The author's interpretation of Genius is that people don't have to be really smart and get a 1600 on your SAT. The shared strategies of geniuses are looking at problems in different ways, making their thoughts visible, they produce, making novel combinations, force relationships and they think in opposites and metaphorically. My Genius Hour project encourages me to use these strategies in many different ways.
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In the article it explains that it is okay to fail as long as you keep trying. Many of the students really love genius hour. Genius hour makes them happy to come to school because they get to learn about the things they want to learn. Many of the students parents really liked the concept of genius hour because they said that their children were happy to be working on something that they enjoy. In the article I learned that if I fail I should keep trying and not give up.
We plan on getting the information we need on what to get the soldiers and how and where to send the letters and care packages. We plan to possibly hold a bake sale at the school to raise money to buy the things in the care packages. We want to talk to the middle school English classes about writing letters to the soldiers if we can get the names of soldiers overseas. Hopefully before January 10, 2017, we can get our first care package sent.
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