Interest: |
Technology & Engineering
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Grade: |
9th
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School: |
Skyline High School
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Location: |
Oakland, CA
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My passion is math.
I first realized that I was passionate for math in 1st grade. One day, I had nothing to do, and my dad would always print papers for me to help me with school. One day, I grabbed a math packet and began to answer the questions. To my surprise, not only was I good at it, but I really liked it. I always liked solving problems. I enjoyed testing myself and further expanding my cognitive skills. I was really good at seeing patterns. I loved math because it was mainly problem solving, deciphering patterns, thinking logically. I was always the best in my class. I enjoy learning new methods of solving problems and to be able to solve more complicated problems.
From what I've heard and seen, academics comes easily to Alberto and I believe the chance to participate in a program like BlueStamp Engineering would greatly challenge and stretch Alberto. Beyond just learning more about engineering which he does seem passionate about. I believe having an opportunity to be put in a situation that is challenging will help him to grow in maturity and his love for learning even more.
I'd would like to start off by thanking all my donors for raising $1,300 and made it possible for me to attend the Blue Stamp Engineering Summer Program. I had a BLAST! At first, since I had no prior knowledge or skills in engineering, I was intimidated by the work we were given. But through perseverance, I was able to survive the class. And I made some great friends. I also had to commute through the Bart and bus alone through a city I'm not from; but hey, now I know how to use public transportation. Plus, San Francisco is a beautiful city.
I made 2 projects, a minty boost kit (portable charger) and a LED binary clock powered by an Arduino(many computers). The Minty boost was really fun to build, except the part where I burnt myself. However, I had to explain EXACTLY how it works. Since I knew nothing about hardware, I spent 2 days just researching how each component works. The LED binary clock was definitely enjoyable and challenging. The instructions were vague and I had to interoperate EVERYTHING. That took about 2 weeks to build and I made SO MANY minor mistakes, yet each one prevented the whole unit from working and each took a day or 2 to find and solve. Through fixing my mistakes, I was able to learn a lot about mechanical engineering.
I have been able to grow in my independent through this program. Commuting by myself and mainly solving all my problems on my own. The staff would occasionally help me, but if it was something simple or that Google can answer, they wouldn't help. Though this annoyed me at first, I understand why they did it. They were trying to prepare us for the real world. I'm no adult yet but I know I'm not always going to have someone always looking over my shoulder and will need to solve my own problems.
I would like to thank everyone who contributed in donations and helped me raise a total of $1,350! WOW! That's a lot of money! Again, I thank everyone who donated their money to help me attend BlueStamp Engineering Summer Program. I couldn't have done this without all of your support. Now, I have the chance to learn and have some real on-hands experience in engineering, all thanks to all of you.
Wishing the best in all your endeavors!
Hope you rise up to the challenge and learn a lot from this experience!
Good luck!
Wishbone General Fund |
$1,401
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Flash Funding |
$100
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Anonymous |
$100
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Student Contribution |
$99
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Anonymous |
$25
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Anonymous |
$25
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Sending Alberto to BlueStamp Engineering will cost $1,750.
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Tuition | $1,600 |
Application Fees | $0 |
Room & Board | $0 |
Transportation | $150 |
Mentoring & Guidance | $0 |
Materials | $0 |
Total |
$1,750
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