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Waste Disposal in Bauleni |
Personal project is an opportunity for grade ten students to discover more about a topic and immerse themselves in it using research and critical thinking skills and at the end of the process, an opportunity to share the findings with family, friends and the school community in general. Personally, Personal Project has allowed me to explore a topic that I have been concerned for a long time such as the environmental state of many communities in Zambia. The goal of my Personal Project is to make a detailed account with photo evidence explaining why the current method of waste disposal in the Bauleni community is a health hazard. As I did my research I realized that many of I realized that there were no efforts being made to correct the problem of waste disposal in the Bauleni community. I decided to base my project around correcting this issue and chose the global context Globalization and sustainability. I chose this Global Context because responsible waste disposal is very connected to sustainability and in many ways is a global issue because around the world responsible disposal of waste is considered vital in reducing the rate of climate change
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Challenges
My biggest challenge when developing my product was organization because following my schedule was hard to do at times, especially when I would be worn out from my regular school work. Toward the end of the report writing stage I overcame this by shortening the length of my work sessions from an hour and a half to just an hour, this allowed me to really focus during the sessions because I understood that if I slacked off I would get nothing done.
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Achievements
The most enjoyable part of the project for me was the research aspect because I was able to learn a lot about my topic and it did not require as much typing and expression as the report writing. I feel that the research was a period of the project that I solely focused on learning and developing knowledge but not really reflecting and analysing the knowledge. I am most proud about my work on criterion A, the investigating section, because I feel that I researched the topic of waste disposal and the possible effects on mental and physical health very extensively. I am proud of how much information I was able to learn and incorporate into the development of my product and the writing of my report.
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Advice
The advice I would give to next year's grade 10’s is to, not necessarily start early but to plan out how and when they will work on developing their product and writing the report. Having a reasonable and well thought out plan can make the work seem less daunting and more enjoyable, also being able to move work sessions around is very beneficial because it is not possible to plan out every single thing so having a bit of leeway can prevent you from feeling that you are falling behind.
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