12/9/13-12/13/13

    This week, we finished with oral presentations. I went on Tuesday. Overall, I thought I did a good job. I should have slowed down and spent more time on my product because I started talking about it at the seven-and-a-half minute mark when the cutoff was eight minutes. I also think that I got too excited and passionate for the audience.

     I also did a peer review for one of my fellow students. It was overall a decent paper. I learned that I don't want to be an English teacher for a living though.

     I also sent my second rough draft to my mentor. He had mostly technical comments and he helped me solidify my conclusion. I have yet to look at the peer edit and that will help my paper more.

     I have yet to begin on my product. I'm not sure why I keep putting it off. I have to call the JSC and ask about companies they contact.

12/2/13-12/6/13

     This week, I have been listening to peer presentations during class. They help me in that I know where I should be with my project compared to other students. Many of them have been very interesting and all of the students that have presented thus far are very knowledgable on their respective topics. I have not yet presented and I hope to do as well as my fellow students because they are all presenting very well. 

     I have been working on my rough draft, getting it ready to submit on the 6th. I am very confident in my paper as both my mentor and mother didn't have very many revisions to make. For the final draft, all I have to get done is add a Works Cited and get feedback on the new conclusion I put in over the Thanksgiving break. 

     I still need to contact the Office of Public Affairs at the Johnson Space Center for my product which hasn't yet been approved by Ms. Bullis. But, the comments she made were mostly logistical comments and I sorted them all out in my revised product proposal.