Journal 98 (May 17th)

today was a sign out day. I have been constantly working on this project all the time. I been no stop working on this project it is due on the 19th so I'm not very happy what I understand that they need everything but i was expecting another week and not I dont have another week which makes me sad. I have been working 4 periods a day and i have been working non stop at home i have been emailing alot of people hoping to some answers from people so i can through them into the project but only a few people have contacted me back. i think i have alot of infromation which i can put into my power point
AUTOCAD
AUTODESK
NAAB
AER
and much more so I'm not as worried as I previously was

Journal 97 (May 16th)

Today was a sign day i was able to get out and get out and work on my project at home I'm been trying to get information on types of architectue books and such I have been able to get a hold of some architects and architecture students to put into my powerpoint. I am better figuring out how to movitate myself to get different things done. I realized that i need to spark insperation to myself and get myself going. I was talking to Sardo and Chelsea might be judging my section of the project shes is going to be there anyway because she is my family and i want her there but mostly i dont want joe to judge me he's friends with chelsea and he is always over and he creeps

Journal 96 (may 15th)

I worked all day at hallmark today. After work though I went to film LIFE video. Were doing a video which trys to help teens make the right the decisions on prom night. We went to one of the students homes to film and oh my lord her house was amazing she had a theater it made me want one so bad. Think the next home I try to design will have one it in I have been toying with the idea of having a tri-fold in my presentation with all different types drawing that i have done I added some picture from CAD what i've done over my four years in high school. I been trying to think of what  I want to put in my project. I think I'll make a spider web list and include my thinking process in the tri-fold

Journal 95 (May 14th)

I was able to get a contact list together of all the different people I want to talk to on my architecture website I think that some of them will reply I wish i could talk to some international peolpe that would be so cool to get insite from another country and place would awesome. I want to be able to say i talked to some international architects in my presentation. I have to go do my placement test next saturday. I really dont want to go I'm in such a bum mode that i think I'll do horribly. I want my try to study. I think once I'm done presenting on the 26th. I'm going to go 9th period I'm excited to present and EXTREMELY NERVOUS

Journal 94 (may 13th)

I didn't go to school today I wasn't feeling really well so there wasn't much I did today beside mope around my house. I hope to be able to jump start myself when I get back I was looking at Ehow.com and they have one on how to be an architect I think I'm going to try to use it as a guide line for my project. Hopefully that will allow me to have some idea of what i need my powerpoint to be. I got my laptop so again I'm dealing with my powerpoint I still havent found my flash key i think that I can grab some of my information and documents that i need to replace them. I hope that I'll be able find it

Journal 93 (May 12th)

I found out that i lost my flash key with everything on it I'm really upset I'm going to go look bye.  I'm kind of in panic mode right now. It was orange with a monkey on it I'm going to check i have this odd feeling i left in the media center on wednesday because i didnt sign out cuz i had to stay and now its gone so I feel like i felt it and someone grabbed it. That is not good

Journal 92 (May 11th)

Today i went to work so there wasn't much i could do for my project I had a silc meeting after school so I didn't sign out today. I went to the library and worked on typing up more questions I'm trying to send out a couple more emails before i have to present. I changed my date to be on the May 26th because Johnson wasn't able to get to it on the 27th 1st period. I was hoping on getting it done and over with but it's okay but i know I'm going to stress about it all day. I'm excited to get it out the way.  I got my laptop so now I'm going to be working alot on it doing the powerpoint.

Journal 91 (May 10th)

So today was a sign out day I went home to check my email to see if anyone emailed me back but no one did. :( I dont think Ms Simon will get back to me on time she's probably too busy. That makes me sad because her insite would have been great looks like its time for plan B which is an awesome website i got calledARCHITIZER

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/

"Architizer is a new way for architects to interact, show their work, and find clients. It is an open community created by architects for architects. One architectural project has dozens of contributors, from the intern who made the conceptual models to the construction administrator. A project on Architizer links all members of the architectural community." that is the decription from their website

Journal 89 (May 8th)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TELL YOUR MOMS YOU LOVE THEM

Journal 88 (May 7th)

Chelsea came home today I talked to her and she said she talked to Ms Simon and that she is very busy and she is not blowing me she is simply SUPER BUSY. which is understandable after i've seen what her job intails she is like the architectural super women I really would love for her to write me back. I worked a 10am  to 9pm shift at hallmark today so i didint get too much done. I met alot of nice people though and i think i found someone i want to contact :)

Journal 87 (May 6th)

So today I left school and went straight to work I had to deal with the cards and the lazer engraver. My sister comes home this weekend so were going to be moving her out I hope to be able to talk to her about lauren's mom responding to me I really would like get her insite. I need to begin working on my powerpoint again. My dad and I are going to order me a laptop soon so hopefully i'll be able to get it and use it in this project. Its and Asus i'm very excited it can run AutoDesk on it Mr Johnson is going to send me a membership to it I'm very excited it has a dual processor so that it will run extra fast. I hope to show some designs in the powerpoint.

Journal 86 (May 5th)

So today we were in the classroom watching presentations I'm starting to get nervous I picked my date for May 28th it's going to be very nerve racking I hate public speaking I need more information more very thing right now I need to do that annotated bibliography thingy. I honestly have no idea what that even is. Oh uh I think its crunch time. Time to buckle down and get work done.

Journal 85 (May 4th)

Today was a day of kind of relaxed research I was planning to sign out but my friends needed some girl talk after school so I couldn't leave. So i decided to go to the media center and do some here and there research. I decided to look up the contact which my sister was telling me to email Randy Simons. This is someone my sister met in college's mother. I was kind of blowing it off just say sure I'll email her its okay I got it and never did. Recently i met her daughter Lauren and she was a very cool very nice girl so I said I'll email her mom and just look her up. OH MY LORD this woman is amazing. I found her website through the email address my sister gave me and dear lord this is probably the most amazing contact I could have ever looked for.

She has worked with MTV, Pepsi, Bank of America and so many more impressive people I can't wait to get some of her answers back she's really really really important.

Journal 84 (May 3rd)

So today I sent out some more emails for contact information to an architect in LBI Michael Ryan. I goggled him and was able to found an email I sent him several questions...

What types of Architecture are you involved with? Which type do you enjoy doing the most?      

What would consider being the most important step you took in becoming an Architect?

What was the Licensing process like for you?

What college program did you go to? What would you say was your favorite part your college experience and your least enjoyable part?

Was there anyone who you would say had a large effect on you and on the journey you took to be where you are today?

If you could go back and change something about your experiences and your career what would that be?

How do you get work? Do people come to you and ask for designs or do you submit them to people or companies?

What would you say is the most important part of being an Architect? What would be the most gratifying?

I’ve heard that Architecture is a very difficult and hard study to major in, did you find that you were stressed and working a lot of your college experience?

What would you say is the key to being successful in this field?

What project are you most proud of? What makes this one stand out for you?

How are you picked the location of your office?

It’s oblivious you have been very successful in your career is there any advice you could give me?

 They were all the questions and he replied very quickly which was awesome Ill definitely be able to use him in my PowerPoint which were talking about in class now

Journal 83 (May 2nd)

So today in class we began to put thought into our presentations. I picked my date for May 28^th first period so I can have my sister come I really want her there. I told her to save the date and she said okay. I have a lot of more work which I need to do. I need to do my annotated bibliography. I have links and such but I feel I need more and to get them all organized. I want to create a tri-fold for my project as well which includes photos and such and I need to still complete my PowerPoint and hand outs. We got a student from last years to look off of so that will be very helpful. Mrs. Stardo has a lot of faith in us and what our projects can be I hope I won’t let her down. I think though I didn’t get everything I wanted done in this project done I did learn a lot about me and some of the next steps I have to take to succeed in this career field.

Journal 82 (May 1st)

Today I worked outside all day after I got home from work. I was thinking while I was mowing the lawn that I should look at the houses in my community and possibly try to find the Architect which built them. I think I’m going to have to do a little detective work but I should be able to figure it out. I have some floor plans from my house to I think there should be something one there. I know the contractor who built the houses he lives down the street to maybe he can help me with my research if I hit a dead end you know.

Journal 81 (April 30th)

So today is spring break still I slepted over my friends last night and was there all day so I didn't get much done.

Journal 80 (April 29th)

I went to the beach with Torie H. my friend from my school. It was a little cold so there wasn’t and swimming we walked around a lot. I found the name of an Architect down there I’m going to try to email him about possibly answering some of my questions about his job. Apparently Bon Jovi owns a house down at LBI. My friends was joking with me and made me a "sand house" for me to live in because I want to be an Architect. I did noticed that there was a lot of Victorian themed Architecture down there and that there were a lot of rounded roofs which I wasn’t really expecting. The Architects name if found was Michael Ryan Architects. I just googled him and found an Email so hopefully he’ll answer me back J

Journal 78 (April 27th)

I worked all day at Hallmark today didn't get anything done.

Journal 77 (April 26th)

I was on the River Line today and I took it from Trenton all the way to Camden. I was thinking a lot how there is so much empty space and homes there are all throughout the state, the country, the world, which doesn't even do anything but sit there and take up space, rust, and deteriorate. This makes me sad to think they we cut down the trees and vegetations for nothing built it for nothing. I don't like to see structures simply wasted when I know there is homeless people and people who would like and need better living conditions when they're are all sorts of stuctures which can be improved for use.

Journal 76 (April 25th)

Still on break mode haven't really done anything related to the projectly I'm not really trying to hard still its my break been thinking a lot though about what I want to do with my degree in Architecture once I get it. I hope to work in New York City, Orlando, or Los Angeles possibly doing Restoration and Residential work. I enjoy working with homes but who know where my life is going to take me I'm only 18 right now.

Journal 75 (April 24th)

Happy Easter

Journal 74 (April 23th)

So Chelsea’s friend Lauren came home for Easter this weekend. She’s Jewish so when my Mom was getting Chelsea my mom didn’t want to leave her all alone at college because almost everyone came home so Lauren came too. Her Mom is an Architect she strongly recommended that I email her and talk to her. When I get back I’m going to email her on our first sign out day I think.

Journal 73 (April 22nd)

Today is Good Friday I work tonight so not really looking forward to that. It’s getting kind of boring now but I should be working a lot soon because mother’s day is coming soon so that’ll be good for Hallmark. I'm going to take it very slow this week and I'm not going to stress about my project too much. I'm dealing with NJIT information lately so that's my big thing next.

Journal 72 (April 21th)

Today is the last day before we go on spring break I’m very excited for that. I honestly don’t believe I’ll get much done over the next week concerning my project.  I hope to go to the beach though next Friday and look at the Architecture of the building there. I don’t really expect to get too much out of it though it should be pretty fun though. My friends and I love going to LBI but I think that this will be a lot calmer that I’m generally used to. School was very calm we talked in Sardo’s about what’s going to come next for us. We’re going to be allowed to sign out early another day of the week that should be awesome. I heard though that the history WISE class is a lot more relaxed they just sign out whenever and don’t have to have mentor meetings and their journals aren’t checked I’m a little jealous.

Journal 71 (April 20th)

Well were back from senior trip today. All the seniors have come in late. I’m feeling very inspired see while we were there I took all these pictures of cool buildings and designing quotes from Walt Disney. They’re very cool. I plan to add them to my PowerPoint presentation. The most amazing part I thought about Walt Disney (and this does relate to my project kind of) was that the fire work show WISHES in Magic Kingdom. During that show they turned a building into a projector and made images appear on the castle so clearing. So in a matter of seconds the castle could change its appearance. It was fascinating. The Architecture and design of the hotels even. The themes and concepts behind the hotel, shops, building, and restaurants is simply something to marvel at. I understand that they are creating a new “Fantasyland” in 2012 I think that I really would like to see that. The construction was going on while we were there. Very cool I really enjoyed the trip I had a lot of fun.

Journal 70 (April 19th)

UNIVERSAL DAY 4

Journal 69 (April 18th)

DISNEY DAY 3

Journal 68 (April 17th)

DISNEY DAY 2

Journal 67 (April 16th)

DISNEY DAY 1

 

Journal 66 (April 15th)

Tom. is Senior Trip we spend 3 days in Disney and then one day in Universal Studios I'm very excited. There is a lot that I still need to accomplish though with packing and home life stuff. I going to try to see if Mr. Johnson can actually have a mentor meeting 7th period today so I'm able to sign out so that will be a big help we have to be back at the school at 5 AM tom. Morning to fly out so that will be fun  and be back tonight at 5:30 for luggage check. I have to get some more things done before I go so today I'll probably sign out to complete that. I hope that I'll be able to.

Journal 65 (April 14th)

Thursday yay! I wasn't able to work on my project today I had an L.I.F.E. presentation on Homophobia reduction in my school. L.I.F.E. is Lifetime Information For Everyone. We're a group of 33 seniors tried in different situations teens face in high school and we try to show them better ways to deal with them. It was a very uncomfortable skit to do but we all got through it and pushed through to get our message across that this issue needs to dealt with. It's not right to teach some different just because of their sexual orientation. I feel sad because that was the last L.I.F.E. presentation that we are going to do. But we still have to make a prom video explaining to the school the negative effects doing drugs and drinking on prom can have on your life. I have my senior trip soon so I'm probably not going to get anything done on this project for the rest of this week and into next week a little bit.

Journal 64 (April 13th)

So today I was allowed to go and have a mentor meeting with Mr. Johnson during my WISE period but unfortunately Mr. Johnson and I got side tracked and we were just talking the whole time about this and that so I wasn't really about to get a lot done. I really enjoy hanging with Mr. Johnson. I'm going to Disney on Sat. I'm going to get him a present. I really would like to get more done on my project once I get back from senior trip once I complete that whole trip I want to complete a lot more for this. I have been slacking a lot lately. Senior-itous I guess. I know there is so much I can do and have the ability to achieve but I'm just not very motivated right now.

Journal 63 (April 12th)

Today was a signout day I wasn't able to sign out though because today because I had to teach a lesson on Architecture to underclassmen it went so well. I was only supposed to teach my lesson to 8th period my but my mentor said I did so well that I should teach it again to his 9th period class who is also studying the same thing I was so happy I ran to my WISE teacher Mrs Stardo and told her that I wouldn't be signing out and was on my way back to the class. I did so much better the second time around I took questions and talked with the kids it was so much fun I really enjoyed being about to do that. Senora Lopez is the head of my student teaching program and she came in and watched me present 8th period as well. I talked to her after and she said she really enjoyed my lesson and enjoyed the presentation on Architecture.

Journal 62 (April 11th)

Today was a share day in Life we sat and listened to everyone discuss their projects to I was able to talk a little bit about my project I was recently contacted by a Phildelphia University head of Architecture student. I was hope that he will answer some of my question he was very helpful and was a great asset. He emailed me saying if I have any questions about anything I should contact him. I'm not 100 percent sure how he came into contacted. I found out that alot of people are working reallly well on their projects are doing so well.

Journal 61 (April 10th)

So today I worked but I did do my powerpoint it's very simple I'm going to upload it to my blog through Google Documents. My Western Civ. teacher Mr Campbell taught me to do it. I'm not super proud of it but it is pretty cool I did it on my own and created notes. Mr Johnson told me not to make it more that 20 words a slide because the group I'm teaching generally tends to loose focus.

PowerPoint -
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7eP-MHh8xl_NTc5MzAwMTUtNTFhNC00NTMzLTljNDctYzI1YzdjYjMzNDMx&hl=en

Architecture Notes -

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XgKhXLNWVT6uzf6ptvyOaG1KoFz8SBxEEXZbovtGNM/edit?hl=en

Journal 60 (April 9th)

Today I was out working a weddin with my mom at Saint Paul's Church. My mom makes flower stuff so I have to help her all day so I wasn't able to get much done with my project. I'm supposed to teach a class on Architecture on Tuesday to a group of underclassmen and be observed by my teacher for it. So hopefully I'll do well with that. I had completely forgot that I needed to do that for my school. Luckly Mr Johnson reminded me recently.

Journal 59 (April 8th)

Today was a sign out day I was able to go to my local Library and look at some books on architecture because I was thinking I'm so impressed with the Architecture Library which was located inside the Architecture building in NJIT's campus that I wanted to look up some more things on Architecture. I got Icons of Architecture: the 20th century By Sabine Thiel-Silingand Wolfgang  Bachmann.

 "This international survey of key architectural monuments brings together 37 contributors' brief essays on more than 70 houses, apartment buildings, office buildings, clubs, factories, museums, concert halls, and other building types." That is a brief summary of the book I found on the library’s site.

Another book I got was.... The architecture traveler: a guide to 250 key 20th century American buildings

 This is another brief description which Ifound online "Describes 250 architectural treasures of the 20th century, gives notes on their history and design, and provides practical information for visiting them, with addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, and maps. Each entry includes a b&w photo."

Journal 58 (April 7th)

I had a mentor meeting today with  Mr Johnson and I talked to him about how I've been feeling with everything thats going on with my project I really like have these mentor meetings he always gives me amazing ideas and calms me down with the stress that I feel sometimes with getting this project done. He gave me this amazing site which I mentioned before it's call GEM SET. I signed up for it 5th period today so they're going to mail me a specfic packet and everything to let me know what going on. The program is decribed in the website here http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/welcome.htm

Students send in career questions and comments to GEM-SET@uic.edu. Guidelines for discussion include classroom issues, career decisions, peer-pressure, challenges and opportunities. Scholarships, internships, prizes and field trips are also posted on the Digest.

All questions are automatically posted on the GEM-SET Digest for ALL the participants to read and respond. Mentors and students can respond by hitting the message REPLY button or by sending your message to GEM-SET@uic.edu.

When someone responds to a question, the reply is posted on the Daily Digest with a hot link for you to click on to read the answers. Both mentors and students are invited to make comments. Usually responses are made within 10 days of the initial posting.

Journal 57 (April 6th)

I really enjoyed the College of New Jersey Visit. I saw the Engineering Building which was very cool. I would really like to go there more it's a great campus. I am president of my school's chapter of TSA and I we won two 2nd place awards this year and considering that it's only about our second year going that's pretty good. I wasn't able to see all the different architecture projects but I was able to get some awesome pictures I hope to use them in my PowerPoint.

Today I was not in School I was on a Technology Student Association trip to The College of New Jersey I competed in the Structure Design Competition. My team consisted of myself and another student from my school. I had to make a standing structure which could with stand weight my structure withheld about 44 kg  which was awesome but team that won made a structure which was double that so I'm a little let down but it was my first time competing so it’s not too bad.

Journal 56 (April 5th)

            Today was a sign out day today I went home and worked on my questions I have them all written down in my English book well my every subject book. I got a special flash key now which is special just for this project. I'm going to type them up soon so my questions and PowerPoint will all be together for easy access for me.
             My mentor Mr. Johnson recently told me about this site which people get touch with people who are also engineers and it helps Women engineers with improving their contact list throughout the field. I'm hoping to get alot of my questions answered through this site. I hope to maybe even make some contacts in the field. I also stopped at the bank which really doesn't have much to do with my project but it was on the way home. I would like to possibly find an Architecture Library I think that would be amazing. Well hopefully I'll be able to looks into that soon. Their is probably one in Philly which I can use.

Journal 55 (April 4th)

So today we were in the computer lab in 801 which is across campus I hate going over there. Sardo told us today that we are going to be the last WISE ENGLISH class for this year that due to low enrolling number for the 2011-2012 school year the program will be discontinued temporally or possibly completely get rid of it that makes sad this is a great program for kids who don’t generally work well with regular English and don't learn well all cooped up in a classroom. So it's really a shame that there won't be one next year.
I have work after school today so that is something that I'm not really looking forward to. I been working on my annotative bibliography. That is coming along fine so their isn't much to report their. In my AutoCAD class though I'm going to be teaching a class on stuctures which hopefully will go good. Tom. is a sign out day so hopefully that will be okay I need to sort through some of my powerpoint.

Journal 54 (April 3rd)

SUNDAY So I worked at Hallmark all day today so I really wasn't able to get much done in terms of my project I need to figure out when I'll be able to have my mentor meeting with Johnson this week because I have a trip on Wednesday and I have to use the study hall I have for most of the week for making up previously missed work for my Pre-Calculus and Physics class so I just really need to make sure I meet with him this week.

Journal 53 (April 2nd)

Yesterday was Friday which was a sign out day. My WISE teacher Mrs Stardo said that I need to make my journals a lot longer. So I think I'm going to go through some of my pervious journals and make them more detailed about everything I've been doing. I been working with my dad a lot to get me enrolled in NJIT. I'm been trying to schedule a lot of my life because I've been really busy lately and feel as though I'm falling behind in my project I would really like to get this all sorted out and catch up. I'm kind of a procrastinator to I really need to kick myself and get into gear. I got a flash key now so I'm hopefully going to start on my power point soon.

Journal 52 (April 1st)

Oh my gosh I visited NJIT yesterday it was awesome the school was very cool. They had an entire building developed Architecture (shown below) inside the building is at The Center for Building Knowledge which is a research and training institute affiliated with the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT. I really liked the school. The Studio space is much better than Philadelphia University. The school is on "University Row" in Newark which is a very safe area. Often in bigger city you'll find the colleges all in one area.  The New Jersey School of Architecture happens to be one of the first architecture programs in the nation to establish fully digital design studios with three-dimensional modeling and color pre-visualization.  That is I'm guessing where they computer from DELL that I have to buy comes into play.  In this building they allow self guided tours of every floor. The students are always in and out of that building. You get your own work studio area and you generally work in that area for all four years/five years.

The architecture majors are always there during my self guided tour I saw a boy sleeping in the chair in front of his computer. I also really liked that inside that building they have their own library with architecture and design books. The building was very cool. The school has a lot of different aspects which are not like most schools I really like it.

Journal 51 (March 31st)

So today is my visit to NJIT to look at their Architecture buildings and program.
I'm really excited because it's most likely were I am going to end up going to when I get there I'm going to be looking at everything try to see everything and just looking around
The only problem I have with that school is that they require you to purchase your own 2,000 dollar computer which I'm not allowed to keep in my dorm but must keep it across campus in an imaging lab.
The location of the school is great because it's 30 minutes from New York City which is where I want to base myself out of possibly.
So we'll see how everything goes. I'm going to keep a log of everything I'm going to see and experience.

GO HIGHLANDERS!

Journal 50 (March 30th)

So this is my 50th journal entry yay!
I was in REBEL all day today because it was KICK BUTTS DAY 2011
It’s an anti-smoking program which we try to reach the underclassmen and prevent the tobacco companies from warping their minds to think smoking is okay.
I was doing the ball toss
REBEL is the school's anti-tobacco club which I am the president of so I was out of periods 4 5 6 7 8 and 9
I enjoyed being outside all day and we had a really great turn out unfortunately I was unable to get stuff done for my project.

Journal 49 (March 29th)

So today was just tuesday which is a sign out day so were going all going to sign out which should be good. I'm going to continue on my log of everything on philadephia university.
I am very excited because I got the email for a very important lady from an architecture firm that my sister knows. She apparently knows her daughter and in conversation she was able to insert that my WISE project and now I have this email so hopefully this women with respond and allow me to answer some questions.

Journal 48 (March 28th)

YAY today was my shadow a student at Philadelphia University I putting all of me documentation from that day into a detailed log so I can use it for my presentation. I shadowed a 3rd year Architecture major with a minor in Construction management. It was a fantastic day see was so sweet and helped me out a lot I took all my different questions with me and through them in here in there during the conversation. It was a great program I'm really happy that I got to do it even if I don't go there. I met this girl and she was Majoring in Architecture but minor in Interior Design that would be so amazing to do. So now I think I would like to do that.

Journal 47 (March 27th)

At work all day came home went straight to bed still feeling really sick.

Journal 46 (March 26th)

So today I'm going to meet the drummer from Blink 182 Travis Barker so I'm really excited and so I didnt get a chance to work on anything I've kind of been slacking lately and I know it again I know its's not a far excuse but I'm really sick still I've gone from Pink Eye to Flu to Bronchitis so I'm simply just sleeping alot and trying to get everything else with school and college done rather than focusing 100 percent on my project.

Journal 45 (March 25th)

Today were off from school so I didn't really get much of my project done i'm supposed to go shadow a student from philadelphia University on the 28th I'm kinda of excited kind of nervous. I have work today so my project isnt my main concern today. I hope to get everything all ready in a powerpoint soon.

Journal 44 (March 24th)

So today we were in class simply discussing our project with all my illnesses I have gotten the illness where you lose your voice. I forget what it’s called but my mom knows what it’s called I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired all the time. I want to be able to run I want to be able to do all sorts of stuff and not be sick! I'm really impressed with a lot of other people's projects they're very charitable. One of the girls is organizing a walk for a charity and another is organizing a charity basketball game. It`s all just really nice.

Journal 43 (March 23rd)

Today in class we watch The Last Lecture DVD. It was such a sad video the fact he was so happy and his wife was so sad I mean he's dying he's leaving his family his job his dreams Its been so sad reading the book but his view on everything life is amazing I'm truly in shock and inspired with how amazing he is and how driven he is. And the head fake at the end where he was like this is for my kids AH it gets to me everytime! And His wife with the birthday cake that was so nice. The video was so sweet!

Journal 42 (March 22th)

So we were able to sign out early today so that was a great thing I been working on questions trying to focus on my different projects for everything. Johnson said that were going to the state wide TSA convention soon so that will be very interesting we'll be able to see all the different projects for architect maybe i'll meet someone who I could possiblily interview there who knows I hoping that I'll interview at least someone. I'm suppossed to do a bridge structure contest so that should be cool.

Journal 41 (March 21th)

Stayed home from school on alot of medication for this stupid infection :( I'm so mad that I have it and I think I have a cold too this is so not my week

Journal 40 (March 20th)

I'm so mad right now I have pink eye! My friend had it and I was the only who one was like ahh get away I don't want it than bam I'm the one who gets it really? Like for really I'm going to try to avoid the computer as much as possible because quite frankly it hurts too much.

Journal 39 (March 19th)

I was out with my mom all day haven't really talked to her much lately for some reason so it was nice to just spend time with her running around and doing stuff. I haven't really been home much so yeah probably not going to get my emails out today :/

Journal 38 (March 18th)

So today is a SIGN OUT DAY! heck yeah I'm excited. Mr Johnson isn't though that's kind of a downer he's nice I enjoy seeing him. I want to go to New York during this project to see this really cool building I've always wanted to see

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/CHE027F.jpg

It looks like that it's really famous but the name I'm completely blanking on right now.
But today I think I'll do my final touches to my email contact list and hopefully be able to send some of them out on Saturday or Sunday. Yay! for being productive.

Journal 37 (March 17th)

So I talked to my dad about everything that has been going on with NJIT and it helped my dad always make me feel more reassured. He told me that we would deal with it and its not a big deal. Maybe I'm just making a mountain out of a mole hill tehehe I feel so old using phrases like that. My friend and I have been all talking about how this is the time that everything is starting to get real were all getting older and growing up crazy I know.
In WISE class today we spent the day talking about the Last Lecture. We were comparing and discussing some of the things he does in the book to our real life. My favorite conversation was about how he used his cancer to get out of a speeding ticket and it worked I would feel so bad doing that I would explain it to the cop or maybe just cry probably cry.
I think this weekend I'm going to send out a couple emails I feel like its going to take years for a response.
 I'm going to send out as many as I can.
I just sent chelsea (my sister) a text message about a possible "lead" she has this friend in college who has a mom who owes all these firms in New York and London and all over they do Architecture AND interior design :O CRAZY AMAZING RIGHT?!?

Journal 36 (March 16th)

So I decided I'm going to NJIT for Architecture. I'm very excited about it. In my learning about dorming and different things I was able to find out that

In some colleges the have special dorming floors for architecture majors

They require you to have special computers with all these different types of programs that you have to put on once you get there  http://design.njit.edu/docs/requirements-recommendations.pdf

There is also and image studio across campus from my most likely dorm which is were I have to keep my special bought two-thousand dollar computer. Yes you can hear the anger in my voice just reading this I mean who does that? Aren't they supposed to provide me with a computer. I can't believe it  AND I can't even keep it in my room what is that?? Ah it makes me so mad hopefully my parents will pay for  that but this definitely wasn't something I wanted to add to my list of purchases.

Journal 35 (March 15th)

So today was a sign out day man I really love being able to leave before everyone else its awesome. I like the fact that I get to take my truck and go to were I need to go. I'm going to be honest I went home with the intention of doing research on my project yet when I got there my mom was home and she made me clean my room so I spent the entire night cleaning my room and wasn't able to get anything. It was very frustrating I been loving the weather lately its so nice maybe I'll try to figure out something to do that involves me going outside.

Journal 34 (March 14th)

WISE class was relaxed today. I haven't talked to this boy or this girl before in great lengths and I actually had some interesting conversations with them. It was cool to discuss our views and opinions on the book 'The Last Lecture' and also to discuss our projects. The girl was a lot nicer than I expected I heard she wasn't very pleasant.  Claire was also in my group she is like one of my close friends in school. So I know a lot about what’s going on with her project already.
We have to read two more sections for next Thursday so I think that’s what I'm going to do tom when I sign out maybe if its a nice day I'll drive to the Burlington Bristol Bridge and read there. That’s one of my favorite places in the world.
I was reading my Roger Williams packet and they talked about a lot of Architecture Firms they are involved with for after college internships and job opportunities and I think I'm going to go on a bunch of different websites and see who I can contact there about getting some of my question answered.

Journal 33 (March 13th)

So  today was a very relaxing yet productive day I went to work from 10-4 thats was fine no problem than I walked on the treadmill and high lighted for about an hour. After that I went upstairs to go read up and do more research on my project. I found alot I think I'm going to start putting everything I find and do and complete into a HUGE powerpoint I think that that will help me alot in my final project. I think thats a plan :)
We have reading due tom. so I'm probably going to get as much of that done for tom. as I can.

Journal 32 (March 12th)

Going to be honest didn't get much work done on my blog. I was running around hanging out with a bunch of different people. I went to a park which was cool and mall movies all different people. So I didn't have a lot time to deal with my project and my research. But I think tom when I walk on the treadmill I'll continue to do my researching on licensing and accreditation.

Journal 31 (March 11th)

Sign out day! Wahooo
I met with Johnson I came up with a lot of different interview questions I showed him. He gave me a lot help with how to re-word and improve upon my question and things I should say to elaborate on specific topics.
I go into Roger Williams University for Architecture so that packet I was reading had alot of helpful information. Oh and my mom got me all these cool folders to keep my research in which is awesome.

Journal 30 (March 10th)

So another day in the classroom. We were had 2 options of what we could do...

1) we were allowed to share are journals and struggles going on in our project to each other

2) we were allowed to read our Last Lecture book which we recieved yesterday

I started reading the Last Lecture its really good so far very optimistic

Journal 29 (March 9th)

So we were in the classroom today were going to learn about this book called the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It’s a book were the man finds out his need to deliver his literarily last lecture because he has cancer. His wife and people argue against him to focus on family but he wanted to give this lecture. He was a Carnegie Mellon professor of Computer Sciences. He looked at death with a positive way and wrote the book to influence his children and show them what he would have wanted to teach them within the next couple years but was never able to. The book is about wisdom and the journey he took throughout life that’s why it’s related to out W.I.S.E. program. The book looks to be very inspiring and interesting.

Journal 28 (March 8th)

Today I went to the computer lab and was looking at different things about our topic I found this extremely awesome interesting site. The Real Estalker it's all about celebrity homes and celebrities who are selling their homes. It has pictures and all sorts of prices and facts which range from all over. It’s so cool to look at and Tom Brady has this massive house being built and it’s huge and it’s only in the construction stages but its massive 6 car garages and such. They’re at several airily shots and its crazy.
So thats what I was looking at today. Prices per house all the factors involved location, square feet, and more
Its was a very interestings day

Journal 27 (March 7th)

So today were just doing more research. Johnson emailed that Architecture teacher at shawnee becase he wanted to make sure it would be okay with her if I emailed her so hopefully she'll respound soon. I'm going to spend today working on questions I want to ask both the Counciling department at Colleges and what I want to ask this Architecture teacher.

Journal 26 (March 6th)

Another day researching on the treadmill but today during the day I did go to Philly with my sister. We visited Temple's new Architecture constuction grounds. Apparently they are getting a whole new building and a whole new program within the next two years.
Did you know that you have to be licensed by each individual states to practice there. Seriously I really don't like that I want to move and live in like 3 different states.

Journal 25 (March 5th)

So today I was on the treadmill high-lighting again today. I learned that is New York you need 5 things to be a licensed Architect.

be of good moral character
be at least 21 years of age;
meet education requirements;
meet experience requirements; and
meet examination requirements.

This was a very helpful website as well.
http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/arch/archlic.htm

Journal 24 (March 4th)

So I had my mentor meeting with Mr Johnson today. It went really well I showed him all the progress I was making with figuring out what I need and what to do. I'm so happy and excited with everything. I been high-lighting different ways to get licensed in NY NJ and Califorinia and comparing them. I been on Wiki and so many national sites its amazing what I'm learning. We got to sign out today. I went home and went on the treadmill and high-lighted. It's a fanastic system. High-lighting and walking its really fun.

Journal 23 (March 3rd)

So I've figured out where I would like to begin my entire process I'm going to begin with the High School preparatory stage. I want to get a complete to do list for high school incoming freshman sophomore junior and seniors to do if they wish to pursue Architecture as a career. The must dues if you will. A stage I have completed. I want to try to interview or ask some questions to a college counselor who over look architecture majors. I think that would be cool. I have a contact at Philadelphia University so that will be helpful I feel. I want to comprise a list of questions which I can ask her about different things that she looks for in the acceptance of Architecture majors. I'm also considering emailing the National Architecture Accreditation Board and asking them some questions. I think getting a response from them would be amazing.
Oh and by the way I got into NJIT for an Architecture Degree so that is hopefully another resource I can use.

Journal 22 (March 2nd)

Yesterday in class we were talking about interviewing and the interviewing process in my class today. I'm pretty commortable with interviewing people alot of my project is interviewing people so I'm not too concerned about that. I already talked to an Temple University Freshman Architecture major. She was a friend of my sister. I had a web chat interview with her. That was back in first semester through so I would like to talk to her again soon and get a better interview with her. I should really start interview and emailing people about getting interviewed.
I want to talk to...
The Temple University Freshman
Mr Johnson Architecture Teacher Friend
An old Northern Graduate who is probably a third year Architecture major
and I would also like to get in touch with multiple local Architecture firms
I would also like to try to email the new Capital Health Hospital Architect who I met on the T.S.A. trip

Journal 21 (March 1st)

We were working on getting all caught up today with different paper work that we need for our school legal kinds of stuff saying like we're allowed to leave and our parents know what the program is. I needed to get several papers in so that’s what I was doing for my project today. Nothing too interesting. But in my Western Civilizations class were learning about Egypt and my professor is allow us to pick our topic of study and my thesis is "What materials, interior comforts, and architecture techniques did the Egyptians use? Which ones do we still use today?" So that will be pretty cool I'm excited to begin looking into research about that. It should be very interesting. Who knows I might be able to use some research I find for this project.

Journal 20 (Feb 28th)

Recently I've been dealing with the process of applying to colleges and getting in and different paths I can take to my ultimate goal of becoming an LICENSED architect. So I was accepted into Philadephlia University for a major of Architectural Studies which is a 4 year degree but I'm not sure that I can use that degree to be elagable for taking the licensing test. I recently printed out twenty to twenty-five pages on different routes and the actual group that administers the test to see what my options are

Temple wait listed me and wants me to go in as Undecised and transfer into the program. NJIT pretty much just waitlisted me and I haven't heard from Roger Williams University yet.
Right now my options for getting a degree is...
Philadelphia University Architectural Studies (But I'm not sure I can take the test with that degree)
Mercer Community College and Transfer to Temple, Philadelphia University, or NJIT
and who know whats going to happen with Roger Williams

Journal 19 (Feb 27th)

I been looking into Licensing online today to see what my options are for college. I found this really helpful website I wish I had know about when I was a freshman.
http://www.ncarb.org/
This is the website for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). They are the ones who admitister all the tests which people require for being an architect. "It's a nonprofit corporation comprising the legally constituted architectural registration boards of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as its members." - according to Wiki
So i been looking alot at that website

Journal 18 (Feb 26th)

So today is saturday yay saturday! I haven't really had a chance to work on my project lately because I'm really stressed with talking to my parents about college and trying to figure that all out. I need to begin my list and such about what I want to do next.

Journal 17 (Feb 25th)

I was in L.I.F.E. all day so I wasn't in class. L.I.F.E. is Lifetime Information For Everyone and it’s a program you get selected for in my school and in the state of New Jersey it is referred to as TEEN PEP.
Here is a link to what the program is
http://www.state.nj.us/health/aids/teenpep.shtml
It is a statewide sexual health promotion and peer education initiative that enables high school students to make healthy decisions.
So I was in there all day because generally I would only be there for the first half of the day but people who had my teaching sections were absent so I was in the gym all day. there was a whole in the ceiling. It was raining. NO FUN

Journal 16 (Feb 24th)

Today I'm feeling very blah my mentor isn't here today so I had to help the sub teach his class. My mentor is Mr. Johnson. He is the AutoCAD teacher at my school and two periods before my WISE English class, I SILC which is a student teaching program at my school for his class. They're all little freshman guys so it’s kind of hard to teach them but they're good kids. I want to create a blog post one day that is simply a drawing I've done on AutoCAD. So maybe one day during WISE I can come to AutoCAD and make a drawing.

Journal 15 (Feb 23rd)

Were in the computer lab again I've been printing out different papers just doing some print out research. I think I would like to see if they have any books in the library. Maybe I'll sign out one day and check out some books at the Burlington County Library. I think I'm planning on doing that on March 8th. I like Architecture books but I only have one my sister bought me from the MOMA in New York

Journal 14 (Feb 22nd)

We were in the computer lab recently looking at links with different things which will help us along with our projects and some that I found were...

Architecture Media
http://www.architectmagazine.com/
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/
http://www.worldarchitecture.org/main/

Educational Architecture Sites
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1744053059
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1744053059
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1744053059
http://www.collegeboard.com/


Architecture Career Aids
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1744053056
http://architecture.about.com/cs/careers/a/bearchitect.htm

Journal 13 (Feb 21st)

So today was a pretty normal day nothing too interesting happened with my project. In WISE class we didn't do much because we were listening to Sardo (Our teacher of the course) she has been teaching us different things like how to interact with the people who were going to be speaking with and dealing with. I know it's extremely important to be polite and thankful because they don’t need to be helping me because that's what they are doing taking time out of their day to help me.

Journal 12 (Feb 20th)

So today is Sunday I worked all day I work at Hallmark so there isn't much I can do with architecture but that’s okay. I was thinking about something one of the girls said about her major at the Philadelphia University. While she was fashion design major what she said made a lot of sense. One of the parents asked “What do you find different about yourself since you started studying at Philadelphia University?” She resounded with "It's like learning to read. Once you learn to read and you look at a word you can't help it you read it there isn't anything else you can do. That's what I do now I looks at pieces of clothes and analyze them. I can't help its but I see what goes into them and the different styles."
I want to be able to view a building or home or a store and think ‘Oh this is that and the other thing is that’. I want to be able to analyze all the different aspects that go into it and how different the pieces are just unconsciously and without meaning to. I want to be so in-depth in what I know that my mindset is it.
Another thing I remembered about my visit was how they are sending out portfolios to company's now in mass quantities. Students are putting all the different things they've done on a post card with their information on it and sending it out like a post card résumé. I think that is brilliant.

Journal 11 (Feb 19th)

I went to visit Philadelphia University about a major in Architectural Studies. The campus was beautiful. We had a 5th year Architecture major as our tour guide she was very nice. She showed us the studio Philadelphia University has 2 studios one for upperclassmen and another for underclassmen. The studios were very cool. There was a lot of desks apparently we would spend the first 2 years of that major just focusing on hand drawings and working with making models. Philadelphia University's program works on trying to incorporate different majors all together to perform jobs. Like the interior design majors would helps design architecture majors’ different things and the construction management major help with the architecture majors and all different ways of adding everything together to have final projects. They said that they trying to simulate a work environment.
I have been teaching AutoCAD dealing for the past year and have taken the class for 3 years. They guide told us though that we really don't deal with AutoCAD until out 3rd and 4th year which kind of is a disappointment because I have so much skill with the program and I'm afraid to use it. Another thing our guide said was key was being friends with upperclassmen they apparently leave you materials when they are done, could give you books and programs and all sorts of different materials.

Journal 10 (Feb 18th)

Okay so we were in the computer lab today to research different things on our focus projects. I didn't do much because my chest was hurting badly. Than I got a nose bleed and had to leave the class. I don't know what was wrong with me but I just couldn't focus or do anything. I went home and laid down so I just didn't have a very productive day sadly.

Journal 9 (Feb 17th)

Julie and Julia ended today too. That was a cute movie she cooked her way through the book even though Julia Child didn’t like her, her inspiration totally blew her off and told her that she thought it was stupid. I don't understand how someone who seems so nice in the movie could tell someone that they don't like them and they are a joke. Julia Child said that she didn't like Julie Powell and that her blog was a "stunt". I would be honored if someone developed a year of their life to do something I did. Just shows how much the movies change things.
Hopeful soon we'll be able to work on our actual projects rather than just I don't know doing different activities.

Journal 8 (Feb 16th)

More Julie & Julia it’s cute I like the movie a lot. I think it’s going to really like inspire me to do more blogging for this class and for other more personal blogging I mean it’s always good to have references to your past who knows. We haven't done anything relating to our own projects since were watching the movie but I've been thinking a lot about different things I want to do...
I'm going to visit a college of Architecture next Saturday so that will be a good experience  :)

Journal 7 (Feb 15th)

So we've started watching a movie called Julie and Julia it’s about a girls one year journey cooking through the famous chef Julia Child's Book Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The movie is based on a book that was written. The movie stars  Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. The two live in different time periods and you watch them both progress and move along through out there journeys. Its cute I like this movie alot its really cool.

Oh and Ms Welckers class joined us so thats cool more people my best friend Steph is in that class so she is in my class now :)

Journal 6 (Feb 14th)

Ugh. It's V-day: P whatever though. So again we spent WISE class today talking about blogs and different ways of which to get out our Journals and such Tumblr was an opinion but you can't get on that during school hours, writing down was an opinion but I feel I loose interest just writing it down. So in my WesternCiv class we use this program so I figured that I would use it for this class as well.

There wasn’t much else in class today so Happy Valentines everyone.

Journal 5 (Feb. 13th)

Again another busy day at work didnt think much about the project. I plan to Visit a College soo So that should be cool I'm going to Visit it with a major of Architecture.

Journal 4 (Feb. 12th)

So today honestly I'm not focusing on my wise project too much. I had work from 11-7 because I work at a card store and it's two days before Valentines and well yeah you can image how that is. I'm not sure how even approach this project I've never done anything so crazy and extensive in my life. Everyone else seems to be pretty well thought together and I'm just floating I need to come up with a well written and thought out plan. And I'm not sure how these mentor meeting things are going to work so well see what happens with that.

Journal 3 (Feb 11th)

Johnson and I met up today. Johnson is my teacher mentor. He is a really nice AutoCAD teacher at my school. AutoCAD is the program architects use on a day to day basis for regular designing. I'm all Johnson's SILC (SILC is a student teaching program at my school) I've taken AutoCAD my entire high school experience and graduated from AutoCAD I, II, & III so being that were wasn’t an AutoCAD four in my school because no one had ever gone through all three as an underclassmen my only opinion to continue the program was to SILC for Johnson. I help student teach his AutoCAD I class.
Johnson and I met and today and it was a great visit he gave me so many possible ideas about different things I could do with my project. People to visit, Places to go, and all different things. Johnson has two awesome contacts which he has an Architecture teacher at Lenape school and a Architect friend in Pittsburgh he says I can talk to so I'm pretty excited and I all have two people who I’d like to interview. This guy who is studying Architecture for a couple years now who graduated from northern 2 years ago and a girl my sister knows from college.

I'm extremely excited after my meeting with Johnson to go on and continue this project.

Journal 2 (Feb 10th)

Okay so today is day two of my journal Cory and I went to the English main office (which is like down the hall from my class) to do our "interview". Cory is doing his project designing the set for the musical this year. He said he had done the set design before. He said he is hesitant to work with Pinto who is his teacher mentor. Pinto does it every year and Cory says he thinks he won’t allow Cory to do anything. The set has to be changeable for all the different scenes. Cory asked me questions about my Architecture project as well. They made me realize I'm totally clueless where to go from here.
The questions were normal but it made me think about where I need to develop all my different things. When Cory and I got back to the classroom was all go into a circle (the whole class) and went over different people's projects.
The interview process was fine but probably because Cory is my friend. I think if I’m prepared for the different questions and people before I go into it I'll be fine in an interview setting

Journal 1 (Feb 9th)

So yesterday my WISE class started journaling so here goes hello my name is Erica Johnson I'm a high school senior and this blog is dedicated me and journey through an in-depth look into what it’s like to become an architect. I've always wanted to design buildings and structures so I thought for my WISE project why not go more in-depth and further my interest. My school offers a course call Senior Research Seminar where I pretty much pick a topic anything I want and study it for the rest of my senior year and then compose a PowerPoint on it.

So now you know what I'm doing this is my first journal explaining my journey... today since Cory (a friend in my class) were both absent yesterday were assigned as partners to interview one another but I had to go on and take several yearbook photos so we didn’t get much done. When I returned from my pictures well class was pretty much over. Cory and I will probably continue tom.