This week in ISM, I was able to accomplish so much in so little amount of time. Because the deadline for my Original Work is fast approaching, I spent much of my time working towards finishing this project. Not only was I able to create the rest of my research paper on dark matter, but I was able to take a moment to look back and reflect on everything I had learned up to this point. I was able to finish my research ranking system and implement it into my paper. Now, for the upcoming week, I just have to put the final touches such as editing and formatting to make sure that the paper is completely ready, and then I will have finished my entire Original Work.
Additionally, I also looked into who would be a prospective mentor for the second semester of ISM. I had numerous interviews with professionals over the past couple of weeks and months, and I was able to settle on one person as my first person of choice for a mentor. This is very important, as my mentor is the person who will help me decide on a Final Project and will give me access to numerous resources that typically wouldn't be available to a high school student such as myself. As a result, I want to reach out to this professional and ask whether he would be willing to be my mentor by the end of the week.