Bi-Weekly Progress Blog 1/06 - 1/20

Analysis - After ending my last two weeks on a well off note with the mentor visit to Medical

City of mckinney where I received the opportunity to read and interpret actual echocardiograms

that were recently sent in. Finishing off the past week with the book assigned by my mentor to

read called “Talk Like Ted” where it taught me ways I can change my presenting for the better.

However, these two weeks have began rough with preparations for winter showcase which were

about to reach . Wintershowcase went well though with all the preparations and changes having

been made to my board. After Winter Showcase our focus was returned to mentor visits where it

has become increasingly more difficult to schedule as school exams have become more frequent

and thus limiting my time visiting Dr. Guerra. Finally through these two weeks I have been

attempting to finalize an idea for my original work that would be functional and useful and may

have landed on an electronic model of the heart suffering from diseases and its complications.

Going forth - Mentor visits must be scheduled even with it being more difficult than before as

well as finalizing my original work with Dr. Guerra for his input and suggestions as well as Mr.

Pirtle for confirmation that I can achieve my idea. With a coming minor presentation in ISM I

want to be prepared for the presentation and display some skills discussed in the “Talk Like Ted”

book.

Step Backs - School related exams and required attendance has placed a heavy limit on my

opportunities to conduct mentor meetings which are crucial and I must find a way to work the

meetings around test dates while working with Dr. Guerra schedule. A more detrimental set back

is my work ethic which has become lacking over these two weeks especially after winter

showcase, which needs to be remediated immediately or else I risk losing everything I have
been building this year. Thus these next two weeks I plan to change up my routine and place a

greater focus for school and hold off on my freetime.