{"id":96,"date":"2021-01-27T23:03:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/?p=96"},"modified":"2021-01-27T23:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:10:04","slug":"leslie-graver-trevathan-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/2021\/01\/27\/leslie-graver-trevathan-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Graver Trevathan &#8217;77"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/files\/2021\/01\/Leslie-Trevathan-Ritch-Head-Shot-for-Strickland-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/files\/2021\/01\/Leslie-Trevathan-Ritch-Head-Shot-for-Strickland-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/files\/2021\/01\/Leslie-Trevathan-Ritch-Head-Shot-for-Strickland-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/files\/2021\/01\/Leslie-Trevathan-Ritch-Head-Shot-for-Strickland-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/files\/2021\/01\/Leslie-Trevathan-Ritch-Head-Shot-for-Strickland-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved the&nbsp;Block&nbsp;Plan. It really gave me the freedom to explore different opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was a humanities major with an elementary education emphasis when I did an independent study of a free school in Hawaii. My father was a pilot for TWA and my brother was going to school out there so it was easy for me to make it happen. As it was, the school was a disaster, nothing like the famous free school, Summerhill, in the UK. It really made quite the impression on me as a teacher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another adventure that could only have occurred due to being on the&nbsp;block&nbsp;plan&nbsp;was a trip we took with an Art History&nbsp;class down to Santa Fe, NM. We camped out, checked out art studios, and learned a bit about the history&nbsp;of Santa Fe. It was a fantastic way to learn and be fully immersed in the experience. I have no regrets having been at a school with a non-traditional academic program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved the&nbsp;Block&nbsp;Plan. It really gave me the freedom to explore different opportunities. I was a humanities major with an elementary education emphasis when I did an independent study of a free school in Hawaii. My father was a pilot for TWA and my brother was going to school out there so it was easy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/2021\/01\/27\/leslie-graver-trevathan-77\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leslie Graver Trevathan &#8217;77&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-stories","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockplanstories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}