Week 4 Student Reflections

Week 4 Reflection Prompt

This week, you were to finish your Project Proposal. Have you completed it? Have you finished your Documentary Review? Do you feel as though you are in a good place in your research process? Is there anything you're struggling with? What are you learning about yourself, if anything? What are you enjoying about this process? 

Student 1: Making Macaroons

Yes, this week I did finish my project proposal and I just need to finish the interview and the final project but I'm going to wait till I get direction, so I don't stress out since I'm ahead. I also finished the documentary review too. Yes, I think I'm in a good place it's just that the book review wasn't helping me since the book was more on the romantic side than macarons. Yes, the only thing I'm struggling with is the interview I do not know what I'm going to ask yet but I'm going to wait for clear directions. Well, I'm learning g that reading books that deal with romance makes me want to read more to know what's going to happen next, and it's so realistic. I'm enjoying the fact that I'm going to make macarons and this project gives me a reason to make them.

Student 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

(No response yet.)

Student 3: The Fermi Paradox

I have finished my Project Proposal already, as well as my Documentary Review. I am currently working on finding a good podcast for my Podcast Review, and trying to find someone to interview, but I've already chosen a book. I've also started planning out the specific parts of the topic I'll be reseraching about, and already started to fill in some information I'll be putting on my powerpoint from the documentaries, videos, and websites I've looked at. So, I feel as I am in a pretty good place in my research process. One thing that I'm struggling with is trying to find someone to interview, because there isn't really anyone that is directly related to the reserach of the Fermi Paradox, but overall there isn't anything terrible at this stage. I am learning that for large projects like this I do tend to plan out everything before I start working on a powerpoint, and like to have a certain section done in a certain amount of days. Many projects I do aren't large enough for me to actually plan anything out, so I can directly work on them immediately. I'm definitely enjoying the research and information I'm learning itself. The Fermi Paradox is connected to many topics, including that of biology, physics, astrophysics, astrology, cosmology, among few. There is so much information to filter through, but I've found extremely interesting views on the topic. A variety of minds from different backgrounds all contributing to this theory causes there to be a lot of interesting information.