Genius Hour #1 Reflection

The topic that I chose to research during genius hour was boxing. I chose this topic mainly, because it’s a sport that I hope to start up sometime this year. I really wanted to learn more about it before I went to try it out. I found the history sort of interesting, since it was about how boxing evolved from what is was and how it is today. I learned a lot about how it’s played the moves that fighters use when they play, and even about two of the greatest boxers. Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson. I would give myself an A- since I think I had a fair amount of information, and I knew my facts for the presentation. My slides were simple and elegant yet I think they could’ve had a bit more information. Overall they contained mainly images, but they could’ve had more words I think. My presentation fed my peers information on a new topic. Everyone knows what boxing is, but they only knew a few boxers or the general idea of the game. My presentation gave them a better view and perspective of boxing, so they could better understand it. I want to  also add a video and maybe even a few more slides explaining really what the sport is. For my next GH I either want to continue boxing, or do a project on my flute. If not then maybe I’ll do a project on fashion. Right now I’m not that sure but we’ll see.

boxing glove

PICTURE URL:http://www.blitzsport.com/Disciplines/Kick-Boxing-Gloves

PRESENTATION URL:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LEEeedY_Nxy19qPeqHhP1REV-OWSeVEIvYgX8INsHhQ/edit?safe=active

Which one’s my first???

ምይ ሞትሀር ኢስ ዐትሂኦፒኣን፣ ኣንድ ምይ ፋትሀር ኢስ ዓመሪቻን። Wሀን ዒ ዋስ ቦርን ትሀ ፊርስት ዎርድስ ዒ ሀኣር ወረ ዓምሃሪች፣ ቡት ዒ ግረው ኡፕ ዊጥ ቦጥ ዐንግሊሽ ኣንድ ዓምሃሪች፣ ሶ ውሀን ዒ ዋስ ኣስከድ ውሃት ምይ ፊርስት ላንጉኣገ ኢስ ዒ ዎኡልድ ኣልዋይስ ረስፖንድ ዊጥ ዐንግሊሽ።ዒትእስ ኦንልይ ቤን ትሀ ፓስት ትዎ የኣርስ ትሃት ዒእቨ ቤን ቁአስቲኦኒንግ ውሀትሀር ዒ ዋስ ውሮንግ ኦር ሪግህት። ጥሀይ ኣረ ቦጥ አቁኣልልይ ኣ ቢግ ፓርት ኦፍ ምይ ሊፈ ኣንድ ቾንቨርሲንግ ኢን ትሀም ኢስ ኣስ አኣስይ ኣስ ብረኣትሂንግ ኣኢር። ዒን ስችሆኦል ኣንድ ኢን ፑብሊች ዒ ስፐኣክ ኢን ዐንግሊሽ፣ ቡት ኦንቸ ዒእም ሆመ ዒ ስዊትጭ ኦቨር፣ ሃልፍ ኦፍ ትሀ ቲመ ዊትሆኡት አቨን ረኣሊዚንግ ኢት።Wሀን ዒ ቪሲት ዓድዲስ ዓባባ ዒ ቾንቨርሰ ኦንልይ ኢን ዓምሃሪች ኣንድ ራረልይ ሃቨ ኣ ኡሰ ፎር ዐንግሊሽ። ኞው ዒእም ቹርረንትልይ ለኣርኒንግ ፍረንጭ። ጥሂስ ኢስ ኣ ላንጉኣገ ዒ ሃቨ ቤን ታኪንግ ፎር ትሀ ፓስት ፮ የኣርስ፣ ቡት ዒ ሃቨ የት ስቲልል ቶ ማስተር ኢት። ዒት ዶአስንእት ሴም ሊከ ኣ ቢግ ፕሮብለም ኦር ኢስሱአ ትሃት ሚግህት ኣፍፈችት ምይ ሊፈ ኢን ኣ ድራስቲች ዋይ፣ የት ኢት ሶመሆው ዲድ።ጥሂንኪንግ ኣቦኡት ኢት ትሆኡግህ፣ ትሀይ ኣረ ቦጥ ረኣልልይ ኣ ቢግ ፓርት ኦፍ ምይ ሊፈ። ዒ ዎኡልድንእት በ ውሆ ዒ ኣም ኖው ዊትሆኡት ትሀም። ጾ ኖው ውሀን ዒእም ኣስከድ ውሃት ምይ ፊርስት ላንጉኣገ ኢስ፣ ዒ ረፕልይ ዊጥ ቦጥ ዐንግሊሽ ኣንድ ዓምሃሪች፣ በቻኡሰ ረኣልልይ ትሀይ ኣረ።

Creds to Meseret Seyoum 2007

Creds to Meseret Seyoum
2007

 

How to be Successful in School…

 

Nardos Scott

Mr. Linebach

DC9

September 18th 2015

                                                                             How to be Successful in School

 

          School is a necessary step for every successful person. Even a year or two and it changes the possible outcomes of your future. The key though is to be able to manage your time and make sure everything is balanced. Your social life and school life, as well as other activities or volunteer work. Doing the bare minimum won’t work for your whole life, but doing too much will exhaust you as well. That’s why finding a balance is key.

 

          I learned many things the hard way, but I know more now from my mistakes. One of the many things that I found out was to NOT procrastinate. I’m not saying that I no longer do, but it is something I try and stay away from as much as I can. Some days it is unavoidable due to lack of time and resources, but overall it is due to lack of effort and me just being lazy. This can be avoided by creating a strong will and determination to get work done. This way it causes less stress and overall makes life easier by getting things done and out of the way.

 

         My second and final tip is to not stress too much. Worrying and flipping out over something you have no control over won’t help fix the problem. Instead try and take a few breaths and think about what you can do and how you can do it. Math is one of my weaknesses and it’s fair to say I get frustrated on almost every homework assignment. This has taken me time but instead what I used to do, which is panic and cry, I try and use my resources or get help so I may be able to finish it and understand. Trying to gain control or steer something your way will not help. Attempting to shortcut through an issue won’t help you solve it. It’s best to take your time and go through the process needed to reach the end. This way you took your time and effort and ended with your best product.
        These tips have taken me time to be able to achieve. I would be lying if I said I don’t have stress or procrastinate. It’s apart of being human. School is a place to learn but also a time to find yourself and meet people whom you can carry with you throughout your life. Finding your balance will let school be simpler and less worrisome. Life is a roller coaster so just hang on and enjoy the ride. #staystrong #stressfree #icanandiwill

Overall Summary…

  1. don’t procrastinate
  2. have a balance in everything
  3. always put in your best effort
  4. stress and worrying won’t help your situation
  5. don’t try and control things out of your reach
  6. try your best to enjoy school for all it is while you can

For more on this-  http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-students/avoiding-procrastination/ 

 

PICTURES:

http://www.theperformanceinstitute.com.au/tips-stop-procrastinating/http://

 

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Fig. 1. Tips to stop Procrastinating by Jowett Go, The Performance Institute, web, Sept. 20th 2015

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/deeplifequotes/8873118243 

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Fig. 1. Live Life Happy, Flickr, May 28 2013, web, Sept. 20th 2015

 

Adjusting once again…

This past year we moved twice. The first time from India to Virginia and now again from Virginia to Dakar. Moving around has become apart of my life and has embeded in me. The new changes and fresh start rejuvinate me and give me a chance to start anew each time. The Majority of the time though, its sad and hard to accept, since I can become attached to a place. But I learn to let go and continue with optimism that my new start will be even more memorable. This affects both in good and bad ways, because moving adds flavor and exictement to my life. As well as the fact that I get to meet new people each time, but leaving them is even harder, and starting over even worse. My life has been changed since we joined the foreign service, but I can say its been changed mostly for the better and not the worst.

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