Wednesday, December 15, 2010

استخدام الوقت بحكمة

In Arabic, this title means to "use time wisely." We have been asked to make a timeline for the planning and developments of our project. If we have already done some work on the project, we are to include those important aspects in our timeline. I have not done much for the physical part of the project except to plan how to make various activities. I talked with Mrs. Myers about a random school in Spartanburg called St Ignatios, which is practically a basketball school for people who have finished High School and have no where else to go between High School and college. This has absolutely nothing to do with my senior project but we spent a good long 15 minutes discussing our plans for a soccer school and... now that I think about it.. we should start a table tennis league at our school! Well, that is for someone else to do for their senior project. Anyways, Mrs. Myers and I talked and she decided to follow whatever schedule I would like, which is really kind of her and it gives me some flexibility. I want to finish building my activities by January 9 at the latest. From the 1st of February until the 11th, I plan to work with the 3rd through 5th graders on the activities during their PE time. Exciting right! I will have a more detailed timeline soon...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

それはほぼ完成しています。私はリサーチペーパーを提出する準備ができています!

The title means "It is almost complete. I am ready to submit research paper!"  The research paper will be turned in this Friday. The comments made on my research paper have been very helpful. Thank you to everyone involved in helping correct my paper. I sent my paper to my brother in Germany, and he helped with some corrections as well. It seems surprising to me that someone who speaks very little English daily could be able to be so much help! Well, I am just happy to be turning it in, and I am excited to start the next portion of my project. I have been trying to help other people with their projects, because I know if I was in their position, I would want all the help I could get. I need to re-check prices of lumber and other materials in order to plan for a more accurate budget. I am also excited about Christmas because it means my brother Jess comes home and I will have some time to build some of the activities in preparation for February. Time-lines are due after Christmas, so I will also have to plan that out during the Holiday break. Merry Christmas, and remember what this entire season is really about.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

La Investigación, conlleva mucho Trabajo!

I got my research paper back from Mrs. Zion after doing the corrections and adding selective bits of information. Mrs. Price gave me some questions that I need to answer before next Friday. I will probably answer them this weekend. However, I am not thrilled about picking between the emphasis of either school or business. Preferably, I would like to write about both of them equally, but it seems that it would be better to focus on school because business seems to already require collaboration. I am not sure when I will start my building for the actual project but I am still excited about the prospect of beginning my project. I do not consider my research paper truly part of my project, so I feel like I have not really begun. I believe Christmas will be a good time to begin the building. Ciao.