WEEK TWELVE- Daily Log: Thursday, May 17, 2007

• Today was a very straight forward but tedious day for me, and I found that I was going cross-eyed. When I first got to my placement, I proceeded to look through the foods that I had picked last night. I had picked a variety of foods, and I translated them in english for my own reference.


• My next job was to work with Brian on a Graduation Project. Brian's job was to trace the letters G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N 2-0-0-7 using the overhead, and taping black construction paper to the wall. He traced the shadow of each letter and number, and would pass them on to me. I was the designated cutter, and I had to be very precise with it. Mrs. Stula had made it very clear to us that this was an important job, because they wanted to use these letters for many Graduations to come. We were under a lot of pressure to please everyone, and I resolved to try my absolute best.


• Once I finished cutting, I was supposed to outline each individual letter in gold marker. Mrs. Stula demonstrated how she wanted this done, and it also proved to be a very precise job. I had to be careful to make my lines even and straight, and my eyes were going cross-eyed. I spent the whole day on these letters, and my back started to hurt from sitting and leaning forward all day long. The metallic gold marker made a great effect ontop of the black paper, and it is going to look fabulous on Grad night.


• When I finished outlining all ten letters, the school day was over. I still have to do "2007" on Tuesday. I cleaned up my workspace, and brought the letters to Mrs. Stula and her class for inspection. Thankfully, she was very pleased with what I had done, and it made all my troubles worth it. He class even applauded me, reminding me why I like my placement so much. I worked for three and a half hours today. I will not be at my placement tomorrow because it is a P.A. Day, or on Monday, because it is Victoria Day.