Reflection Page
The most interesting thing that I learned about my decade was that there were a lot of deaths of innocent and famous people. Someone famous was even a murderer. It was really interesting to me because I never would’ve known about these events if it wasn’t for the 8th Grade Exit Project. For example, O.J. Simpson used to be a running back in the NFL. Now he’s in jail. I wasn’t born for most of these events so this was a neat experience.
Americahas changed since my decade because some happenings, such as the bombing of theWorldTradeCenter, have created a hostile and fearful environment inNew York. People inAmericastill fear more attacks, especially after the death of Osama Bin Laden. The bombings and attacks kill innocent people. Therefore, life after my decade has been kind of scary.
I didn’t approach any hardware/software problems during this project. The most problems and issues that I had, was having to go through a lot of blocked websites to only find 1 or 2 good ones. It burned off a lot of time that I could’ve been picking up facts and things as such.
Technology is changing our society by providing us information. Objects like the GPS and UAVs are helping protect Americans. GPSs can easily detect locations on possible enemy projectiles. These pieces of equipment can sometimes find things like bombs. Finding some bombs would be nice to prevent another bombing. Technology is also providing cell phones, which allows people to report some events while in a vehicle or somewhere without a landline.
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Reflection Page
The most interesting thing that I learned about my decade was that there were a lot of deaths of innocent and famous people. Someone famous was even a murderer. It was really interesting to me because I never would’ve known about these events if it wasn’t for the 8th Grade Exit Project. For example, O.J. Simpson used to be a running back in the NFL. Now he’s in jail. I wasn’t born for most of these events so this was a neat experience.
Americahas changed since my decade because some happenings, such as the bombing of theWorldTradeCenter, have created a hostile and fearful environment inNew York. People inAmericastill fear more attacks, especially after the death of Osama Bin Laden. The bombings and attacks kill innocent people. Therefore, life after my decade has been kind of scary.
I didn’t approach any hardware/software problems during this project. The most problems and issues that I had, was having to go through a lot of blocked websites to only find 1 or 2 good ones. It burned off a lot of time that I could’ve been picking up facts and things as such.
Technology is changing our society by providing us information. Objects like the GPS and UAVs are helping protect Americans. GPSs can easily detect locations on possible enemy projectiles. These pieces of equipment can sometimes find things like bombs. Finding some bombs would be nice to prevent another bombing. Technology is also providing cell phones, which allows people to report some events while in a vehicle or somewhere without a landline.