First Blog Post!

 Hello Everyone, 

My name is Katie and I am here to explain that I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do for my project in this class. I have numerous different passions, but the main ones focus around history and reading (which I tie into English) and so I think it would be fun to come up with something like that for my genius hour. I have to be honest though, my anxiety is through the roof thinking about how open nature this course looks like it is going to be and how much free range I have with these projects. I think maybe this is why it took so long to implement ideas like this into the classroom, because of people like me. Even when I was in high school if I was given the option to do anything else besides a written essay, I didn't do it. I enjoy my safety nets and being told what I am supposed to do and how I am supposed to do it for the way my teachers and professors expect it, so this concept and class is throwing me for a loop right now. I plan on getting through it though (obviously) by creating checklists with specific expectations for what my learning should look like and how I should be getting there throughout the semester until I reach my final product. 

Anyway's this is how I am feeling so far, hopefully the rest of the semester goes well! 

UPDATE 01/14/21: 

Hello again, I also did not realize I was supposed to even put what I was originally thinking about for the genius hour blog because apparently I am unaware of what's going on around me. Anyway, I have recently rekindled my love for reading for pleasure and so I started thinking about how I, a person with no creative writing background or know anything about writing a book, could write an original book. I am incredibly excited to see where this project takes me, whether it just be finding out more about what goes into creating a novel or if I end up starting to write a book or short story so be sure to stay tuned!