THE LAST POST EVER

The Ho'oulu Ia Kamehameha project is finally over...as in over, over. We're done! With much anticipated relief, there is now a time to look back at what we had accomplished.

Back when fourth quarter was just starting, we had learned there was to be a project in which we would have to fix some type of problem at Kamehameha, in a way that relates to physics that is. And so the quest began to find a problem and solution. Looking back, I wouldn't have changed what we did. I believe we choose to attack a problem that has and will continue to impact Kamehameha. The tardiness challenge took some time to figure out, but in the end, we took care of it. I feel our 5-minute warning had a significant impact on the students of Kamehameha because it was campus-wide. Not only were the number of tardies reduced, but we also had a happier atmosphere, which was unanticipated but highly appreciated. For this being the time of year it with what with finals coming up, seeing students dance and be happy showed us that this warning has other purposes too. It has been suggested to us that we look into sticking with one song/tone and having that as a 5-minute warning. In all honesty, I see that failing for the lack of uniqueness to it; after awhile, thanks to psychology, the bell becomes an ignored noise for many, and it would cease to serve its purpose. Hopefully in the future, this project can be continued. Although it is a hassle for students to do during the passing periods, I hope that it can one day be part of Island Signal's system.

Having said that, it's a bittersweet moment to look back at what we had all done, all the stress that had been paid, all the waiting that had idled us...and now we're done. I remember when this project first started, and we had no idea what to do. And then we thought of something. And that something succeeded and came to fruition. A successful project now completed, we can look back and know that what we did had a real impact on Kamehameha.

I wholeheartedly believe that our project worked because our group had no dead weight. All members were productive and did what was asked of his responsibility. We never missed a blog post (except for this final one, haha, but this is individual, so it doesn't affect my group members' multipliers. Atleast I hope not). We worked as a group on all aspects of the project. When one of us needed help, we helped out. When someone needed to go see a person in charge, the others waited for response and looked for other people to question. I am completely happy with my group; I could not have wished for a better one. For a whole quarter, I got to meet new people in my class, and that was pretty cool.