My favorite part of this chemistry semester was probably the rocket project itself. With some of my other projects, some of the things didn't work. Such as the lava lamp that eventually got thrown away. I was interested in a lot of the other projects as well, but for me, the rocket was the biggest success and is something I am proud of. It is the thing I will be showing to my family and people outside of school, to show what we do in school. It's an experience I will never forget and is something out of the ordinary for a 15 year old girl. The whole process was difficult but the best part itself was seeing the rocket launch. It's seeing the thing you put so much into for so many weeks finally fly right before your eyes. I was happy to see that and just the experience itself was very fun.
I liked having the 250 goal to reach. I think that helped push me to work harder in getting up to the points. I found that I improved on work ethic on this class. The standards Andrew had were very high to reach, especially with the blogs. And I feel that I poured so much effort into this blog and into the class in general. It wasn't even just about the points in general, I feel that along the way I had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the freedom this class had, for we were able to do things that we wanted to do, not just what the teachers decided. It was a nice change since the Humanities/Math project was sports and not many were interested in that. So chemistry was a great place to just have the freedom to do what we were interested in. I really satisfied my curiosities here, I was able to learn more about things I've always wondered about, the periodic table, how rockets work, etc. And I really enjoyed the parts of the tests, projects, and experiments where my question "How does that work?" is always answered. I had many questions answered this semester, and I will look back on my time with Andrew and the class in general as a time I worked hard, a time I learned so much about myself and about the world, a time I got closer to classmates and friends, and a time where I had many questions answered. If I had advice for students, I would say to keep on pushing yourself to ask questions. There will never be a point where one is left unanswered. There is always teachers like Andrew/Braden as well as websites and fellow people around you that will answer questions. Also don't think about this class as merely "point" based. Don't just come into class everyday thinking I NEED 250 points! Just have fun. Be curious, ask things, write down everything, document, take pictures, and get closer to people around you. You will never have chemistry again in High Tech High sadly, so take advantage of all the cool opportunities this class gives you. Message to Andrew: I want to thank you for all that you have done for our class. I am sorry for all the times that we were very hard to work with, but thank you for persevering and for still working hard to push us. You have taught me so much and I am extremely thankful to have been in your class. Your class is something I will never forget and I can definitely say that I can take away so much from it. Thank you for all the things I learned and for all the questions of mine that you have answered. Thank you for all the amazing opportunities you gave me. I would have never imagined myself creating a rocket and more. Thank you for all the work you have put into planning this semester and all the projects in it. There were times where we were difficult for you, but thank you for being able to be patient and tolerating our class. Good luck in the future with the next classes, and I hope to possibly work with you again, maybe on another rocket. Because of your class I realized that there are a lot of things in this world that I have yet to experiment on and to discover. I also realized that I am capable of more than I thought I would be. Thank you for this great semester! Have a wonderful Christmas break. Also shoutout to Braden for all the work he has done for the class! Thank you! This is the last post on this Chemistry Blog. I have put hours and hours of work on this thing, and now it is goodbye!
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