Sceond Cut Exam 2 SIS Essays Essays (954 words) - Education, Science

Siddarth Luthra Herndon 8-10 HR393 Character Count:1,645 Writing Prompt (SIS 1) I am most definitely an innovator. I love to improve and modernize things all the time. I used to be a big fan of Lego robotics, and I would always build robots from Legos using the instruction set that came with it. When I ran out of things to build with the instructions, I went searching online for more things to build. I came across a Rubik's Cube Solver. I used my Mindstorms EV3 Legos and built the robot. When I tried it out, unfortunately, it did not work. I spent days checking the sensors and making small tweaks to the robot, buying new pieces, changing the coding, and so much more. After multiple weeks of spending at least an hour a day changing parts, 3D printing parts, innovating the coding, and learning how to solve the Rubik's Cube myself, I finally was able to finish a successfully working Rubik's Cube Solver with my Lego set. When I was improving the robot, I was also documenting what I was doing so I added everything I did to the original instructions, and then cr eated my own instructions. Later on, I emailed the person to originally create the robot and told him the problems I ran into and sent him my improved code for the robot and my improved instructions. When he looked over my ideas, he added my instructions and coding to his website. Another time was when I fixed my 3D printer from catching on fire, and improved it by making pieces from another 3D printer to fix mine. I believe that my skills of innovation will be very useful in a STEM school, because I can help change things for the better, and show people how I evaluate things to work. I never give up on trying to make things better and improved. SIS 2 Character Count:1,598 Many people want to grow up and live a life where they have a lot of money from being famous, becoming a doctor, lawyer, or another high paying job. My goal in life is a goal that involves my passions in life. I want to combine my passions and make a living out of it. My passions are music and STEM, more specifically in the math, technology and engineering related areas. I play the trombone, piano, drum set, and I DJ. I also build 3D printers, do technology related competitions, and do high level math. I want to incorporate technology with music and make a living out of it. There is a person that goes by the name of DJ Enferno, he is a DJ himself and uses technology, to make himself an amazing DJ. He makes remixes using his own software, other software, and different MIDI devices. I want to be similar to him, I want to make my own software and build my own DJ mixer, controller, and turntables, to make myself an amazing DJ. I believe that with the help of a STEM school, I can do that because, I can learn from a community of STEM oriented people, on how to do things like building music related machines, and making my own software. A STEM school could give more opportunities to learn about more of what I want to do in life. My base high school, would give me opportunities that every student has, when I want to have opportunities that help me be unique and different, because to accomplish a different goal, I must have different opportunities. A STEM oriented community of learners, will help me reach my goals, because my goals require Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. SIS 3 Character Count:1,647 I participate in a competition called Technology Student Association (TSA). In TSA there are many events, group and individual events. I am currently in a group event, and my role in the group is being the leader and making sure everyone is having a good time. My group is working on a problem that was given to use and we are using Arduino circuit boards and other items to build a type of pair of glasses that can help blind people know where they are going. In my group there have been times