Weekly Blog 34

Final Blog

Matthew W. Blair

            So this is it. Days after and I still feel like the year went by in the blink of an eye. Before I get sentimental I might as well go into talking about my Final Product Night experience. I had a great night to say the least. All of my friends came out to show their support and I did great. I impressed everyone who was there and made my parents very proud. I received a great grade from my mentor and I think I did a great job. As fun as ISM is I was ready for it to be over with. I was prepared and ready to give my presentation early and I am extremely pleased with how it and the entire year went.

            ISM is something I will never forget. The class allowed me to do so much. I learned all about Finance. I made friends that I will have as long as I live. I met so many interesting people and had so many unforgettable experiences. I grew in ways I had no idea were possible. I matured and learned more about the real world in this course than any other course. I dealt with drama. I made jokes. I learned so much about myself. I can navigate downtown Dallas pretty well now. I have confidence in areas that I had none. I know what it is like to lose. I know what it is like to win. ISM reminded me what it was like to make my dad proud, something I hadn’t done since I quit lacrosse. Had I known ISM was going to put me through what it did and give me everything that it did, I wouldn’t know what to think. Had I known what I was getting into when I sat down to have my interview with Mrs. Secord at the end of my junior year I would’ve gotten on hand and knee and made sure that I got into the class. As much pain this class put me through, it gave me an equal amount of happiness. Mrs. Secord, I don’t know if you ever read these things, but if you do I want to let you know something. You’re like no other teacher at Wakeland; you truly impact each of your students’ lives’. Regardless of whether or not the student makes it through the entire course you still care and make an impact on their life. Thank you for all your love and support throughout the year.

            This is it, the last of the “dumb blogs” Morgan so kindly named back in the first six weeks. Odds are this website will not ever be visited again or it’ll be worth millions of dollars whenever I’m rich and famous. Only time will tell. Thanks for some of the best times of my 19 plus years on this earth, so long.

Weekly Blog 33

Due May 18^th, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            This week was pretty easy, simply walking through the steps of school at this point in the year and as a senior, I cannot wait for it to end. This upcoming week we have a lot going on. With final presentation night Wednesday we have to make sure we are prepared and ready to do our best. We have to essentially recite out whole ISM school year in a 30-45 minute presentation. I’m pretty confident with my presentation because I received a 98% on my presentation from Mrs. Secord. Literally at this point I will just have to run through the speech one or two more times to make sure I’m comfortable. I find the whole process pretty easy considering its just reciting what you did for an entire school year. And with a course like ISM it would be very hard to forget what we did all year. This will be one of my final blogs.

Weekly blog 32

Due May 11^th, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            Again, sorry for the late post, but it wont happen again! Considering that the year is almost up and I have only a few of these left to do. This has been a fairly easy, not a lot of ISM, kind of week. With speeches going on until next weeks Final Presentation Night I do not have to be in class unless I was signed up to listen to speeches. This is convenient because at home I am not distracted by other people or trying to make them laugh with a witty comment. My schedule is about to blow up though; I have senior events basically every other day starting this weekend with Prom. I’m not really excited for it, but it should be a good time with my friends. ISM is basically over next week after our final presentations, we have a couple year-end wrap up assignments, but other than that the fat lady has sung. All I have to do is perfect my Final Presentation and I will be set for the remainder of this year.

            As a side note: I haven’t had a class like ISM ever. One where I make so many friends, one where I make so many memories, one where I laugh so much, one where I have learned something that will actually affect my life, one like ISM. Thank you Mrs. Secord for all you have done to make my last year at Wakeland one I will remember.

Weekly blog 31

Due May 4^th, 2015

Matthew W. Blair

            Sorry to all of my precious viewers, I got caught up in m final presentation, which resulted in me not doing two of my blogs on time. It is alright though because these next two will fill you in on what you missed.

            I had my Final Presentation on the 4^th of May, and it went fantastic. Mr. Allen and I worked really hard on my Final Product and I was able to present it in a very easy to understand way. Some of my classmates still said that most of what I said went over their heads, but I expected tat going into the speech. However it is a good thing when I get that feedback, because it shows the higher level I am at with my financial knowledge. It is almost encouraging when someone asks me to clarify something. I felt extremely professional when I was up there using a laser pointer to show graphs and data. I made the timing and was not too nervous. I had only run through the speech a couple times beforehand, for it is not that hard to speak on what has consumed my life for the past couple months.