I did it.
I'm done with Capstone. I can't believe I'm done. I am so relieved and happy that I don't have to worry about this class. I am proud of myself for how far I've come. I've grown so much over the past year. If the person from last year saw me now, she wouldn't recognize me. I've grown more confident and more responsible. I am able to manage my coursework in a healthy way and have gotten better at my time management. Capstone has not all been easy; there have been good moments and bad moments. There were moments I didn't sleep and was so exhausted, there were moments that I wanted to quit, I was fed up with this project. There were moments I felt so stressed and dejected, and I felt that there was no way this project would succeed. But for all of these low moments, there were moments where I was proud of what I accomplished, of my presentation, of my paper, and of myself. There were moments where I completed something and I felt like I could take on the world. These were moments that reassured me that in the end, I would be okay. I learned that I can accomplish what I set out to do and am capable of so much more than I give myself credit for. This semester, I think I did really well. I accomplished everything I needed to do in a timely manner and there was really no need for me to stress. My mental health improved. I accomplished everything I set out to do in the beginning of the semester. In the beginning of the semester, I wanted to stop procrastinating and I wanted to improve my mental health. I accomplished both of those things. This semester, I worked on my time management skills and my problem solving skills. I ran into some unexpected troubles with my experiment, and I needed to find a way to improvise, adapt, and overcome the issues. These skills will definitely help my mental health in the future, as I can manage my time so I don't have to do everything at the last minute and I can find a solution to my problems. If I had to give some advice to incoming capstone students, I would say to manage your time. Everything is msanageable if you do a little bit every day. The quality of your work will also improve this way. And that's it. I'm done. Thank you for reading this. I'm done. This is it, Bye guys! Thanks for everything. The End. Tags: Time Management, Reflection, Blogs, Communication, Problem Solving, Productivity
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I did it. I made it through Capstone Night in one piece. It's over. However, this week did not go off without a hitch. I have been sick for the past week with a terrible cough. It is terrible and nothing seems to help. I've taken cough drops and devoured them as if it were medicine. I've drank water and tea as if it were my religion. I have tried everything, and yet this cough keeps on persisting. I don't believe that it is connected to my ailment from before break (where I lost my voice). In the beginning of the week, I presented my Capstone project, with the only feedback being on my presentation style and removing one slide that discussed my rationale for my methods and replace it with an in-text citation for where I got the idea for the methods. I immediately implemented the changes about my presentation into my presentation. For my presentation style, most of it was due to the fact I wasn't feeling well. I needed to speak more loudly and be more natural with my body language. I believed that if I were feeling better on Capstone Night, these issues would resolve itself.
For the actual Capstone Night presentation, I presented at 6:05. I knew one of the judges, who was a former student here last year, so I wasn't worried about his grading. I was still coughing on this day so I was worried about how I would get through an entire presentation without my voice giving up on me. I did my presentation, but by the results section, I only had five minutes left to present. I got nervous, so I began speaking more quickly. I was still understandable though, so I don't think it was that big of an issue. For the questions, one of the judges felt I was speaking too fast and asked me to repeat my result and conclusion section. Since she wasn't a native speaker, I felt like that played a role in it too. Overall, I think I did really well. Tags: Reflection, Presentation, Projects This week was a very short week. We didn't have school on Tuesday, but we did have school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It is finally hitting me how close Capstone Night is. It is next week. I still had to do my poster and presentation, with very little time. This week I finished my presentation. I mainly used slides from my previous presentations, including from last semester, to make my final presentation. I used the literature review summary slides from my final Capstone 1 presentation. I used the same methods and materials that I have been using all semester. I used the same question, hypothesis, and variables slide as my final Capstone 1 presentation. I used the result slides from my results presentation. I used the discussion and conclusion from my results presentation. The only thing I made new this time was a diagram to explain how to set up the cells and treat them, as well as my citation slide. I added mostly the same photos I used for previous presentations, so that wasn't new either. I finished it and checked it over a few times this week, so I think I am set. For right now, I don't have to complete my poster, but that is nearly done anyway. I used the same introduction and methodology section that I did for my Capstone 1 presentation template, but I added some more relevant information on it. I added my results and discussion. I also finished my acknowledgement and references section. The only thing left is to do the conclusion, summary, and future works section and then I am finished. Next week I have to present once in class before Capstone Night. I am excited because I know my topic inside and out. This area is so specific in such a specific field, there are very few people who could challenge my knowledge come Capstone Night. This fact has given me the confidence I need. Tags: Presentation, Project, Planning, Reflection, Results, Productivity |
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