Week Three

            To start off, this week I updated my résumé for college and for ISM. In continuation, on Monday and Tuesday, I had to rewrite/alter it in Microsoft Word to make the ISM specific one. Then on Tuesday, I also had two classmates peer review it so I could print a final copy. Next, on Wednesday, I updated my interview question sheet and printed a final copy for a grade, and I fixed errors on my research assessment. Today I ran out of things to do, so I decided to get a jump-start on my long weekend of homework again to relieve some stress. Lastly, tomorrow I plan to do my research assessment outline and to find the article I want to read about. The article will probably be about professional speaking again because I did not get much information out of last weeks research assessment over the same thing.

            In the near future, I need to redo my voicemail to sound professional. I am thinking something along the lines of “This is William Slater, sorry I missed your call, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.” Along with this, I need to start calling possible mentors and to start to set up interviews.

Week Two

            This week was a rather relaxed week, but I am preparing for another weekend full of homework. On Monday, we met with Mrs. Southerland to talk about last weeks blog and first research paper. While reading the article for the first research paper, I learned a whole lot about the rail gun that I have never heard before. This new information blew me away with how capable the gun really is. On Tuesday, I asked both of the engineering teachers at MHS if they had any contacts in the engineering field, and I managed to get 11 names from them. Then today, I went onto the Allen and Plano staff directory and found another 14 names of engineers in the area to expand my list to 25 names! Tomorrow I plan on writing my interview questions in class so I can get a head start on my homework for the weekend.

            During my engineering class today however, we also happened to have a Civil Engineer come and talk to us about what he does in his day to day life. I learned a lot from his hour and a half long speech and it made me excited to get into the work force in a couple of years.

The First Few Weeks

     Getting started in the ISM class has been very awesome and interesting so far. When I first signed up for the class and got in, I was expecting it be labor intensive but not as labor intensive as it has been. I am not sure if it is all the hard classes I am taking, but I am always doing homework these days. So far in the class, I have written the mission statement, topic proposal, and our quote. When I finished the papers and printed them out I oddly felt like an adult... I think it must have been the "fancy" resume paper but I am still not sure. 

     This week I also got a new school issued Mac book. At first, I felt like one of the freshman, but now that I have been using it, I adore it. It has been making my life so much easier and more efficient. Since we got the laptops, we have also started to make this blog, which creates a fun way to express oneself. However, I now feel a competition coming on between everyone's blog versus Evan's to see who can makes there's look the best... Very interesting first couple of weeks!