Part 5 - Belonging Part 2

Belonging Part 2

Feb 17 - Feb 25

The sense of rightness. I think reflecting on one's sense of belonging in the area where they hope to make their career out of is really important. As someone who definitely started CS for my family, I never really wanted to think about what it would mean for me all the time and effort I would have to give for a career that will take me years. In this and prior CS class, I've realized that maybe here is exactly where I should be regardless of whether I started for my family or not. Feeling belonging in something new and terrifying is the best surprise out of my college experience so far.

For the next assignment, the class learned how to use sharp tools (saws, drills, carving knifes) to create a Blox Bot with wood. In the Fimble Lab, we spent last week learning and practicing our skills and then we were on our own. The requirements were:

• create a Welcome Bot

• should be able to respond and interact with users by the circuit Arduino board

• be cute (my own requirement)

On Sunday, Feb 20, I spent five hours building my body starting from the sketching to making a mess with paint. It was a lot of fun! Most of all, it was a sort of meditative process. Since it was only me, creating and focused, I didn't feel the hours pass by and just saw my bot be built little by little. Mistake by mistake. Success after success.

Here were my steps into completing the body:

1. Bring out my notebook, plan, and sketch.