Weekly Blog 26

Due March 30^th, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

             This past week was a busy one. I had a lot of work to do and a lot of it I will have to do over the weekend. The week started off well, I was able to accomplish a lot in the library while Mrs. Secord conducted her interviews for next year’s ISM students. All week I have been working on an excel spreadsheet that my mentor and I will use to track the prices of each ETF in our portfolio. I used to be very Excel savvy, so now I am essentially just teaching myself everything again. I was not able to meet with my mentor this week because he is traveling. I look forward to hearing about his travels at our meeting next week.

            As for this upcoming week, I will meet with my mentor and hopefully continue to learn and gain that real world experience that my peers are not getting. I enjoy the upper hand this class is giving me.

Weekly Blog 25

Due March 23^rd, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            This past week was actually a little difficult. It was hard coming back from spring break full swing because I actually had a lot of work to accomplish. I was tasked with our usual Evidence Of Learning (EOL), a weekly blog, and a lot of work for my Final Product. I met with my mentor last Friday to work with him on it and he has been very helpful. I have made a lot of progress on my final product and hope to see a really good ending with it. I have learned so much that I will be able to take on to my future. I plan to stay in contact with Mr. Allen and hopefully he will be a good connection for my future. As for this week I have a lot to do as well, and unfortunately I’m scheduled a lot for work this week. Most of it is for my Final Product, but they are things that I need to have done by the end of the week to make sure I am on time with my Final Product.

Weekly Blog 24

Due March 9^th, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            Overall this last week was a little hectic and did not go as planned. We had a snow day on Thursday that made things all the more difficult. I suppose that my body reacts to weather accordingly because as soon as the weather took a turn for the worse I started feeling awful. I was unable to make it to my mentor visit Friday, however Mr. Allen was really considerate and emailed me a couple things for me to look at and work on for our meeting Friday the 13^th.  I have been learning a lot from my mentorship and I look forward to continue learning. As for now I will get back in touch with my blog after spring break.

Weekly Blog 23

Due March, 2^nd, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            This week was a difficult one. I was unable to meet or get in contact with my mentor, for he was traveling all week. Although I still was able to do some of my final product. This week I wrote my first monthly letter to Client A. All I have to do is email it to Mr. Allen and get his approval and see what I should improve on for the March letter. As for this upcoming week I plan to meet with Mr. Allen and talk about what he did while he was traveling and work on my final product. I hope to continue learning and making memories with Mr. Allen so that I can better myself for the future.

            I have begun to consider asking Mr. Allen if he would be willing to continue this mentorship beyond school into the summer. I would love to work with Mr. Allen as long as possible, for I feel like the mentorship could lead to much bigger things. Until next week, hopefully I will have more to write on.