First post of Grade 11! I can’t believe we are already here. Today I will be going over my intentions and goals for our first project of the year! This project is about the Atomic bomb and when Hiroshima, Japan was hit by it during WWII. This topic has a personal connection to me, because my family and I have been to the Peace Arch and the Hiroshima Museum in Japan. 

In this project we will be using a lot of Zetlkasten and Smart Brevity note taking, and we have already had a little bit of practice. As I mentioned before, I have a bit of previous knowledge in this topic, but something that I didn’t know about and wanted to learn more about, was why the US dropped that Atom bomb. So, that is what I decided to do some research on it and made a Zetlkasten note on it. 

Here are some photos of my note:

What I’ve learned so far to answer the Driving Question, How did the development of the atomic bomb alter the world we live in today? Is that the Atomic Bomb opened up a corner of science that has the potential to destroy the world. As Albert Eisenstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”. I think that quote is extremely true and wise. Even better, it answers the driving question. And yes, to whichever teacher is reading this post, I just used a quote, mic drop. 

My intentions for this project I have decided, is that I want my work to have quality this year. This year is Grade 11, the biggest year in high school, the year that Universities look at. With this in mind, I want my work to represent me and my priorities, and why not start now. The second intention I have is that I want to understand everything I write or communicate this year. Sometimes we take words from websites or even AI, and I find that me and my peers don’t even know what they mean. There are so many problems with it that, but the biggest one I would say is that how are we expecting our teachers or peers to understand what we are writing/saying if even we don’t? 

I am excited to see what this project and year has to offer, I will be back soon with a end of project post!