Yesterday we finished up our inquiry websites, and they're closed from editing.
It was a lot of work, but I'm 95% sure I linked everything I needed to. I also finished rainbow's end, and I really enjoyed it. I actually liked reading the books for the project, and I'm excited for endersession where I'll be studying even more about science and the future.

This week I returned from my long spring break and extra weeks of college visits.
I began to work on my group's project, and started to write parts of the abstract. I'm also preparing for an interview I will conduct this weekend for the project. I haven't had much time to read Rainbow's End, but I am when I can.

This week I wrote my second inquiry essay.
Here is an excerpt:
To Kurzweil, change can only bring about perfection. Toffler however, is strictly against the concept of rapid change: “As we accelerate and introduce arrhythmic patterns into the pace of change, we need to mark off certain regularities for preservation (Toffler 395). Unlike Kuzweil, who is excited for complete and drastic changes to society in the future, Toffler is more of a conservative. The entire concept of the book, the concept of “Future Shock” is one that Toffler wishes to prevent. Future Shock is the theory that Toffler developed about a “sickness” that will take place in the future, unless we stop it. He believes that the rate of change we are experiencing is so drastic and rapid that soon humans will become “overstimulated” and go into a state of shock because of the changes in society and technology.

I'm finding Future Shock interesting. I recently started reading the book, and I can already tell that this prediction of the future is dated. Nonetheless, it is still interesting to read, and gives a great insight into futurists from our past. This week we also watched several scenes from "She's the Man", a movie starring Amanda Bynes that is loosely based off of twelfth night. I could see many similarities between the movie and twelfth night, and enjoyed spotting scenes in the movie that were similar to ones in the play.

We continued reading 12th night!
One of my favorite scenes came up during the reading, where Andrew and Viola are pitted against each other in a duel, and each told that the other is a fearsome opponent. I remember when watching the staged version at the globe, it was hilarious and amazing. I realized I really like the story of twelfth night, but that the prank on Malvolio went a little too far. Yes, he was mean, but he didn't deserve to be destroyed that badly.

This week we spent a lot of the time reading and performing scenes from the amazing play 12th night. Both the scenes I performed I played women interestingly enough, and I played both Mary and Viola, and had a great time doing it. I have seen the show before at the old globe, and I must say it is a great and hilarious Shakespearean comedy. I'm looking forward to reading more about the show, and maybe watching some movies of it.

Here is an excerpt from my essay this week:
Soon, our exponential growth will grow to the point where one day of progress will equal decades of progress at the rate of a couple years ago. Kurzweil’s belief in exponential technology growth is something that resonates with me on the deepest level. Not only do I have personal experience with the concept, but the many graphs and statistics in the book also completely convinced me. Kurzweil’s book is not just about the law of accelerating returns however. He stops generalizing, and makes specific predictions regarding our future.
For example, he predicts that this “Singularity” will occur by the year 2045. By that year, he predicts nanobots, microscopic robots to be an essential part of our life. With these robots bolstering our immune systems and physical bodies, we could potentially live for thousands of years. Solar energy will be freely available, and environmental problems will be solved by more efficient technologies. We will be able to think faster and more efficiently than ever before, and human creativity and knowledge will flourish (Kurzweil 25).