Friday, February 21, 2014

Project Proposal

This past week has been very difficult for many people in Springfield. Hailey Owens, a 10 year old girl, was kidnapped and killed within a nights time. It breaks my heart thinking of how scared this little girl must have been during this time period. This terrible thing has encouraged me to help kids become more aware of safety awareness.
When I was a little kid, my mom drilled this into my head. She made up games that taught me the importance of being aware of my surroundings, never talking to strangers, etc. Many children don’t know the importance of this and many parents don’t either.  Often, people think that incident’s like Hailey’s won’t happen to them because it seems so unlikely.
I intern at Macedonia daycare and I am going to find a way to help these children become aware of how important safety is!

Thursday, February 13, 2014

60 Minutes

This video talks mainly about a boy named, Jack Andraka. Jack, at the age of 15, created a early test to find pancreatic cancer. His drive to find a test for this was from the loss of a family member due to this cancer. Hiss loss made him determined to help others before it's too late. Jack has traveled across the world, speaking about his discovery and how he came about it. He claims he is not smart, but It's not very common to see a 15 year old accomplish something so big! Jack's family supported him along the way, letting him experiment whenever possible. It has surely paid off! It's truly amazing what Jack has done, and I hope many others are inspired just as I am. Hopefully, others will believe in themselves to accomplish things they never thought they could before.