTURA experience is
producing quality
work, managing time,
collaborating with
group mates, and
reflecting. We need
all of those later in
our lives to get good
grades on projects
and get better at the
skills.”
Factually
Understanding
The
Ultimate
To me FUTURA stands for:
Revolution
Fantastic Problem Solving Challenges
Adventure
Understanding Systems and Structures
Terrific Projects about the system you
are studying
Unbelievably Cool Activities to do
Really Fun, Challenging, Centers
Accomplish activities that make you
feel incredible.
• “I learned something that I will never forget. I
learned to face challenges head on, and that I
should not be afraid to express myself as an
individual. If I were to describe FUTURA to an
alien, I would tell him that it is a place where
children go to learn how to solve problems as a
group or by yourself, to find new ways to learn
and explore, a place to be free. I know what
FUTURA technically stands for but to me it
stands for something special. It stands for a
place of bright minds, hard work, and curiosity.”
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• “If I was describing
FUTURA to an alien I
would say that it's an
incredible class where
you get to learn about
different systems or
structures.”
• “One thing that I learned from my FUTURA
experience that will help me later in life is that
when you go through hard challenges or
problems and succeed, you feel really good about
your accomplishment. “
“FUTURA is
an awesome
place to be!!”
• “I would describe F.U.T.U.R.A. to an alien by
telling them that it's an educational, friendly,
and extra learning experience that is so cool!
You can make new friends from other schools
and it gets you out of your home school for
almost a day. There are activities (C.P.S., I.D.C.,
and C.S.I.) there, too! Project are more fun than
regular school projects. You also get the best
teachers you've ever had during this experience.“