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What can be achieved at this age?

Gabriel Ellis

            This year in my language class we have done something very different from anything else that I have ever seen. It was first introduced in November, It took me several days to even come up with any ideas, but after 1 or 2 days I had a short list of them. After I talked to Mrs. Browning about my ideas we decided that I should construct a computer tower from scratch.

            For several weeks after I had decided to build a computer I hadn’t gotten anywhere. During the time that we were working on the projects I would be doing research on how to assemble a computer, and what each part was and what it did. Once I figured out the basics of it I started collecting used/ unusable computers for me to get parts from, and after that everything started to come together.

            I got everything up and running in a matter of days, but this isn’t a happy ending; at least not yet. My computer worked perfectly for weeks but then it became a nice piece of decoration sitting around the house. What happened was that the windows version that was installed on the hard drive was unlicensed. I tried to download another version but in order to install anything the administrator password is required, and this was a very bad thing because me nor the previous owner could get in. then came the expense problem I could get a new hard drive for about $80 which isn’t too bad but I was worried that I would need to get another windows which is another $100, so I had a decision to make.

            I have learned a lot during this assignment but if we had more time I could’ve learned even more. Recently I have wanted to learn to code, I know a couple people who like to but I am not yet one of them. For the time being I’m working on learning how to create apps for both pc’s and mobile devices. Once I learn the basics I would enjoy designing and developing software for devices.

            I still am having problems with the hard drive and I’m not sure what to do about it, but this experience has still had an influence upon other parts of my life. I may not have learned what I expected to, but I have figured out that if you give up on your goals you will never reach them.