Conclusion of Passion Project

As of 8:46 AM my project is offically completed. It is the mark of an end of an era in AP Environmental Science. This year I have been forced to go out of my comfort zone many times in this class, no more than this final project. Not only did I engage in a topic I have never given as much as an afterthought to in the past, but I also had to be artistic while doing it. Being creative is not and has never been my strong suit. However, I think this project brought my best work out of me. The fact that, with the ability to choose any topic, I chose coal is very ironic. I remember going home after being assigned coal for the last big project and telling my mom how screwed I was. All in all, I am happy I was able to learn about website design, blogging, and coal in these last two weeks of high school. This project was an awesome way to end the year!

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  1. UnknownJune 8, 2018 at 7:12 AM

    I aM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THHIS sCOTT. iT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE HAVING YOU IN apes CLASS THIS YEAR. Oopsy - sorry about the cap locks.

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