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The title means "Let's build some stuff,"because I am behind on my schedule and I need to buy materials as soon as possible. I plan to buy the materials this Saturday and begin building immediately. This is the timeline that I turned in today which shows my plans for the upcoming events:

Senior Project Timeline

August 2010

•  Friday- Project Planning
•  Friday- Project Proposal

January 2011

• Saturday 8^th - Material Purchase
• Sunday 9^th - The Square Assembly
• Monday 10^th and Tuesday 11^th - Islands Assembly
• Thursday 13^th and Friday 14^th - Spider Web Assembly
•  Friday 15^th - Broken Board Assembly
• Thursday 27^th and Friday 28^th - Curriculum Planning
•  Monday 31^st - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 5^th 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50

February 2011

• Wednesday 2^nd - 3^rd grade 10:50-11:30
• Friday 4^th- 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 3^rd grade 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50, HS Girls Soccer Team Building Activities 3:15
• Monday 7^th - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 5^th 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50
• Wednesday 9^th - 3^rd grade 10:50-11:30
• Friday 11^th - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 3^rd grade 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50

Hopefully this schedule works out because I would like to have time at the end of the year to enjoy my time with my fellow classmates.

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...

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.

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.

Change is back!

Well I have changed my research paper back to the original topic and format. My plan is to make the second part of my paper fit with the first part of my paper. The paper is ultimately about collaboration and half of the paper is about the world changing. I must include these facts because my points cannot be proven without them. I have decided to not put quite as much emphasis on 21st Century skills. I will interview my father about his business so that I will have something to connect the first part of the paper with the last. Mr. Hinds gave me the idea and I am excited to get it done this weekend. I will not do it during Thanksgiving.

21st Century Skills is the New Topic... Scratch Collaboration

I have gotten my research paper back and have realized that my thesis is not proportionally equal in topics to the rest of my paper. It would be too drastic of a change for the paper to be rewritten; so instead, I will rewrite the thesis and organize the paragraphs accordingly. I spent this last friday helping Danny Seyffer with his senior project. I chose to help him for two reasons. The first reason is that I love doing the work and I would do it for any of my friends. The seconds is that one should never expect help on his own project until he has helped someone else. I am planning to finish the research paper this weekend so that I will have it finished before Thanksgiving. Along with two other papers and various other homework assignments, I must finish my work as soon as possible so that I can actually spend my Thanksgiving with my family (that is if I don't die trying to make it to Thanksgiving). I have decided to change my thesis to "21st Century Skills" instead of focusing strictly on Collaboration. I feel that I have already written in depth about each of the 21st Century skills, and I want to keep my focus on the idea that our world is changing. Until next time.

Searching for supplies...

I am actually looking to start the construction of the activities I plan to do in the Spring. I am excited to shop around and plan how I want to build the activities. Hopefully, I will not have too much trouble determining the exact calculations for the project. I plan to spend some time next weekend examining the different choices in materials for these structures. I need to probably start collecting my thoughts for the manual that I must prepare. It should probably be written already when I introduce the activities to the children. This seems like a good idea because it lets Mrs. Myers be on the same page as me when we begin to run the activities. I am excited to have turned in my paper and I actually appreciate the subject that I researched. I have been able to include my topic into many conversations, as well as in my thought processes for future work-related decisions. I have discovered that engineering is a highly competitive field and that I probably would do well not to enter that field of study. I am leaning toward the option of business because I am interested in Economics and the different aspects of how a company runs. It will be interesting to see what advice I receive when I get my paper back.