It’s been a couple of weeks into this project, and so far I’ve liked it a lot. From the very start, this project felt different from all the other assignments I’ve done in high school. I love how this project involves an actual experiment with fellow Mackenzie students. I think this is far more exciting than writing research essays, or solving systems of equations. I also love how organized this project is when we planned it. I was really surprised by how much detail can be put into a project plan. Using terms like “deliverable” and “milestone” made me feel very professional. On the other hand, the one thing that I don’t enjoy as much in this project is also related to planning. I’m actually not a fan of planning specific activities too far ahead, because I feel that it’s very difficult to keep everything progressing exactly as planned, and in the end it’s very likely to have some changes in schedule. I do think it is necessary to plot out every step though, but assigning exact timeslots to activities happening a few months later is when I start to have my doubts.
Within my group I view myself more as a leader than a follower. Even though the planning part involved my entire group’s collaboration, I felt that I was usually the one to come up with ideas and told others what to do. In the beginning I was assigned to finish the survey for teachers. I got that done before the planed deadline, so for now I can say that I‘m on track. My only real concern is that we might not reach our goal. For now I have a solid team and together we can carry the project out very smoothly. However the only thing that we cannot control is the outcome of the experiment. I honestly hope that we can end up significant results, because then I'd feel accomplished and the effort our team put in would be worth. But considering how co-operative and productive my team is, I definitely have faith in seeing a successful outcome with this project. We’ll try our best to reach our goal - at least I will, and I’ll make sure my group members do too. With this kind of passion in mind, I really do believe.
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