The Legacy of Imperialism
June 4, 2010
Wow… I’m doing a post about this project now! Do you know what that means?! It means that school is almost over! It’s mind boggling how time goes by so fast. It seems like just yesterday that I did a post about my first semester in the DSA, and now, school is coming to an end, and I am doing a post about this crazy, challenging, overwhelming project!
Anyway, I was grouped up with 3 stubborn, sometimes lazy, but amazingly wonderful guys, Jaime, Tyler, and Rodolfo. Together, we were representing the country of Sierra Leone. We decided to focus our attention on infants and mothers. We wanted to help them through education and service by having seminars and hands on training classes teaching women health techniques. Man oh man, this whole project was extremely difficult. All the writing, the designing, the picture placing, the sleepless nights. Sometimes everything was just so overwhelming, but I somehow managed to pull through. As for the 3 boys in my group, they did work whenever I asked them to, and they did help me at times. Even though this project would stress me out beyond belief, I can honestly say that this whole experience was enjoyable. From anything to having fights with my group, staying after school each day, having endless ideas that somehow never seemed to work, all these experiences made me a better student, a better thinker.
When the day came to present, my group and I were so nervous! Everyone has such good ideas and designs, and that day was the day to put everything out on the table and have the judges love it! My group was the third group to present, and I believe we did great! Jaime, Tyler, and Rodolfo did a wonderful job speaking and they made me so proud! I guess the judges thought we did a good job too, because we got funded! Woo! Even though all the groups couldn’t get funded, I thought everyone was amazing! The quality of work that we all produced was absolutely beautiful. I am so proud of the DSA class of ’12, and I congratulate everyone for doing such a good job on this project, funded or not! <3
