Journal 1

To my loyal fans,
(Dear Reader,)

            Welcome to my 2013 WISE project! Over the next 16 weeks, I will be learning some basic carpentry skills, as well as, well, building stuff. I am going to start small, just getting the basic power tool skills and safety down, starting with making a small box. I will then progress onto more difficult projects, like furniture or a dog house. I have done some minimal work with my dad building a few things and I guess that is how I became interested in it. My grandfather is also an awesome carpenter, but more to come about him. I guess my biggest fear with my project is not staying on task or getting the work done, but rather the "So What?" aspect of my project. This is something we have been working on in WISE with everything from journal entries to just in class discussions. It's the whole idea of saying yeah, we did this or we said this but what is the significance? What is the importance? I think my biggest fear about my project is getting through it and learning some awesome skills but then looking back and saying okay, that was cool, but how is this relevant? In spite of this fear I do think it will become clear to me. Plus it is just really cool to be able to build stuff. With wood.

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