Hailey Towne Senior Project

  1:00 pm I would have started sooner today, but seniors had their seminar from 11:30 to 12:30 today. Today is the day that I finish "The Water Dancer" and wrap up my final parts of my Senior Project. I am in the art studio with my friends today and we are all working on our projects/concentrations together so that we can get as much time together as possible. I'll be back later! 6:00 pm I FINALLY DID IT! "The Water Dancer" is completed, and it is one of the BEST novels that I have ever read! I know this isn't a book review, but PLEASE read it! There is a copy of it in the Lovejoy Library :) It may not seem like much from the outside, but it took a lot to finish this book in time. It's over 400 pages and I also was stressed with a lot of college stuff these past few weeks. I logged 5 hours today, which brings my total up to 56 hours. I finished all of my hours! Tomorrow, all I need to work on is my reflection and I'll be done! WOOHOO!

  This week seems to have gone by a lot quicker than last week, I feel like I barely got anything done! Thinking back on it, I think it only feels that way because I got the majority of the tedious work done last week. This week, I have mainly just been reading “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and coming up with discussion questions for each class based on the chapters. Thankfully, this novel is AMAZING and it has been really hard to put it down! I definitely recommend this book to anyone and everyone who has the time to read it. I have been a little stressed this week because I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to finish both “The Water Dancer” and “The Best We Could Do” before the end of Senior Project, but Shauna and I talked and figured there wasn’t really a need to read both novels. That is, as long as I had all of the classes mapped out for each day (which I had already done). I am almost finished with “The Water Dancer” and that will conclude my Project, and then a...

  9:00 am My day is going to be pretty boring again since the only thing that I have left to do is read, and Voices of Color doesn't meet today. I am confident that I will have the novel "The Water Dancer" finished by Monday, and then I can spend the rest of my time working on my final 3-5 page reflection paper. I am so glad that this book has been so interesting, it has really been helpful in keeping me motivated to read. I am not sure what exactly I am going to post pictures of since I am just in my room reading, but we'll see.  1:00 pm Like it has been the past few days, I did not check in hourly because I have only been reading. I only have two chapters left of my book, and I wanted to save them for Monday. They are pretty long, so it will probably take me about an hour or two to finish them. I can't believe how fast this is going by, and that we only have two more days left of Senior Project! I did 4 hours today, which brings my total up to 51 hours so far. I...

  11:00 am I had a super hard time getting out of bed this morning, so I started a little later than I had wanted to. Today I am just going to be reading since Voices of Color doesn't meet today. Like I said yesterday, I no longer need to read "The Best We Could Do" so I am not as stressed about timing for finishing "The Water Dancer". I am currently at the swinging bridge soaking up some Vitamin D with my friends who are also working on their projects. What better place to read a really good book than by a body of rushing water in the sunlight? I probably won't be checking in every hour because I am just reading, but I plan to do 4 hours today. 4:00 pm I ended up doing more hours than I had thought I was going to do because I got a little sidetracked looking up prompts for college essays. Monday, Voices of Color is going to be working on these essays so I wanted to get some background information before I go into class to help the students. I, unfortunately...

  12:30 pm A late start today, but that's because I was listening to an incredible lecture in the meeting house this morning. Definitely a great way to start my day! I will be staying later than usual today because I need to finish this book, it feels like it just keeps getting longer and longer. Normally I wouldn't mind, but this is a time-sensitive matter and I really need to finish VERY soon, if not today then tomorrow for sure. I have class at 1:25 today and I believe we will be talking a little more about the students' college essays. I am going to stay after classes today and read until I am at a point where I know I can finish the novel tomorrow. Until then, I am going to read. Peace! 1:30 pm I am in class right now and we are talking about college essays. Once we are done with this, I am going to continue reading.  3:00 pm I've had a hard time staying focused today and got sidetracked with a lot of college stuff. I talked with Shauna about where I was at and she...

  9:00 am I got up early this morning to do some college stuff before working on my project, and I am already tired. I am in Voices of Color right now and I am about to watch two students present on the novel that they read "Little Fires Everywhere". I am also super excited, because "The Best We Could Do" arrived last night! It looks like it will be an easy, quick read, so I am not too worried about timing and stuff like that. I am going to try to map out how many classes it is going to take to finish the graphic novel, and then I am going to read more of "The Water Dancer". 10:00 am I finished mapping out the readings for "The Best We Could Do" and it fits perfectly into the schedule. The only thing that I am concerned about is fitting in an exam somewhere, but maybe I won't put one in because who likes exams? (Sorry Shauna!) I am hoping that the daily discussions and quizzes will make up for that. I am going to spend the rest of the day rea...