Meeting with Mr Moore on the 18th of January

During PSE today I met with Mr Moore and we decided on my grade for criterion E. This criterion is for Achieving the Goal, and is set by the student and their supervisor. It is out of four, and we both decided that a four would be the appropriate provisional grade for me.


Our reasoning behind this is that I met all four of my specifications and therefore achieved my goal. Moreover, I was able to do it within the time frame I had set out at the beginning of the Personal Project and I managed to keep to all of my deadlines.


I was very committed to the project and Mr Moore was fully satisfied with my work and dedication to my project. Meeting all of the specifications signifies that my goal was fulfilled, meaning that I deserve the top grade for this criterion.

Note on Meetings with my Supervisor, Mr Moore

In this blog, which is my process journal, I have recorded all of the scheduled meetings that I have had with Mr M00re. However, we have had many other small meetings that are not recorded. Often these meetings were simply times when I just asked him one question. 


I wished to clarify this because I felt that it should be on record somewhere that not all of our meetings were written about in this blog.


Moreover, I have been meeting with all of the USAD students and with Mr Moore every Thursday at lunchtime in a USAD meeting.

Meeting with Mr Moore on the 16th of January

During my meeting with Mr Moore yesterday I received feedback on the report draft that I submitted to him earlier in the day. So far, two main sections are finished, as we had agreed last week, and I will finish the Application of Information section by Thursday. 


The feedback I received was positive, and there were only one or two small changes that could be made. Overall, Mr Moore was pleased with the tone of my writing and the information that I chose to include.


He is also happy that I have not missed any of my deadlines throughout the time that he has been advising me on my project.

Alternates

The alternates will be picked soon, before next week, because we need to purchase plane tickets. As soon as the alternates have been picked, I will post the final list. Most of the alternates we will be taking will probably be Grade 9 students, so that they can have some experience of the competition before they join the team next year.


Postscript:
The alternates are;
     Luisa Runge
     Clark Skillman
     Hardy Hewson
     Dalton 

Meeting with Mr Moore on the 11th of January

In my meeting with Mr Moore, we discussed the preliminary assessment that is coming up, and so that we had to set deadlines for the different sections of my report. I am aiming for my report to be finished by the 8th of February, which is the day of the preliminary. 


The first deadline is going to be Monday, the 16th, and I will have to finish the Goal and the Selection of Sources. Furthermore, on Thursday the 19th, the Application of Information will be due. 


I have found example reports on Student Shared, and I will be looking over them tonight to see how I should structure my report. I also have the template that was sent to me by Ms Saleh to help me.


I will be rewriting the Goal section, as I was rushed when I did it in December, and I think that I could have done better.