Red Flag

The past week of my project has been more productive but definitely has not been as good as I would like it to be. I mentioned in my last journal that I went to work on my project and my uncle was home sick and one of my main goals has been to catch up on my blog posts. I met with Mr. Johnson yesterday and we had a very brief meeting because of my lack of work. We discussed working on my blog and trying to get more hours in the shop by working about three times a week.

As a mentioned before, my hands on work has been slacking big time but I will be working in the shop tomorrow. The only research I have done is finding out the price of gold and silver. Gold is $1564.95 per ounce and silver is about $27.50 per ounce.

My mentor, Mr. Johnson, and I met on Wednesday this week and like I said before it was very brief. We talked about how to improve my project and my blogs. I have definitely stepped up my journal game this week adding about six entries this week about the obstacles I have faced.

This week in class was very laid back. Ms. Lord passed out lollipops to the class and we discussed our journals amongst our groups. I have quickly realized that my work has been very poor and I need to step up my game because I haven't actually worked on my project in about three weeks.

Bad timing

Over the past few weeks there has been a bug going around in my family and it has gotten pretty much all of us. Yesterday I was excited to finally be able to go work on my project so I left school after fifth period. I got to my uncles shop only to find out that the bug had gotten him and that he left work early to see the doctor. I sat in the shop for about an hour only to find out that he was taking the rest of the day of to rest. Talk about bad timing!

Mentor meeting 4

Mr. Johnson and I had our weekly mentor meeting today and it was once again brief because of my lack of improvement. We discussed my goals for the next week and it was decided that I will work on my project today as well as Monday of next week and possibly Tuesday before we see each other next on Wednesday. I also told him how I am falling behind on my blog so we set a goal to have ten more blogs by the time we meet next but I think I am going to try and catch up with a few more than that.

After my meeting with Mr. Johnson, I ran into Coach Bernstein who has always been an excellent motivator. He has been following my blog so he asked how it has been going. I explained to him that it is not going nearly as well as I hoped due to my laziness and lack of dedication. It is nice to know that someone is following my blog because it gives me more of an incentive to work on my project to show the people around me what I am doing.

The struggle

Unfortunately, I could not work on my project today because I had a track meet in Susquehanna Valley. With track, it is difficult to find time to work because practice doesn't end until 6 and my Uncle Fareed's shop closes at 5:30 so I need to find a way to make all of this work either by taking advantage of my free periods better or by leaving practice early.

I also have a mentor meeting tomorrow and I can't see Mr. Johnson being too thrilled that I am in the same position that I was in three weeks ago. I think the meeting will be longer and more interesting than usual because we will most likely try to find a schedule for when I can work on my project and how often I should be blogging.

Red Flag

Well class, it looks like I'm red flagged. Today I received an email from Ms. Lord letting me know that I will be attending class on Thursdays. I think this will help me a lot considering I am about three week behind in my blogs and being in class more often will help me get back on my feet and make WISE more of a priority.

Task Force Reflection

My blog was viewed by Mrs. Amy Cronin who I have known for a few years now. As I read through her reflection, I realized that the things she pointed out are definitely true. I do not have anything near the amount of entries I should have and Mrs. Cronin pointed out that I should set a schedule for blogging. I will make it my goal to blog on Monday's, Tuesday's, and Friday's. I also do not elaborate on the changes I am making such as changing the type of metal used so I will try to be more specific and have details and the changes and why I am making them. She also pointed out that I for some reason expect people to know the jewelry terms I am using, even though I just learned them, and not explaining what they mean.

Overall, I need to set a better schedule for when I will work on my project and when I will be blogging as well as a clear explanation for each one of the steps taken in my project.

Oh boy...

Well it looks like I have successfully blown off my project for three weeks like a moron. I was not in town the week before break because I had hockey tryouts in Massachusetts so working in the shop wasn't possible. As for spring break... I took advantage of being a lazy high school student and practically forgot I even go to school. Unfortunately, the tryouts and my laziness have put me far behind schedule and I need to work much harder if I want to get this done by June. I plan to get back on my feet this week and try and get in the shop at least three times so I can fix this big problem.