And our journey comes to a end.. :')

As we bring an end to the fourth quarter, we also bring an end to our Ho'oulu ia Kamehameha physics project. Although I'm happy that this project is done and I feel like we did well, it's a bittersweet feeling to be leaving my group. We've worked so well together throughout this entire quarter and I'm so fortunate to call them my group members.

From day one I had a feeling that our group would do well. I'm not trying to sound conceited or anything, but just by looking at my partners, I knew that they were people who wanted to do well too. The major thing that went well in this project was spreading out the work evenly. Our group kept on task and made sure to turn everything in on time; this allowed us to not stress one bit. We also used our time wisely both in and out of class, so we didn't have to commit too much time outside of the classroom towards this project. Well, of course, besides going to the office everyday after school :P

Out of everything we did and went through during the course of this project, I think the only thing that didn't go as planned was the communication. This was a factor beyond our control and was due to the fact that we were working with people who had way more power than us. This may have delayed our project just a tad bit, but in the end it didn't hurt us because we ended up getting on project done.

From this project I learned a lot about teamwork. Working in groups isn't always going to be as easy as the group I was put in this time. I also learned the value of patience...especially when you're relying on other people. Since we wouldn't be able to execute this project in its entirety alone, we had to make sure that we had support from the people who would allow us to make it happen. These people (like Mrs. Martin and Mr. Cardenas) already have busy schedules and other duties they're committed too, so we have to understand that our project is not the first thing on their "to-do" list. Patience is a good trait to have even later on in life......especially when we all start to have kids.

I don't feel there's really anything that needs to be changed about this project to make it a better activity because there's not really any rules that you need to follow. I mean, the only rule is to relate it to physic's somehow. Besides that, you have all the freedom in the world to solve whatever problem you see fit.

I can honestly say, I didn't think we were doing science at any time during this project. Okay, well besides the fact that we walked into a science classroom every time we had class, we weren't literally learning about just science. I think the only time I felt we were doing science was when we were writing how our project connects to physics in our report.

All in all, this was a fun project and very enjoyable :)