The Dreaded Speech...

First off, I give speeches on about a bi-daily basis.  As leader of the FHS Robotics Team, I had to learn how to prepare and give speeches to small audiences with informing them on what we are doing.  This speech to the class should be the same way; informing the students on what I am doing for this project over the next few weeks.  Hopefully the feedback from my peers and classmates will help me develop my final project more.

York School

York School, a school that exists somewhere in the USA.  They posted a video online about their Genius Hour projects that they accomplished.  If you would like to view it, it is here at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xupHuEk8p7g. No one did anything anywhere even remotely close to my topic.  However, I did notice most of these projects were geared towards community outreach while mine is more geared towards me.  This makes me question my project idea and if it fits into the guidelines of the project.  There are plenty of experts in the field of cars ranging from just hobbies to famous car designs, so I should have no problem locating some.

The Critics

Well its settled, I’m going into car restorations and engine rebuilds.  Not like I was going to change my mind from the start, but we do have the option to.  Our class had peer review for our topics.  No one really understood what I was doing or why, but that’s probably because their parents will just buy them a car.  I hope to learn with this project to rebuild/repair a car so I can get a car for the cheap and use it. To learn this, I will look up the millions of general tutorials online.  Nothing specific yet because I’m not sure exactly what car I would like to go into.

I WIN, MY LUCK STRIKES AGAIN

After multiple years of begging and wearing down my parents with a stroke of luck, I finally pressed my parents into allowing me to have my own engine.  This has been years in the making.  They have stopped me from buying and rebuilding a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle, 1981 AM General 6X6, and a 1990's Toyota Camry.  On Wednesday on the way home, I just so happened to stumble upon a Craftsman lawnmower on the side of the road.  Moments latter, it just so happened to appear in my garage calling my name.  I guess settling for a old Craftsman lawnmower could be considered low, but its a start.

At the very beginning...

Well, its the start of the school year, and that means its time to starts some new projects.  This year, it is a new project called "Genius Hour". I have never heard of this project before; however, it is apparently very popular among teachers K-12, so I thought I would give it a try.  It took me forever to figure out what to research for this project cause I typically don't care for these unguided projects.  I discovered this project is basically along the lines of a monastery-school type of learning.  With me wanting to go into mechanical engineering plus my passion in cars, I decided look into engine rebuilds. I am going to be needing for a car soon for work, so hopefully this could help me rebuild a car on the cheap. Just as long as I don't blow a gasket on the way...