SOL 22- The End of the Year

           The end of the year here at Logan is not a fun time. On top of spring Expo,  there are continuation speeches, math portfolios, and normal portfolios. Math portfolios are the worst beast out of all of these. Math portfolios in Algebra II basically entail writing a letter, filling out three pages of rubrics, and then writing complete comprehensive proofs of around seven ridiculously complicated math problems. It is a pain. Last time we did these portfolios, we had to spend a little bit under a month just to get through everything. This time, we have a week. I have completed many of the proofs correctly, but it is still a really short amount of time to do that much work in. There have been many late nights.
          Actual portfolios have never been that bad to me. They basically are just writing several pages about what you have done throughout the year, and then a few pages on specific projects. They are rather time consuming, but overall they are not as bad as trying to solve really hard math problems. TWIMCs do suck, don't get me wrong.
          Spring Expo is the one part of the end of this year that I am excited for. I am getting kind of nostalgic as it is my last Expo and last set of unit projects. The end of the year always brings with it a wave of nostalgia, as it is the last time for many things. Last time with this group of students, last weeks at Logan, etc. Continuation speeches are very meh to me. Continuation as a whole is very meaningful and worthwhile, but writing the correct length of speech is challenging. The first draft of my speech was seven minutes, while it needed to be two and a half minutes long. I now need to cut down over half of my speech. That is going to be rough. Oh, by the way, it is also due today.
          The end of the year is a really busy and nostalgic time. Everything, especially portfolios, seem to get much more challenging and time consuming. Over the past years, Logan has cut out many of the traditions and fun things we used to do like Elitch's. This makes the end of the year more stressful and overall it is just a busy weird time.