Bo+Giberson

BBo, you are an essential part of the team. Please don't feel like your ideas are disregarded. Some of what you have come up have potential. A few ideas we don't have a budget for. Please continue to explain your progress.

Journal #1 - 9/11/2015 I am currently on week 2 of my independent study pertaining to the Pennsylvania Jobs1st Competition. After submitting dozens of ideas to my so-called peers, I have lost nearly all hope of conjuring the most inventive, exquisite, and feasible idea ever to grace the feeble mind of the common man. Too many Da'Vincis, Einsteins, and Edisons have wasted away without applying their intellect to the enhancement of humanity. No matter how difficult the road ahead may seem, I will persevere.

Journal #2 - 9/23/2015 After passing week 4 of my expedition into the heart of the PJC (Pennsylvania Jobs1st Competition) I finally see the truth behind the workings of the human mind. An intellectual has no significant advantage in the modern world of technology; in the creative process, mediocrity is more valuable than ingenuity. Those with a greater aptitude for innovating and inventing are generally thought to be nothing more than raving lunatics, while those with a dulled perception of both reality and possibility are embraced by their generation as a representative of the common masses.

Journal #3 - 10/05/15 So this is how it ends ('it' being the brainstorm stage); brake lights. How... ironic. Ironic that what normally signals a delay is instead spurring the group and I forward. Ironic that the group has given the green light on the red lights. But most of all, this situation is ironic because 60% of the group has never even driven a car. On a separate note, it appears as though there has been a breakthrough in our quest to ensure support from Herr's. In short, All is well for Mr Wooddell And his class of many an intellectual, The group is neat and quite complete And not at all ineffectual.

Journal #4 - 10/16/15 Oh joyous day, by golly! The group and I are nearly finished in our endeavor to create an organizational chart of the values of our ideas. Nigh is the time for cheerful celebration. Using a matrix to score each idea by feasibility, appeal, et cetera, we can now accurately predict which of our ideas will win the competition. Thus far, the strongest of our ideas appears to be my brainchild that I had nurtured from a young age inside my mental womb: Erosion Netting. Erosion netting seems like the best path in my eyes because it would be relatively easy to create, and it would solve a critical problem in Pennsylvania, which contains much farmland. Can I get a hallelujah?

Bo, you definitely write with flair! Please give me some more substance. For example, what are the criteria you are using to evaluate the ideas? I know you had to leave early, but what were your impressions of working with Parth? Why do you feel the erosion netting is a strong contender? Do you feel there are other ideas that will score well on the matrix? Please provide more detail.

Journal#5 -11/04/15 Having been beleaguered for a fortnight, with five absences due to illness, I now lack a sufficient understanding of the group's progress. I plan to inquire as to the condition of our project and the preparedness thereof. Directly proceeding the final school bell's tintinnabulation, I shall report to Mrs. Mavrelos' classroom, whereupon I will assume my preferred position at the desk-like table. From there, I will gather information from the group and our contact at Herr's. Aha! I have seen to my formidable goal of obtaining information pertaining to the brake light project. At the time of the writing of this passage, the group's research is close to reaching perfection, as far as modern technology is concerned. All I must enhance is my basis of knowledge regarding the intensely vexing mechanism known to the layman as the brake pedal. I shall resume my acquisition of data relating to this frustrating device; I have begun the hunt for the white whale of mechanical information.

Journal#6 -11/12/15 Following my final act of research on batteries and accelerometers, I have taken up the mantle of responsibility in relation to gathering data regarding brake pedals. To perform my daunting task, I shall embark upon a journey into the depths of the library to once again procure the mottled, decrepit tome that I had used to complete my previous compilation of information. The aforementioned text has provided me with much progress in my assigned task. From said text, I have absorbed facts such as car batteries' high voltage and versatility, and the fact that dropping an accelerometer will most likely cause permanent damage to it. I will not rest until I satisfy my aching hunger for knowledge pertaining to brake pedals.

Journal #7 -11/24/2015 Having delved into the workings of LED lights, I have now completed all necessary research. I still feel as if there is more to explore in this field of technology, but at present I have no need to study further. Light emitting diodes are the future of technological devices. Later today, I shall engage with my group in a meeting after school.

Bo, you did a great job with journal 6... please do the same for journal 7. You told me quite a bit of information regarding your research on LED lights. What did you find useful for your project?

Captain's Log, Star Date: 2016.1 (Journal #8 -12/11/15) Alas, my merry band of brothers hath shattered beneath the encumbering burden of indecision. Why, I ask of the Holy One, why? Why dost thou inflict such a myriad of torturous quarrels between thy children, our conglomeration of youthful sages? Upon the nearest Tuesday, as the golden beams of sunlight illuminate the desk between my brethren and I, we will discuss the possibility of acquiring an LED package with which we shall accomplish our daunting task of constructing a modified brake light. Addendum: It is now January 15th, 2016, and I hath been ordered to revise the eighth installation of my learning journal. ___________

Captain's Log, Star Date: 2016.1 (Journal #9 -01/15/16) Behold, ye audience, the spectacle which began thusly: upon the finality of yesterday's forced scholarly pursuit in the academy of Oxford, I traveled to the distant land of Mr. Haney's classroom in order to begin my group's most recent conference. Distracted from the meeting by the searing pain in my abdomen, I had difficulty paying attention to the technological aspects of our conversation. However, this would not matter in the slightest either way, as I hath never grasped the subtleties of electrical gadgetry. All I can state without a doubt is that we hath successfully activated our LEDs. And Bo said, "Let there be light!"