50 First Dates
"There's laughing my head."When Prof. Kurpis told us we would be using an egg for our experiment. IMMEDIATELY! NO JOKE! I was thinking about Adam Sandler in the movie "50 First Dates...(funny trailer link above) haha
Quite shocking a class of college students actually...attentively gathered around the "picnic area" without the need of free food or big boobs. The whole class was about planning (I think) , it was extremely exciting yet...nerve wrecking. It came to point where Mandus ( known as Amanda on ID card) slapped me a few times for making her even more nervous. Also to the point, where I almost dropped the egg, and the other's eyes were like O_O!! haha idiots
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Mission: To get those extra 5 POINTS! DURFF!!!
Goal: To become better planners
Objective: To drop "Eggbert" without cracks
Strategy: Build a Cage? Basket? Barrier? Legs? Cushion?
Tactic: Thickening the Straws. Conserve Tape & Resource. Manage Time.
Action: 40 sweaty fingers INTERTWINED into what's a foursome to create the ultimate triangular protection device. Retail value: $.77?
We came up with many ideas with the straws and tape. A basket, an octopus, a yo yo, but at the end, we stuck with the cage-like idea like the rest of the class. However, our cage was scultped in more of a triangular form. IT WAS VERY PRETTY!
Then it was the moment of truth..( Pictures to be uploaded when missing cord is found. )
Mandus...nervous stood 5'2? stood on top of the desk with her arms straight out presented Eggbert?
-Drop-
-Fail-
Strategy: Build a Cage? Basket? Barrier? Legs? Cushion?
Tactic: Thickening the Straws. Conserve Tape & Resource. Manage Time.
Action: 40 sweaty fingers INTERTWINED into what's a foursome to create the ultimate triangular protection device. Retail value: $.77?
We came up with many ideas with the straws and tape. A basket, an octopus, a yo yo, but at the end, we stuck with the cage-like idea like the rest of the class. However, our cage was scultped in more of a triangular form. IT WAS VERY PRETTY!
Then it was the moment of truth..( Pictures to be uploaded when missing cord is found. )
Mandus...nervous stood 5'2? stood on top of the desk with her arms straight out presented Eggbert?
-Drop-
-Fail-
Overall, as cocky as it sounds, as BAD as it sounds, I have no idea what went wrong. It's very weird. t fell in a lopsided sorta manner! Stupid gravity! I mean Mandus' passed Physics! and I studied Architecture for a year in high school! We had a drawing! We had 3 mini drawings! the other 2 ...they are risk takers & think outside the box! Weird, weird, weird.
Haha, yea. We suck...=(
ReplyDeleteOh well, at least we weren't the only ones!
To say we fail is painting a picture with broad strokes. Ultimately we did fail the task but, we did gain some useful knowledge on the management process of planning.Inaddtion, I felt that most group did a good job in atleast three of the five management stages.It was an interactive experiment.
ReplyDeletehum... i m sure that it was beautiful. lolz Good thing that all the class failed together, it definitely made me feel less stupid. The yoyo is a great idea, I can not believe you guys didn't implement it! Anyways, I m stealing it and putting it on my blog. Ciao.
ReplyDeleteTo estimate the retail value at $0.77 is probably an overstatement. And I think that you're the only one that had the goal of getting the 5 points at the top of their mind (or that can at least admit it). I think we assumed too many details. The fact of the matter is that the straws were not going to cushion the egg due to lack of sturdiness and strength. The egg was a bit heavier than it appeared. The straws were a little shorter and the egg was a little bigger than we initially thought. Basically everything went wrong.
ReplyDelete(and yes, I'm 5'2.)
I thought the yoyo idea was awesome and everyone in class wish the had used it lol. You guys should have used it because even though the team that used it failed to save their egg, someone who is 5'2(just like me lol) could have been successful with it. It sucks that nobody got the 5 extra points:(
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