Subject chose me--- Ben G

Once upon a time, which actually wasn’t terribly long ago, we had to do these massive projects for our social studies class. By massive I mean assigned in September and due in late January or early February. Lots and lots of work for a 7^th or 8^th grader. Both years, I worked with the same person, (Andrew Tapia, as many of you may recall) and did the same project type (Documentary). In 7^th grade, our project was on the Space Race, when the US and the USSR were trying to out-do the other in extra-planetary stuff. That year, we swept regionals and state, with two First places. In 8^th grade, our project was on the failed negotiations that led directly to the Pearl Harbor attacks. That year, we were a bit cocky, and didn’t sweep the awards like we had before. We got 1^st at regionals, and 2^nd at state. Both years, we were within the top 32 in the nation, in 7^th grade, we got 32^nd place, and 8^th grade we got 17^th place.

I don’t mean for any of this to seem like I’m bragging, because I’m not.