Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why? I am most proud of the truck because I have literally blood sweat and tears into it. I have tons of hours and yeah I am most proud of the truck.


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

Uhh i did everything on the contract, had props on every table, and built a truck.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.
Ive done everything asked and build a working vehicle.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

My mentorship worked well.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?
I would've build a simpler vehicle.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

It has taught me life skills and made me network with people I normally wouldn't have. Please keep the senior project around!

Blog 19: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

What are the best setups for a street/strip vehicle considering budget, performance, and drivability?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
The ultimate setup for a street/strip vehicle considering budget, performance, and drivability is a tube chassis, all carbon fiber body vehicle with an LS9, T56 trans, a quick change rear end, and 18” all aluminum billet wheels.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
The cheapest set up for a street/strip vehicle considering budget, performance, and drivability is a run what you brung.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
Run what you brung means race what you is basically stock on your car. This is the cheapest because all it requires is buying a running vehicle. Different cars are going to perform differently but if you get a good handler then it can be raced. My examples of why this is true is because there are people who will come out to autocross and they had a group of completely stock cars. Drag racing also has a stock drag class. Road racing is a little different but they will have track days where anything is allowed.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
If I had to choose one, (RC 2) (S#4b) Service Manual: 1973 Chevrolet Light Duty Truck. Detroit: GMC, 1973. Print. This showed me kind of what my truck was capable stock.

6.  What other source supports your answer?
My personal experience has taught me a lot more then RC. Getting out in the real world and networking with many company's and many other racers has helped me a lot. Ive probably have 50 interview quality conversations but I don't go around recording everyone I speak with.

7.  Tie this together with a concluding thought.
My concluding thought is that my topic is just about out of research because it is very much more experience oriented and thats why you see the huge amount of hours I have put into my work.

Blog 15: Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I'm proud I made time and was prepared. Also I seemed like people enjoyed the activity and payed attention to me. I have good pictures and videos too.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
My activity was clear and fun and many people understood it well and I then went to each table and answered questions and debriefed them. I had good volume and body language. I used all the time and explained a lot about set ups. My power point had many pictures that kept the people engaged. I had a video of me building the motor and then the motor running which is a huge display of my work on this project. With how little was on my slides I feel I displayed a wide view of knowledge.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

The presentation and preparation worked well.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I would've gone back and made sure I didn't forget another prop. I had some motor parts I wanted to bring and totally forgot

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
My second answer will probably be the cheapest set up.

Blog 11 Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
Im not really proud of my lesson I just talked for 8 and a half minutes. I guess if I had to be proud it would be that a prepared for it on the four hour drive home and was the first to present and didn't fail.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.
I would border AP and P because I hit all the requirements except for explicitly bringing up a source so that would make it an AP for not meeting every requirement. I also brought in extra props so that would be the above and beyond so the two would average out to a P.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?
I would prepare more and practice more. Plus lesson two we will have a powerpoint which calms me down and organizes my thoughts better.