Computer Applications

Today marks the day that the final computer application class ends. Even though the course is over, that doesn’t mean my passion for art and animation is over. My final animation got a lot of praise from the middle school that the CS Exploratory class requests that I come and give them a presentation of my project sometime during quarter 3. This feedback makes me really proud because it inspired both teachers and students to reach out to me. Rather than showing them the same presentation I did in December, I’ve decided to make an entirely new animation for the exploratory class. Other than continuing my animation passion, I’ve decided to reach out and find other ways to express my interest in art. For starters, I’m officially apart of the AIS Robotics team. I’ve decided to stay committed and help contribute to the new season of the First Robotics Competition by offering my time and determination to learn a different set of skills to build and make a robot. I’ve decided to take my art...

After my presentation, the weight on my chest lifted off. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to add the finishing touches to the animation and present something that’s poor quality or nonexistent. I had many other thoughts that caused my brain to overload and go into full drive panic mode. My friends (unfortunately) had to listen to me complain and say “I can’t do it” on repeat. Not only did I have to prepare for my finals and projects, I also had to prepare a blog post. Since my time management went down the drain, I forgot to do the 7th blog update on what happened during and after the blog presentation..! So, here is. In the end, I did get to finish my project. I have quite an audience I kind of got really nervous. The day before I knew that I was going to stutter and lose direction, so I made an outline of the information that I knew I had to go over and other additional information I might be able to cover if I had the time. At the beginning of the presentation, I stuck strictly to...