In Class 23/5/11

     So Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been really busy with life. So today in class we wrote for about 15 minutes on what we have learned since the beginning of the year. We then shared what we wrote with a partner and then with the class. Kelvin brought up a good point that if you don't try you'll never succeed and I think that a lot of people subconsciously realize that this is true but they don't take it to heart and live by it, myself included. I want to do this for the last few weeks of my project. 

    This is what I wrote about in class yesterday.

    The biggest thing I think I've learned is to not be afraid of your project changing the direction that it is going in. I was dead set on one idea at the beginning of the year and when it came time to write proposals during the second semester my ideas had changed. Even then I thought I was going to do a collage of horses and I never ended up doing that. Also once you find a good idea that you like and think will interest you for an entire semester, go with it! I put two things that I loved together which kept me happy and interested for the semester. There are always going to be frustrations in your project but if you are flexible it works out in the end. You'll be surprised at where your project goes if you are flexible and work through the problems and conflicts. Another thing I learned is that WISE is a huge time commitment. I know a lot of people took this class because they liked the idea of having class only once a week for the second semester but it is a huge time commitment. I have been doing so much work in and out of school for this project and its somewhat exhausting. I have also learned that I don't do cold calls very well. I have balked at doing them all semester and I am finally doing two tomorrow. I am also going down to the shop on Cayuga street on Sunday. Its not the calls themselves its more of the anticipation of the call. 

    Thats all I wrote about, I'll be posting at least two more entries tonight, one on matting and one on my progress.