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May 24 2022

  Written: 11:00 Today I completed my capstone and had the final meeting covering the completion of my capstone project! It is crazy to think that I am finished with the concentration that took me over a year. I also worked in the library today. In the library I re-shelved the Native American section books. The other thing I did was I read books in the environmental science section for content, if the content seemed out of date I would flag the book. Total hours today: 3 h Total hours:  75h 20 mins

May 23 2022

  Written 4:49 pm Today I completed educational testing. I was therefore unable to work on my capstone today. Instead I sat in a room for eight hours taking tests. I ten had to clean my dorm as part of dorm chores when I got back. Total hours today: 0 h Total hours:  72h 20 mins

May 22 2022

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  written: 11:11pm Today I woke up early and worked on an outline for my narrative reflection. Then I took a break to relax and be with friends, then I headed back to work. I worked from 6:00 to ___ and finished my narrative reflection just in time for the end of the day when the reflection was due for me. The reflection was due at the end of the day today because that it 24 hours before I have my exit interview on tuesday! Total hours today: 5 h Total hours:  72h 20 mins

Weekly reflection #2

  Cara Jones Senior Project  May 15, 2022 Overview of the second week This past week working on my academic concentration I have accomplished many things. I was able to complete my concentration paper, the annotated bibliography, and complete my narrative reflection. Over the two weeks I learned some valuable tasks for my future in college, such as writing many papers in a short time and communicating with others. The following is a recap of how my week went. I have learned so much about communicating with people, and grown academically completing this project. Academically I have learned how volatile some chemicals in plastics are. These volatile chemicals are often used and they are significant to endocrine disruption because it suggests change in organisms body function because of chemicals that mimic hormones. The understanding of endocrine disruption has become crucial to my knowledge because there continue to be more chemicals found to be endocrine disruptors. The other ...

May 20 2022

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  written: 10:24 Today I did my capstone presentation, presenting the project I have worked on for the last 12+ months! I presented at assembly and it seemed to go over well, aside from minor tech complications. Then since I presented I started my narrative reflection! The narrative reflection is a reflection on every part of the project. From the idea to the followthrough of the concept, how the project evolved, and lastly how I finished the project. Total hours today: 5h 10 min Total hours:  67h 20 mins

May 19 2022

written: May 20 1:58pm Today I woke up late and edited my paper. Then I went and took a nice long walk to enjoy nature, then I went back and edited my paper more. I had a relaxing day and my paper is finished! Total hours today: 4h Total hours:  62h 10 mins

May 18 2022

  May 18 2022 written: 8:35 Today at 10:30 I started and I completed all of my annotated bibliography and at 2:30 I stopped. Then at 4:00 I worked on my video until 7:30. The video was completed and ready to show at assembly tomorrow. Then I got back to my room, edited and put the bibliographies into noodle tools until 8:30. Total hours today: 8 h 30 min Total hours:  58h 10 mins