Nervous Conditions Project

For the Nervous Conditions project, Avery, Sarah, and I decided to work together as a group. The assignment was to look at the book from a different perspective, find new insight to either one of the character or another key part of the book and present it in an original and creative way. We really had a difficult time deciding how approach the book from a new perspective. Our first idea was to write an example of the letters that Tambu and Nyasha sent each other while Tambu was at Sacred Heart. Then we decided that we really wanted to perform something.

After realizing that, Sarah, Avery, and I thought about the complex characters in the novel and ways we could dissect a part of their identity and learn something new from that. We found sections in the book where the characters would say one thing but mean something completely different. So we analyzed these situations, and turned it into a sort of character versus conscience thing. When we perform, I will give the context of the quote that we have chosen, Avery will say the quote, and then Sarah will act as the character's conscience, saying what they truly mean.

Robotics Club

This year, I somehow ended end up robotics club with my sister and her friends. The goal of the club is to build a robot and compete with it at the regional competition. The organization that runs the competition is called FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and it's purpose is to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. All of the teams are given a standard set of parts and the details of the game at the beginning of January, at an event called Kickoff.  Then we are given six weeks to construct a competitive robot, that can operate when guided by wireless controls, to accomplish the game's tasks. 


The Bayou Regional Robotics Competition was last week. It was held in Kenner and lasted for three days. The first day is used for working on the robotic, making sure it passes inspection and operates correctly. All day Friday and on Saturday morning, teams participate in qualifying matches. On Saturday afternoon, after the qualification matches have ended, the top eight ranked teams will pick partners from any team ranked below them, and the resulting alliances will compete to be regional winner. Since it was our rookie year, we ran into several major problems, but with the help of our alliances through out the qualifying matches, we were able to finish 35th out of 49 teams.