Self Assessment on 20% Project

What was my 20% project? - My project was to get people more aware of how important sleep is. Also how lack of sleep affects a persons behavior.

How I feel I did overall on my 20% project- Overall I feel I didn’t do good. I didn’t get the feed back like I think I should have gotten. I attempted posters and random facts about sleep, this didn’t seem to spark interest of people. So next I went to twitter, on here I would tweet fun facts about sleep. It seems like my “fun” facts about sleep actually put people asleep instead of informing them about sleep… if that makes since.... I guess in a way that’s what my end goal was but not that way. Overall my project was not a success.

Will I continue my project after school?- No I do not think I will continue my project after school is over. It didn’t spark my interest like I thought it would have.

How could I have done better?- I honestly think I could have tried a lot harder on my project the I did.

End of the April 20% post

Recap semester to this point good/bad - I had a rough start with my 20% project. I wanted a way to share information on the importance of sleep. I wasn't sure how to present my information in an interesting way. I attempted a few thing but nothing was really seeming to work like I had hoped. I met with Mr. O'Nile and got a lot a great information on sleep. When I tried to share the information no one seemed to care as much as I did, they don't want to listen. I tried the preaching method, posters, Facebook,   Snapchat and twitter. Twitter and a little better result then my other attempts but still not I was looking to get.

What is this months target? - This is the home stretch, the end of the semester, I'm going to hit it with everything I got. I am going to make my time worth while. I have put a lot into this and I'm not just gonna give up. My hope is to hit a home run !! 

How will you assess success? - I guess for me I depends on the outcome of how many peoples attention I get. So far it's not looking so hot , but I can try :)

Ashton Cutcher

Opportunity- looks a lot like hard work

Being sexy- being smart is the sexiest thing in the world

Life- people who build this thing we call life are often not smarter then you. Don't live your life according to what people say, build your own.

I agree with what he said. He brings up a lot of good points in his speech. He isn't like most actors, he has actually had to work in his life befor being famous. 

Stock post

The two previous stocks I bought were Hershey and Walmart. My catalyst for both company's was Easter. Neither of my stocks went up as I had hoped. I bought Walmart at $78.20 and sold it  at $79.68. I bought Hershey's at $99.24 and sold it at $96.21.  

Clash of Clans

Dragon- Manager

* dose the work the CEO does not

PEKKA- CEO

* Absorbs all the hits to the company 

Archer- Secretary 

*pick up the dirty work, cover everyone from the outside 

20% time

4-11-14

I have created a twitter account to tell people about sleep. I will tweet random facts to create awareness on how important sleep really is. 

Trade vs investment

The stocks I bought are both trades. I bought 19 stocks for each of my companies. I bought Walmart for $78.20 per share. I also bought the Hershey's co for $99.24 per share. The catalyst for both of my companies is the upcoming Easter holiday. As Easter get closer I believe both of my stocks will go up at least $5 per share. Near the end of my catalyst event I will sell both of stocks. I will do this because I don't want the business to slow down so much that the price of the shares will go down. 

Target and Starbucks

I bought target at $59.80 per share, the current price is $61.50. I bought a total of five shares. I bought stocks in target because when I looked at the graphs and charts on yahoo finance I could see a lot of ups and very few downs. When target did get down it seemed to have no problem going back up and continue to improve. In the future I think it will make it to $70 per share and that is when I plan on selling it. At this time I would make a $51 profit. Now if I would have gone in strong and bought more stocks I could come out strong. 

I bought Starbucks at $74.63 per share and the current price is $71.48. For this one I bought only 3 shares. I'm afraid Starbucks has let me down, I had my hopes up for it. I had thought it would go up because on the graphs that's were I thought it was going. I was hoping it would get to at least $$75 and because it keeps going down I will sell it. 

Black Jack vs. stock market

Playing black jack is similer to the stalk market because both can be a risk. You are putting you money in hopes to get your money back plus making a profit. In both " games" you put you money in and by the end you want your money out and leave what profit you gain in so that you in a sence are not losing any of your money. Both the stock market and black jack you can win big as long as you play your hand right, but the odds aren't always in your favor, there is a chance to lose no matter how you play your game. 

March 20%

Accomplishments in March: I have gotten more then enough information to make people aware of the importance of sleep. I have researched many different options to create awareness of the side affects of not enough sleep.

What I didn't get accomplished: I have not started creating my public awareness. I feel like I have not found a way to present my information in a way that is interesting to me. A way that will catch the attention of the readers. 

What I hope to accomplish in April: I will get some posters and such to put around the school to start my awareness program. I will find a way to get people involved in my project. Find a way to get people excited about sleep. I hope to get my project to move forward. 

Dear me,

In the future the skills I will need to succeed are, good work ethic, people skills and be able to have fun while getting my work done.

Good work ethic is good to have no matter what job you go into. This skill with get you far in life and will help you keep your job. 

To have people skills is important, no matter what you do your going to have to work people so it would be a lot more easy to be on there good side.

A job is boring if you can't have fun while working. So the key is to learn to have fun while you are getting your work done.

                                                                          -Shante:)

P.S. Work hard but don't work your life away :-D

Daylight savings

Does changeing the clock an hour really make your day any longer? That's like saying you can cut the top of your blanket and sew it to the bottom to make it longer. To change the clock in the spring you lose an hour of sleep, in an effort to get more daylight. But in all reality you don't gain or lose any daylight, no matter how you change the clock the daylight will always be the same. I personally like daylight savings because it allows me to enjoy more sunlight during the day and not have to get up super early. Even tho it does not extend the day it shifts the day where people like me who are not morning people can enjoy the sunrise. In the summer I like to sleep in a little but don't like to miss my oppertunitys to enjoy the sun, so it a since of moving the clock people can enjoy the sun for longer if you don't want to get up earlier.

3/7/14

My goal for today is get a rough draft on sleep information on which I have gatherd. 

Accomplishments and goals for my 20% project

Acomplished in Feb: Got in contact with Mr. O'Nile. Got a lot of info on the importance of sleep.

Goals for March: to get a LOT more info on everything and set up a place and time to meet up with Mr. O'Nile again. I also need to come up with ways to get my information our to the public. In doing this I need to come up with a way to make facts about sleeping intoresting, but not put people to sleep. 

20% project 2/21/14

My 20% project is going to consist of creating awareness of the importance of sleep. Today I am going to get in contact with Mr. O'Neil. I will set up a meeting time with him to get more information on sleep and how the brain works on sleep. I will also be coming up with ideas on how to present my infermation to the public.

20% project

Hey I'm not sure what kind of angle I should take on my 20% project this semester any ideas Mr. Kapptie?

Minimum wage

Should minimum wage be increased? No minimum wage should not be increased. If the minimum wage is in creased the pice of everything would be increased because the money used for the increase has to come from somewhere. So if we get more money more money would have to be spent. Raising the wage will make it more expensive to hire younger and low-skill workers. There are better ways to help the poor.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/two-reasons-not-to-raise-the-minimum-wage.html

 http://www.aei.org/article/economics/fiscal-policy/labor/why-we-shouldnt-raise-the-minimum-wage/ 

http://ivn.us/2013/08/15/why-we-should-not-raise-the-national-minimum-wage/