Low Blow

Wow you guys, I feel so awful about the "C" we got for the visual. I feel like it is all my fault because I took on the responsibility of completing. When I saw the grade it was a complete low blow. I really did think we were going to get an "A" on it. I'm sorry that I didn't meet the expectations. Although I was reminded that we came up with the idea as a group and all agreed on the information that was going to be put on the board. I feel like we misinterpreted the assignment. Personally I felt like our visual was suppose to be an aid for the judges recall back too. I am just so upset because I was really excited about the board and I work really really hard on it. I think we felt that the message we were trying to convey to audiences was obvious to us because we had it in our heads. Hopefully we all kill it on the research paper though. I just feel so discouraged after receiving such a low grade on something we worked so hard on. We were all confident that we were going to ace the project. I am sorry if anyone has any hasty feeling towards me. :(

I Hate Research Papers !!

So, I know that we are starting our research papers tommrow and may I say, I am NOT excited. If anyone knows me, then they know that I hate rearch papers unless it is about something that I am truly interested in. I find it easy to research about something that I am passionate about, but if it is just an assigned topic, I find it tortuous. Hopefully that is not the case with this research paper. Whether I like my topic or not though, I plan on doing my very best because I really want an "A". My first paper was a "B" and my last two have been "A-'s" so I would really hate to go back to a "B" or less. I pretty much plan on living in the Writing Center until this paper is due. :(

Forever & Always :)

So I just saw on the schedule that we are starting on the research paper tomorrow! In a way, I am super excited about this. Statistics and factual proof are more my style. I like writing about events that are nonfiction and proof that is hard to argue with. I am confident in our presentation! I think we did a great job! All of us looked so nice and had everything we needed! We are just awesome. Period. The only thing I don't feel comfortbale with is the bibliography, sometimes I forget how to cite certain things... I hope she gives examples! There is a website I use, I forgot what it was called though. It's like citation machine or something like that. All you have to do is enter the information and it puts it all in order for you. Very conveinant! I don't know what else to type about, so I am just going to write a quick poem for your pleasure. :) We're the best group, it is a matter of fact. Whatever project that is thrown us, with confidence we say "we can do that!" Whenever there is a problem, we always talk it out- because that is what teamwork is all about. We talk about everything from parties, projects and boys. It's easy to say we'll be ANANA forever & always. :)

*ALMOST DONE*

So I just want to say….I GOT AN A! MY FIRST A! …that’s all!! ( teary eyes..again ). So anyways, I’m happy with the progress we are starting to make with our project! Dividing the project was a great idea! Yall will love the pictures that I printed for the poster board! :] Really bad news tho, I have my regents test on the day of presentation! I have been trying for past 2 weeks to get it rescheduled! But it nothing is changed yet! So I may not be able to do the presentation with yall :[ im sorry! Besides, you guys will do great on the presentation!

10 Miles Ahead, and Success should be on your right :)

I think we are finally getting somewhere!! It's so funny because at the beginning of this project we were so confident that we had the same goal within reach and Yes, we had the same goal but we definitely had different routes in mind to get there. We all have strong personalities and we exceed expectations individually, but it's so hard to collaborate all of our styles and mix them into one. Like I said before, too much estrogen in one group! But today I think was a turning point. We had structure, assigning, and some kind of direction, which was exactly what I think we needed. If we just all put a piece of ourselves into the project we will all be happy :) I just want everyone to be proud of the final product! When do you think we'll be getting our papers back? I asked my dad about the floor plan and he said all you need is some graph paper and a ruler. You can make up everything else. We can draw everything to an exact scale. For every square can equal a square foot, or ten square feet. I like exact measurements, I think it gives us more credibility. ANYWAY, I am STILL confident that success is in our near future. Love you guys! :)

A.N.A.N.A COMING ALONG!

Sooo, as of yesterday I was VERY nervous that we would not be able to have our visual done in time. As of right now, I am VERY confident that we will get this done and it will look great. Our biggest problem has been finding a time and day where all 5 of us could meet up. I'm glad we at least found one day, but wish we could of found more. Although I am glad that we decided to break the project up and then bring it all together. I am nervous about doing the Tri-Fold because I know how strongly opinionated we all our and all have different taste. I just hope that I can put together something that everyone likes! I am also nervous about the presentation part because I do not do well with public speaking, I get nervous and studder. Also Ive noticed that my chest gets really red which can be embarrassing so Ill make sure I do not have a low cut shirt haha. I am anxious for our written argument grades tomorrow. I worked so hard on this paper and changed it multiple times, deleting and added paragraphs. Sorry Mrs. Marshall for the 5 pages..opps. In the process of going from a rough draft to the final draft, I normally do not change much. This time I feel like a dramatically changed it every time I worked on it, which was a lot! I do not want to sound superstitious but I'm nervous that this change in work habit will effect my streak of "A's." Wow that sounds lame but whatever! I really hope our project turns out the way we planned.

Compromising

The title of this post is called compromising because, I feel that we have all had to do that in this past class session. I realize that we are a group of five very opinionated girls. We're all used to being the leader and organizer when it comes to working with groups of people. Therefore, that made it a little more challenging to complete the visual part of our presentation. I'm not very worried about the outcome of our project. I am very confident that we will all pull our weight and make this an "A" worthy project. I believe that since we had our little rough patch, only good things can come from here. I'm not happy that we wasted almost an entire class period to get it together, but sometimes that's what it takes. I'm also glad that we are all friends on facebook since that seems to be our main source of communication. Although, I always tend to catch the end of you all's LONG conversations ! (: