Third Supervisor Meeting Reflection

My third supervisor meeting took place on Friday, January 30. By this time I had decided that I could not have an actual recycling program in place, but that I should create a plan for such a system. At my meeting, Mrs. Wilkinson and I discussed finding additional sources of information for my project, the skills I used throughout the course of my project, and what my product and presentation were going to look like. Mrs. Wilkinson suggested that I have more face-to-face communication with others, instead of my usual emailing or calling on the phone. I had initially communicated through these methods because I felt more comfortable using them. I could more directly ask what information I wanted to know, and it was easier for me to articulate
I found out that these companies would be willing to donate recycling bins, but they should be requested in a letter to the store manager with an official school letterhead specifically stating the needs of the program. I also received some good suggestions for placement of recycling bins, such as outside of the gymnasiums. With all of this information, I created my product. I have changed the goal and criteria of my project, but my product (which is a plan for the recycling system) would achieve the same goals if it were implemented. If I had properly estimated the amount of time I would take to complete each step, I would have foreseen that my original intent for my product should have been a plan. My product does not quite meet my product specifications, but I feel that my current product fulfills my original intent for my project even more than my planned results. In the beginning of my Personal Project, I was unsure about the goals of my project, so I was not able to specify exactly what I wanted from my project. However, my plan for the recycling program was planned with my project criteria in mind. I did not get to implement the actual program because of time constraints, but I did think of ways that
I did interview an environmental engineer as well as others with experience with recycling programs, such as Mrs. Kennedy and the employees at Lowe’s and The Home Depot. However, I did not interview an economist. This would have been helpful to researching for my project. I did meet some of my criteria for the success of my project, since I wrote several announcements about the importance of recycling and the robotics team, and promotion of the importance of recycling was one of my criteria. Three IB Learner Profile Attributes I exhibited (or improved upon) while working on my project were Communicator, Reflective, and Thinker. This project has made me develop my communication skills. I often find it difficult to talk to others, especially if I do not know them. However, because I had the purpose of research, I was required to communicate. I now find it somewhat easier to communicate with others. I was a Thinker because I had to make decisions on how my product would apply to my Statement of Inquiry, and think of a way I could apply recycling to helping the robotics team. I was also Reflective because I reflected on many of my actions I took while working on my project. In the case of my