The habits of heart and mind are Refinement, Evidence,Perseverance, Perspective, Cooperation, Compassion, and Mindfulness. These habits are like core values he follow each day to become better people, and to make our projects outcome even better.
Working on the Habits of Heart and mind
The habit of heart and mind that was hardest to me was cooperation.At the beginnig of the project my partner Jaheem and I were having trouble getting along.We took all the work we had to do and we divided it by half and we would each work on a section. We would always disagree and argue.Halfway through the project we both realized that this project wasn't only for a grade; it was for a little first grader who expected a night light from us. We started working harder and harder on the night light and story book.After working together we realizeded the best option was to work on the story book together but create seperate night lights.
Mindfulness
During the night light storybook project the habit of heart and mind that I used most was mindfulness. I tried to be mindful in every part of the project because I always knew and I was always thinking about the little girl this is all for. I would always try to stay as concentrated as possible and I always tried my best to create something she would love. I was even mindful with her when we were playing tic tac toe and she drew a picture of me as a princess which is on the left side.
Perseverance
A habit of heart and mind that was a strength for me was perseverance. There were so many times where I had to do something multiple times because it had small mistakes. For example, my inkscape it took me more than a month to finish it because I kept on making small mistakes. Another time in which I had to be very perseverant was when I was working on the motor for my night light. Since my nightlight spins I have to put in a lot more work to get it to work. Mr. ted and I stayed in after school for many days so we coulg get the motor to work. There were many complications, for example finding the motor that would spin at the appropiate speed and haveing to solder like 10 wires so the solarpanel and the switch could work.
Cooperative Moments
Working on th night light I had so many cooperative moments with MR. Ted. Since he is the one helping me with the motor. One of the cooperative moments was when he was helping me with my inkscape and I finally got it done and all my parts were ready to cut. Another cooperative moment was when we were looking for motors. We couldn't find one that was going at a good speed and after a lot of changes we finally got it right and we were both really relieved.
Buddy
My buddy was always reald mely nice to me, at first she was a bit shy and she didnt want to share any information with me but the longer amount of time we spentv together the more she opended up to me and the more we started caring of eachother. The only hard part with her is when i have to leave. She doesnt want me to leave and she hugs me and we wont let go. The only time she has thrown a fit to me was when i told her she had to go. At first she was mad and would stick out her tounge at me but then she hugged .me and I realized she wasnt mad at me she just didnt want me to leave. The picture in the botton was when i had to go but she didnt want me to leave.